Patent ID: 8810834

Claim:
An image processing apparatus that is capable of executing a cooperative job that is to be executed cooperatively with a service providing apparatus connected thereto via a network, the image processing apparatus comprising: a job receiver operable to receive a job; a judgment part operable to judge whether the received job is an apparatus job or the cooperative job, the apparatus job being to be executed only by the image processing apparatus; a charging information storage operable to store therein a first component storing a piece of first charging information showing a charging condition for use of the image processing apparatus and a second component storing a piece of second charging information showing a charging condition for execution of the cooperative job, the first component storing only information regarding charging conditions on individual apparatus jobs, the second component storing only information regarding charging conditions on individual cooperative jobs, and the piece of second charging information comprising information specifying whether charging for use of the image processing apparatus is required for charging for the execution of the cooperative job; a job execution part operable to, based on the judgment performed by the judgment part, execute the apparatus job or part of the cooperative job; a first charging part operable to charge for execution of the apparatus job by referring to the piece of first charging information; and a second charging part operable to charge for execution of the cooperative job by referring to the piece of second charging information.