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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1997
Joel Lacheze, London, GB;
Elizabeth D Fox, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a method for use in a printing system for producing copies or prints in which billing is developed for a customer of the printing system for the produced copies or prints on a basis of a set of accounting information accumulated and stored in an accounting subsystem. The printing system includes an input/output station communicating with the accounting subsystem by way of a network, and the method facilitates the generation of a set of billing/pricing information for transmission to a selected location upon the occurrence of a selected event related to the printing system. The method includes the steps of: a) electronically receiving a subset of the accounting information at the accounting subsystem; b) electronically updating the set of accounting information in response to the electronic receiving of a); c) analyzing the updated set of accounting information to determine if the selected event related to the printing system has occurred; and d) when the selected event related to the printing system has occurred, transmitting automatically the set of billing/pricing information to the selected location.