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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2009
Mayu Kondo, Chiba, JP;
Mayu Kondo, Chiba, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A remote management system includes imaging apparatuses and a central managing apparatus configured to manage the imaging apparatuses. The imaging apparatuses and the central managing apparatus are connected to mutually communicate with each other. The respective imaging apparatuses notify the central managing apparatus of one or more counter values of one or more users, one of the counter values corresponds to a number of images processed by corresponding one of the users by using one of the imaging apparatuses. The central managing apparatus determines a fee to be charged to one of the users according to a total counter value of the one of the users. The total counter value is a sum of the counter values of the one of the users notified by the imaging apparatuses.