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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2010
Tetsuro Kino, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Kino, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a unit for receiving process information indicating a list of processes used in a process flow requested by an information processing apparatus connected via a network; a unit for executing a process that the image forming apparatus is requested to execute, and recording charging information, which is relevant to the executed process, in charging information record data of the process flow; a unit for transferring the charging information record data to a service providing device that is requested to execute another process; a unit for receiving the charging information record data in which charging information, which is relevant to the other process executed by the service providing device, has been recorded by the service providing device; and a unit for recording, in a storage unit, the charging information record data in which charging information are recorded in association with the corresponding processes in the list.