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Control device and printing apparatus

  • US 10,122,881 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2016
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to function as:

  • a prohibition unit that prohibits a user from using an electronic apparatus in a case where a sum of a cumulative usage amount of the electronic apparatus by the user for a predetermined period and a new usage amount which is newly instructed by the user exceeds a permitted amount for the user in the period;

    a subtraction unit that, in a case where the user instructs the electronic apparatus to be continuously used after the use of the electronic apparatus is prohibited by the prohibition unit, divides an additional amount of use into portions, the additional amount of use being the sum of the cumulative usage amount by the user for the period and the new usage amount less the permitted amount for the user in the period, the number of portions being a number of a plurality of periods later than the period, each portion corresponding to a unique one of the plurality of periods later than the period, and subtracts each corresponding portion from a permitted amount for the user for the respective unique one of the plurality of periods later than the period; and

    a permission unit that permits the user to use the electronic apparatus after the subtraction is performed by the subtraction unit.

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