Methods and systems for imaging device accounting server recovery
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1. A method for recovering imaging device accounting data to an accounting server that has been brought back into service after a failure, said method comprising:
- a) sending a recovery message from a recovered primary accounting server (PAS) to at least one network device, wherein said PAS is a computing device maintaining a financial accounting record of jobs performed by users of an imaging device (IDev) with user accounts and said IDev is connected to said PAS with a communication network, wherein said PAS has experienced a period of inactivity during which said IDev has reported its activity to a lightweight accounting backup server (LABS) maintaining a temporary IDev activity log (TIAL) and wherein said TIAL comprises a financial accounting record of jobs performed by said IDev during said period of inactivity of said PAS;
b) establishing the reporting of current activity data from said IDev to said PAS;
c) sending a temporary IDev activity log (TIAL) request to said lightweight accounting back-up server (LABS);
d) receiving said TIAL; and
e) updating a primary IDev accounting log (PIAL) on said PAS with data from said TIAL such that said PIAL now comprises a financial accounting record of jobs performed by said IDev during said period of inactivity.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for maintaining imaging device (IDev) accounting data in the event that an imaging device'"'"'s primary accounting server becomes unavailable.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for recovering imaging device accounting data to an accounting server that has been brought back into service after a failure, said method comprising:
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a) sending a recovery message from a recovered primary accounting server (PAS) to at least one network device, wherein said PAS is a computing device maintaining a financial accounting record of jobs performed by users of an imaging device (IDev) with user accounts and said IDev is connected to said PAS with a communication network, wherein said PAS has experienced a period of inactivity during which said IDev has reported its activity to a lightweight accounting backup server (LABS) maintaining a temporary IDev activity log (TIAL) and wherein said TIAL comprises a financial accounting record of jobs performed by said IDev during said period of inactivity of said PAS; b) establishing the reporting of current activity data from said IDev to said PAS; c) sending a temporary IDev activity log (TIAL) request to said lightweight accounting back-up server (LABS); d) receiving said TIAL; and e) updating a primary IDev accounting log (PIAL) on said PAS with data from said TIAL such that said PIAL now comprises a financial accounting record of jobs performed by said IDev during said period of inactivity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for recovering imaging device accounting data to an accounting server that has been brought back into service after a failure, said system comprising:
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a primary accounting server (PAS) for maintaining a financial accounting record of jobs performed by users of an imaging device (IDev) with user accounts, said PAS comprising; a sender for sending a recovery message, after a period of inactivity during which said IDev has reported its activity to a lightweight accounting backup server (LABS) maintaining a temporary IDev activity log (TIAL), from said PAS to at least one network device , wherein said TIAL comprises a financial accounting record of jobs performed by said IDev during said period of inactivity of said PAS; a current data receiver for receiving current activity data from said IDev; a requester for requesting a temporary IDev activity log (TIAL); a log receiver for receiving said TIAL; and an updater for updating a primary IDev accounting log (PIAL) on said PAS with data from said TIAL such that said PIAL will comprise a financial accounting record of jobs performed by said IDev during said period of inactivity. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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