Image processing apparatus
First Claim
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a user identification information acquiring unit that acquires user identification information;
a substitution account configuration manager that manages a configuration of a substitution account that is used when a process is performed on behalf of a first user; and
an image processing amount managing unit that manages an amount of image processing performed with each account, and manages a process performed with the substitution account as a process performed with the account of the first user.
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Abstract
Disclosed are an image processing apparatus, a management apparatus for an image processing apparatus, a method for managing an image processing apparatus, a program and a storage medium with which it is possible to perform an appropriate management when a user requests another user to perform a process using the image processing apparatus on his behalf. A substitution account that is used when a process is performed on behalf of a first user (requestor user) is registered in a substitution account database. A process performed with the substitution account is managed as a process performed with an account of the first user.
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29 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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a user identification information acquiring unit that acquires user identification information;
a substitution account configuration manager that manages a configuration of a substitution account that is used when a process is performed on behalf of a first user; and
an image processing amount managing unit that manages an amount of image processing performed with each account, and manages a process performed with the substitution account as a process performed with the account of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A management apparatus for an image processing apparatus that receives information transmitted from the image processing apparatus connected to the management apparatus, and manages a process performed in the image processing apparatus, comprising:
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a substitution account configuration manager that manages a configuration of a substitution account that is used when a process is performed on behalf of a first user; and
an image processing amount managing unit that manages an amount of image processing performed with each account, and manages a process performed with the substitution account as a process performed with the account of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of managing an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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an account registration step of registering an account of a user;
a substitution account registration step of registering a substitution account that is used when a process is performed on behalf of the user; and
a substitution account managing step of managing a process performed with the substitution account as a process performed with the account of the user.
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27. An image processing instruction program that is installed on a computer and that instructs an image processing apparatus to perform a process, the program letting the computer perform a process of:
transmitting identification information of a substitution account, in addition to data for performing the process, to the image processing apparatus.
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28. A program embodied in a recording medium to be installed on an image processing apparatus that performs an image processing amount managing process of managing an amount of image processing performed with each account, the program letting the image processing apparatus perform:
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a substitution account registration process of registering a substitution account that is used when a process is performed on behalf of a first user; and
a substitution account managing process of managing a process performed with the substitution account as a process performed with the account of the first user.
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29. A program embodied in a recording medium to be installed on a management apparatus that performs an image processing amount managing process of managing an amount of image processing performed with each account in at least one image processing apparatus, the program letting the management apparatus perform:
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a substitution account registration process of registering a substitution account that is used when a process is performed on behalf of a first user; and
a substitution account managing process of managing a process performed with the substitution account as a process performed with the account of the first user.
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Specification