CN116414322A - Print authority purchase management program, print authority purchase management system, and storage medium - Google Patents

Print authority purchase management program, print authority purchase management system, and storage medium Download PDF

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CN116414322A
CN116414322A CN202211691769.3A CN202211691769A CN116414322A CN 116414322 A CN116414322 A CN 116414322A CN 202211691769 A CN202211691769 A CN 202211691769A CN 116414322 A CN116414322 A CN 116414322A
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Abstract

A print authority purchase management program and system and a storage medium are provided. The print authority purchase management program includes: an acquisition request accepting step of accepting a print permission purchase request via an operation unit of the terminal device; an identification information acquisition step of acquiring identification information of the printing apparatus; a printing apparatus identification step of identifying a printing apparatus as a processing object based on the identification information; a settlement information acquisition step of acquiring settlement information, which is information on purchasing print authority for the specific printing apparatus identified in the printing apparatus identification step, from an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the terminal apparatus; a first settlement information display step of displaying only the first settlement information related to the terminal device on a display unit of the terminal device; and a second settlement information display step of displaying, on the display unit, second settlement information concerning all terminal devices among the settlement information acquired in the settlement information acquisition step.

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Print authority purchase management program, print authority purchase management system, and storage medium
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a print right purchase management program and a print right purchase management system for managing print rights to purchase printing of a prescribed print amount.
Background
In a printing service in which a user who uses a printing apparatus pays a fee to a service provider in accordance with print contents, there is a case where a charging system of a prepaid system is introduced. Conventionally, there is known a technique in which, for example, as described in patent document 1, a user pays out a printing right, and printing is performed with a predetermined printing amount ensured by the printing right as an upper limit.
Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open No. 2021-68372
Disclosure of Invention
In the above-described conventional technique, a plurality of users purchase print rights, accumulate a guaranteed print amount that is guaranteed by each print right, and store the accumulated value of the guaranteed print amount in a printing device. Each user can print with the integrated value as an upper limit.
Consider the case where a print permission purchase history of a user is displayed. In this case, if not only the purchase histories of the user but also the purchase histories of other users can be displayed for each of the plurality of users, the user can purchase the print authority by himself/herself to prevent the printing from being continued while preventing the repetition of the purchase with other users, while ensuring the reduced print amount, thereby providing convenience.
The present invention provides a print authority purchase management program and a print authority purchase management system, which can prevent the occurrence of insufficient print quality while preventing duplicate purchase with other users by displaying print authority purchase histories of all users to a plurality of users using a printing device.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a print right purchase management program for causing an operation section of a terminal device configured to be communicable with an information processing device having an operation section operable by a user, a display section, and the operation section to execute the steps of: an acquisition application accepting step of accepting a purchase application of a printing authority for ensuring printing of a predetermined ensured printing amount in the printing apparatus via the operation section; an identification information acquisition step of acquiring identification information of the printing apparatus; a printing apparatus identifying step of identifying the printing apparatus as a processing object based on the identification information acquired in the identification information acquiring step; a settlement information acquisition step of acquiring settlement information from the information processing apparatus, the settlement information being information on purchasing printing rights for the specific printing apparatus identified in the printing apparatus identification step; a first settlement information display step of displaying only first settlement information related to the own terminal device on the display section; and a second settlement information display step of displaying, on the display unit, second settlement information concerning all terminal devices among the settlement information acquired in the settlement information acquisition step.
In the present invention, the terminal device is configured to be capable of communicating with the information processing device, and the information processing device is configured to be capable of communicating with the printing device. When a user of the printing apparatus makes a purchase request for printing rights via an operation unit of the terminal apparatus, the user accepts the purchase request in an acquisition request accepting step executed by the operation unit of the terminal apparatus. The user can perform printing of a prescribed print assurance amount, which is guaranteed by the purchased print authority, in the printing apparatus. When there are a plurality of users of the printing apparatus, each of the guaranteed printing amounts of the printing authorities purchased by the plurality of users is accumulated, and each of the users can perform printing with the accumulated value of the guaranteed printing amounts as an upper limit.
The operation unit of the terminal device executes the identification information acquisition step, the printing device identification step, the first settlement information display step, and the second settlement information display step. When a user who wants to view a purchase history of printing rights in a desired printing apparatus inputs identification information of the printing apparatus in an operation unit of a terminal apparatus, the input is accepted in an identification information acquisition step. In the printing apparatus identifying step, the printing apparatus as the processing object is identified and specified based on the inputted and accepted identification information. When a specific printing apparatus is identified, first settlement information on settlement executed in the own terminal apparatus among settlement information on settlement executed for print authority purchase of the specific printing apparatus is displayed on a display section in a first settlement information display step. In the second settlement information display step, the second settlement information on the settlement executed in all the terminal devices including the own terminal device and other terminal devices among the settlement information on the settlement executed for the print authority purchase of the specific printing device is displayed on the display unit.
According to the present invention, in the second settlement information display step, since print authority purchase histories of all users can be displayed for each of a plurality of users using the printing apparatus, it is possible to prevent occurrence of insufficient print amount while preventing duplicate purchase with other users.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a print permission purchase management program for causing an operation section of a terminal apparatus configured to be communicable with an information processing apparatus having an operation section operable by a user, a display section, and the operation section, the information processing apparatus being capable of communicating with the printing apparatus, to execute: an acquisition application accepting step of accepting a purchase application of a printing authority for ensuring printing of a predetermined ensured printing amount in the printing apparatus via the operation section; an identification information acquisition step of acquiring identification information of the printing apparatus; a printing apparatus identifying step of identifying the printing apparatus as a processing object based on the identification information acquired in the identification information acquiring step; a settlement information acquisition step of acquiring settlement information from the information processing apparatus, the settlement information being information on purchasing printing rights for the specific printing apparatus identified in the printing apparatus identification step; a third settlement information display step of displaying, on the display unit, only third settlement information concerning a resolver, which is an operator of the terminal device, among the settlement information acquired in the settlement information acquisition step; and a fourth settlement information display step of displaying fourth settlement information on all the respondents among the settlement information acquired in the settlement information acquisition step on the display section.
In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a print authority purchase management system, including: an information processing device capable of communicating with the printing device; and a terminal device configured to be communicable with the information processing device, and having an operation section operable by a user, a display section, and a control section, the control section of the terminal device performing: an acquisition request accepting process of accepting a purchase request for printing authority for ensuring printing of a predetermined ensured printing amount in the printing apparatus via the operation unit; an identification information acquisition process of acquiring identification information of the printing apparatus; a printing apparatus identification process of identifying the printing apparatus as a processing target based on the identification information acquired in the identification information acquisition process; a settlement information acquisition process of acquiring settlement information from the information processing apparatus, the settlement information being information on purchasing printing rights for the specific printing apparatus identified in the printing apparatus identification process; a first settlement information display process for displaying only first settlement information related to the own terminal device on the display section; and a second settlement information display process for displaying, on the display unit, second settlement information concerning all terminal devices among the settlement information acquired by the settlement information acquisition process.
In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a print authority purchase management system, including: an information processing device capable of communicating with the printing device; and a terminal device configured to be communicable with the information processing device, and having an operation section operable by a user, a display section, and a control section, the control section of the terminal device performing: an acquisition request accepting process of accepting a purchase request for printing authority for ensuring printing of a predetermined ensured printing amount in the printing apparatus via the operation unit; an identification information acquisition process of acquiring identification information of the printing apparatus; a printing apparatus identification process of identifying the printing apparatus as a processing target based on the identification information acquired in the identification information acquisition process; a settlement information acquisition process of acquiring settlement information from the information processing apparatus, the settlement information being information on purchasing printing rights for the specific printing apparatus identified in the printing apparatus identification process; a third settlement information display process of displaying, on the display unit, only third settlement information concerning a resolver, which is an operator of the terminal device, among the settlement information acquired by the settlement information acquisition process; and fourth settlement information display processing for displaying fourth settlement information concerning all the respondents among the settlement information acquired by the settlement information acquisition processing on the display section.
According to the present invention, by displaying print authority purchase histories of all users to a plurality of users using a printing apparatus, it is possible to prevent occurrence of insufficient print assurance while preventing duplicate purchases with other users.
The invention also comprises the printing authority purchasing management program.
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Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of a print service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile terminal.
Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a network configuration of the entire print service providing system.
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an information transmission/reception system when a single user uses a plurality of multifunction machines.
Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an information transmission/reception system when a single multifunction device is used by a plurality of users.
Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an information transmission/reception system when a mobile terminal used is changed due to a user changing a model or the like.
Fig. 7 is a diagram schematically showing all event management tables stored by the management server.
Fig. 8 is a diagram showing a screen transition in which various event durations are displayed on a mobile terminal.
Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing one example of a control procedure performed by the CPU of the mobile terminal.
Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a screen transition in which various event durations are displayed on the operation terminal.
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Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 shows a system configuration of a print service providing system related to a print authority purchase management system as one embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment is an embodiment of the printing service providing system 1, and the printing service providing system 1 can provide a prepaid printing service, that is, use the printing function of the multifunction device 200 as a user of a customer for a prepaid fee.
< overview of print service providing System >
In fig. 1, the print service providing system 1 described above includes a management server 100, a multifunction machine 200, a mobile terminal 300, and a transaction server 400. The management server 100, the multifunction device 200, the mobile terminal 300, and the transaction server 400 are connected to a network NT including a mobile phone communication line, and can communicate with each other. The management server 100 is an example of an information processing apparatus, the multifunction machine 200 is an example of a printing apparatus, and the mobile terminal 300 is an example of a terminal apparatus.
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The management server 100 is, for example, a server set and managed by a manufacturer of the multifunction machine 200, and has a processor 110, a storage device 115, and an interface 190. The processor 110, the storage device 115, and the interface 190 are connected to each other via a bus 105.
The storage 115 includes volatile storage 120 and nonvolatile storage 130. The volatile storage 120 is, for example, a DRAM, and stores various programs and/or data to be processed. The nonvolatile storage 130 is, for example, a hard disk drive or a solid state drive, and has a program storage area 131 and a data storage area 132.
The program storage area 131 stores various programs. The data storage area 132 stores, for example, an all-event management table shown in fig. 7 described later, which is used to store information about various events that all users have performed for the prepaid print service, respectively.
The processor 110 is a device that performs data processing, for example, a CPU, and executes various programs including programs related to the prepaid print service according to the present embodiment stored in the program storage area 131. The processor 110 performs various processes including data communication with the mobile terminal 300, the multi-function machine 200, and the transaction server 400 connected to the network NT. The processor 110 cooperates with the mobile terminal 300 to execute event history processing of the print service providing system 1 of the present embodiment.
Interface 190 is a wired LAN interface or a wireless interface for communicating with other devices, and is connected to network NT.
The storage device 115 is not limited to the above configuration, and may be, for example, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, a hard disk, a portable recording medium such as a USB memory that can be attached to and detached from the mobile terminal 300, a buffer memory provided in the processor 110, or the like, or a combination thereof.
Storage 115 may also be a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium is a non-transitory (non-transmission) medium. In addition to the above examples, the non-transitory medium includes a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, or the like. The non-transitory medium is also a tangible medium.
The same applies to the storage device 215 of the multifunction machine 200 described later.
< multifunctional machine >
The multifunction machine 200 is held by, for example, a print service provider or user who provides the prepaid print service described above. The multifunction machine 200 includes a scanner unit 280, a printer unit 290, a processor 210, a storage device 215, a display unit 240, an operation unit 250, a communication unit 285, and a communication interface 270. The scanner unit 280, the printer unit 290, the processor 210, the storage device 215, the display unit 240, the operation unit 250, the communication unit 285, and the communication interface 270 are connected to each other via the bus 205.
Storage 215 includes volatile storage 220 and nonvolatile storage 230. The volatile memory device 220 is, for example, a DRAM, and has an image data storage area 222 for storing image data of a print target. The nonvolatile memory device 230 is, for example, a flash memory, and has a program storage area 232. In the program storage area 232, various programs are stored as firmware, for example.
The processor 210 is a device that performs data processing, such as a CPU. The processor 210 executes various programs stored in the program storage area 232.
The display unit 240 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, and can display various information. The operation unit 250 is a device that accepts a user operation. The user can input various instructions to the multifunction machine 200 by operating the operation unit 250. Communication interface 270 is a wired or wireless network interface for communicating with other devices, and is connected to network NT.
The scanner unit 280 optically reads an original document to be read using a photoelectric conversion element such as a CCD or CMOS, and generates scan data indicating a read image.
The printing unit 290 prints an image on the conveyed sheet in a predetermined manner while taking out the sheet in the sheet feed tray by a conveying mechanism not shown in the figure and conveying the sheet. The following description will take an example of a case where printing is performed by an inkjet method. The printing section 290 forms an image on a sheet using ink of an ink cartridge detachably mounted in a cartridge holding section not shown in the drawing in response to a print job sent from the mobile terminal 300 or a print job generated by itself based on an operation performed on the operation section 250.
The communication unit 285 is, for example, a terminal or the like, and is electrically connected to a cartridge memory (IC chip) included in the ink cartridge mounted on the cartridge holding unit.
< Mobile terminal >
Fig. 2 shows a system structure of the mobile terminal 300. In fig. 2, a mobile terminal 300 is a mobile terminal such as a smart phone owned by a user, and is connected to a network NT via wireless communication. The mobile terminal 300 has a CPU310, a memory 320, a communication control section 330 for connecting to a network NT via wireless communication, a touch panel 340, and a mass storage device 350.
The mass storage device 350 is, for example, a flash memory, and has a program storage area 351 and a data storage area 352. In the program storage area 351, various programs are stored as firmware, for example. The various programs include various programs related to execution of history display of the prepaid print service according to the present embodiment based on a flowchart of fig. 9 and the like described later. As will be described later, the data storage area 352 stores a user event management table that stores, as a history, all information about various events that have been executed in the past by a user who is only the owner of the mobile terminal 300. The CPU310 executes a program related to the prepaid printing service of the present embodiment stored in the program storage area 351. The CPU310 performs history display processing described later including data communication to the management server 100 connected to the network NT in cooperation with the management server 100.
The mobile terminal 300 also receives display of various information and various operations of a user through a touch panel 340 integrally combining a liquid crystal display and a touch pad. The user may input various instructions to the mobile terminal 300 by operating the touch panel 340. An example of the display content of the touch panel 340 will be described later.
Instead of the mobile terminal 300, other information terminals such as a tablet computer may be used. Hereinafter, these information terminals will be collectively and simply referred to as "mobile terminals" as appropriate. The data storage area 352 is an example of a storage unit, the liquid crystal display of the touch panel 340 is an example of a display unit, the touch panel of the touch panel 340 is an example of an operation unit, and the CPU310 is an example of an operation unit.
< transaction Server >
The transaction server 400 is provided in, for example, a company of various online services for performing network settlement, and has a processor, a storage device, and an interface (not shown) for connecting to the network NT.
< characteristics of embodiment >
In the above configuration, the present embodiment is characterized by the following processing: with the prepaid print service, only the history of events such as purchase of print authority and printing, which have been performed by the user who owns the mobile terminal 300, is displayed on the mobile terminal 300. The event histories of all users are displayed to the system manager of the print service providing system 1.
< management of prepaid print service and event histories >
The prepaid printing service and the event history of the example of the present embodiment will be described. As described above, in the print service providing system 1 of the present embodiment, the management server 100, the multifunction device 200, the mobile terminal 300, and the transaction server 400 are connected via the network NT, and can transmit and receive information. As a mode of information transmission/reception, as shown in fig. 3, a plurality of mobile terminals 300 owned by a plurality of users and a plurality of multifunction machines 200 installed in each place transmit/receive information only individually to/from the management server 100, and the management server 100 centrally manages events performed on all the mobile terminals 300 and all the multifunction machines 200.
Here, the prepaid printing service provided by the printing service providing system l refers to a service for purchasing a predetermined number of printing authorities for a specific multifunction device 200 specified by the user itself via the mobile terminal 300, that is, a fee-based system in advance, and printing only a predetermined guaranteed printing amount purchased as a printing authority is printed in the target multifunction device 200. At this time, the management server 100 directly receives a purchase request for printing rights from the mobile terminal 300, and applies the printing rights to the specified multifunction device 200. In this case, the process of receiving the purchase request of the print authority by the mobile terminal 300 is an example of the acquisition request receiving step and the acquisition request receiving process.
In the prepaid printing service described above, the printing authority that the user can purchase for each individual of the multifunction machine 200 is the number of top-up sheets, and it is possible to select and purchase from a plurality of kinds of top-up services, for example, 100 sheets=100 yen, 300 sheets=250 yen, and the like. The user can accumulate the number of rechargeable sheets repeatedly purchased by the multi-function device 200 as the printable number, and can print each time the multi-function device 200 instructed by the mobile terminal 300 performs print processing, until the printable number is reduced to 0. Therefore, the management server 100 sequentially records the number of purchased pieces from which mobile terminal 300 to which multi-function device 200, and manages the history of all event information such as printing (see fig. 8 described later). The above-described printable number of sheets is one example of the allowable print amount.
In the example of the present embodiment, the number of printable sheets managed by each multifunction device 200 can be shared by a plurality of users, that is, by a plurality of mobile terminals 300. For example, in the multifunction device 200 installed in an environment where only a plurality of users, such as offices, can use, the number of printable sheets calculated as a result of print authority purchase and print event for each individual multifunction device 200 by the respective mobile terminals 300 is shared and used by all of these users. Further, the user who has made an event of purchasing print authority is an example of a settlement user.
In the print service providing system 1 based on the above-described utilization method, each user may want to check the history of events that have been performed in the past by the mobile terminal 300. In contrast, in the present embodiment, for example, as shown in fig. 4, when a single user uses a plurality of multifunction devices 200, each individual of the multifunction devices 200 is discriminated to display an event history on the mobile terminal 300. As shown in fig. 5, when a plurality of users use a single multifunction device 200, only event histories performed by the respective users are displayed. Further, as shown in fig. 6, even when the mobile terminal 300 is changed due to, for example, the user changing the model, the event history is continuously displayed without performing new setting registration. Although not particularly shown in the figure, event histories of all users are displayed only to the system manager of the print service providing system l and the setting manager of the multifunction device 200.
In the present embodiment, the management server 100 stores all the event management tables shown in fig. 7 so that the event history can be displayed in the manner described above. In the all-event management table, for events instructed to be executed by all mobile terminals 300 to the management server 100, the following items are recorded in the execution order of the events: the "event content" of the execution; the "date" of execution; "user identification information" indicating a user who performed the event; "object multifunction machine ID" (an example of identification information), that is, ID of the multifunction machine 200 that is the object of event execution; when the event is a purchase, "commodity" representing the content of a specific recharge number and "price" thereof; "increase/decrease" of the printable number of sheets of the multifunction machine 200 in each event of purchase and printing; and "current" indicating the number of printable sheets of the multifunction device 200 at the time point calculated by the addition and subtraction. The information of each item of each event is an example of settlement information, and the entire contents of the entire event management table are an example of second settlement information, wherein when the event is a purchase, the information of at least one item of "commodity", "price" and "increase and decrease" is an example of purchase history information, and when the event is a print, the information of at least one item of "event content", "increase and decrease" and "current" is an example of print history information.
In the example of the present embodiment, the mail address of the user registered in advance for the purpose of receipt transmission or the like is used as the user identification information. The mail address is information capable of uniquely determining the individual of the user, and the same mail address is often continued to be used even in the case where the mobile terminal 300 is changed, and therefore, even if the mobile terminal 300 is changed due to the replacement of the model as described above, the same user can be identified based on the mail address. In the example shown in the figure, all the event management tables collectively record events to be executed for all the object multifunction device IDs, but the event management tables may be created separately for each object multifunction device ID (not shown in the figure).
In the data storage area 352 of the mass storage device 350, each mobile terminal 300 stores in advance a user event management table (not shown in the figure) of the total event management tables, which is defined by only events instructed and executed by the user of the mobile terminal 300. Although not particularly shown in the drawing, the user event management table can be stored and managed only by the mobile terminal 300 for items (date, user identification information, object multifunction machine ID, commodity, price) related to past instructions, purchases performed, and print events of the user themselves. In this case, the content of the user event management table is one example of the first settlement information. However, since the printable number of sheets in the target multifunction device 200 at this time is stored only in the management server 100, when the item of the printable number is included in the user event management table and stored, the item is automatically downloaded and stored from the management server 100 at an appropriate timing such as after execution of each event. Further, the settlement information, the first settlement information, and the second settlement information may not include information related to the print event, but may be constituted only by information related to the purchase event.
< concrete display mode concerning event histories >
In the present embodiment, the user can display the event history of the user according to the screen transition shown in fig. 8 by performing an appropriate instruction operation via the application specific application (application) in the mobile terminal 300 with respect to the event information managed as described above.
First, when the dedicated application is started, each of the plurality of multifunction machines 200 to be instructed by the user is displayed in a list by icon on the device list screen shown in the upper left corner (a) of fig. 8 on the touch panel 340. Although the names of the multifunction machines 200 to be instructed are displayed in the example shown in the figure, the user can more clearly distinguish between the multifunction machines 200 by adding supplementary information such as the manufacturer, model, installation place, and installation number.
When the user presses an icon of the device as the instruction object in the touch panel 340 to select the device, a function selection screen shown in (b) of fig. 8 is displayed next. In the example shown in the figure, a case where the apparatus a is selected is shown. On the function selection screen, each of a plurality of functions executable in the multifunction device 200 of the selected device a is displayed in a list by way of icons. In the example shown in the figure, three functions of "scan", "print" and "history display" are displayed, and when the user selects the "print" function, the prepaid print service can be provided. At this time, execution of the following events or the like (not shown) can be instructed: printing with the number of printable sheets in the apparatus a at the time point as an upper limit; print rights are purchased through the transaction server 400 as needed.
When the user presses the "history display" icon on the function selection screen, a history screen shown in fig. 8 (c) is displayed next. At this time, based on the above-described user event management table stored in the data storage area 352 of the mass storage device 350 in advance in the mobile terminal 300, a list of events that the user has instructed to execute in the past to the targeted multifunction device 200 (device a) is displayed on the history screen. In the example shown in the figure, the date, the event content, and the increase or decrease in the number of printable sheets are displayed in a list in the order of execution of the events. When the display area of the touch panel 340 is large, or when the display area is properly scroll-displayed, other items such as the number of printable sheets at that time point (not shown in the figure) may be displayed together.
Further, a "display all histories" icon is displayed below the history screen, and when a pressing operation is performed, a PIN code confirmation screen as shown in fig. 8 (d) is displayed. The PIN code confirmation screen is a screen for inputting a 4-bit PIN code known in advance only to a system manager of the printing service providing system 1 or a setting manager of the multifunction machine 200 (apparatus a) or the like. In this PIN code confirmation screen, when an incorrect PIN code is input, the history screen is returned, and when an correct PIN code is input, an instruction of a valid manager is recognized, and all history screens shown in fig. 8 (e) are displayed. The PIN code is an example of collation information. Further, not limited to the PIN code, a password or the like known only to the manager may be input as collation information. In fig. 8 (e), the entire history screen is enlarged so that the display content can be easily seen.
When displaying the all history screen, the mobile terminal 300 accesses the management server 100 to download the entire contents of the entire event management table, and searches for and displays in a list the event information that is executed only in correspondence with the ID of the multifunction device 200 (device a). Alternatively, the ID of the multifunction device 200 may be transmitted when the management server 100 is accessed, and only the corresponding event information may be received from the management server 100.
In the all history screen, all of the event information for purchase or printing by the user of the mobile terminal 300 and other users using the multifunction device 200 is displayed in a list in the execution order. In the all history screen, a mail address as user identification information is displayed together so that it can be confirmed which event is executed by which user. In the example shown in the figure, the display is performed in a different display manner (display with bold letters and underlines in the example shown in the figure) that can be distinguished from events performed by other users. Thus, only the manager with authority can confirm all the event histories of other users that the general user should not browse in all the history screens.
< control procedure >
In order to realize the processing method of the history display in the present embodiment, an example of the control procedure executed by the CPU 310 of the mobile terminal 300 will be described with reference to the flowchart of fig. 9. When the above-described dedicated application is started in the mobile terminal 300, the CPU 310 starts execution of the flow.
First, in S5, the device list screen shown in fig. 8 a is displayed on the liquid crystal display of the touch panel 340, and the user performs a pressing operation on the touch panel (simply referred to as "operation unit" in the drawing) of the touch panel 340 to receive identification information of the multifunction device 200 (device) to be instructed. Next, in S10, the ID of the corresponding multifunction device 200 is specified based on the received identification information. The correspondence relationship between the identification information and the ID of the multifunction machine 200 is determined based on a correlation stored in advance in a correspondence table not particularly shown in the figure.
In the next step S15, it is determined whether or not the user has pressed the icon displayed in the history on the function selection screen shown in fig. 8 (b) displayed on the touch panel 340. When the icon other than the history display is pressed, the judgment condition is not satisfied (S15: NO), and after the multifunction operation processing of S20 of operating the multifunction device 200 with another scanning or printing function is executed, the process proceeds to S40. On the other hand, when the icon displayed in the history is pressed, the judgment condition is satisfied (yes in S15), and the process proceeds to S25.
In S25, only event information corresponding to the ID of the multifunction device 200 selected as the instruction target is acquired from the user event management table stored in advance in the data storage area 352 of the mass storage device 350 of the mobile terminal 300.
Next, the process proceeds to S30, and the event information acquired from the user event management table is displayed on the history screen of fig. 8 (c). In S35, it is determined whether or not the user has pressed the "display all histories" button on the history screen. If the pressing operation is not performed, the judgment condition is not satisfied (no in S35), and the process proceeds to S40. In S40, it is determined whether or not the user has performed a predetermined end operation for the dedicated application. When the end operation is performed, the judgment condition is satisfied (S40: yes), and the present flow is ended. On the other hand, when the end operation is not performed, the judgment condition is not satisfied (S40: NO), and the process returns to S30.
On the other hand, in the judgment in S35, when the user presses the "display all histories" button on the history screen, the judgment condition is satisfied (yes in S35), and the process proceeds to S45. In S45, the process stands by until the user inputs a 4-bit PIN code in the PIN code confirmation screen of (d) in fig. 8 displayed on the touch panel 340, and when the input is detected, the process proceeds to S50. In S50, it is judged whether the inputted PIN is valid, and if not, the judgment condition is not satisfied (S50: NO), and the process returns to S30. On the other hand, if the inputted PIN is valid, the judgment condition is satisfied (S50: yes), and the process proceeds to S55.
In S55, the mobile terminal 300 accesses the management server 100, downloads the entire contents of the entire event management table, searches for and acquires only the event information corresponding to the ID of the multifunction device 200 selected as the instruction target, and in S60, displays the acquired event information on the entire history screen in (e) of fig. 8. In the next step S65, the process is cycled to standby until the user presses the "back" button on the all-history screen, and the process proceeds to step S40 when the back operation is detected.
In the above description, the flowchart shown in fig. 9 is an example of the print authority purchase management program, the process of S5 is an example of the identification information acquisition step and the identification information acquisition process, the process of S10 is an example of the printing apparatus identification step and the printing apparatus identification process, the process of S55 is an example of the settlement information acquisition step and the settlement information acquisition process, the process of S30 is an example of the first settlement information display step and the first settlement information display process, the process of S60 is an example of the second settlement information display step and the second settlement information display process, and the process of S45 is an example of the collation information reception step.
< Effect of the embodiment >
As described above, the print service providing system 1 of the present embodiment is configured so that the mobile terminal 300 can communicate with the management server 100 capable of communicating with the multifunction device 200. When the user of the multi-function machine 200 makes a purchase request for printing authority via the touch panel 340 of the mobile terminal 300, the request is accepted through a process separately executed by the CPU 310 of the mobile terminal 300. The user can execute printing of the printable number of sheets, which is the prescribed guaranteed print amount guaranteed by the purchased print authority, in the multifunction machine 200. When there are a plurality of users of the multifunction device 200, the respective guaranteed print amounts of the print authorities purchased by the plurality of users are accumulated, and each user can perform printing with the accumulated value of the guaranteed print amounts as an upper limit.
The CPU 310 of the mobile terminal 300 executes the respective processes of S5, S10, S30, S60. When the user who wants to view the purchase history of the printing authority in the desired multifunction device 200 inputs the identification information of the multifunction device 200 in the touch panel 340 of the mobile terminal 300, the input is accepted in the process of S5. In the process of S10, the multifunction machine 200 as a processing object is identified and determined based on the inputted and accepted identification information. When a specific multifunctional machine 200 is identified, information of a user event management table related to settlement performed in the mobile terminal 300 among event information related to settlement performed for print authority purchase of the specific multifunctional machine 200 is acquired in the process of S25, and the acquired information is displayed on the touch panel 340 in the process of S30. In the process of S60, information of all event management tables related to settlement performed in all mobile terminals 300 including the mobile terminal 300 and other mobile terminals 300 among event information related to settlement performed for print authority purchase of the specific multi function machine 200 is displayed on the touch panel 340.
According to the present embodiment, in the process of S60, since print authority purchase histories of all users can be displayed for each of a plurality of users using the multifunction device 200, it is possible to prevent occurrence of insufficient print quality while preventing duplicate purchase with other users.
In the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 300 is a mobile information terminal such as a smart phone which is less likely to be shared by a plurality of users, and information on a user event management table concerning settlement executed in the mobile terminal 300 at the time of purchase of printing authority of the specific multifunction device 200 is stored in the data storage area 352 of the mobile terminal 300. According to the present embodiment, in the process of S30, by displaying the information of the user event management table stored in the data storage area 352, the information of the user event management table can be displayed through quick and simple processing without performing communication with the management server 100.
In the present embodiment, when the user inputs identification information of a specific multifunction device 200 via the touch panel 340, information of a user event management table concerning settlement executed in the mobile terminal 300 at the time of purchase of printing authority of the multifunction device 200 is displayed on the touch panel 340. When the user wants to see the information of all the event management tables related to the settlement of all the mobile terminals 300 including the mobile terminals 300 other than the mobile terminal 300, the information of all the event management tables stored in the management server 100 is acquired and displayed on the touch panel 340 when the correct PIN code is input through the touch panel 340 in a state in which the information of the user event management tables is displayed on the touch panel 340. According to the present embodiment, the information of the user event management table is first displayed on the touch panel 340, and then the information of all the event management tables is acquired and displayed by performing further operations, whereby the information of the user event management table and the information of all the event management tables can be displayed with easy-to-understand and smooth operations.
In the present embodiment, information of all event management tables of all mobile terminals 300 executed at the time of purchase of printing authority of a specific multifunction device 200 is stored in the management server 100. When the user inputs the PIN code via the touch panel 340, acceptance is made in the process of S45. By accepting the correct PIN code, in the process of S55, information of all event management tables stored in the management server 100 is acquired, and in the process of S60, it is displayed on the touch panel 340. According to the present embodiment, since the information of all the event management tables is acquired and displayed from the management server 100 only when the correct PIN code is input by the user, the information of all the event management tables can be displayed only for a predetermined limited user.
In the present embodiment, when information of the user event management table and/or information of all the event management tables is displayed on the touch panel 340, a user identification identifier such as a mail address used for user settlement is displayed at once. According to the present embodiment, the user identification is displayed together with the information of the user event management table and/or the information of all the event management tables, so that the user can reliably confirm who the settlement person is at each settlement.
The user identification information may be identification information other than the mail address, and may be, for example, a device ID, an IP address, or the like of the mobile terminal 300, as long as the user identification information can be identified.
In the present embodiment, the multifunction device 200 can execute printing with the number of printable sheets, which is the allowable printing amount, as an upper limit. When there are a plurality of users of the multifunction device 200, the cumulative value of the guaranteed printing amounts of the printing authorities purchased by the plurality of users is the allowable printing amount, and each user can perform printing with the allowable printing amount as an upper limit. When the printing authority is purchased, the printing permission amount is increased by increasing the guaranteed printing amount ensured by the printing authority. According to the present embodiment, since the information of at least one item of "commodity", "price" and "increase/decrease" is displayed together with the information of the user event management table and/or the information of all event management tables, the user can reliably confirm that the allowable printing amount accompanies the purchase printing authority increasing operation.
In the present embodiment, the multifunction device 200 can execute printing with the allowable printing amount as the upper limit. When there are a plurality of users of the multifunction device 200, the cumulative value of the guaranteed printing amounts of the printing authorities purchased by the plurality of users is the allowable printing amount, and each user can perform printing with the allowable printing amount as an upper limit. When printing is performed, the printing-permitted amount is reduced according to the amount consumed to perform printing. According to the present embodiment, since the information of at least one item of "event content", "increase/decrease", and "current" is displayed together with the information of the user event management table and/or the information of all event management tables, the user can reliably confirm that the print permission amount accompanies the purchase of the print permission and then execute the print reduction operation.
< modification >
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist and technical idea of the present invention. These modifications will be described in order below. The same reference numerals are given to the portions corresponding to the above-described embodiments, and the description is omitted or simplified as appropriate.
< case of browsing event histories Using general-purpose personal computer >
In the example of the embodiment described above, the mobile terminal 300 is used as a terminal device for browsing event histories. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other operation terminals including general-purpose personal computers (hereinafter referred to as general-purpose PCs) not specifically shown may be used to browse the event histories. In this case, since a sufficient display area can be ensured in the display unit 540 such as a display, as in the case of the transition of the screen shown in fig. 10, all item information can be displayed on the screen ((c) in fig. 10) limited to the event duration of the user himself/herself. In this case, the operation terminal is an example of the terminal apparatus.
Further, the operation terminal constituted by the general-purpose PC may be shared by a plurality of users, and it is not preferable to store a user event management table for managing only event information executed by a specific user in the past in the storage device of the general-purpose PC. Therefore, when the operation terminal only browses the event history of the user itself, user identification information such as a mail address is input at the time of starting the dedicated application, and all event information of all event management tables is acquired from the management server 100. Then, only the information corresponding to the user event management table corresponding to the user identification information in all the event management tables is displayed. That is, the process of inputting the user identification information is also performed before the process of S5 in the flowchart of fig. 9, and in the process of S25, all the event information of all the event management tables is acquired from the management server 100, and in the process of S30, only the event information corresponding to the user event management table among them is displayed. In this case, the process of S55 is not required. In the process of S25, only the information corresponding to the user event management table corresponding to the user identification information may be acquired from all the event management tables of the management server 100, and displayed in the process of S30.
As described above, the print service providing system 1 according to the present modification example is a terminal such as a general-purpose PC which may be shared by a plurality of users as an operation terminal, and information corresponding to a user event management table concerning settlement executed in the operation terminal at the time of purchase of printing authority of the specific multifunction device 200 is stored in the management server 100. According to this modification, the information corresponding to the user event management table is acquired from the management server 100 in the process of S25, and the information corresponding to the user event management table is displayed in the process of S30, whereby the information corresponding to the user event management table can be displayed by smooth processing of communication with the management server 100.
In the present modification, even when a single user uses a plurality of terminal devices such as the mobile terminal 300 and the operation terminal, the user identification information can be used to browse only the event histories that the single user has executed in the past for the target multifunction device 200. By further inputting the valid PIN code, it is possible to browse the event histories of all users to the target multifunction device 200. In this case, the individual user is an example of the arbitrator, the entire users are an example of the entire arbitrators, the event history information of the individual user is an example of the third settlement information, the process of S30 is an example of the third settlement information display step and the third settlement information display process, the event history information of the entire users is an example of the fourth settlement information, and the process of S60 is an example of the fourth settlement information display step and the fourth settlement information display process. The third settlement information may not include information related to the print event, and may be composed of only information related to the purchase event.
In the above description, the flow chart shown in fig. 9 and the like does not limit the present invention to the process shown in the flow chart, and processes may be added, deleted, or the order of the processes may be changed within a range not departing from the gist and technical idea of the present invention.
In addition to the above description, the methods of the above embodiments and the modifications may be appropriately combined and used.
Although examples are not given one by one, various modifications can be made within a range not departing from the gist and technical idea of the present invention.

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1. A computer-readable storage medium storing a print right purchase management program for causing an operation section of a terminal device configured to be communicable with an information processing device having an operation section operable by a user, a display section, and the operation section to execute the steps of:
an acquisition application accepting step of accepting a purchase application of a printing authority for ensuring printing of a predetermined ensured printing amount in the printing apparatus via the operation section;
An identification information acquisition step of acquiring identification information of the printing apparatus;
a printing apparatus identifying step of identifying the printing apparatus as a processing object based on the identification information acquired in the identification information acquiring step;
a settlement information acquisition step of acquiring settlement information from the information processing apparatus, the settlement information being information on purchasing printing rights for the specific printing apparatus identified in the printing apparatus identification step;
a first settlement information display step of displaying only first settlement information related to the own terminal device on the display section; and
and a second settlement information display step of displaying, on the display unit, second settlement information concerning all terminal devices among the settlement information acquired in the settlement information acquisition step.
2. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device further has a storage section,
in the first settlement information display step, the first settlement information stored in the storage section is displayed.
3. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the arithmetic section executes the settlement information obtaining step in a process in which the first settlement information is displayed in the first settlement information displaying step.
4. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the computing unit is configured to display, in the first settlement information display step, the first settlement information out of the settlement information acquired in the settlement information acquisition step.
5. The computer-readable storage medium according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the operation section is caused to execute a collation information accepting step for accepting an input of the collation information via the operation section,
in the settlement information acquisition step, when the correct collation information is input in the collation information reception step, the settlement information is acquired from the information processing apparatus,
in the second settlement information display step, the second settlement information among the settlement information acquired in the settlement information acquisition step is displayed.
6. The computer-readable storage medium according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein in at least the second settlement information display step of the first settlement information display step and the second settlement information display step, a user identification related to a settlement user at the time of settlement of purchasing print authority for the specific printing apparatus is displayed.
7. The computer-readable storage medium according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the printing device is configured to be capable of printing with an allowable printing amount as an upper limit,
in at least the second settlement information display step of the first settlement information display step and the second settlement information display step, purchase history information including that the allowable print amount increases with purchase of the printing authority related to the specific printing apparatus is also displayed.
8. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 7, wherein in at least the second settlement information display step of the first settlement information display step and the second settlement information display step, print history information including that the allowable print amount decreases with printing by the specific printing apparatus is further displayed.
9. A computer-readable storage medium storing a print right purchase management program for causing an operation section of a terminal device configured to be communicable with an information processing device having an operation section operable by a user, a display section, and the operation section to execute the steps of:
An acquisition application accepting step of accepting a purchase application of a printing authority for ensuring printing of a predetermined ensured printing amount in the printing apparatus via the operation section;
an identification information acquisition step of acquiring identification information of the printing apparatus;
a printing apparatus identifying step of identifying the printing apparatus as a processing object based on the identification information acquired in the identification information acquiring step;
a settlement information acquisition step of acquiring settlement information from the information processing apparatus, the settlement information being information on purchasing printing rights for the specific printing apparatus identified in the printing apparatus identification step;
a third settlement information display step of displaying, on the display unit, only third settlement information concerning a resolver, which is an operator of the terminal device, among the settlement information acquired in the settlement information acquisition step; and
a fourth settlement information display step of displaying fourth settlement information on all the resolvers among the settlement information acquired in the settlement information acquisition step on the display section.
10. A print authority purchase management system, comprising:
an information processing device capable of communicating with the printing device; and
a terminal device configured to be communicable with the information processing device, having an operation section operable by a user, a display section, and a control section,
the control unit of the terminal device performs the following processing:
an acquisition request accepting process of accepting a purchase request for printing authority for ensuring printing of a predetermined ensured printing amount in the printing apparatus via the operation unit;
an identification information acquisition process of acquiring identification information of the printing apparatus;
a printing apparatus identification process of identifying the printing apparatus as a processing target based on the identification information acquired in the identification information acquisition process;
a settlement information acquisition process of acquiring settlement information from the information processing apparatus, the settlement information being information on purchasing printing rights for the specific printing apparatus identified in the printing apparatus identification process;
a first settlement information display process for displaying only first settlement information related to the own terminal device on the display section; and
And a second settlement information display process for displaying, on the display unit, second settlement information concerning all terminal apparatuses among the settlement information acquired by the settlement information acquisition process.
11. A print authority purchase management system, comprising:
an information processing device capable of communicating with the printing device; and
a terminal device configured to be communicable with the information processing device, having an operation section operable by a user, a display section, and a control section,
the control unit of the terminal device performs the following processing:
an acquisition request accepting process of accepting a purchase request for printing authority for ensuring printing of a predetermined ensured printing amount in the printing apparatus via the operation unit;
an identification information acquisition process of acquiring identification information of the printing apparatus;
a printing apparatus identification process of identifying the printing apparatus as a processing target based on the identification information acquired in the identification information acquisition process;
a settlement information acquisition process of acquiring settlement information from the information processing apparatus, the settlement information being information on purchasing printing rights for the specific printing apparatus identified in the printing apparatus identification process:
A third settlement information display process of displaying, on the display unit, only third settlement information concerning a resolver, which is an operator of the terminal device, among the settlement information acquired by the settlement information acquisition process; and
and a fourth settlement information display process for displaying fourth settlement information on all the respondents in the settlement information acquired by the settlement information acquisition process on the display unit.
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