Electrophotography – Remote monitoring
Patent
1996-09-03
1998-01-13
Smith, Matthew S.
Electrophotography
Remote monitoring
399 9, 399 10, 399 12, G03G 1500
Patent
active
057089094
ABSTRACT:
In a management system in which electronic photocopiers are linked through a network with a host computer at a maintenance company that manages the photocopiers and with another host computer at a lease company that performs charging and other tasks related to the use of the photocopiers, registration to the latter host computer and setting thereupon of transmission times of periodical reports can be performed without any inconvenience. Data including the ID number of a copier and the code of the maintenance company are transmitted from a communications control device provided in the copier to the host computer of the lease company. This host computer, when the received ID number and code have not been registered, puts the ID number and code on a list of unregistered copiers, and makes the device transmit data every day until the copier is registered. When the copier is registered, the host computer erases the ID number of the copier and the code of the maintenance company from the list of unregistered copiers. Thus, the lease company's failure to register a copier can be readily detected, so that a lease contract can be fulfilled without delay.
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Hashimoto Yasuhiro
Nagira Jiro
Utatsu Hiroshige
Yamashita Yuji
Mita Industrial Co. Ltd.
Smith Matthew S.
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