In an information processing system including an information processing server and a multifunction machine, the information processing server transmits print instruction information instructing printing of teaching material content and an answerer ID to the multifunction machine. Upon receiving the print instruction information, the multifunction machine generates teaching material content printed material, reads a print surface of answered teaching material content printed material, and transmits read data corresponding to a read image. The information processing server acquires the answerer ID from the received read data and performs processing for providing the read image for a terminal device of a person concerned having a predetermined relationship with an answerer having the acquired answerer ID.

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to: in response to acquiring a first identification output from a different information processing apparatus, perform control of execution of a first process; in response to completion of the first process, perform control to cause the different information processing apparatus to output a second identification for executing a second process; and in response to acquiring the second identification output from the different information processing apparatus, perform control of execution of the second process.

A printing system includes: a printing device; and a data processing server. A first controller of the printing device is configured to perform: a reading process to read a reading target to generate image data; a determination process to determine whether to transmit the image data to the data processing server according to at least one of available capacity information and capacity-related information; and a data transmission process to transmit the image data to the data processing server. A second controller of the data processing server is configured to perform: a payment-related process related to a fee payment for printing based on the image data. The first controller is configured to further perform, after the fee payment is completed: an acquisition process to acquire print data corresponding to the image data; and a printing process to form an image corresponding to the print data on a printing medium.

A charging application to be executed by a terminal processor of a terminal device causes the terminal processor to store a print queue associated with a server to which charging information is transmitted, to monitor a spooler receiving a print job, when the spooler receives the print job specifying the print queue, to obtain charging information based on the print job, and to transmit the obtained charging information to the server associated with the print queue.

Examples for cost generation for a common print substance supply are described herein. In some examples, signals indicative of an amount of print substance consumed by a plurality of printing devices are received at a computing device. Signals indicative of a cost corresponding to the amount of print substance consumed by each printing device of the plurality of printing devices are generated at a processor of the computing device based on the received signals. The cost is also generated based on a device identifier, a customer identifier, a print media identifier, or a combination thereof. The signals indicative of the cost for each printing device are transmitted.

An information processing device is provided with a provision unit, a reception unit, and a control unit. The provision unit provides a service. The reception unit receives a billing destination of a fee with respect to a use of the service from among multiple destinations including a first organization that manages the service and a second organization different from the first organization. The control unit forwards, to an external device, a request to use the service including a request for verification of the billing destination received by the reception unit, controls the provision of the service by the provision unit in accordance with a response from the external device regarding the forwarded request, and causes a usage history of the service to be stored in association with the billing destination received by the reception unit.

An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition section that acquires a document, a first extraction section that extracts elements that need processing regarding copyrights from elements constituting the acquired document, a second extraction section that extracts use conditions of the extracted elements, a first presenting unit that presents at least part of the extracted use conditions, a receiving section that receives designation of wanted and unwanted elements among the extracted elements, a second presenting section that presents a total fee obtained by adding fees indicated by use conditions of the wanted elements to a fee for outputting the document, and an output section that, in response to payment of the total fee, outputs the edited document. In the edited document, the unwanted elements have been edited to comply with the use conditions.

An information processing device is provided with a provision unit, a reception unit, and a control unit. The provision unit provides a service. The reception unit receives a billing destination of a fee with respect to a use of the service from among multiple destinations including a first organization that manages the service and a second organization different from the first organization. The control unit forwards, to an external device, a request to use the service including a request for verification of the billing destination received by the reception unit, controls the provision of the service by the provision unit in accordance with a response from the external device regarding the forwarded request, and causes a usage history of the service to be stored in association with the billing destination received by the reception unit.

A multi-function printer is coupled to a mobile device via a proximity network interface. The multi-function printer determines a workflow specified by a user of the mobile device. An ephemeral token associated with the workflow is sent to the mobile user device. The mobile device uses the ephemeral token to create a payment packet that is sent to a payment server which sends a receipt in response thereto. The multi-function printer receives the receipt from the mobile device and in response to receiving the receipt, obtains a list of payments from the payment server. The multi-function printer performs the workflow based on validating the receipt against the list of payments.

An information processing apparatus includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives an image associated with attribute information. When detecting a use of the image, the transmitter transmits information related to the use of the image. In a further modification of the invention, the image may be an image corresponding to an object.