MULTIFUNCTION MACHINE WITH SUPPORT FUNCTION

Japanese Patent JP2017063361

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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lighten a burden on a person in charge of a shop where a multifunction machine is installed by executing a function that a user desires after confirming that a support fee has been paid, and to provide a support function which is effective to the user.SOLUTION: A multifunction machine comprises: a communication part which communicates with a management center device providing a support function; an input part; a display part; a support fee acquisition part which acquires a support fee transmitted from the management center device; a payment monitor part which monitors payment of prescribed fee; and a function execution part which executes a desired function. When a support fee charged for providing a prescribed support function is transmitted from the management center device after a user performs a support request operation for starting the support function, the support fee that the support charge acquisition part acquires is displayed, and after the payment monitor part confirms that the displayed support fee and a fee needed to execute the selected desired function are paid, the function execution part executes the function that the user desires.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

MURAKAMI KOICHI
NAKAI YASUHIRO
KATAMOTO KOJI
HAYANO YASUTOMO
SAEDA MASAO

JP2015188279A

March 30, 2017

September 25, 2015

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Shintaro Nogawa
Shinji Kai
Yusuke Kaneko
Kiyoshi Inamoto
Masami Tomita

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