CN1108686C - Billing system for radio communications - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provided a billing system for radio communications. The information provider can take charge of the information service charge effectively when the receiving devices of the user receive the paid information via radio communications (satellite communications in common). The system includes a main unit having a host computer with a database for storing data of various types, and a transceiver for radio communications. The system also includes a plurality of terminal units for receiving said data of various types.

Description

The accounting system of radio communication

Technical field

The present invention is the relevant radio communication person of use, and especially star satellite communication person provides based on individual part information or based on effective accounting system of the service charge of unit information.This comprises from music (comprising news) to video to file to multiple information service.The present invention and be the accounting system of relevant utilities expense.

Background technology

Use the radio broadcasting of communication satellite, television broadcasting, and during satellite communication now is extensive use of.The in good time record keeping of service charge and collect and be radio communication subject matter going along with is because radio communication there is no the suitable system with the common employee of telephone wire (wherein, communication connect carry out) under the control of telephone exchange.In television broadcasting, the common set practice is kept accounts and charge to each television set for the radio frequency channel of watching after television set is installed according to user or audience.Have some satellite broadcast service systems using at present, wherein, signal is puddled earlier before transmission, and user's terminal is equipped with to separate puddles device, and this separates the signal that receives and puddles.In this situation, predetermined rate is monthly kept accounts.

Yet above-mentioned first system is difficult for carrying out the collection information service charge, depends on user's oneself wish fully because pay.Use is separated second system that puddles device and the burden of puddling device is separated in installation is added on the recipient, makes it suffer extra cost.This can hinder client's amplification.

Common Fare Collection System is generally Flat Amount monthly, and this can not set expense according to information category elasticity, and can not pay on flex time.Say it on the viewpoint of commerce, this hinders the expensive information of the only intensive broadcasting of informant.In broadcasting popular information or formula, then the commerciality of hopeless order increases as informant's fidelity.

Utility company needs the information management of individual customer especially, such as electric, and gas, and running water service.Each family and office need running water and energy supply basically, such as gas and electric.The utilities expense of these projects now is separately to collect individually.Be added in each the utilities expense as the above-mentioned information expense of being engaged in, and collect together, then the informant can effectively carry out charge.This effective Fare Collection System can obtain cost recovery to investment as scheduled for the informant.By charge as scheduled, the informant can have good chance to plan its employment of capital, so that further investment, to provide bigger value added information to the client.

At the Fare Collection System of the existing form of utility service, each consumer is equipped with one and is made and use tricks, and it is electric how many this indications consumed, gas, and running water.The consumer to shown in amount pay.More clearly say it, utility company regularly read each consumer should make use tricks in existing reading and before poor between reading, and the consumer collected the expense suitable with this difference.In this situation, one reads the meter, and the person needs to read one by one and make the data of using tricks to each consumer place.

In present environment, a large amount of information is existing to be exchanged rapidly and accurately by electronics teletype communication device.Need not to rely on fully the person that reads the meter as reading of using tricks of the making of basis of chargeing.In other words, utility company can need not somely to read the meter person is exclusively used in the meter work of reading, and can save required time of this work and cost, and can save a large amount of labor costs.This helps to limit the utility service price markup, causes each consumer to obtain economic interests.

Summary of the invention

First purpose of the present invention is providing a kind of accounting system, the frequency that this can use in information, and suitably keep accounts on the basis of the unit price of user's number of packages of receiving information, need not to use a month charge system.

Second purpose of the present invention is providing a kind of accounting system, and wherein, the information service expense is added on running water, and is electric, and in arbitrary utilities expense of gas supply, and total value is kept accounts really and collected.

Another object of the present invention is providing a kind of accounting system, and wherein, the mode used with second purpose is opposite, each utilities expense is added in the information service expense, and clearing and collect total value, wherein, accounting system is an integrating system, contains the multiple service that user or consumer have used.

For reaching above purpose, the present invention comprises a basic unit and a plurality of terminal unit basically, described basic unit has master computer, described master computer has a database and the machine for receiving and emitting message in order to radio communication in order to store various data, described a plurality of terminal unit is in order to receive described various data, each described terminal unit has a unique terminal recognition sign indicating number, described basic unit is configured to add to the data that will send the peculiar identification code of date of data type of the described data that will send, and described basic unit also is configured to send the data with identification code of date, in addition, described basic unit also is configured to transmit control signal at regular intervals and transmits use information with request, described a plurality of terminal comprises a processor, be used for storing successively the identification code of date of the data that send by described basic unit, and, form data flow when receiving described control signal, described data flow comprises the identification code of date of described storage and corresponding to the terminal recognition sign indicating number of described terminal unit.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a calcspar, shows the present invention substantially.

Fig. 2 is a calcspar, shows basic unit of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a calcspar, shows terminal unit of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a calcspar, shows the terminal unit of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 shows the structure of the data that send in the second embodiment of the present invention and receive.

Fig. 6 is a calcspar, shows the terminal unit of the third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a calcspar, shows the basic unit of the third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 shows the data structure of the third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a calcspar, shows the terminal unit of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a calcspar, shows another the 4th embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 11 is a calcspar, shows the fifth embodiment of the present invention substantially.

Figure 12 is a calcspar, shows the terminal unit of the system of Figure 11.

Embodiment

Description is discussed embodiments of the invention in following.Fig. 1 is a calcspar, shows the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein uses satellite communication.The first embodiment of the present invention is included in the communication satellite on the planned orbit, the basic unit 2 in emission side's personnel selection main website, and a receiving terminal unit 3 that is provided with for the user uses.Though Fig. 1 only shows single terminal unit 3, actually, a plurality of terminal units 2 can be set, become parallel configuration.As be shown in Fig. 2, and basic unit 2 comprises a master computer 4 basically, and a database 5, one transmitters 6 under the control of master computer 4 reach the antenna 7 that satellite communication is used.As the transmission responsor that makes full use of satellite 1 then can many radio frequency channels be broadcasted by setting up a plurality of radio frequency channels.In this situation, basic unit 2 specifies different types of information to give different radio frequency channels, and launches many radio frequency channels signal to communication satellite 1.Can specify various information to give a plurality of radio frequency channels.For example, in the Karaoke music, can specify a tune to give a radio frequency channel, the speech under it then is assigned to another radio frequency channel, and in the comvision recreation, data and formula are assigned to different radio frequency channels.In these examples, the user has the freedom of selecting radio frequency channel.

Refer now to Fig. 3, describe in detail under being configured in of terminal unit 3.By reception/transmitting antenna 2, the satellite-signal that tuner 9 receives available from basic unit 2.The signal of desire emission can be such as image datas such as vision signals, and is used to operate numerical digit signals such as data in Karaoke or the comvision recreation such as need.Suppose that tuner 9 has the structure that can receive a plurality of radio frequency channels simultaneously.When handling a plurality of radio frequency channel signal simultaneously, one receives data processing block 10 (having such as storage devices such as buffer storage) temporarily stores each data, and data streams, such as the mark ice of communication usefulness ending is arranged.And, receive data processing block 10 and carry out important processing capacity, such as being separated, the data that received puddle, with extracting required data, be the person of puddling as the data that received.One signal processing piece 12 comprises a video processing circuit in parallel structure, a Karaoke signal processing circuit, and video game treatment circuit, and each handles the signal of the corresponding kind that is received circuit.Signal processing circuit has the output out of the ordinary of requirement.For picking up video output, a unit of display is connected to video output terminals simply.Be the active computer video game, a video game machine is connected to the video game output simply.One control board and a display panel indicate 14 and 15 respectively.Manipulation places the key on the control board 14, to select required information, with reference to information table shown on the display panel 15.The data self terminal unit 3 of the information service that the relevant terminal unit 3 of one transmitter, 16 transmissions has received is to basic unit 2.Carry of antenna 8 ejaculations of the rf wave of these data by transmitter 16.

The below work of explanation accounting system is used for the pay imformation service of basic unit 2 and 3 exchanges of terminal unit.Terminal unit respectively has its oneself exclusive terminal recognition sign indicating number (ID).Basic unit 2 sends various information (data) on different radio frequency channels.The data that basic unit 2 is sent respectively contain its exclusive identification code.CPU11 or the memory block (not shown) under CPU11 control store this use information when terminal unit 3 is received and handle these data.Secondly, basic unit 2 controls signal to terminal unit 3 every sending one between certain, and request sends use information.When receiving this control signal, terminal unit 3 making such as identification code of dates etc. use information (this is stored from the penult control signal) to be data flow, add a header and to terminate in each data flow, send this data flow then to basic unit 2.In this case, include each exclusive Termination ID of terminal unit in the data flow in, as extraneous information.When receiving the data flow from terminal unit, basic unit 2 is recognized ID, and on each ID basis to using the required processing of information and executing, regularly calculation services is taken.

Several Methods is arranged by using situation information to come the calculation services expense, and can choose at random the method for where using, in first method, use information contains the data of indication based on the frequency of usage of each identification code of date of identification code of date information, basic unit 2 stores the service charge price catalog with each identification code of date subitem, as a tables of data, and basic unit 2 finds the total amount with reference to this tables of data.In second method, terminal unit 3 is respectively carried out service charge and is calculated.Terminal unit 3 respectively contains a tables of data identical with basic unit person in first method, and reaction with reference to this tables of data, with the total service charge, and is sent the data that indication amounts to the result available from basic unit 2 control signals.Second method makes things convenient for the user, and the user can be monitored the use situation by the service charge of checksum.This embodiment demonstrates with satellite communication.Yet, for example, can replace satellite communication such as other radio communications such as FM radio communications, need not the important system structure of any modification present embodiment.

In first embodiment, basic unit 2 directly monitors the use situation of each terminal unit, and need not manually to involve in the calculating of service charge.Become hard this output as the service charge that adds up to suitable statement of account format, then this statement of account format can directly be used as actual bill, causes saving bill and sends cost related and labour.And the use situation information that conception makes terminal unit is by telephone wire but not upwards sent by radio link.This may take the part service time that supplies normal telephone service usefulness fully.Yet, be not very important as the traffic efficiency problem, do not have other problems and oppose to use telephone wire.

Secondly, discuss in order to the second embodiment of the present invention that information service expense is effectively kept accounts in following.The essential structure of second embodiment is identical with that shown in Figure 1.The structure of basic unit 2 is identical with that shown in Figure 2.The structure of terminal unit is shown in Fig. 4, and in the figure, the tuner 42 that is connected on the reception antenna 41 is received from the signal (data) that basic unit 2 is sent.Suppose that the data that send can be the digitisation data, such as video, Karaoke, and the data of video game.The satellite-signal that containing the numerical digit data processing block (being shown in 43) of buffer storage etc. is provided tuner 42 is decoded as effective numerical digit signal, handles the mark ice and the ending that are acted in the communication, and wins information required in the data flow.Controlled CPU control whole terminal unit.Signal processing piece 45 comprises a numerical digit video processing circuit 45a of plan-parallel structure, data bit Karaoke signal processing circuit 45b, and DVB-T recreation signal processing circuit 45c, and circuit is respectively handled the received signal of corresponding kind.Signal processing circuit has each other output 46a, 46b, and 46c.For picking up video output, a unit of display is connected to video output terminals simply.For playing with the comvision recreation, a video game machine is connected to the video game output simply.Control board and display panel indicate 47 and 48 respectively.Manipulation is arranged at key and the button on the control board 47, to select required information, with reference to the information table that is presented on the display panel 48, more than structure is roughly kept identical with first embodiment of Fig. 3, only first embodiment is provided with transmitter 16, is emitted to basic unit 2 in order to self terminal unit 3.Do not establish transmitter in the terminal unit of second embodiment.

Secondly, the work of the accounting system of information service expense is discussed.In Fig. 4, one uses situation memory 49 to calculate the use of each signal processing piece 45, and stores the tale of each signal processing circuit.Calculate arbitrary total service charge during required according to stored usage count.The numerical digit data of each data frame comprise the identification code of date suitable with information category.The structure of data frame is illustrated with reference to figure 5.Suppose the numerical digit data that a single radio frequency channel reason information category A constitutes to the D dirt.Information category A is a voice data, and B is a television game data, and C is an image data, and D is a karaoke data.Image data C comprises the digitisation video data.Each data is by a body of data 50a, and a header 50b reaches an ending 50c and constitutes.Header 50b comprises an identification code of date, as pricing information, and control information.It is to charge with data unit or with chronomere that identification code of date is respectively indicated these data.For example in the data of the less kind of data bulk, common is the data of video game, and reading whole data at every turn and handle these data in the recipient is an easy program, but also is an important demand, because data structure is.So service charge can data unit be fixed a price, and add corresponding identification code of date.On the other hand, have the data class of big data bulk, common is image data, reads whole data at every turn and handle these data then to cause efficient not good.So data flow has and can interrupt automatically, such as the structure that postpones to carry out.Service charge is with time pricing, and thereby adds corresponding identification code of date.Above-mentioned identification code of date is judged by numerical digit data processing block 43, and the identification code of date of use situation memory 49 storage datas, and this chooses processing by Controlled CPU 44 in the data of all receptions.This stores with each data class is that carry out respectively on the basis.In case calculate the information service expense, for example, after calculating according to the expense transform data that comes independent unit, information service expense data can be by sending the ground basic unit on the telephone wire, and basic unit can regularly be kept accounts to total cost.On the payment information service charge, terminal unit can use IC-card, such as prepaid card.Mode of payment is not a very important theme of the present invention.

The digitisation data of different types of information exchange in a second embodiment, as above-mentioned.With computer, the medium of numerical digit form can be controlled and send to transmit leg (informant) quite easily, contains a large amount of information, such as image data, thereby reaches high-quality fast communication.Recipient (user of information service) but data that high speed processing and execution are accepted and benefit by using the data that received in many ways.The signal that sends has identification code of date, in order to the kind of distinguishes data, and the identification code of date of the actual data of using in the data of set all receptions of use situation memory storage in the terminal unit.So, the invention provides a kind of effective accounting system, wherein, the informant can accurately keep accounts to service charge, the realistic information service that offers the user, and the user can pay the bill according to this.

Secondly, the third embodiment of the present invention is discussed.Fig. 6 is user's device, i.e. the calcspar of a terminal unit.Terminal unit comprises a transmit/receive antenna 61, one of satellite-signal transmitting-receiving news piece 62, one analysis block 63 of satellite-signal, one buffer storage of the data that send or receive in order to temporary transient storage desire, one memory block 65 of the data that send and the data of reception, and in order to control whole unit, in order to do the Controlled CPU 66 of data being carried out required processing.Use output port 67 to connect external device (ED).With reference to figure 7, work is discussed at down as the structure of the basic unit of main website.Basic unit comprises the transmit/receive antenna 71 that main website uses, in order to receive reception piece 72 from the signal of terminal unit, in order to transmit control signal and to send the transmitting block 73 that terminal unit is applied for 1 information, in order to store user's information and to desire to be supplied to a database 74 of the information of terminal unit, in order to the cost information of sending here according to each user's terminal unit, come an existing record keeping processing block 75 via public telephone line to the information service expense charge that adds value information, and in order to the CPU76 of each piece of controlling center.Main website is connected in the existing value added charge networking N that public telephone company is had.This figure also shows an ordinary telephone line 77 and an existing value added charge line 78.On this uses, existing value added charge is defined as, when the user calls out a main website as the informant on a particular telephone number, in during the telephone wire connection, add in the normal telephone line expense based on the information service expense of unit interval, be responsible for collecting total cost with telephone office, for receiving the pattern of several data, then this unit can have a plurality of signal processing circuits and becomes the plan-parallel structure arrangement as the terminal unit of Fig. 6.

For making the user's that main website can be in said system terminal unit collection information service charge, main website needs earlier to register its oneself existing value added charge line 78 in telephone office, and lead a number of checking and approving.When terminal unit by sending an identification code of date to main website and in the request for data storehouse during stored paying information, main website confirms this identification code of date, then according to the agreed information of being applied for of sending of predetermined communication to terminal unit.Fig. 8 shows the example of structure of the data of transmission.These data comprise a header a, and the back is with the terminal address information b that contains terminal station ID, contain the data class information of kind of the data that identification sends and the data class c of information service expense, body of data d, error correcting code e, and the f that ends up.As this data structure certainly as seen, use the news packet communication in principle, pass on mistake to prevent data.When receiving these data, terminal unit comparison terminal address information c and the ID of oneself thereof.Receive any news bag that is harmonious, and handle by Controlled CPU 66.Satellite-signal analysis block 63 is skipped the news bag that any not own with it ID meets, and will not read, thereby avoid using the non-information service of checking and approving.

When whole station unit receives the information of sound status and when not disturbed, terminal unit sends the information service expense data of data class c to main website.When it received piece 72 places and receives information service expense data from terminal unit, main website connected the input port to telephone wire, with the registered existing value added charge line 78 of calling main website.Should notice that the information service expense is the time charge that is connected with existing value added charge line 78 according to the maintenance of input port.Main website or terminal unit conversion information service expense are the time, and in the time of being calculated, connect existing value added charge line, and telephone wire 77 is considered as the telephone wire by the terminal unit use, because the input port is decontroled according to the data of receiving self terminal unit.In the present embodiment, during each terminal unit application paid service, carry out the work of checking out.Or and, for simplicity, terminal unit can regularly be gone up carry information service charge data to main website.

In the 3rd embodiment, after confirming that terminal unit has been received the valid data of paying information, but not be transferred to terminal unit when finishing when the storage charge information, main website is according to the data available from terminal unit, the execution work of checking out.This is the reason for communication security.By according to keeping accounts, can avoid the possible problem of relevant expense calculating available from the information of terminal unit.The system of the 3rd embodiment makes terminal unit can serve as a major part in execution information service expense record keeping work, during the course with the satellite intercommunication.So, compare, relate to the problem that expense calculates and greatly reduce with the system of main website computing information service charge.And because the agency that telephone office keeps accounts and collects account as the information service expense, Gu Zhuzhansheng removes money work clearly.So, produce efficient information work is provided.Because telephone wire only need be used between the main website and the person in charge's the area exchange, is difficult to set up part so this system is set up in telephone wire easily.This system is so can expand various paying information services.

In above-mentioned system, the expense that adds value information is kept accounts separately.Present inventors etc. now deliver the 4th embodiment, and wherein, the information service expense is incorporated in electric, and gas in the public utilities charge system of water service, and calculates and collect total amount.System among this embodiment uses main structure shown in Figure 1, and wherein, a basic unit is communicated by letter with each terminal unit via satellite.With the counterpart of preceding system different persons for being installed on the terminal unit in the family.Fig. 9 shows this terminal unit.Shelves are shown in the tuner at 91 places in order to receive the signal that is sent by basic unit 2.Though Fig. 9 does not show antenna, as use satellite communication, then need an antenna.Same with preceding embodiment, when handling image data, the signal of emission can be the vision signal form, and when handling Karaoke or television game data, can be the numerical digit signal aspect.Tuner 91 can receive a plurality of radio frequency channels simultaneously.Reception data processing block 92 with buffer storage is carried out important function, such as when receiving many radio frequency channels signal simultaneously, temporarily stores each data, handles the data flow that comprises header and ending, and takes out required information in the data that received.Controlled CPU 93 control whole terminal units.Signal processing piece 94 comprises into a video processing circuit 94a of plan-parallel structure, a Karaoke signal processing circuit 94b, and a video game signal processing circuit 94c, and circuit is respectively handled the received signal of corresponding kind.Signal processing circuit has each other output 95a, 95b, and 95c.One control board and a display panel indicate 96 and 97 respectively.Handle set key on the control board 96,, analyse 97 information tables that present ready to accept a higher or a lower post with reference to showing to select required information.

The work of the accounting system of this 4th embodiment of explanation now.In Fig. 9, use the use of situation counter 98 signal calculated processing blocks 94, and store the tale of every signal processing circuit.According to the independent unit 2 regular expense transform datas that send, according to stored usage count computing information service charge.The data of the usage count institute basis identification code of date of the use of calculating each treatment circuit (promptly in order to) insert in the signal of desiring to be sent by basic unit.For example, data frame respectively contains and the corresponding identification code of date of data class.The data output of tuner 91 is handled by Controlled CPU 93, and control board 96 selected data are further handled by the treatment circuit 94a to 94c of correspondence then.Use the sum of the every identification code of date of situation counter 98 storages, as using the data number.For example, during some in, when using Karaoke N time and playing and use video game M, as the use data frequency.And, list on the tables of data by the stored identification code of date and the contrast of expense transform data of the timed sending of emission side, with regular decision information service expense.

The information service expense is by using 98 decisions of situation counter.In case after the information service decision, be sent to expense conversion adapter 99 with the form of numerical digit signal.Expense conversion adapter 99 is connected to AC watt hour meter 100, to control this watt hour meter.Widely used family's integration watt is counted an AC integration wattmeter that uses the shifting magnetic field induction.The integration wattmeter is common by an aluminium dish, current potential and current coil, and a counting device constitutes.The aluminium dish rotates with a speed, and the product of the magnetic flux of this speed and potential coil and the magnetic flux of current coil is proportional, and two coil is connected to the networking of desiring to measure.Measure watt-hour by the revolution that calculates the aluminium dish.So, watt is counted a simulation machine.In the present embodiment, for controlling this common integration wattmeter, expense conversion adapter 99 conversion digit information service charge data are analog date, and analogue data altogether should be to integration wattmeter 100, to control it.More clearly say it, the information service expense output transform of numerical digit form is an electric current, and electric current is equivalent to the power consumption that equates with the information service expense, and using the revolution of aluminium dish is a parameter, and the electric current that is produced puts on the integration wattmeter 100 then.In the information service expense of terminal unit place decision so be sent to the integration wattmeter with the form of electric current.Wattmeter is so indicate total watt-hour, so, utility company's exploitation bill and collect that to comprise the information service expense time-consuming in interior total.Present embodiment adopts known system, and wherein, utility company pays the bill to the informant, and its amount of money deduction goes the actual electricity charge and agency service expense.Main website should and the record keeping time or read between timing simultaneously mail sending charge per message with transform data to each terminal unit.In sum, in the present embodiment, according to the information category decision information service expense that is provided, the total information service charge of a scheduled period is transformed to the watt-hour amount, and the current value suitable with it delivered to the integration wattmeter.

In the 4th embodiment, expense conversion adapter 99 information converting service charges are electric current, but this electric current Direct Transform is the watt-hour amount.The electric current that suitable 99 supplies of expense conversion switching are produced is to AC integration wattmeter 100.Yet for improving record keeping efficient, the information service expense can be supplied to the integrating meter of electric utility service in addition.

Figure 10 shows the another kind structure of the 4th embodiment, and wherein, the numerical digit integrating meter indication that replaces the analog integration meter is electric, gas, and arbitrary usage charges of water service, and the information service expense is supplied to the numerical digit integrating meter.Figure 10 shows an expense conversion adapter 101, one numerical digit integrating meters 102, and an analogy integrating meter 103, and this demonstration is electric, gas, and arbitrary usage charges of water service.Terminal unit 3 (this in order to information service to be provided, and so indicate related service charge) is identical with person among the 4th embodiment that uses AC watt hour meter 100.The expense conversion adapter 101 information converting service charges that are connected to numerical digit integrating meter 102 for and watt-hour, gas amount, and the arbitrary equal numerical digit signal of the consumption of the water yield from the beginning, this uses the pattern of the utility service of this meter to decide on desire.Promptly be, expense conversion adapter 101 information converting service charges be can be compatible with the integrating meter 102 in using amount, and control integrating meter 102.As an existing analog integration meter 103 parallel uses, then work according to the frequency of usage exec accounting.

In the present embodiment, the information service expense is transformed to the compatible data of integrating meter that can show service (common for electric, gas, or water service) with public thing, and each utility company develops bill and collects total cost.But the user is so the acquired information service, and do not change the mode of payment of common public cause service.Information service person benefits from the rate of charge of improvement.

The 4th embodiment shows this system, and its information service expense is added in the utilities expense.The 5th embodiment shows this system, and its utilities expense is effectively kept accounts separately and collected.Figure 11 is a calcspar, shows whole system.This shows a communication satellite 1, and the basic unit 2 in emission side reaches the terminal unit 3 the recipient, and these are identical with previous described embodiment.And, showing a telephone wire 111 and phone networking 112, telephone wire 111 is as the communication link of 3 of basic unit 2 and terminal units.Basic unit 2 has and the first embodiment identical construction shown in Figure 2.Basic unit 2 transmits control signal through communication satellite 1 to terminal unit 3.Control signal contains an order basically, makes to send stored use situation data to basic unit 2 on the terminal unit 3.Do not have special requirement, for example, the no signal specification puts on the control signal.When a large amount of client, control signal is preferably the form of numerical digit.With reference to Figure 12, the internal structure that describes terminal unit 3 in detail is in following.Tuner 122 is by reception antenna 121 receiving satellite signals, promptly available from the control signal of basic unit 2.In the choice, tuner 122 used in the system not only can receive control signal, i.e. main body of a court verdict data, but also can receive the signal of general aspects, such as music and video.In scope of the present invention, use this kind tuner to there is no difference.Reception data processing block 123 with buffer storage is carried out important processing, such as the data that temporary transient storage is handled through tuner 122, organizes data flow, and such as the header ending, these are used for communication, make and only extract required information.The consumption of one numerical digit integrating meter, 124 indication utility service, promptly electric consumption watt-hour, the gas amount of the consumption of gas supply, or the water yield of the consumption of water service.Numerical digit integrating meter 124 calculates the consumption of numerical digit form, as using data.One CPU125 controls whole terminal unit 3.The use data of being calculated by numerical digit integrating meter 124 are stored in the RAM memory 126 via CPU125.Be stored among the RAM126 the use data through modulation demodulator 127 and then telephone wire 111 transfer to basic unit 2.

In the 5th embodiment, when terminal unit 3 was received the control signal that is regularly sent by basic unit 2, the client's of code form (user) telephone number was added and is used in the data, and this data storing is in the RAM126 of terminal unit 3.The data of being synthesized are exported from modulation demodulator 127, and are sent to basic unit 2 through telephone wire 111.Because radio communication is common to be broadcast nature, received by all clients by communication link simultaneously available from the control signal of basic unit.Yet actually, many terminal units are connected to emission side through telephone wire.Desire to communicate simultaneously basic unit 2 as all clients, to basic unit 2, then engaged line can often take place, reduce circuit traffic quality with transfer of data.For avoiding this point, conception specifies industrial siding or characteristic frequency to give the client.But work as the client for a long time, this plan is not only uneconomical, and feasible actually.Given this difficult, present embodiment makes terminal unit 3 that a delay processing unit 128 respectively can be housed, and has different length time of delay.To be self terminal unit 3 communicate to basic unit 2 beginnings through telephone wire 111 length setting time of delay of one unit, send on thereafter and use data to basic unit 2, a period of time till cutting off constantly to this line.A plurality of terminal units 3 have different time spans, divide with unit delay time length.When this calls out simultaneously at basic unit 2, prevent engaged line.Basic unit 2 has been swept many lines usually, and sight line number and deciding, and terminal unit can be divided into groups.In every group terminal unit, carry out delay and handle.It is as follows to conceive some delay processing unit: obtain a delay from the delayed buffer of the dateout of CPU125 to the modulation demodulator by passing on; Represent and obtain a delay by the arithmetic of the internal clocking that changes CPU125.Deferred mount can freely be selected.In case when the use data so transferred to basic unit 2, basic unit 2 was recognized each telephone number, and calculate the usage charges of each terminal unit 3.Basic unit 2 has the internal database of tables of data form, indicates each to use the unit price of service.When basic unit 2 is received data, the data of basic unit 2 reference data tables, and calculate total value.So calculate usage charges, and use any proper device to charge to the consumer.

In the present embodiment, handle the utility service of single kind.Can parallel processing multiple as numerical digit integrating meter 124, and as RAM126 store utilities expense by kind, but the kind of control signal specified services then, make terminal unit can on send the use data of arbitrarily selecting to basic unit.So, the effect of emission side is as utilities expense management system.In case this system sets up, the client that terminal unit is housed need not to revise existing utility service payment methods.Main website so can reach the successfully exec accounting and the work of collecting account in good time.So, form an effective utilities expense accounting system.

Claims (23)

1. the accounting system in the radio communication comprises:

One basic unit, described basic unit has master computer, and described master computer has a database and the machine for receiving and emitting message in order to radio communication in order to store various data, and

A plurality of terminal units, in order to receive described various data, each described terminal unit has a unique terminal recognition sign indicating number,

Described basic unit is configured to add to the data that will send the peculiar identification code of date of data type of the described data that will send, and described basic unit also is configured to send the data with identification code of date, in addition, described basic unit also is configured to transmit control signal at regular intervals and transmits use information with request

Described a plurality of terminal comprises a processor, be used for storing successively the identification code of date of the data that send by described basic unit, and, when receiving described control signal, forming data flow, described data flow comprises the identification code of date of described storage and corresponding to the terminal recognition sign indicating number of described terminal unit.

2. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described terminal unit is provided with transmitter in addition, in order to the transmission to basic unit.

3. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described radio communication is satellite communication.

4. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described radio communication is land communication.

5. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that of described various data is exemplified as the data that contain the required program of object computer video-game.

6. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1, the signal that it is characterized in that described basic unit transmission is by scrambling, and described terminal unit is provided with descrambler.

7. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that described basic unit is stored in the pricing data on every data class basis in one tables of data, and calculate the information service expense of each terminal unit by the data flow that sends from described terminal unit with reference to described tables of data.

8. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that described terminal unit is stored in the pricing data on every data class basis in one tables of data, and come the computing information service charge with reference to described tables of data, and the information service expense of being calculated is sent to described basic unit as data by identification code of date stored before the described control signal of receiving from described basic unit.

9. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1, the communication mode that it is characterized in that described transmission is the FM modulation, and described terminal unit comprises a digital signal processing block, and the signal that described digital signal processing block conversion is received is a digital signal.

10. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described identification code of date comprises two kinds of pricing informations, i.e. pricing information on the basis of per unit information, and the pricing information on the basis of time per unit, and, selectively keep accounts with unit data or unit interval according to the performed data of described terminal unit.

11. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that:

Described basic unit is equipped with the value added database of information of paying, in order to any one of described a plurality of terminal units responded and send the information requested of from database, retrieving, and described a plurality of terminal unit the described paying of transmission adds value information in order to receive its own request of response, carry out required processing then, thus

Described basic unit has the input port in the request reception piece that is directly connected to telephone wire, and has the value added information service record keeping circuit of an effect,

The described value added information that sends from described basic unit comprises the terminal recognition sign indicating number of requesting terminal unit, and with sent add the corresponding cost information of value information,

After finishing the value added information processing that is received, the described request terminal unit sends described cost information to described basic unit through telephone wire, and the described cost information received complying with of described basic unit during in connect the extremely value added record keeping circuit of described effect of described input port.

12. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described transmission from basic unit to described terminal unit is to communicate by letter via satellite.

13. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that described telephone wire is the digital telephone line.

14. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:

Each of described a plurality of terminal units all is provided with a user mode counter, in order to the identification code of date of the data that store actual execution,

Described terminal unit is according to stored identification code of date in the described user mode counter, and the expense transform data with reference to described basic unit sends at regular intervals comes the calculation services expense,

Described service charge information is sent to the expense conversion adapter that described terminal unit connects, and the signal that described adapter provides is used to control integrating meter, and described integrating meter is indicated one of them the utilities expense of consumption of power supply, air feed and water supply usually.

15. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that described integration counts an AC watt-hour integrating meter, described expense conversion adapter information converting service charge data are analog current value, described analog current value equals the electric usage charges that equate with described information service expense, and described integrating meter is by the current drives of described expense conversion adapter output.

16. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that described integration counts a digital integration wattmeter, described expense conversion adapter information converting service charge data are an analog current value, described analog current value equals the electric usage charges that equate with described information service expense, and described integrating meter is driven by the digital signal of expense conversion adapter output.

17. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that described integration counts the digital integration gas gauge, described expense conversion adapter information converting service charge data are the tolerance data, described tolerance data equal the usage charges of the air feed that equates with described information service expense, and described integrating meter is by the Digital Signals of described expense conversion adapter output.

18. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that described integration counts the digital integration watermeter, it is water yield data that described expense conversion adapter information converting clothes take data fully, described water yield data equal the water supply usage charges that equate with described information service expense, and described integrating meter is by the Digital Signals of described expense conversion adapter output.

19. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:

Described basic unit is connected to described a plurality of terminal unit via radio link and telephone wire,

Each of described a plurality of terminal units all is provided with a digital integration meter, one or more plant the consumption of utility service described digital integration metering degree, be generally the consumption of power supply, air feed and water supply, described each terminal unit is provided with a memory in addition, in order to consumption is stored as consumption data, described each terminal unit is provided with the control signal that is sent with satellite-signal by described basic unit is responded and the consumption data that stores in the described memory is loaded on the device of described basic unit, and

Described each terminal unit all is provided with deferred mount, and described deferred mount determines that in described a plurality of terminal unit each visits the time of described basic unit, and each described deferred mount all provides different length time of delay.

20. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that described basic unit sends paying through described radio link and adds value information to described terminal unit,

Described terminal unit has in order to handle the device that this adds value information.

21. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that described radio link is a satellite link.

22. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that described terminal unit is loaded on described basic unit with described frequency of usage and the described consumption data that adds value information.

23. the accounting system in the radio communication as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that described terminal unit is loaded on described basic unit with described information service expense and the described consumption data that adds value information.

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