JP2002314535A - Accounting processing method for data transfer and accounting processor for data transfer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a communication charge of a user and ensure profit of a data transfer service provider. SOLUTION: In the accounting processing method that stores data sent to a user and transfers the data on request from a mobile terminal of the user to impose the charging thereon, an opportunity to determine whether or not the user needs data furthermore by partially transferring the data transmitted to the terminal 1 to the user to the mobile terminal is given to the user, then interrupts the transfer of data when the user needs not the data and imposes charging on the part of the reduced communication charge.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention reduces the amount of data to be transferred to a portable terminal or the like by summarization or filtering, etc., lower than when transmitting all data, thereby reducing the communication fee paid by a user to a portable carrier. The present invention relates to a charging method for data transfer and a charging apparatus for data transfer, and more particularly to a charging method for data transfer and a charging apparatus for data transfer for performing charging according to a reduced amount in providing such a service.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A service for transferring data such as electronic mail to a portable terminal such as a portable telephone is generally provided. As a service for transferring data to such a portable terminal, for example, there is a service such as i-mode when the data is an electronic mail. However, in the case of a long mail, the data cannot be normally read by the portable terminal. As a means for reading such a long mail from a mobile terminal, a service for dividing and transmitting the mail (for example, a mail mini f of BIGLOBE)
or i-mode). That is, the divided mail is
It provides a service that reads sequentially with an interface as b-mail.

In such a service, charging is set as a monthly usage fee. Such a billing model can be regarded as a price for the merit that a mail sent to a general terminal that cannot be read normally can be read on a portable terminal.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional accounting method for data transfer, either the total data amount or the transmission data amount is assumed on the premise that the fixed amount system or a certain percentage of the total data amount is reduced. Since charging is to be performed based on a pay-as-you-go system based only on the fee, there is little merit in terms of charging for the user side.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a billing processing method for data transfer, in which data transmitted to a user is stored and the data is transmitted from a portable terminal of the user. In a charging method for data transfer in which data is transferred according to a request and charged for the data, is it necessary to partially transfer the data transmitted to the user to the portable terminal and view the data further? It is characterized by giving an opportunity to judge whether or not it is not necessary, interrupting the transfer when unnecessary, reducing the communication fee, and charging a part of the reduced communication fee.

According to the above configuration, when viewing data addressed to the user on the portable terminal, the user can determine whether or not it is necessary to view the contents of the data at an early stage. As a result, if there is no need to watch any more, the transfer can be interrupted to reduce the communication fee. In addition, the data transfer service provider can obtain a benefit in providing the service by charging a part of the reduced communication fee. As a result, it is beneficial for both the user and the provider of the data transfer service.

A billing method for data transfer according to a second invention is the billing method for data transfer according to the first invention, wherein a portion of the data whose content can be grasped is first transferred to the portable terminal. Therefore, it is possible to determine at an early stage whether or not it is necessary to look at it.

[0008] With the above configuration, when data is viewed on the portable terminal, the contents of the data can be grasped at an early stage, and the amount of data transferred to the portable terminal can be further reduced. Thereby, the communication fee can be further reduced.

In a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a billing processing method for data transfer, in which data transmitted to a user is stored, transferred in response to a request from a portable terminal of the user, and charged for the data. In a charging method for data transfer, a filtering process that does not transfer unnecessary data among data transmitted to a user is performed to reduce a transfer data amount to reduce a communication charge and reduce the communication charge. It is characterized by charging for the department.

According to the above configuration, the amount of transferred data is reduced unless unnecessary data is transferred after filtering. As a result, the communication fee can be reduced, and the profit for the user is large. Furthermore, if the amount of reduction in the communication fee is large, the profit of the data transfer service provider who charges a part of the reduced communication fee increases.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an accounting apparatus for data transfer, comprising: a total data amount field for storing a total data amount when all data transmitted to a user is transferred to the user's portable terminal; A database having a transmission data field for storing information indicating a data portion actually transferred to the portable terminal, and calculating a total data amount when all received data addressed to the user are transferred to the portable terminal of the user And a receiving unit for performing a process of adding the calculated total data amount to the total data amount field, and transferring all or a part of the received data to the user's mobile terminal in response to a user request A transmission unit that performs a process of recording information indicating the data portion transferred with the transmission data field, and at least the information recorded in the transmission data field. A charging unit configured to calculate a total data amount of the transmission data and to perform a process of subtracting the total transfer data amount from the total data amount stored in the total data amount field. I do.

With the above configuration, when data addressed to a user is received, the receiving unit first calculates the total data amount when all of the received data is transferred to the user's portable terminal, and stores the total data amount in a database. Is added to the total data amount field and stored in the storage unit. The transmitting unit transfers all or part of the received data to the user's portable terminal in response to a request from the user. At this time,
The received data may be divided into a plurality of pieces and transferred sequentially, a summary or a summary part may be transferred first, or data that does not need to be transferred such as junk mail may not be transferred. At the same time, information indicating the data portion actually transferred to the user's portable terminal is recorded in the transmission data field of the database. Next, the billing processor calculates the total data amount (total transfer data amount) of the data actually transferred to the user's portable terminal, and calculates the total transfer data amount in the total data amount field stored in the total data amount field. The data amount is subtracted from the total number of received data addressed to the user. This subtracted data amount is the reduced data amount. That is, the amount of data that is transferred to the user's mobile terminal if no processing is performed, and is the amount of data that can be reduced by the processing of the present invention. A fee is charged for this reduced data amount by a fixed ratio or another method.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an accounting apparatus for data transfer, comprising: a total data amount field for storing a total data amount when all data transmitted to a user is transferred to the user's portable terminal; A database having a transmission data field for storing information indicating a data portion actually transferred to the portable terminal, and calculating a total data amount when all received data addressed to the user are transferred to the portable terminal of the user And a receiving unit for performing a process of adding the calculated total data amount to the total data amount field, and transferring all or a part of the received data to the user's mobile terminal in response to a user request A transmission unit that performs a process of recording information indicating the data portion transferred with the transmission data field, and at least the information recorded in the transmission data field. A process of calculating a total data amount of transmission data, a process of calculating a transmission cost for the total transfer data amount, a process of calculating a transmission cost for a total data amount stored in the total data amount field, and a process of transmitting the total data amount A charge processing unit for performing a process of subtracting the total transfer data amount transmission cost from the cost.

According to the above configuration, after the processing in the receiving unit and the transmitting unit similar to the fourth aspect, the total amount of data actually transferred to the user's portable terminal (all transfer Data amount), and the transmission cost is calculated based on a predetermined method for the transfer data amount.
Further, the transmission cost is calculated based on a predetermined method for the total data amount stored in the total data amount field, and the transmission cost for the total transfer data amount is subtracted. Thereby, the reduced communication fee can be specifically calculated.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the accounting apparatus for data transfer according to the fourth or fifth aspect, information indicating a data portion to be transmitted to the portable terminal of the user is provided. The information indicating the data portion is added to the transmission data field only when the transmission data field does not exist.

According to the above configuration, the information indicating the data portion actually transmitted to the user's portable terminal can be reliably added to the transmission data field without duplication.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an accounting apparatus for data transfer, comprising: a total data amount field for storing a total data amount when all data transmitted to a user is transferred to the user's portable terminal; A database having a transmission data field for storing information indicating a data portion actually transferred to the portable terminal, and calculating a total data amount when all received data addressed to the user are transferred to the portable terminal of the user And a receiving unit for performing a process of adding the calculated total data amount to the total data amount field, and transferring all or a part of the received data to the user's mobile terminal in response to a user request A transmission unit for recording a communication charge associated with the transfer in the transmission data field; and a transmission unit for recording the total data amount stored in the total data amount field. Process for calculating the transmission costs and, characterized in that it is constituted by a charge processing unit that performs processing for subtracting the communication fee recorded in the transmission data field from said total data amount of transmission costs.

According to the above configuration, the transmission section transfers data in response to a request from the user and records a communication fee associated with the transfer in the transmission data field, so that the data is actually transferred to the communication terminal of the user. Know the data communication fee. Then, the charging processing unit calculates the total data amount transmission cost and subtracts the communication fee, whereby the reduced communication fee can be specifically calculated.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the case of a service in which long data is divided and sequentially transmitted to a portable terminal, if it is determined that there is no need to view the data on the way and reading is interrupted, no communication fee for the data not read is not charged. Will be. In other words, the communication fee for the data that has not been read is not charged by a communication company for mobile terminals (for example, NTT DOCOMO that provides i-mode), and the communication fee (packet fee) can be saved. Also, if an important part of the data is added to the beginning of the transfer data or the like, the reading of unnecessary data can be interrupted at an earlier stage, and communication charges can be saved. Furthermore, by performing a filtering process that does not transfer predetermined transfer-unnecessary data in the received data, it is possible to reduce a transfer data amount and a communication fee.

When a data transfer service is captured from such a viewpoint, charging can be performed in accordance with the user's merit, thereby providing a highly convincing charging method. As a result, the profit for the user is high, and the profit for the data transfer service provider who charges a part of the reduced communication fee is also high. The present invention is a charging method for data transfer and a charging apparatus for data transfer, which are characterized in this respect.

In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which electronic mail is used as data to be transferred. The billing method and the billing device according to the present embodiment are configured to determine the size of the e-mail sent to the service provider terminal of the service provider and the size of the e-mail actually sent to the user's mobile terminal. The service provider terminal is provided with a function of summing up and the difference is automatically calculated, so that the user can be charged according to the communication fee saved. FIG. 1 shows a service provider terminal provided with a billing device for data transfer according to the present embodiment.

The service provider terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a database 100, a receiving unit 200, a transmitting unit 300, a billing unit 400, and a storage unit 500.

The database 100 includes a total data amount field 110 and a transmission data field 120. In the total data amount field 110, information necessary for each user of a mobile service provider terminal such as a mail transfer service for mobile terminals or a Web mail service (information necessary for services such as an e-mail address) and the service provider concerned When all mails arriving at the terminal are transmitted to the user's mobile terminal 2000, various information such as the size of data that the user will receive at the mobile terminal is stored. The transmission data field 120 stores information indicating a mail or a part of the mail actually transmitted to the mobile terminal 2000 at the request of the user.

The receiving unit 200 includes a user determination process 210,
Data processing process 220, received data amount calculation process 230,
It has a function of the total data amount adding process 240. In the user determination process 210, the user is determined from the header information of the mail received by the service provider terminal 1. In the data processing process 220, the mail data is processed into a form that can be easily sent to the portable terminal 2000. For example, when the data amount is large, the data is divided into smaller units, or a process of adding a part that can grasp the contents of the mail, such as the outline or summary of the mail, to the head is performed. Received data amount calculation processing 23
0, the full text of the received e-mail is
Calculate the total data amount when transmitted to 00. In the total data amount adding process 240, the calculated total data amount is added to the total data amount field 11 of the user of the database 100.
Then, the data of the mail processed in the data processing process 220 is transmitted to the storage unit 500. Storage unit 500
Then, the mail data is stored, and the stored data is output to the transmitting unit 300 in response to the transmission request.

The transmission unit 300 includes a transmission data field search process 310, a transmission data field addition process 320,
It has a function of the transmission process 330. In the transmission data field search process 310, the service provider terminal 1 transmits the
When an e-mail is transmitted to the user, information indicating the transmitted e-mail or a part of the e-mail is transmitted data field 1
20 is searched to see if it already exists. In the transmission data field addition processing 320, when the information does not exist, information indicating the mail or a part of the mail is recorded in the transmission data field 120. Transmission processing 330
Then, the data processed by the data processing 220 of the receiving unit 200 is sequentially transmitted to the carrier 1000 in response to a request from the portable terminal 2000.

The billing processing unit 400 includes a billing table 410
Total data cost calculation processing 420, transmission data cost calculation processing 430, difference calculation processing 440, and billing calculation processing 4.
It is provided with 50 functions. Billing table 4
Reference numeral 10 denotes a table in which communication charges charged by the carrier 1000 to the mobile terminal 2000 are recorded. In the total data cost calculation process 420, when the entire data is received by the mobile terminal 2000 from the data amount stored in the total data amount field 110 of the user of the mobile terminal 2000, the user pays the carrier 1000. Calculate the communication charges that would have been. In the transmission data cost calculation process 430, the transmission data field 1 of the user
Of the mail or part of the mail, which is the information stored in the mobile terminal 20,
The communication fee that the user actually pays to the carrier 1000 by receiving at 00 is calculated. In the difference calculation process 440, the communication fee calculated in the transmission data cost calculation process 430 is subtracted from the communication fee calculated in the total data cost calculation process 420, and the communication fee that is no longer required to be paid because the data is not transferred is calculated. calculate. In the charge calculation process 450, an amount corresponding to the difference calculated in the difference calculation process 440 (for example, an amount of a fixed ratio of the difference) is calculated as a charge to the user.

[Operation] Here, it is assumed that the electronic mail M1 of the service user has been sent to the service provider terminal 1.

The user of the mail M1 input to the service provider terminal 1 is first determined in a user determination process 210 of the receiving unit 200. For example, by processing when the mail M1 arrives at each user's account, the user is specified by the arrival account, and the subsequent processing on the database 100 is performed on the record of the user. Also, To: or C in the header of the mail M1
c: The user may be determined based on the address of the field. The mail M1 for which the user has been determined is processed by the data processing 220 into a form that is easy to send to the portable terminal 2000. Here, it is divided into five parts so that the size can be received by the portable terminal 2000. M11 to M15 divided
Each mail has a header required for transmission. Further, an important part (a part where the contents of the mail can be grasped) such as a summary and an outline is put at the head of the mail to be divided into five.
The total data amount of the five divided mails M11 to M15 is calculated by the received data amount calculation process 230. In this case, since each mail M11 to M15 has a header,
The total size including the header is calculated as the number of packets. For example, each mail part of M11 to M15 is 500 bytes, 500 bytes, 500 bytes, 500 bytes, respectively.
e, 250 bytes, and if one packet is 128 bytes, the number of each packet is 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
And the total number of packets TS is 18 packets.

The total packet number TS = 18 calculated in the received data amount calculation process 230 is added to the total data amount field 110 of the user of the database 100 by the total data amount addition process 240. That is, the user determination process 21
It is added to the value of F1 which is the total data amount field 110 of the user determined as 0. For example, if the total amount of mails received so far is F1 = 12, 18 is added to update the value F1 of the total data amount field 110 to 12 + 18 = 30. Further, the mails M11 to M15 divided into five are transmitted to the storage unit 500 and accumulated.

When a service user's portable terminal 2000 requests reading of mail via the carrier 1000, the first part, M11, is transmitted.

At this time, in transmission data field search processing 310 of transmission section 300, whether or not mail M11 has already been transmitted is searched with reference to transmission data field 120 of database 100. Here, since there is no history of transmission of the mail M11, the transmission of the mail M11 is recorded in the transmission data field 120 in the transmission data field addition processing 320, and the transmission processing 33
At 0, the mail M11 is transmitted to the carrier 1000.

On the other hand, the billing processing section 400 calculates the billing to the service user. Here, charging table 4
In FIG. 10, it is assumed that information of 0.3 yen per packet is held as a communication fee charged by the carrier 1000 to the mobile terminal 2000.

When calculating the charge to the service user, first, in a total data cost calculation process 420, a communication fee to be paid to the carrier 1000 by the user when the entire data is received by the portable terminal 2000 is calculated. I do. That is, the value F1 = 30 packets stored in the total data amount field 110 and 1 in the charging table 410
From the communication fee of 0.3 yen per packet, the cost C1 = 30 * 0.3 = 9 yen required for transmitting all data is obtained.

Next, transmission data cost calculation processing 430
Then, a communication fee to be actually paid to the carrier 1000 is calculated. In the transmission data cost calculation processing 430, the actually transmitted mail and a part of the information of the mail stored in the transmission data field 120 are searched. In the case of this example, it is assumed that M11 recorded in the above description and M01 that has been transmitted before the processing described here are recorded. At this time, the size of M01 stored in the storage unit 500 is 3 packets,
Assuming that the size of M11 is 4 packets, the sum of the data amount is 3 + 4 = 7 packets. For this data amount of 7 packets, a charge is calculated from the charge table 410 in the same manner as the total data cost calculation process 420, and a charge C2 = 7 actually imposed on the user from the carrier 1000.
* 0.3 = 2.1 yen is obtained.

In the difference calculation process 440, the difference 9−2.1 = 6.9 yen between C1 obtained in the total data cost calculation process 420 and C2 obtained in the transmission data cost calculation process 430 is calculated and output. . This means that all data is
In contrast to the cost required when the data is transferred to “0”, a portion where data is not continuously transferred occurs as a result of the divisional transfer, so that the cost does not need to be paid to the carrier 1000.

In the charge calculation processing 450, the charge according to the cost floated in the difference calculation processing 440 is performed according to a certain rule. For example, a charging table may be provided for floating costs, or a fixed amount (for example,
(10% of the floating cost). This is a fee as a fee for the merit obtained by the user.

[Effect] As described above, long data such as a long-form electronic mail is divided and transferred, and the contents of the mail can be determined based on the initial transferred data portion, so that the amount of transferred data is reduced. Communication costs can be reduced. That is, when it is determined that there is no need to read the contents of the transferred mail and the reading is interrupted, the communication fee for the data that has not been read is not charged, and that amount can be saved.

Further, the data transfer service provider charges a part of the reduced communication fee,
You can benefit from the provision of services. As a result, both the user and the provider of the data transfer service can make a profit.

Further, when performing filtering processing for not transferring unnecessary mail such as junk mail among received mail, moving important parts of the mail to the head of data, transferring important parts in order, and urgent mail. Similarly, in the case of transferring only data, the amount of data to be transferred can be reduced to reduce the communication fee, and both the user and the data transfer service provider can increase profits.

These are both advantages that as the amount of transfer data increases and as the performance of the service provider terminal 1 increases, the user can reduce the communication fee more and the service provider can get more charges. Billing system with a large cost.

[Specific Example] Next, a specific example in a case where the user pays a usage fee will be described.

Specific Example 1 In a specific example 1, both a service provider and a carrier exist.
In this case, the user pays the service provider and the carrier separately.

In this case, all parts of the service provider terminal 1 are prepared by the service provider. FIG.
The outline is shown below. This configuration is the same as the configuration of the service provider terminal 1 of FIG. 1 described in the above embodiment.

Charge for total data amount ¥ 2000 Charge for transmission data ¥ 1000 Difference $ 2000-$ 1000 = $ 1000 Charge for user merit (for example, 10% of difference) $ 1000 x 0.1 = $ 100 In this case, the user The payment relationship between the carrier and the service provider is as follows.

The user pays the carrier $ 1000.

The user pays the service provider $ 100.

As a result, the user can obtain a profit of $ 900, and the service provider can obtain a profit of $ 100.

Specific Example 2 In specific example 2, both the service provider and the carrier exist,
In this case, the user pays all charges to the service provider.

The user pays the communication fee to the carrier in addition to the fee for the service in which the communication fee rises to the service provider, and the service provider pays for the communication fee to the carrier.

In this case, the function of the transmission data field addition processing 320 in the transmission section 300 of the service provider terminal 1 is provided on the carrier side. FIG. 3 shows this outline. In this case, the transmission data field addition process 320 and the transmission data field search process 310 of the transmission unit 300 of the service provider terminal 1 become unnecessary. However, transmission processing 330 is necessary to transmit the mail to the carrier. The carrier needs to perform a process of notifying the information of the data transmitted to the mobile terminal to the service provider terminal. The information indicating the transmission data is written in the database of the service provider terminal as the amount of communication fee charged by the carrier to the service provider. The service provider terminal stores the transmission data information notified from the carrier in the transmission data field. In the billing process, the transmission data cost calculation process uses information stored in the transmission data field. When the charge amount is stored in the transmission data field, the charge calculation process is not necessary, and the charge amount in the transmission data field is used as it is as the actual communication charge.

Charge for total data amount ¥ 2000 Charge for transmission data ¥ 1000 Difference $ 2000-$ 1000 = $ 1000 Charge for user merit (for example, 10% of difference) $ 1000 x 0.1 = $ 100 In this case, the user The payment relationship between the carrier and the service provider is as follows.

The user pays $ 1100 to the service provider.

The service provider pays the carrier $ 1000
pay.

As a result, the user can obtain a profit of $ 900, and the service provider can obtain a profit of $ 100.

Example 3 Example 3 is an example in the case where the service provider and the carrier are the same.

The user pays a communication fee to the service provider in a lump.

In this case, the transmission section 300 of the service provider terminal 1 has the functions of the transmission data field search processing 310, the transmission data field addition processing 320, and the transmission processing 330. Sends and receives directly from and to. FIG. 4 shows this outline.

Charge for total data amount ¥ 2000 Charge for transmission data ¥ 1000 Difference $ 2000-$ 1000 = $ 1000 Charge for user merit (for example, 10% of difference) $ 1000 x 0.1 = $ 100 In this case, the user The payment relationship between the carrier and the service provider is as follows.

The user pays $ 1100 to the service provider (carrier).

As a result, the user can obtain a profit of $ 900, and the service provider can obtain a profit of $ 100.

[Modifications] (1) In the above embodiment, the communication fee was set at 0.3 yen per packet. However, since the method of calculating the communication fee differs for each carrier 1000, the charge processing unit 400 It is desirable to provide a process for selecting a different charging table or calculation method for each of the mobile terminal 2000 and the carrier 1000 used by the user.

(2) In the above embodiment, the case where the electronic mail is transferred to the portable terminal has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the electronic mail and the portable terminal, but may be applied to all services for transferring data addressed to the user. Can be. The system of the present invention can be applied to a service for reducing the transfer amount of data that does not necessarily need to be viewed in all cases. In this case, the same operation and effect as the above embodiment can be achieved.

(3) In the above embodiment, the description has been made on the basis of the configuration example of the service provider terminal 1 in which the respective components are integrated into one, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the respective components are divided and divided. Is also good. For example, each component may be distributed and arranged on the Internet in a cooperative state at any time. Further, a part of each component may be divided and arranged. In this case, the same operation and effect as the above embodiment can be obtained.

[0065]

As described above, the charging method and the charging apparatus for data transfer according to the present invention have the following effects.

(1) The data transmitted to the user is partially transferred to the portable terminal to give an opportunity to determine whether or not it is necessary to view the data further. Since the communication charge is interrupted to reduce the communication charge and a part of the reduced communication charge is charged, the user can reduce the communication charge. In addition, the provider of the data transfer service can obtain a benefit in providing the service. As a result, it is beneficial for both the user and the provider of the data transfer service.

(2) Of the data to be transferred, the part whose contents can be grasped is first transferred to the portable terminal so that it can be determined at an early stage whether or not it is necessary to view it. The contents of the data can be grasped, the amount of data transferred to the portable terminal can be further reduced, the communication fee can be further reduced, and the profit of the data transfer service provider can be secured.

(3) By performing a filtering process that does not transfer unnecessary transfer data among the data transmitted to the user, the amount of transferred data is reduced to reduce the communication charge, and a part of the reduced communication charge is reduced. Since charging is performed for the service, the amount of transfer data can be reduced, the communication charge can be further reduced, and the profit of the data transfer service provider can be secured.

(4) The accounting processing device includes a total data amount field for storing a total data amount when all data transmitted to the user is transferred to the user's portable terminal, A database having a transmission data field for storing information indicating the transferred data portion, and a process of calculating a total data amount when all of the received data addressed to the user is transferred to the user's mobile terminal; A receiving unit for performing a process of adding a total data amount to the total data amount field, and transferring all or a part of the received data to the user's mobile terminal and transferring the transferred data portion according to a user's request A transmission unit that performs a process of recording the information to be indicated in the transmission data field, and calculates at least a total data amount of the transfer data recorded in the transmission data field A charge processing unit for performing a process and a process of subtracting the total transfer data amount from the total data amount stored in the total data amount field, the total data amount of the data actually transferred to the user's portable terminal. By subtracting the amount (total transfer data amount) from the total number of received data addressed to the user, which is the total data amount stored in the total data amount field, the data amount that can be actually reduced can be calculated. .

(5) The accounting processing device includes a total data amount field for storing the total data amount when all data transmitted to the user is transferred to the user's portable terminal, A database having a transmission data field for storing information indicating the transferred data portion, and a process of calculating a total data amount when all of the received data addressed to the user is transferred to the user's mobile terminal; A receiving unit for performing a process of adding a total data amount to the total data amount field, and transferring all or a part of the received data to the user's mobile terminal and transferring the transferred data portion according to a user's request A transmitting unit that performs a process of recording the indicated information in the transmission data field, and calculates at least a total data amount of the transfer data recorded in the transmission data field Processing, calculating a transmission cost for the total transfer data amount, calculating a transmission cost for the total data amount stored in the total data amount field, and calculating the total transfer data amount transmission cost from the total data amount transmission cost. And a charge processing unit that performs a process of subtracting the total data amount. By calculating the transmission cost based on the total data amount stored in the field, and subtracting the total transfer data amount transmission cost from the transmission cost, the reduced communication charge can be specifically calculated.

(6) Only when the information indicating the data portion to be transmitted to the user's portable terminal is not in the transmission data field, the information indicating the data portion is added to the transmission data field. It can be added to the transmission data field without any need.

(7) The billing processing device includes a total data amount field for storing a total data amount when all data transmitted to the user is transferred to the user's portable terminal, and an actual data amount stored in the portable terminal. A database having a transmission data field for storing information indicating the transferred data portion, and a process of calculating a total data amount when all of the received data addressed to the user is transferred to the user's mobile terminal; A receiving unit for performing a process of adding a total data amount to the total data amount field, and transferring all or a part of the received data to the user's portable terminal in response to a user's request and communicating with the transfer A transmitting unit for performing a process of recording a fee in the transmission data field, a process of calculating a transmission cost for a total data amount stored in the total data amount field, and A charge processing unit for performing a process of subtracting the communication fee recorded in the transmission data field from the total data amount transmission cost, wherein the transmission unit performs data transfer and records the communication fee associated with the transfer in the transmission data field. By doing so, the communication charge of the data actually transferred to the user's communication terminal is known, and the charge processing unit calculates the total data amount transmission cost and subtracts the communication charge, thereby reducing the reduced communication charge. It can be calculated specifically.

(8) In both cases, as the amount of transfer data increases and the performance of the service provider terminal increases, the user can reduce the communication fee more and the service provider can get more charges. , A billing system with great merit can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a service provider terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a service provider terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a service provider terminal according to a specific example 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a service provider terminal according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

[Description of Reference Codes] 1: Service provider terminal 100: Database 110: Total data amount field 120: Transmission data field 200: Receiving unit 210: User determination process 220: Data processing process 230: Received data amount calculation process 240: Total Data amount addition processing 300: Transmission section 310: Transmission data field search processing 320: Transmission data field addition processing 330: Transmission processing 400: Billing processing section 410: Billing table 420: Total data cost calculation processing 430: Transmission data cost calculation processing 440 : Difference calculation processing 450: Charge calculation processing 500: Storage unit

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Onuma 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5K025 AA08 BB07 DD06 5K030 GA20 HA08 HB01 HB08 HC01 HC09 JT09 KA01 KA06 KA07 KA13 5K101 KK02 LL12 NN48 QQ08

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. storing data transmitted to a user and transferring the data in response to a request from a portable terminal of the user;
On the other hand, in the billing processing method in the data transfer for billing, the data transmitted to the user is partially transferred to the portable terminal, and an opportunity to determine whether or not it is necessary to read the data further is provided. A charging method for data transfer, wherein the transfer is interrupted when unnecessary, the communication charge is reduced, and a part of the reduced communication charge is charged. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the data whose contents can be grasped is first transferred to the portable terminal to determine whether it is necessary to read the data at an early stage. A billing method for data transfer characterized by being able to judge. 3. Saving data transmitted to the user and transferring the data in response to a request from the portable terminal of the user,
On the other hand, in the billing processing method for data transfer for billing, the filtering process that does not transfer unnecessary data among the data sent to the user reduces the amount of transferred data, thereby reducing the communication charge and reducing it. A charging method for data transfer, wherein a part of the communication fee is charged. 4. A total data amount field for storing a total data amount when all data transmitted to the user is transferred to the mobile terminal of the user, and a data portion actually transferred to the mobile terminal. A database having a transmission data field for storing information indicating the data, a process of calculating a total data amount when all received data addressed to the user is transferred to the portable terminal of the user, and A receiving unit for performing a process of adding the data to the data amount field, and transferring all or a part of the received data to the portable terminal of the user in response to a request of the user, and transmitting information indicating the transferred data portion to the transmission data. A transmission unit for performing a process of recording in a field, a process of calculating at least a total data amount of transfer data recorded in the transmission data field, A charging processing unit for performing a process of subtracting the transmission data amount from the total data amount stored in the total data amount field. 5. A total data amount field for storing a total data amount when all data transmitted to a user is transferred to the mobile terminal of the user, and a data portion actually transferred to the mobile terminal. A database having a transmission data field for storing information indicating the data, a process of calculating a total data amount when all received data addressed to the user is transferred to the portable terminal of the user, and A receiving unit for performing a process of adding the data to the data amount field, and transferring all or a part of the received data to the portable terminal of the user in response to a request of the user, and transmitting information indicating the transferred data portion to the transmission data. A transmitting unit for performing a process of recording in the field, a process of calculating at least a total data amount of the transfer data recorded in the transmission data field, Processing for calculating the transmission cost for the data amount, processing for calculating the transmission cost for the total data amount stored in the total data amount field, and processing for subtracting the total transfer data amount transmission cost from the total data amount transmission cost. And a charging processing unit for performing data transfer. 6. A charging apparatus for data transfer according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the information indicating the data portion to be transmitted to the user's portable terminal is not present in the transmission data field only when the information is not present in the transmission data field. Charging information in data transfer, characterized by adding information indicating the following to a transmission data field. 7. A total data amount field for storing a total data amount when all data transmitted to a user is transferred to the mobile terminal of the user, and a data portion actually transferred to the mobile terminal. A database having a transmission data field for storing information indicating the data, a process of calculating a total data amount when all received data addressed to the user is transferred to the portable terminal of the user, and A receiving unit for performing a process of adding the data to the data amount field, and transferring all or a part of the received data to the user's mobile terminal in response to a request of the user, and transmitting a communication fee accompanying the transfer to the transmission data field. A transmission unit that performs a process of recording the total data amount, and a process of calculating a transmission cost for the total data amount stored in the total data amount field, A charging unit for performing a process of subtracting a communication fee recorded in the transmission data field from the cost, the charging unit comprising: