JP2009075905A - Charge calculating device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the opportunities for contribution and the amount of contribution. <P>SOLUTION: This charge calculating device is provided with a user-setting means for setting a user-contributing money, a payment detecting means for detecting the occurrence of predetermined payment by the user, and an amount claimed calculating means for calculating the amount claimed for the user, by adding the amount of predetermined contribution to the charge of payment, when the payment detecting means detects the occurrence of payment by the user and set by the user-setting means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fee calculation device, and more particularly to a fee calculation device that calculates a billing amount obtained by adding a donation amount.

  When collecting donations (hereinafter also referred to as “donations”), in order to collect large amounts of donations, it is possible to increase the amount of donations per person. However, since it is difficult to increase the amount of funds raised per person, it is necessary to increase the number of fund-raising opportunities and increase the number of supporters. Here, as a form of donation in recent years, there are a donation on the street, a donation by telephone using a dial Q2, etc., a donation using a banner on a homepage, and the like. However, in any fund-raising format, there is a problem that a fund-raising opportunity is not sufficiently given to the user because the place, medium, site, etc. for fund-raising are specified. In particular, it was difficult to increase the number of fundraisers because there was not enough appeal for people who were not interested in fundraising. Therefore, in order to collect a large amount of donations, a system that continuously collects donations from a large number of donors is necessary.

  Here, Patent Document 1 discloses a system for making a donation using payment of a telephone fee. This system calculates a discount amount for a call charge, and multiplies the discount amount by a preset donation rate to calculate a donation amount. Then, a discount charge is subtracted from the call charge, and an amount obtained by adding the donation amount is charged. In addition, the user who has made a donation is given benefits such as adding points or providing high-quality content. This is intended to increase the amount of money raised.

JP 2003-169166 A

  However, in the system described above, donations are calculated for the discounted amount of telephone charges, so if there is no discounted amount, it is not possible to obtain a donation, and it is not possible to further increase the amount of donation. In addition, in the case of a rate plan to which the discount amount system is not applied, there is a problem that it is not possible to obtain a fund-raising itself, and it is impossible to increase a fund-raising opportunity.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the inconvenience described above, increase the chances of raising funds, and increase the amount of money to be collected.

Therefore, the charge calculation device according to one aspect of the present invention is
User setting means for setting a user to make a donation;
Payment detection means for detecting occurrence of a predetermined payment by the user;
A billing amount calculating means for calculating a billing amount for the user by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee when the payment detecting unit detects that the user's payment set by the user setting unit has occurred;
It has the structure of having.

  Since this invention is comprised as mentioned above, according to this, it can claim and collect a donation with a payment fee from a user for every payment of a user. Therefore, since there are many payment opportunities on a daily basis, it is possible to increase the donation opportunity and increase the amount of donation.

  The present invention is characterized in that a billing amount is calculated by adding a donation amount to a product or service amount when paying for a mobile phone charge or a public charge, or for payment during normal shopping. In the present application, “donation” and “donation” are treated as the same meaning.

And the charge calculation device which is one form of the present invention,
User setting means for setting a user to make a donation;
Payment detection means for detecting occurrence of a predetermined payment by the user;
A billing amount calculating means for calculating a billing amount for the user by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee when the payment detecting unit detects that the user's payment set by the user setting unit has occurred;
It has the structure of having.

  According to the above invention, when payment is made to a user who has set to make a donation, a charge amount obtained by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee is calculated. Therefore, every time a user pays, a donation can be collected from the user, and a donation opportunity and an increase in the donation amount can be achieved.

  In the present invention, the user setting unit sets a fixed amount or an amount based on the payment fee as a donation, and the bill calculation unit sets the user setting unit. Depending on the contents, a billing amount is calculated by adding either a certain amount of donation or an amount based on the payment fee to the payment fee.

  Thereby, it is set whether the donation is a fixed amount system such as a fixed amount or a variable system such as an amount based on a payment fee. Then, according to this setting content, a fixed amount of donation is added to the payment fee, or an amount of donation based on the payment fee is added to calculate the amount charged. Accordingly, the amount of donation can be freely set according to the user's wishes, the number of people who make donations can be increased, and the opportunity for donation and the amount of donation can be increased.

  In the present invention, the user setting means sets a fixed amount as a donation, and the bill calculation means calculates a fixed amount set as a donation according to the setting contents of the user setting means. The billing amount is calculated by adding to the payment fee. In the present invention, the user setting means sets a donation rate for the payment fee, and the billing amount calculation means sets the donation amount by multiplying the payment fee by the donation rate according to the setting contents of the user setting means, A configuration is adopted in which the donation amount is added to the payment fee to calculate the amount charged. In the present invention, the user setting means registers a plurality of donations, and the bill calculation means specifies a donation to be donated for each donation, and adds the donation to the payment fee. A configuration is adopted in which the amount charged is calculated.

  This makes it possible to set a fixed amount when the donation is flat-rate, a donation rate that is multiplied by the payment fee when the donation is variable, and even multiple donations can be set. . Accordingly, the degree of freedom of donation is further increased, and the number of people who make donations can be further increased.

  Further, in the present invention, there is provided a privilege adding means for specifying a donation amount to be charged by the claim amount calculation means for each user and determining a predetermined service to be provided to the user according to the donation amount. The structure of having was adopted. Thereby, a predetermined service is provided to the user according to the donation amount. Therefore, it is possible to encourage the user to donate, and to further increase the donation opportunity and the amount of donation.

  Further, the present invention employs a configuration in which a donation destination information output unit that outputs information about a donation destination that can be donated to the user set in the user setting unit is output. Thereby, it is possible to notify the user of donation destination information and prompt the user to donate.

  A fee calculation system according to another aspect of the present invention includes the above-described fee calculation device and a mobile terminal used by a user, and the payment detection means included in the fee calculation device uses the mobile terminal by the user. The system is configured to detect the occurrence of payment associated with. In the present invention, for example, the payment detecting means included in the charge calculation device adopts a configuration in which the payment time of the communication charge of the mobile terminal is detected as the occurrence of payment.

  In the present invention, the portable terminal includes a contactless IC device, and the payment detection unit included in the fee calculation apparatus detects the occurrence of payment associated with the use of the contactless IC device by the user. A configuration is adopted in which payment means is provided for acquiring electronic money for the amount of charge calculated by the charge calculation means from the non-contact IC device of the portable terminal.

  In the present invention, the fee calculation device includes a position detection unit that detects a position of the mobile terminal, and the bill calculation unit is preset according to the position of the mobile terminal detected by the position detection unit. A configuration is adopted in which a donation destination is specified, and a charge amount is calculated by adding a donation to the donation destination to a payment fee. In the present invention, the fee calculation device includes a movement detection unit that detects the movement status of the mobile terminal, and the bill calculation unit is preset according to the movement status of the mobile terminal detected by the movement detection unit. A configuration is adopted in which a donation destination is specified, and a charge amount is calculated by adding a donation to the donation destination to a payment fee. Specifically, the portable terminal is equipped with a GPS receiver, and includes self-position detecting means for detecting the position of the terminal and notifying the charge calculating apparatus of the position information, and the charge calculating apparatus has the above-mentioned The position detection means or the movement detection means adopts a configuration in which the position or movement status of the portable terminal is detected by notification of position information from the portable terminal. Further, the present invention employs a configuration in which a donation destination information transmitting unit that transmits donation destination information that can be donated to the portable terminal is provided.

  Further, in the present invention, the user setting means sets the appropriation of the carry-over that can be carried over at the next payment or later from the unused charges of the portable terminal that can be used by the user, and the bill calculation means If the user setting means is set to apply the carry forward to the donation, at least a part of the carry forward is applied to the donation and the amount that cannot be applied is added to the payment fee. A configuration is adopted in which the amount charged is calculated. Thereby, the unused fee by the user can be applied to the donation, and the unused fee can be used effectively.

  In the present invention, the fee calculation device described above and a contactless IC card used by the user are provided, and the payment detection means included in the fee calculation device generates a payment associated with the use of the contactless IC card by the user. The fee calculation device is configured to include a settlement means for acquiring electronic money corresponding to the billing amount calculated by the billing amount calculation means from the non-contact IC card.

  As a result, even when a non-contact IC device built in a mobile phone or a non-contact IC card itself is used, a charge amount is calculated by adding a predetermined donation to the generated payment fee. Accordingly, since it is possible to make a donation at a payment opportunity using a portable terminal such as a mobile phone or a non-contact IC card that has been increasingly used in recent years, it is possible to further increase the donation opportunity and the amount of donation. In particular, by using the position detection function of the mobile terminal, it is possible to set a donation for a donation destination according to the position and movement status, and the degree of freedom of donation is further increased. In addition, by distributing donation destination information to the mobile terminal, the user can be prompted to donate.

Moreover, the charge calculation system which is the other form of this invention is the following.
A mobile terminal used by the user, and a charge calculation device that calculates a charge for the user by using the mobile terminal,
The charge calculation device
User setting means for setting a user to make a donation;
Payment detection means for detecting the occurrence of payment associated with the use of the mobile terminal by the user;
A billing amount calculating means for calculating a billing amount for the user by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee when the payment detecting unit detects that payment has occurred for the user set in the user setting unit;
The structure that is equipped with.

Moreover, the charge calculation system which is the other form of this invention is the following.
A non-contact IC card used by the user, and a charge calculation device for calculating a charge to the user due to the use of the non-contact card,
The charge calculation device
User setting means for setting a user to make a donation;
Payment detecting means for detecting the occurrence of payment associated with the use of a non-contact IC card by the user, and when the payment detecting means detects that payment has occurred for the user set by the user setting means, A billing amount calculation means for calculating a billing amount for a user by adding a donation;
A payment means for acquiring electronic money for the amount of charge calculated by the charge calculation means from the contactless IC card;
The structure that is equipped with.

Moreover, the program which is the other form of this invention is:
On the computer,
User setting means for setting a user to make a donation;
Payment detection means for detecting occurrence of a predetermined payment by the user;
A bill amount calculating means for calculating a bill amount for the user by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee when the payment detecting means detects that the user's payment set by the donation setting means has occurred;
To achieve the above.

  In the program, the user setting means sets a fixed amount or an amount based on a payment fee as a donation, and the bill calculation means sets the contents of the user setting means. Accordingly, the billing amount is calculated by adding either a certain amount of donation or an amount based on the payment fee to the payment fee.

In addition, a charge calculation method according to another aspect of the present invention includes:
A user setting process in which a computer sets a user to make a donation;
A payment detection step in which a computer detects the occurrence of a predetermined payment by a user;
When the payment detection step detects that the user's payment set in the user setting step has occurred, a bill amount calculation for calculating a bill amount for the user by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee Process,
The structure that is equipped with.

  In the fee calculation method, the user setting step sets a fixed amount or an amount based on a payment fee as a donation, and the bill calculation step includes a user setting step Depending on the setting contents, a billing amount is calculated by adding either a certain amount of donation or an amount based on the payment fee to the payment fee.

  Even the invention of the system, program, and method having the above-described configuration operates in the same manner as the fee calculation apparatus, and thus the above-described object of the present invention can be achieved. Hereinafter, an example of a detailed configuration and operation of the present invention will be described in Examples. In the embodiment, when a user is charged by adding a donation to payment of a mobile phone communication fee, payment of a shopping fee using a mobile phone, or payment using a non-contact IC card (device). Will be described as an example. However, the fee to which the donation is added is not limited to the above-mentioned cell phone fee, but can be applied to any payment such as other public fees.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the fee calculation system. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the fee calculation apparatus, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the fund-raising information DB. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of fund-raising destination data, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of fund-raising setting data. 6 to 7 are diagrams illustrating an example of billing amount data. FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen displayed on the mobile phone. 9 to 10 are flowcharts showing the operation of the fee calculation apparatus. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another configuration of the fee calculation apparatus.

[Constitution]
The charge calculation system in the present embodiment is a system for calculating a charge amount for a user who uses the mobile phone 3. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a fee calculation device 1 is connected to a network N, and a mobile phone 3 and a fundraiser host terminal 4 are connected to the fee calculation device 1 via the network N. ing. Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.

  First, the mobile phone 3 is a general mobile phone 3 capable of voice call and data communication. The usage fee of the mobile phone 3 is managed by the fee calculation device 1. In addition, the mobile phone 3 can access the charge calculation device 1 and set the mobile phone charge plan as a charge plan with donation (donation). The setting of the rate plan with donations will be described later. Here, the mobile phone 3 is not necessarily limited to having a telephone function, and may be a communicable notebook computer or PDA.

  The fundraiser host terminal 4 is a computer managed by a fundraising organization that collects fundraising, or an organization such as NPO or NGO. The donation organizer terminal 4 has a function of accessing the fee calculation apparatus 1 via the network N and registering the contents of the donation hosted by itself, the transfer destination of the donation amount, the notification destination, and the like. The registration of the contents of the donation by the donation organizer will be described later.

  Next, the configuration of the fee calculation apparatus 1 will be described. The fee calculation device 1 is a server computer managed by a telecommunications carrier (carrier) that provides a communication service by the mobile phone 3. This charge calculation device 1 basically has a function of calculating a usage charge of the mobile phone 3 such as a call charge or a data communication charge based on the communication status of the mobile phone 3 and charging the user of the mobile phone 3. Have. In this embodiment, it further has a function of adding a donation to the calculated fee.

  Specifically, the fee calculation device 1 includes a funding content setting unit 11, a payment fee detection unit 12, and a bill amount calculation as shown in FIG. 2 by incorporating a program in its arithmetic device (not shown). Unit 13, billing / fund processing unit 14, and privilege setting unit 15. In addition, a donation information DB 20 generated by the function of the donation content setting unit 11 is provided in a storage device (not shown). Hereinafter, each configuration will be further described in detail.

  The fundraising content setting unit 11 has a function of accepting and setting information related to the contents of the fundraising and registering in the fundraising information DB 20. Specifically, the fund-raising content setting unit 11 first accepts input from the fund-raising organizer accessed via the fund-raising sponsor terminal 4, and sets a fund-raising destination. For example, accepting input from the fundraiser organizer such as the name of the fundraiser, the recipient of the donation (bank account, etc.), the recipient of the donation amount (e-mail address, etc.), the purpose of the donation (explaining the details of the donation), etc. Are registered as the fundraising destination data 21 in the fundraising information DB 20 shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 4 shows an example of the fundraising destination data 21 registered in the fundraising information DB 20. As shown in this figure, a plurality of fund-raising destinations are registered, and information such as the above-mentioned remittance destinations is registered for each fund-raising destination. The fundraising destination data 21 may be registered by a carrier-side employee who is an operator of the fee calculation apparatus 1.

  In addition, when a new fund-raising destination is registered as the fund-raising destination data 21 or when there is a fund-raising destination that urgently needs fund-raising due to a disaster or the like, the fund-raising content setting unit 11 displays these fund-raising destination information. It has a function of delivering to the portable terminal 3 by e-mail or the like (donation destination information transmission means, donation destination information output means). Thereby, it is possible to urge the user to raise funds. Note that the notification of the fund-raising destination to the user is not limited to distributing donation destination information to the mobile terminal 3 as described above, and the notification method is arbitrary. For example, the donation destination information may be notified to the accessing user by outputting the donation destination information to be displayed on the site where the donation setting is performed.

  Further, the fund-raising content setting unit 11 sets the rate plan of the mobile phone 3 to “a rate plan with fund-raising” and details of the plan based on an input from a user who has accessed through the mobile phone 3. It has a function (user setting means). For example, it accepts and sets inputs such as whether or not to subscribe to a fund-raising plan, whether or not a fund-raising destination, a method for determining the amount of money to be raised, and whether to use a carry-over. Then, for each user, the setting contents of the fee plan with donation are registered as donation setting data 23 in the donation information DB 20. Specifically, this donation setting data 23 is stored in the area 22a of the corresponding user (for example, user A) in the user data 22 area formed in the donation information DB 20 shown in FIG.

  Here, an example of the fund-raising setting data 23 is shown in FIG. As shown in this figure, in the fund-raising setting data 23, a plurality of fund-raising destinations can be set for each user. In addition, a fundraising amount can be set for each fundraiser. The amount raised can be set, for example, at a fixed amount or a fixed rate. Specifically, in the case of a fixed amount, the user inputs and sets the amount to be donated every month. In the case of a fixed rate, the user inputs and sets a donation rate for a usage fee such as a mobile phone communication fee.

  Further, the fund-raising content setting unit 11 can set whether to use the carry-over of the usage fee of the mobile phone 3 according to the input from the user. Here, the carry-over money refers to a charge that allows the unused part of the charge for the free call included in the charge plan of the user's mobile phone 3 to be carried over from the next month. If the carry-over money is set to be used in this way, the carry-over money can be applied to the donation as will be described later.

  The fund-raising setting data 23 described above is not limited to accessing and setting the fee calculation device 1 from the mobile phone 3, but can also be set from a mobile phone sales store. Alternatively, it may be set by a carrier-side employee who is an operator of the fee calculation device 1. In addition to the new setting of the fund-raising setting data 23, it can be changed and set at an arbitrary timing.

  Next, the payment fee detection unit 12 will be described. The payment fee detection unit 12 (payment detection means) detects the occurrence of payment due to the use of the user's mobile phone 3 and specifies the payment fee. Here, payment is generated when the monthly telephone fee is charged, and the payment fee generated by the use of the mobile phone by the user is calculated. Payment fees include, for example, communication charges for calls and data communications, content charges purchased on specific websites using data communications, and prices for purchasing products on specific websites. It is the amount. It should be noted that the consumption tax is not considered here. These payment fees are calculated by acquiring, for example, a mobile phone communication history acquired from a connection control server managed by a communication carrier, billing data from a website where online shopping is performed, and the like. That is, the payment fee includes all payments generated using the mobile phone 3. At this time, as shown in the left half of FIG. 7, the payment item and the payment amount are divided and the payment amount for each item is stored as the billing amount data 24 of the user A in the donation information DB 20. Here, it is assumed that the combined payment fee is “10,000 yen”. Then, the combined payment fee is passed to the bill calculation unit 13. Note that the combined payment fee is the amount originally charged to the user.

  Next, the bill calculation unit 13 will be described. The billing amount calculation processing unit 13 (billing amount calculation unit) calculates the billing amount to be finally charged to the user by adding the solicited amount to the combined payment fee delivered from the above-described payment fee detecting unit 12. . Specifically, first, the user's donation setting data 23 set by the donation content setting unit 11 is read from the donation information DB 20. Then, based on the read donation setting data 23, a fixed donation amount set for each donation destination or a donation amount based on the donation rate is specified for the payment fee. For example, in the case of the fund-raising setting data 23 as shown in FIG. 5, “50 yen” for the A fund-raising regardless of the payment fee, and “10,000 yen” for the B-donation. “300 yen” multiplied by 3% and “100 yen” obtained by multiplying the payment fee “10,000 yen” by 1% for the C donation are specified as the respective donation amounts. Then, all the solicited amounts specified in this way are added to the payment fee to calculate the final billed amount. Here, the amount charged is “10,450 yen”. At this time, the donation amount for each donation destination is stored as monthly billing amount data 24 in the donation information DB 20 shown in FIG. Further, the monthly billing fee, the solicited amount, and the billing amount are stored in the total billing amount data 24 shown in FIG.

  Next, the billing / donation processing unit 14 will be described. The billing / fund raising processing unit 14 first performs a process of actually billing the user for the billing amount calculated by the billing amount calculation unit 13. For example, a withdrawal process is performed from a user account registered in advance. As described above, it is possible to collect the donation together with the fee that should be paid by the user using the mobile phone. Further, the billing / fund raising processing unit 14 sends the fund-raised portion of the bill collected from the user to the sponsor of each fund-raising. For example, the fundraiser data 21 as shown in FIG. 4 is read from the fundraiser information DB 20, deposited in the account of the sponsor of each fundraiser set in advance, and notification that the fundraiser amount has been sent to a notification destination such as an email To do.

  Next, the privilege setting unit 15 will be described. The privilege setting unit 15 (privilege adding means) specifies a donation amount out of the amount charged to the user as described above, and according to the value of the donation amount, a service privilege specific to the user who has made the donation It has the function to give. For example, service benefits corresponding to the value of the fund-raising amount are set in advance in the fund-raising information DB 20, and the service privilege to be provided is determined with reference to this. Examples of service benefits include adding points that can be used as money at the time of purchase of goods at a specific store, or providing a service for priority connection to a specific network. In this way, by giving a privilege to the user who has made a donation as a consideration for the donation, it is possible to increase the number of fund-raisers.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the above-described fee calculation system will be described with reference to FIGS. First, with reference to the screen display example of the mobile phone 3 in FIG. 8 and the flowchart of the charge calculation device in FIG. The following operation can be performed from the terminal of the mobile phone store without using the mobile phone 3, or can be set by the operator directly inputting to the fee calculation apparatus 1.

  First, the user connects to the fee calculation device 1 from the mobile phone 3 and accesses a site for subscribing to a fee plan with donation. Then, as shown in FIG. 8A, a screen as to whether or not to subscribe to the fee plan with donation is transmitted from the fee calculation device 1. By selecting “Apply” on this screen (Yes in step S1 in FIG. 9), information indicating that the user has subscribed to the fee plan with donation is transmitted to the fee calculation apparatus 1.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 8 (b), a screen displaying a plurality of donation destinations selectable from the fee calculation device 1 is transmitted. In addition, on this screen, the purpose of donation and the like are displayed together with the fund-raising destination. Then, the user selects a desired donation on this screen (step S2) and transmits it to the fee calculation apparatus 1. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 8C, a screen for setting a donation amount of the selected donation destination is transmitted. In this screen, a column for inputting a donation amount when the donation is a fixed amount system and a column for inputting a ratio (donation rate) when the donation is a fixed rate system are displayed. On this screen, the user selects one of them, inputs a numerical value in the blank of the selected one (step S3), and transmits it to the fee calculation apparatus 1. For example, when the flat rate system is selected, a fixed amount of money such as “50” yen is entered in the blank for the flat rate system. Alternatively, when the fixed rate system is selected, the donation rate for the payment fee is entered in the blank of the fixed rate system, such as “3”%. Further, on the screen of FIG. 8, when the user appropriates the donation amount with the carry-over of the mobile phone 3, the user selects “use” the carry-over (step S 4) and transmits it to the fee calculation device 1. To do. Thereby, the setting input for one donation destination is completed.

  Thereafter, when the user further increases the number of fund-raising destinations (Yes in step S5), the user repeats the setting described above from the selection of the fund-raising destination in step S2 by selecting “Add fund-raising destination” in FIG. 8C. . Thus, the data input by the user from the mobile phone 3 is received by the fund-raising content setting unit 11 of the fee calculation device 1 and set as the fund-raising content of each user. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, it is stored as donation setting data 23 for each user in the donation information DB 20 of the fee calculation apparatus 1. As described above, the contents of the fund-raising are set for each fund-raising destination (user setting step).

  Further, the above-described setting can be performed at an arbitrary timing. For example, when the fee calculation device 1 delivers the donation information related to the disaster to the mobile phone 3 due to the occurrence of a disaster, the user who sees it wants to add a donation destination and charge The calculation device 1 is accessed. Then, the above-described operation is performed to add a fund-raising destination. In such a case, it is also possible to change the existing fund-raising destination setting to the local government where the disaster occurred temporarily. That is, it is also possible to change only the fund-raising destination without changing the settings such as the amount raised. The fee calculation device 1 also has a function of disclosing the user's current fund-raising setting data 23 to the mobile phone 3. As a result, the user can check the current setting and change or delete the fund-raising destination.

  Subsequently, the subsequent operation of the fee calculation apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the fee calculation apparatus 1 collects the usage status of the mobile phone 3 at an arbitrary timing (step S11). For example, call logs, content usage fees, shopping histories, etc. are collected from other computers. When the fee calculation device 1 detects the occurrence of payment by the user, for example, every other month, the fee calculation device 1 calculates a payment fee (step S12, payment detection step). Here, the communication fee, the content purchase price, and the product purchase price are totaled to calculate the payment fee.

  Subsequently, the user's fund-raising setting data 23 for which the payment fee has been calculated is read (step S13), and the fund-raising amount for each fund-raising destination is specified based on this setting content (step S14). For example, in the case of the fixed amount system, the set amount is set as the amount to be raised, and in the case of the fixed rate system, the set donation rate is set as the amount to be raised over the payment fee. Then, the sum of all the donations and the payment fee are added to calculate the amount billed for the user finally (step S15, bill amount calculation step). The billing amount calculated as described above and the amount for each donation destination are stored as the billing amount data 24 in the donation information DB 20 (see step S16, FIGS. 6 and 7).

  Here, when “use money carried forward” is set in the money collection setting data 23, the money carried over by the user is checked and the money carried forward is applied to the money raised. At this time, if the carry-over amount is larger than the donation amount and the entire donation amount can be applied with the carry-over amount, the donation amount is subtracted from the carry-over amount and the rest is carried forward to the next month. The billed amount is only the payment fee. On the other hand, when the carry forward amount is smaller than the donation amount, the invoice amount is calculated by adding the donation amount that cannot be applied with the carry forward amount to the payment fee. The donation amount allocated from the carry-forward amount is handled in the same way as the actual donation amount and stored in the invoice amount data 24, and the amount is paid to the donation destination, and a determination of granting the privilege to the user as will be described later. The standard.

  Thereafter, based on the billing amount data 24 in the donation information DB 20, the billing amount for each user is specified, and billing processing for the user is performed (step S17). For example, a withdrawal process from a specific account is performed. Further, based on the billing amount data 24, the amount of money collected by all users is extracted and summed up for each money collection destination. And the process which remits the amount of money collected to each donation destination is performed (step S18). The fee calculating apparatus 1 may subtract the expenses required for collecting the donation from the donation amount and remit the remaining amount as the donation amount to the donation organizer.

  Further, thereafter, the fee calculation apparatus 1 checks the donation amount for each user based on the bill amount data 24. And based on the standard memorize | stored in the privilege data 25, the process which gives a specific service privilege to a user is performed. For example, even when the network is congested, if you give the privilege that you can preferentially connect to the network by accessing through a specific access point, the ID and password required to access the access point Is granted. Alternatively, it provides services such as the provision of points that can be used when purchasing mobile phones, and the provision of original content that is distributed only to fundraisers.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when payment is made to a user who has set to make a donation, a charge amount obtained by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee is calculated. Therefore, for every payment by the user, for example, it is possible to continuously collect donations from the user every month. As a result, it is possible to increase donation opportunities and the amount of money raised. In addition, various donation settings can be made such as a fixed amount system such as a fixed amount or a variable system such as an amount based on a payment fee. Accordingly, a fund-raising method can be freely set according to the user's wishes, such as fund-raising from a small amount, and the number of people who donate money can be increased.

  Here, FIG. 11 shows a modification of the fee calculation apparatus 1 described above. As shown in this figure, the fee calculation apparatus 1 can exhibit the above-described effects by including the above-described donation content setting unit 11, the payment fee detection unit 12, and the bill amount calculation unit 13. In other words, by having the above configuration, the final billing amount can be calculated by adding the solicited amount to the fee that the user should pay. The subsequent billing process and fund-raising process may be performed by another computer or manually by a human.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment is characterized in that the position and movement status of the mobile phone 3 are detected, and a fund-raising destination is set based on the position information or movement status information.

  First, the mobile phone 103 possessed by the user U in this embodiment includes a GPS receiver 131 and a self-position detecting unit 132 (self-position detecting means) as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, by receiving data from the GPS satellite 105, the self position can be detected. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, it is possible to detect that the user U is located in the area A1 of the α municipality. In addition, the self-position detection unit 132 of the mobile phone 103 has a function of notifying the charge calculation apparatus 101 of its own position information. In response to this, the fee calculation device 101 in the present embodiment receives the position information notified from the mobile phone 103, detects the position and movement status of the mobile phone 103, and passes it to the bill calculation unit 112. 116 (position detection means, movement detection means).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the fee calculating apparatus 101 first registers fund-raising information for a predetermined local government (α local government, β local government) in the fund-raising destination data set and registered in the fund-raising information DB 120. Yes. The user can set a donation to each local government from the mobile phone 103 to the donation content setting unit 111 of the fee calculation apparatus 101. Here, it is assumed that the user has set up a fund-raising for α and β municipalities.

  Further, the payment fee detection unit 112 of the fee calculation device 101 calculates a payment amount according to the position of the mobile phone 103 and notifies the billing amount calculation unit 113 of the payment fee as described above. Then, the bill calculation unit 113 reads the donation setting data representing the user's donation setting from the donation information DB 120 as described above. At this time, although the user has selected the α local government and β local government donations, as notified from the position detection unit 116, the user U is located in the α local government area A1, so only the α local government donations apply. Is done. That is, the billing amount calculation unit 113 calculates a billing amount obtained by adding the donation to the local government visited by the user to the payment fee, records it in the donation information DB 120, and notifies the billing / donation processing unit 114. Then, the billing / donation processing unit 114 performs the billing process to the user U as described above, and also sends the donation to the fundraiser.

  The bill calculation unit 113 may set the local government where the user is located as the fund-raising destination based on the location information and the movement status information, even if the local government has not selected the user as the fund-raising destination. For example, a local government that the user has simply passed through may be set as a fund-raising destination, and the local government may make a fund-raising. On the other hand, don't make donations to the local government that the user has just passed through. If the user makes a payment fee, such as making a call or purchasing content in the local area, the local government will be the fundraiser. You may set up and donate money.

  In the above description, the position and movement status of the mobile phone 103 are detected using the GPS satellite 105 and the GPS receiver 131. However, the position detection unit 116 of the charge calculation device 101 can be acquired from the base station of the mobile phone 103. The position and movement status of the mobile phone 3 may be detected using such position information.

  In addition, a plurality of donation destinations according to the moving distance of the user may be set in the above-described donation setting data. Even if the fee calculation apparatus 1 is configured to select a fund-raising destination according to the moving distance of the user detected by the position detection unit 116, and calculate a billing amount including the fund-raising to the fund-raising destination. Good. For example, a fund-raising for a resource such as fuel is set as a fund-raising destination selected when the moving distance is long. Then, at the time of billing the telephone fee, the fund-raising destination is selected according to the moving distance of the month, and the billed amount is calculated by adding the fund-raising amount.

  As described above, it is possible to realize donations with various contents according to the user's wishes. Therefore, it is possible to increase the number of fund-raising supporters, and to further increase the fund-raising opportunity and the amount of money.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, a case where a user makes a payment using a non-contact IC card (device) is shown.

  First, as shown in FIG. 15A, the user U has a non-contact IC card 250 storing electronic money such as Felica (registered trademark). Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 15B, the mobile phone 203 having the non-contact IC device 251 is carried. Since the function of the non-contact IC device 251 is almost the same as that of the non-contact IC card 250, the case of the non-contact IC card 250 will be described below.

  The fee calculation system according to the present embodiment includes a card reader / writer 230 that performs short-range wireless communication with the contactless IC card 250, for example, connected to the fee calculation device 201 installed in the cash register of the store 200. ing. In addition, the fee calculation device 201 has already stored the fund-raising setting data in the fund-raising information DB 220 (step S21). This donation setting data is for setting a donation destination to be applied to any user.

  Further, when the store employee inputs the purchase amount of the user U to the cash register (step S22), the payment fee detection unit 212 detects this input as a charge timing, and the final charge amount including the donation Proceed to the process of calculating. Specifically, here, a payment fee that is the total of the purchase amount is calculated and passed to the bill amount calculation unit 213.

  Further, the bill calculation unit 213 reads the contents of the donation preset in the donation information DB 220 (step S23). Then, based on the contents of the donation, for example, a donation amount to be added to the input payment fee is specified by a fixed amount system or a fixed rate system (step S24). Then, a solicited amount is calculated by adding the raised amount to the payment fee (step S25), and the billed amount is notified to the settlement processing unit 214.

  Then, the settlement processing unit 214 (settlement means) performs a settlement process for acquiring electronic money stored in the non-contact IC card 250 via the card reader / writer 230 in accordance with the billing amount calculated as described above. This is performed (step S26).

  As a result, the invoice amount is calculated by adding a predetermined amount to the payment fee generated by using the non-contact IC device 251 built in the mobile phone 3 or the non-contact IC card 250 itself, and collected. can do. Accordingly, it is possible to further increase the amount of donation and the amount of donation.

  In addition, although the case where it set so that donation was added to the purchase amount with respect to all persons was illustrated above, it is not limited to this. For example, the contactless IC card 250 (device 2351) stores in advance data indicating that the user is making a donation, and when the payment is made, the charge calculation device 201 reads the data to pay only to the user. A billing amount obtained by adding the donation amount to may be calculated and billed.

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, a case where a user uses a non-contact IC card (device) to settle a boarding fare such as a train at a ticket gate of a station is shown.

  First, as shown in FIG. 18A, the user U has a non-contact IC card 350 that stores electronic money such as Suica (registered trademark). Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 18B, the mobile phone 303 having the non-contact IC device 351 is possessed. Since the function of the non-contact IC device 351 is the same as that of the non-contact IC card 350, the case of the non-contact IC card 350 will be described below.

  The fee calculation system according to this embodiment includes a card reader / writer 330 that performs short-range wireless communication with the contactless IC card 350 at the gate G of the ticket gate 300. The card reader / writer 330 is connected to a fee calculation device 301 installed in the station. In addition, the fee calculation device 301 has already stored the fund-raising setting data in the fund-raising information DB 320, and is applicable to any user (step S31).

  And the said charge calculation apparatus 301 is provided with the boarding information acquisition part 312 as shown in FIG. This boarding information acquisition part 312 reads the information (boarding information) which passed the ticket gate of the other station memorize | stored in the non-contact IC card 350 (step S32). That is, it is possible to obtain information on the station where the boarding is performed. Then, based on the information of the boarding station and the information of the disembarking station that is this station, the boarding information acquisition unit 312 specifies the boarding section and calculates the boarding fare that the user should pay (step S33). It is passed to the bill calculation unit 313.

  Then, the bill calculation unit 313 reads the contents of the donation set in advance in the donation information DB 320 (step S34). Then, based on the read contents of the donation, the amount of donation is calculated by the fixed amount system or the fixed rate system (step S35), and the amount charged is calculated by adding to the payment fee (step S36). Then, the calculated billing amount is notified to the settlement processing unit 314.

  Then, the settlement processing unit 314 (settlement means) performs a settlement process for acquiring electronic money stored in the non-contact IC card 350 via the card reader / writer 330 in accordance with the billing amount calculated as described above. This is performed (step S37).

  As a result, even when the non-contact IC device 351 built in the mobile phone 3 or the non-contact IC card 350 itself is used for settlement, a predetermined donation is added to the generated payment fee such as a train fare. You can calculate the amount billed and collect it. Accordingly, it is possible to further increase the amount of donation and the amount of donation.

  Here, a fund-raising destination that is applied differently for each moving distance of the user may be set in the above-described fund-raising setting data. That is, the fee calculation device 1 calculates the travel distance from the user's boarding section specified by the boarding information acquisition unit 312 and specifies a fund-raising destination corresponding to the travel distance. And you may comprise so that the amount of claim including the donation to this donation destination may be calculated. As a result, the position or movement status of the mobile terminal can be detected based on the position information given to the non-contact IC card 350 by the automatic ticket gate, and a fund-raising for the fund-raising destination can be set according to the position and movement status. The degree of freedom increases.

  In addition, although the case where it set so that donation was added to boarding fare with respect to all persons was illustrated above, it is not limited to this. For example, data indicating that the user is a user who makes a donation in advance is stored in the non-contact IC card 350 (device 351), and the fee calculation device 301 side reads the data at the time of settlement that passes through the automatic ticket gate. Invoices may be calculated by calculating the amount charged by adding the amount raised to the fare.

  Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, similarly to the above-described fourth embodiment, a user uses a non-contact IC card (device) to settle a boarding fare such as a train at a ticket gate of a station. In the present embodiment, the case where the payment medium possessed by the user is the non-contact IC device 351 mounted on the mobile phone 303 described above is described, but the same applies to the case of the non-contact IC card 350. Here, the system configuration is almost the same as that of the fourth embodiment, and the gate G of the ticket gate 400 is provided with a card reader / writer 430 that performs short-range wireless communication with the non-contact IC device 351. The card reader / writer 430 is connected to a fee calculation device 401 installed in the station.

  The non-contact IC device 351 in this embodiment stores donation setting data input by the user operating the mobile phone 303. That is, as shown in FIG. 5 described in the first embodiment, the setting for performing the fund-raising, the fund-raising destination, the fund-raising method (fixed amount, fixed rate), and the like are stored. This donation setting data is read from the non-contact IC device 351 by the donation content acquisition unit 411 (donation content setting means) of the fee calculation device 401. The donation setting data is referred to when calculating the donation amount in the bill amount calculation unit 413. That is, according to the donation setting set by the user using the mobile phone 303, the donation amount is specified and added to the payment fee. Other configurations are the same as those in the fourth embodiment.

  Specifically, first, the boarding information acquisition unit 412 reads the above-described donation setting data together with boarding station information (boarding information) stored in the non-contact IC device 351 (step S41). Then, the boarding information acquisition unit 412 calculates the boarding fare to be paid based on the read information on the boarding station and the information on the getting-off station that is the station (step S42), and passes it to the bill calculation unit 413. .

  Then, as described above, the invoice amount calculation unit 413 calculates the donation amount based on the donation setting data read from the non-contact IC device 351, for example, by the flat rate system or the fixed rate system (step S43), and the payment fee Is added to calculate the amount charged (step S44). Then, the calculated billing amount is notified to the settlement processing unit 414.

  Then, the settlement processing unit 414 (settlement means) performs settlement processing for acquiring electronic money stored in the non-contact IC device 351 via the card reader / writer 330 in accordance with the amount calculated as described above. Do.

  As described above, in this embodiment, since the donation amount is specified using the donation setting data set by the user and stored in the mobile phone 303, a free donation according to the user's wish can be realized. Accordingly, it is possible to further increase the amount of donation and the amount of donation.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as a device for calculating various charges such as a device for calculating a call charge of a mobile phone, and has industrial applicability.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the charge calculation system in Example 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of donation information DB in Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the money collection destination data in Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the donation setting data in Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the billing amount data (total) in Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the bill amount data (monthly) in Example 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the mobile phone in Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the other structure of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 1. FIG. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the whole fee calculation system in Example 2. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the charge calculation system in Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the money collection destination data in Example 2. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the charge calculation system in Example 3. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 3. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 3. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the charge calculation system in Example 4. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 4. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 4. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 5. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the charge calculation apparatus in Example 5.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Charge calculation apparatus 3 Cellular phone 4 Donation sponsor terminal 11 Donation content setting part 12 Payment amount detection part 13 Claim amount calculation part 14 Claim and donation processing part 15 Benefit setting part 20 Donation information DB
21 Fundraiser data 23 Fundraising setting data 24 Billing amount data 25 Special data

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User setting means for setting a user to make a donation;
Payment detection means for detecting occurrence of a predetermined payment by the user;
A billing amount for calculating a billing amount for the user by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee when the payment detecting unit detects that the user's payment set by the user setting unit has occurred A calculation means;
A charge calculation device comprising: The user setting means sets a fixed amount or an amount based on the payment fee as the donation,
The billing amount calculation means adds either the fixed amount of donation or the amount of donation based on the payment fee to the payment fee according to the setting contents of the user setting unit. Calculate the invoice amount,
The charge calculation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The user setting means sets a fixed amount as the donation,
The charged amount calculating means calculates the charged amount by adding a certain amount set as the donation to the payment fee according to the setting contents of the user setting means.
The charge calculation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: The user setting means sets a donation rate for the payment fee,
The billing amount calculation means sets the amount of the billing amount by multiplying the payment rate by the donation rate and adding the donation amount to the payment fee according to the setting content of the user setting unit. calculate,
The charge calculation apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein The user setting means registers a plurality of donations,
The claim amount calculation means specifies a donation to be donated for each donation destination, and calculates the claim amount by adding the donation to the payment fee.
5. The fee calculation apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4. The amount of the donation to be billed by the bill amount calculation unit is specified for each user, and includes a privilege addition unit for determining a predetermined service to be provided to the user according to the amount of the donation.
6. A fee calculation apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. Provided with donation destination information output means for outputting to the user set in the user setting means information of donation destinations that can be donated,
The charge calculation apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. The charge calculation device according to claim 1, and a portable terminal used by the user,
The payment detection means of the charge calculation device detects the occurrence of payment associated with the use of the mobile terminal by the user;
A charge calculation system characterized by this.   9. The fee calculation system according to claim 8, wherein the payment detection means included in the fee calculation device detects when the communication fee of the portable terminal is settled as the occurrence of the payment. The portable terminal includes a non-contact IC device,
The payment detection means of the charge calculation device detects the occurrence of payment associated with the use of the contactless IC device by the user,
The fee calculation apparatus includes a settlement unit that acquires electronic money for the bill amount calculated by the bill amount calculation unit from a non-contact IC device of the portable terminal.
10. The fee calculation system according to claim 8 or 9, wherein The fee calculation device includes a position detection means for detecting the position of the mobile terminal,
The bill calculation means identifies a donation destination set in advance according to the position of the mobile terminal detected by the position detection means, and adds the donation for the donation destination to the payment fee. To calculate,
11. The charge calculation system according to claim 8, 9 or 10. The fee calculation device includes a movement detection means for detecting a movement status of the mobile terminal,
The bill amount calculation means specifies a donation destination set in advance according to the movement status of the mobile terminal detected by the movement detection means, and adds the donation money for the donation destination to the payment fee. Calculate the amount,
12. The fee calculation system according to claim 8, 9, 10 or 11. The mobile terminal is equipped with a GPS receiver, and includes self-position detecting means for detecting the position of the self-terminal and notifying the charge calculating device of the position information.
The position detection means or the movement detection means of the fee calculation device detects the position or movement status of the portable terminal by notification of position information from the portable terminal.
13. The fee calculation system according to claim 11 or 12, wherein: Provided with donation destination information transmission means for transmitting information of donation destinations that can be donated to the mobile terminal;
14. The fee calculation system according to claim 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13. The user setting means sets the appropriation to be carried forward to the donated money that can be carried forward at the next payment or later among unused charges of the mobile terminal that can be used by the user,
If the bill setting means is set by the user setting means to apply the carry-over money to the donation, at least a part of the carry-over money is applied to the donation and cannot be applied. The billing amount is calculated by adding the amount to the payment fee,
15. The fee calculation system according to claim 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14. The charge calculation device according to claim 1, and a non-contact IC card used by the user,
The payment detection means of the charge calculation device detects the occurrence of payment associated with the use of the contactless IC card by the user,
The fee calculation device includes a settlement unit that acquires electronic money for the bill amount calculated by the bill amount calculation unit from the contactless IC card.
A charge calculation system characterized by this. A mobile terminal used by the user, and a charge calculation device for calculating a charge amount for the user by using the mobile terminal,
The charge calculation device
User setting means for setting a user to make a donation;
Payment detection means for detecting occurrence of payment associated with use of the mobile terminal by the user;
Charge amount calculation means for calculating a charge amount for the user by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee when the payment detection means detects that payment has occurred for the user set in the user setting means When,
A charge calculation system characterized by comprising:   18. The fee calculation system according to claim 17, wherein the fee calculation device includes donation destination information transmitting means for transmitting donation destination information that can be donated to the portable terminal. A non-contact IC card used by the user, and a charge calculation device for calculating a charge for the user by using the non-contact card,
The charge calculation device
User setting means for setting a user to make a donation;
When the payment detection means detects that payment has occurred to the user set by the user setting means and payment detection means for detecting the occurrence of payment associated with the use of the contactless IC card by the user, A bill amount calculating means for calculating a bill amount for the user by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee;
A settlement means for acquiring electronic money for the bill amount calculated by the charge calculation means from the contactless IC card;
A charge calculation system characterized by comprising: On the computer,
User setting means for setting a user to make a donation;
Payment detection means for detecting occurrence of a predetermined payment by the user;
A billing amount for calculating a billing amount for the user by adding a predetermined donation to the payment fee when the payment detecting unit detects that the user's payment set by the donation setting unit has occurred A calculation means;
A program to realize The user setting means sets a fixed amount or an amount based on the payment fee as the donation,
The billing amount calculation means adds either the fixed amount of donation or the amount of donation based on the payment fee to the payment fee according to the setting contents of the user setting unit. Calculate the invoice amount,
The program according to claim 19. A user setting process in which a computer sets a user to make a donation;
A payment detection step in which the computer detects the occurrence of a predetermined payment by the user;
When the payment detecting step detects that the user's payment set in the user setting step has occurred, the computer adds a predetermined donation to the payment fee and calculates the amount charged to the user A charge calculation step to calculate,
A charge calculation method characterized by comprising: The user setting step sets the donation to be a fixed amount or an amount based on the payment fee,
The bill calculation step adds either the fixed amount of donation or the amount of donation based on the payment fee to the payment fee according to the setting contents of the user setting step. The charge calculation method according to claim 22, wherein a charge amount is calculated.

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