JPH09134225A - Money collecting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To calculate the system use fee of a terminal user without troubling an information supplier and to securely collect money. SOLUTION: The system is constituted by a machine A, a terminal machine B connected with the machine A by a communication line and a center C connected to the terminal machine B by the communication line. When the terminal machine B uses the system operating by using information transmitted from the machine A by fee charging, the terminal machine B transmits use quantity data to the center by adding operation quantity data and the center calculates the fee corresponding to use quantity data of the system, which is transmitted from the terminal machine B, and generates a money collecting file.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In a system in which a computer is connected by a communication line and a service for transmitting information to a connected terminal machine, a system user fee of a terminal user is automatically calculated and collected. It is about the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 shows a system called VAN, in which a machine A and a terminal machine B are connected by a communication line 1. From the terminal machine B side, the data in the database of the machine A can be retrieved and used.
When using such a system, the system usage fee is paid from the user of the terminal machine B to the data provider. For example, when the machine A is located in the accounting office AO and the terminal machine B is installed in the consultant's office to perform accounting processing, it is possible for an unskilled person to perform difficult journalizing work at the accounting office. it can. For this, individual data of the adviser (terminal machine B) is transmitted to the accounting office AO (machine A), and after the journalizing work, the data is returned.

[0003]

Even in such a case,
The terminal machine B side pays the system usage fee to the accounting office as an advisory fee or the like. However, it is difficult for the accounting firm AO to manage individual collection data and collect money without fail when the number of advisers increases. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to calculate a system usage fee of a terminal user and reliably collect money without bothering an information provider.

[0004]

A bill collection system of the first invention comprises a machine A, a terminal machine B connected to the machine A through a communication line, and a center connected to the terminal machine B through a communication line. When using the system in which the terminal machine B operates by using the information transmitted from the machine A for a fee, the terminal machine B aggregates the operation amount of the terminal machine B and transmits it to the center. Is a bill collection system characterized by calculating a fee according to system usage data transmitted from the terminal machine B and creating a bill collection file. A second invention is based on the above invention, in which the terminal machine B stores the system usage data,
It is characterized in that the total is transmitted based on the operation amount of the terminal machine B or the number of input data input within a certain period and transmitted to the center. Usage data is sent to the center,
Since the usage fee is calculated, the data related to collection can be centrally managed at the center.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A first embodiment shown in FIGS.
It is a collection system including a machine A of an accounting office AO, a terminal machine B of a terminal user EU connected via a communication line 1, and a center C connected to the terminal machine B via a communication line 2. Here, the user EU is an adviser to the accounting firm AO. As shown in the table of FIG. 3, the accounting processing work performed by operating the terminal machine B includes basic finance, salary calculation, bonus calculation, year-end adjustment, accounts receivable management, etc., and there are linked program softwares. The user EU uses these program software to send and receive data through the communication line 1 in order to perform accounting processing while obtaining support from the accounting firm AO. For example, when journalizing work is performed in the basic finance, data is exchanged through the line 1, which is the same as the conventional example. The line 2 is for transmitting to the center C the data of the collection file concerning the usage fee created by the terminal machine B. The arrow indicates the bill from the center C, and the arrow indicates the flow of the collected charges.

A method of calculating the usage charge performed by the terminal machine B and the center C will be described according to the flow shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b). 2A is a flow in the terminal machine B, and FIG. 2B is a flow in the center. First, the terminal machine B is started up, the operator is input, and the program corresponding to the processing task is selected (steps 1 and 2). In step 3, the charging method is selected according to the selected program. There are operation billing and data billing as billing methods, and the method of billing is preset for each program. Here, the operation billing is a method of counting the number of operations every time a certain unit of operation is performed, and determining the fee according to the number of operations, and the data billing is input within a certain period. This is a method of determining the charge according to the number of data. If the billing method is the operation billing, the process proceeds to step 4, and if the data billing, the process proceeds to step 7.

In steps 4 and below, when the processing is performed using the program charged for operation, the number of operations is counted every time an operation of a certain unit is performed (step 5). And
Until the counting deadline is reached, the process returns from step 6 to step 2. When the counting deadline is reached, the process proceeds to step 11, and the counted number of operations is determined as the usage amount. If you proceed to step 7, normal processing is performed using the program until the time limit is reached (steps 7 and 8), and when the time limit is reached, the total number of input data is counted at that time. ,
The difference from the number of data at the last deadline is calculated (steps 9 and 10). This difference is set as the number of input data within this term, and is determined as the system usage (step 11). In step 12, the usage amount data determined by both the operation charging method and the data charging method in step 11 are transmitted to the center C. The center C side receives the data transmitted from the terminal machine B (step 101) and compares the usage amount with the unit price table to calculate the charge (step 10).
2). In this unit price table, the charge per operation, 1
The price per number of data is fixed. The unit price for operation can be set for each type of operation and each operator.
This table is created by the machine A of the accounting firm AO.

In the next step 103, step 102
Create a collection file by summing the charges calculated in step 1 and the fixed charges such as the basic charges. Then, the data of this collection file is managed. Center C creates a bill based on the collection file data, and the terminal user EU
Collect money from. The accounting office AO collects the amount collected by the center C after deducting the fee of the center C. By doing so, the collection file for system usage fees can be centrally managed, so the accounting firm AO
Even if the number of user EUs of the terminal machine B, which is an advisor, becomes large, the system usage fee can be collected reliably and easily. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the charging method is set by the program. However, which program the operation charging or the data charging is set for is arbitrary. Is.

The second embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is the same system as the first embodiment except that the telegraph carrier D collects the system usage fee on the communication line usage fee.
However, the communication lines 1, 2, and 3 are lines managed by the telegraph carrier D. The line usage fee may include telephone charges used separately from the accounting processing system. The usage data calculated by the terminal machine B is transmitted to the center C, and the center C manages the collection data calculated based on the usage data. This time, the center C transmits the collected data to the telegraph carrier D via the line 3. The telegraph carrier D issues a bill to the user EU (arrow) and collects money. The flow of charges is arrow → →. The amount collected from the user ED minus the line usage fee to the telegraph carrier D and the collection file management fee to the center C is the accounting office AO.
Be paid to. Here, the service system for the adviser of the accounting office AO has been described as an example, but the service contents such as information provided by the machine A to the terminal machine B by communication are not limited to the accounting process.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the system usage fee can be centrally managed at the center. Therefore, the system provider can collect the system usage fee reliably and easily even if the number of terminal machines is large.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the fee calculation software of the first embodiment, in which (a) is a step performed by the terminal machine B,
(B) is a step at the center.

FIG. 3 is a table for explaining the contents of a program that operates in the system of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A machine B terminal machine C center 1, 2, 3 communication line

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A machine A, a terminal machine B connected to the machine A via a communication line, and a center connected to the terminal machine B via a communication line. The terminal machine B charges the information transmitted from the machine A. When using the system that operates by using, the terminal machine B aggregates the usage data of the operation amount of the terminal machine B and sends it to the center, and the center uses the system usage data sent from the terminal machine B. A bill collection system that calculates a fee according to the data and creates a bill collection file. 2. The terminal machine B aggregates the usage data of the system based on the operation amount of the terminal machine B or the number of input data input within a certain period, and transmits it to the center. The money collection system according to claim 1.