TW201805861A - Electronic bill managing method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic bill managing method and device. The method includes a storing step, storing payees and forms of electronic bills corresponding to the payees, and establishing a data base configured for storing bill information of the electronic bills, a setting step, comprising a user email setting step, presetting an E-mailbox for receiving the electronic bills from the payees, and an obtaining step, searching the preset E-mailbox and obtaining the electronic bills sent from the payees to the preset E-mailbox and storing the bill information of the electronic bills in the database.

Description

Electronic bill management method and corresponding electronic device

The invention relates to an electronic bill management method and a corresponding electronic device thereof, in particular to an electronic bill management method for automatically importing bill information and a corresponding electronic device thereof.

The traditional electronic bill management method generally requires the user to manually input billing information such as the paying unit, the payment amount, the payment date, etc., and cannot automatically remit billing information, and perform statistical management and payment reminding on the bill.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an electronic bill management method that can automatically import billing information.

In addition, the present invention also provides an electronic device corresponding to the above method.

An electronic bill management method, the method comprising:

a storage step of storing a payment unit and a billing format corresponding to the payment unit, and establishing a database for storing billing information;

Setting steps, the setting steps include:

Set the user mailbox step to preset the email address of the user to receive the electronic bill;

The obtaining step searches for a preset user mailbox, obtains an electronic bill sent by the default payment unit in the user mailbox, and stores the billing information in the electronic bill to the database.

An electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

a storage module, configured to store a billing unit and a billing format corresponding to the billing unit, and establish a database for storing billing information;

Setting a module, the setting module includes:

a user mailbox setting module for presetting a mailbox for a user to receive an electronic bill;

The obtaining module is configured to search for a preset user mailbox, obtain an electronic bill sent by the default payment unit in the user mailbox, and store billing information in the electronic bill to the database.

The electronic bill management method and the corresponding electronic device can automatically store the bill information of the electronic bill received in the user's email in the database, and the importing process is simple and quick.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of the electronic bill management system of the electronic device illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the workflow of an electronic device management method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a table in a database in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a payment reminding step of an electronic device management method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an operating environment and a functional module diagram of an electronic bill management system according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2 together, the electronic bill management system 10 is installed and operated in the electronic device 1. The electronic device 1 can be a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a handheld game console, a digital camera or a palmtop computer. The electronic bill management system 10 can search the e-mail address of the user to receive the electronic bill, obtain the electronic bill in the e-mail address of the user, extract the bill information in the electronic bill, and organize and provide the bill information to the user. The billing information includes the payment unit, the payment amount, the payment period, whether it is overdue, whether it is notified or not.

The electronic device 1 further includes a display 11, a speaker 12, a processor 14, and a memory 16. The display 11 is used to provide billing information to the user. The speaker 12 is used to provide a notification to the user by voice, such as a payment notification, a payment expiration notification, and a billing information push service notification. The memory 16 can be built in the electronic device 1, and can also be a separate external storage card, such as a SIM card (Smart Media Card), an SD card (Secure Digital Card), and the like. The memory 16 is used for storing various types of materials, including user emails, billing information, and the like. The processor 14 is configured to execute an operating system and various applications in the electronic device 1, such as the electronic bill management system 100.

The electronic bill management system 10 includes a storage module 101, a setting module 102, an obtaining module 103, a screening module 104, a display module 105, and a payment reminding module 106.

The storage module 101 is configured to store a billing unit and a billing format corresponding to the billing unit, and a database 161 that is organized and built from the billing information according to the billing format. In the preferred embodiment, the database 161 includes a form 163 (shown in FIG. 4) for importing billing information, the form 163 including billing fields corresponding to the billing information. The payment unit can be Bank A, Insurance B, Telecom C and other units. The payment unit will send the email containing the electronic bill to the user's email address as the sender.

The setting module 102 includes a mailbox setting module 102a, a billing password setting module 102b, and a reminder setting module 102c. The mailbox setting module 102a is configured to receive an email address of the electronic receipt received by the user and store it in the storage module 101, for example, lisan@163.com. In another embodiment, if the e-mail address needs to be authenticated by the password, the e-mail setting module 102a is further configured to receive the e-mail password preset by the user and store it in the storage module 101, for example, 123456. In another embodiment, if the electronic bill is sent to the preset email address in an encrypted file, the bill password setting module 102b is configured to receive the bill corresponding to the preset payment unit of the user to unlock the bill. The password is stored in the storage module 101 for decrypting the encrypted file corresponding to the electronic bill. The reminder setting module 102c is configured to receive a selection of whether the user needs to make a payment reminder. The obtaining module 103 is configured to log in a preset email address according to a preset email address and password, search for a preset email address, obtain an email sent by the preset payment unit, and obtain an electronic bill in the email. And billing information in the electronic bill is extracted, organized, and stored in the form 163 of the database 161 according to the format of the stored electronic bill.

The screening module 104 is configured to filter the billing information in the table 163 according to the user's selection. Specifically, in the preferred embodiment, the screening module 104 provides a display interface to the user through the display 11, and the user can select a specific payment unit through the display interface, such as the billing information of the bank A, and the screening mode is The group 104 filters out the billing information corresponding to the bank A from the table 163 of the database 161. In another preferred embodiment, the screening module 104 may be selected by the user if the user selects whether the payment amount is greater than or less than the specific amount, the payment period is earlier or later than the specific date, whether the payment is overdue, and whether the payment notification has been issued. The corresponding billing information is filtered from the table 163 of the database 161 according to the screening condition selected by the user.

The screening module 104 is further configured to sort the bill information in the table 163 according to the user's operation. Specifically, in the preferred embodiment, the user can sort the payment unit, the consumption date, the payment period, and the payment amount through the display interface control table 163, so that the user can obtain the required time in time and accurately. Billing information.

The display module 105 is configured to display the billing information filtered by the screening module 104 to the user. In the preferred embodiment, the display module 105 displays the billing information in the form of a table. By.

The payment reminding module 106 is configured to receive a condition of the payment reminder set by the user, monitor whether the condition of the payment reminder is met, and send a payment reminder to the user when the condition of the payment reminder is met. The condition of the payment reminder may be a preset time before the payment deadline, a time on the payment deadline, or a preset time after the payment deadline. The reminder can be sounded to the user via the speaker 12. For example, when the payment reminding condition set by the user is one day before the payment deadline, the payment reminding module 106 sends a payment reminder to the user through the speaker 12 one day before the payment deadline.

Referring to FIG. 2, a flow chart of a preferred implementation of the bill management method of the present invention is shown. The bill management method is applied to the electronic device 1 in which the electronic bill management system 10 is installed, and includes the following steps.

Step 301: The storage module 101 stores a billing unit and a billing format corresponding to the billing unit, and a database 161 that is compiled and built from the electronic bill according to the billing format. Please refer to FIG. 3 together. The database 161 includes billing information. In the preferred embodiment, the database 161 includes a form 163 for importing billing information, the form 163 including billing fields corresponding to the billing information. The payment unit can be Bank A, Insurance B, Telecom C and other units. The payment unit will send the email containing the electronic bill to the user's email address as the sender.

Step 302 includes the following sub-steps:

In step 302a, the mailbox setting module 102a receives the electronic email address preset by the user for receiving the electronic bill and stores it in the storage module 101, for example, lisan@163.com. In another embodiment, if the e-mail address needs to be authenticated to log in, the e-mail setting module 102a is further configured to receive the e-mail password preset by the user and store it in the storage module 101, for example, 123456.

In another embodiment, in step 302c, the bill password setting module 102b receives the user setting whether to input an unlock password, and if the electronic bill is sent to the preset email address in an encrypted file, the process proceeds to step 302d. The billing password module 102b receives the bill unlocking password corresponding to the billing unit preset by the user and stores it in the storage module 101 for decrypting the encrypted file corresponding to the electronic bill. If the electronic bill is not encrypted, Then proceed to step 303.

In step 303, the reminder setting module 102c receives a selection of whether the user needs to make a payment reminder. If the user selects a payment reminder, the process proceeds to step 307. If the user selects that the payment reminder is not required, the process proceeds to step 305.

Step 305: The obtaining module 103 logs in a preset email address according to the preset email address and password, searches for a preset email address, obtains an email sent by the preset payment unit, and obtains an electronic bill included in the email. And billing the bill information in the electronic bill to the table 163 of the database 161 according to the format of the stored electronic bill.

Step 306, the screening module 104 filters the billing information in the table 163 according to the user's selection. Specifically, in the preferred embodiment, the screening module 104 provides a display interface to the user through the display 11, and the user can select a specific payment unit through the display interface, such as the billing information of the bank A, and the screening mode is The group 104 filters out the billing information corresponding to the bank A from the table 163 of the database 161. In another preferred embodiment, the user may also select whether the payment amount is greater than the specific amount, the billing information of the payment period is earlier than the specific date, whether the payment is overdue, and whether the payment notification has been issued, the screening module 104 is based on the user's The corresponding billing information is selected from the table 163 of the database 161.

The screening module 104 also sorts the billing information in the form 163 according to the user's operation. Specifically, in the preferred embodiment, the user can sort the bill information in the display interface control table 163 according to any one of the payment unit, the consumption date, and the payment deadline, so that the user can obtain the timely and accurate information. Required billing information.

In step 307, the display module 105 displays the billing information filtered by the screening module 104 to the user. In the preferred embodiment, the display module 105 displays the billing information in the form of a table. By.

Step 308, please refer to FIG. 5 together, including the following sub-steps:

In step 308a, the payment reminder module 106 receives the bar of the payment reminder set by the user.

In step 308b, the payment reminding module 106 monitors whether the current condition satisfies the condition of the payment reminder according to the condition of the payment reminder set by the user.

Step 308c, when the condition of the payment reminder is met, the payment reminder module 106 issues a payment reminder to the user.

In addition, the foregoing steps 301 and 302 may be preset settings of the electronic device 1, may be omitted, or only when the electronic device 1 first runs the electronic bill management system 10, and the electronic device 1 runs the electronic bill management again. When the system 10 is omitted, it can be omitted.

The electronic bill management method and the corresponding electronic device 1 can automatically store the bill information of the electronic bill received in the user's email in the database 161, and the importing process is simple and quick. In addition, the electronic bill management method and the corresponding electronic device 1 can also filter and sort the bill information of the import database 161 according to the user's needs, and then provide the bill information to the user, so that the user can obtain the required bill information. And the billing information push service allows users to keep track of the billing information in time to avoid overdue payment.

In summary, the present invention complies with the requirements of the invention patent and submits a patent application according to law. However, the above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and equivalent modifications or variations made by those skilled in the art in light of the spirit of the present invention are It should be covered by the following patent application.

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Claims (12)

An electronic bill management method, the method comprising: a storage step of storing a payment unit and a billing format corresponding to the payment unit, and establishing a database for storing billing information; Setting steps, the setting steps include: Set the user mailbox step to preset the email address of the user to receive the electronic bill; The obtaining step searches for a preset user mailbox, obtains an electronic bill sent by the default payment unit in the user mailbox, and stores the billing information in the electronic bill to the database. The electronic bill management method of claim 1, wherein the step of setting a user mailbox further comprises: presetting a user email password, and in the obtaining step, logging in the preset email address according to the user email password . The electronic bill management method according to claim 1, wherein the setting step further comprises: setting a bill password step, preset an unlock password of the electronic bill, and in the obtaining step, unlocking the password according to the bill To decrypt the encrypted file corresponding to the electronic bill. The electronic bill management method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic bill management method further comprises a screening step of filtering and sorting the bill information in the database according to the user selection. The electronic bill management method of claim 4, wherein the electronic bill management method further comprises a display step of displaying the filtered and sorted bill information to the user through the display interface. The electronic bill management method of claim 1, wherein the electronic bill management method further comprises a payment reminding step, the bill reminding step comprising: a condition setting step of receiving a condition of a payment reminder set by the user; Monitoring steps to monitor whether the payment reminder condition is met; A reminder step, when the condition of the payment reminder is met, a payment reminder is issued to the user. An electronic device, the electronic device comprising: a storage module, configured to store a billing unit and a billing format corresponding to the billing unit, and establish a database for storing billing information; Setting a module, the setting module includes: a user mailbox setting module for presetting a mailbox for a user to receive an electronic bill; The obtaining module is configured to search for a preset user mailbox, obtain an electronic bill sent by the default payment unit in the user mailbox, and store billing information in the electronic bill to the database. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the user mailbox setting module is further configured to preset a user email password, and the obtaining module logs in the preset email address according to the user email password. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the setting module further comprises a billing password setting module, configured to preset an unlocking password of the electronic bill, and the obtaining module decrypts according to the bill unlocking password. The encrypted file corresponding to the electronic bill. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the electronic bill management method further comprises a screening module, configured to filter and sort the billing information in the database according to the user selection. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the electronic device further comprises a display module, configured to display the filtered and sorted billing information to the user through the display interface. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the electronic bill management method further comprises the payment reminding module, configured to receive a condition of the payment reminder set by the user, and monitor whether the condition of the payment reminder is met, When the condition of the payment reminder is met, a payment reminder is issued to the user.