CN113128982A

CN113128982A - Self-service printing method, device and system based on digital currency payment

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Publication number: CN113128982A
Application number: CN202110254648.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王林祥; 韩晓更; 赵皎平; 王银波
Original assignee: Xian Irain IoT Technology Service Co Ltd
Current assignee: Xian Irain IoT Technology Service Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-09
Filing date: 2021-03-09
Publication date: 2021-07-16

Abstract

The invention discloses a self-service printing method, a device and a system based on digital currency payment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: detecting a self-service printing request from a target user; according to the self-service printing request, determining digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request; the digital payment information is used for instructing the target user to use digital currency to carry out payment operation; detecting payment success information, and confirming that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment when the payment success information is detected; the payment success information is used for indicating the target user to successfully complete the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information. Therefore, the self-service printing device can pay the expenses generated by self-service printing in a digital currency mode, so that the self-service printing device does not need to be in butt joint with a third party payment platform in the payment process, the payment process is simple and clear, errors are not easy to occur, and the fund delivery safety can be ensured based on the technical safety of the digital currency.

Description

Self-service printing method, device and system based on digital currency payment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of digital currency, in particular to a self-service printing method, a device and a system based on digital currency payment.

Background

Although the requirements of green office, paperless office and the like are continuously popularized along with the social development, papery documents are still important data forms in social activities, can exist as contract carriers, evidence carriers or visual data carriers, and still have practical value. Therefore, the demand of people for printing materials by using self-service printing service still exists and is increasingly strong, and the self-service printing service still has good market prospect.

However, in the current self-service printing service, a printing request of a user is generally received in a networking mode, and the user is required to pay by using a fund account of a third-party payment platform, and the payment mode enables self-service printing service equipment to be required to constantly maintain network connection and be continuously butted with different third-party payment platforms, so that the whole payment process is complex and tedious, errors are easy to occur, the maintenance cost is high, and unnecessary resource waste is increased. Meanwhile, the reliability of the payment mode based on the third-party payment platform is different from platform to platform, so that the safety of fund delivery is difficult to guarantee, and certain risks exist.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing a self-service printing method, a device and a system based on digital currency payment, which can pay the cost generated by self-service printing in a digital currency mode, so that the self-service printing equipment does not need to be in butt joint with a third party payment platform in the payment process, the payment process is simple and clear, errors are not easy to occur, and the fund delivery safety can be ensured based on the technical safety of the digital currency.

In order to solve the technical problem, a first aspect of the present invention discloses a self-service printing method based on digital currency payment, including:

detecting a self-service printing request from a target user, wherein the self-service printing request is used for indicating that the target user needs to use a printing function in a self-service printing terminal;

according to the self-service printing request, determining digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request; the digital payment information is used for instructing the target user to use digital currency to carry out payment operation;

detecting payment success information, and confirming that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment when the payment success information is detected; the payment success information is used for indicating the target user to successfully complete the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information.

As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, after determining, according to the self-service printing request, digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request, the method further includes:

generating a digital payment instruction according to the digital payment information;

sending the digital payment instruction to a digital currency server and/or a digital currency collection device; the digital payment instruction is used for triggering the digital currency server and/or the digital currency collection device to send the digital payment information to the target user;

wherein the digital money server and/or the digital money receiving device sending the digital payment information to the target user comprises:

sending, by the digital money server, the digital payment information to a user terminal of the target user via a network; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and sending the digital payment information to the target user by the digital money receiving device through communication connection, or displaying visual information comprising the digital payment information by the digital money receiving device so that the target user can know the digital payment information.

As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, the self-service printing request includes one or more combinations of user information, file information to be printed, and printing parameter information of the target user, and/or the digital payment information includes one or more combinations of a printing service price, a digital currency payment address, and a digital currency type corresponding to the self-service printing request.

As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, before the detecting the payment success information, the method further includes:

receiving, by the digital money receiving apparatus, digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information, detecting payment completion information from the target user, and when the payment completion information is detected, determining whether a payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is completed according to the payment completion information;

and when the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is judged to be completed, the digital money receiving device generates payment success information.

As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, the receiving, by the digital money receiving apparatus, the digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information, and detecting payment completion information from the target user includes:

establishing a communication connection with a user terminal of the target user by the digital money receiving apparatus using a short-range communication technology to receive the digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information, and detecting payment completion information from the target user; the short-distance communication technology comprises one or more of the combination of Bluetooth technology, WIFI technology, infrared data transmission technology, ZigBee technology, ultra-wideband communication technology, NFC technology, WiMedia technology, GPS technology and DECT technology;

or, the digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information is received by the digital money receiving device through the network, and the payment completion information from the target user is detected.

As an optional implementation manner, in the first aspect of the present invention, the detecting a self-service printing request from a target user includes:

receiving a self-service printing request transmitted by a target user through a self-service printing server; or, establishing communication connection by using short-distance communication technology with the user terminal of the target user so as to receive the self-service printing request sent by the target user; the short-distance communication technology comprises one or more of the combination of Bluetooth technology, WIFI technology, infrared data transmission technology, ZigBee technology, ultra-wideband communication technology, NFC technology, WiMedia technology, GPS technology and DECT technology;

the method for receiving the self-service printing request transmitted by the target user through the self-service printing server comprises the following steps:

and receiving a self-service printing request sent by a target user accessing the self-service printing server through scanning the graphic code arranged on the self-service printing terminal.

As an alternative implementation, in the first aspect of the present invention, the method further includes:

and triggering the self-service printing terminal to execute corresponding printing operation according to the self-service printing request so as to provide printing service for the target user.

The invention discloses a self-service printing device based on digital currency payment in a second aspect, which comprises:

the system comprises a detection module, a self-service printing module and a self-service printing module, wherein the detection module is used for detecting a self-service printing request from a target user, and the self-service printing request is used for indicating that the target user needs to use a printing function in a self-service printing terminal;

the determining module is used for determining digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request according to the self-service printing request; the digital payment information is used for instructing the target user to use digital currency to carry out payment operation;

the confirming module is used for detecting payment success information and confirming that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment when the payment success information is detected; the payment success information is used for indicating the target user to successfully complete the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information.

As an alternative embodiment, in the second aspect of the present invention, the apparatus further comprises:

the generating module is used for generating a digital payment instruction according to the digital payment information and sending the digital payment instruction to a digital currency server and/or a digital currency collection device; the digital payment instruction is used for triggering the digital currency server and/or the digital currency collection device to send the digital payment information to the target user;

the specific manner of sending the digital payment information to the target user by the digital money server and/or the digital money receiving device includes:

As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, the self-service printing request includes one or more combinations of user information, file information to be printed, and printing parameter information of the target user, and/or the digital payment information includes one or more combinations of a printing service price, a digital currency payment address, and a digital currency type corresponding to the self-service printing request.

As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, the digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information is received by the digital money receiving apparatus, payment completion information from the target user is detected, and when the payment completion information is detected, whether a payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is completed is determined according to the payment completion information; and when the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is judged to be completed, the digital money receiving device generates payment success information.

As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, a specific manner in which the digital money receiving apparatus receives the digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information, and detects payment completion information from the target user includes:

As an optional implementation manner, in the second aspect of the present invention, a specific manner of detecting a self-service printing request from a target user by the detection module includes:

receiving a self-service printing request transmitted by a target user through a self-service printing server; or, establishing a communication connection by using a short-distance communication technology with the user terminal of the target user to receive a self-service printing request of the target user; the short-distance communication technology comprises one or more of the combination of Bluetooth technology, WIFI technology, infrared data transmission technology, ZigBee technology, ultra-wideband communication technology, NFC technology, WiMedia technology, GPS technology and DECT technology;

the specific mode that the detection module receives the self-service printing request transmitted by the target user through the self-service printing server comprises the following steps:

and the triggering module is used for triggering the self-service printing terminal to execute corresponding printing operation according to the self-service printing request so as to provide printing service for the target user.

The invention discloses another self-service printing device based on digital currency payment, which is applied to a vehicle dispatching terminal and comprises:

a memory storing executable program code;

a processor coupled with the memory;

the processor calls the executable program code stored in the memory to execute part or all of the steps of the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment disclosed by the first aspect of the invention.

In a fourth aspect, the present invention discloses a computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions for performing some or all of the steps of the digital currency payment based self-service printing method disclosed in the first aspect of the present invention when the computer instructions are invoked.

The invention discloses a self-service printing system based on digital currency payment in a fifth aspect, which comprises a self-service printing device and a digital currency collection device; the self-service printing device is used for executing part or all of the steps in the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment disclosed by the first aspect of the invention, and the digital currency receiving device is used for executing part or all of the steps executed by the digital currency receiving device in the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment disclosed by the first aspect of the invention.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the invention, a self-service printing request from a target user is detected, wherein the self-service printing request is used for indicating that the target user needs to use a printing function in a self-service printing terminal; according to the self-service printing request, determining digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request; the digital payment information is used for instructing the target user to use digital currency to carry out payment operation; detecting payment success information, and confirming that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment when the payment success information is detected; the payment success information is used for indicating the target user to successfully complete the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can pay the expense generated by self-service printing in a digital currency mode, so that the self-service printing equipment does not need to be in butt joint with a third party payment platform in the payment process, the payment process is simple and clear, errors are not easy to occur, and the fund delivery safety can be ensured based on the technical safety of the digital currency.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a digital currency payment-based self-service printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating another digital currency payment-based self-service printing method according to an embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a self-service printing device based on digital currency payment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another digital currency payment-based self-service printing device disclosed in the embodiment of the invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another self-service printing device based on digital currency payment according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, apparatus, product, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to those listed but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed or inherent to such process, method, product, or apparatus.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

The invention discloses a self-service printing method, a device and a system based on digital currency payment, which can pay the cost generated by self-service printing in a digital currency mode, so that self-service printing equipment does not need to be in butt joint with a third party payment platform in the payment process, the payment process is simple and clear, errors are not easy to occur, and the fund delivery safety can be ensured based on the technical safety of the digital currency. The following are detailed below.

Example one

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a self-service printing method based on digital currency payment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The self-service printing method based on digital currency payment described in fig. 1 is suitable for a self-service printing system, such as a self-service printing scenario for users in a large business area, but it should be noted that this embodiment is not limited thereto. As shown in fig. 1, the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment may include the following operations:

101. a self-service print request from a target user is detected.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the self-service printing request is used to indicate that the target user needs to use the printing function in the self-service printing terminal, and optionally, the self-service printing terminal may be a printing device with a networking function, such as a printer, a copier, or a multifunctional printing device, which is set in the target area. The target area can be an open or closed commercial scene, such as a market square or a specific store, the self-service printing terminal can be connected with a local server in the target area through a local area network, and can also be connected with a cloud server through a network, and correspondingly, the target user can be a user who wants to use the self-service printing terminal to print data, for example, the target user can be a guest passing through the target area, and can also be a person who wants to remotely control the automatic printing terminal to print data, so that the printed data can be provided for the specific user in the target area.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the self-service printing request of the target user may be transmitted to the detection module through a communication connection, or may be automatically generated by the detection module according to a specific determination rule, for example, the detection module may generate the self-service printing request by receiving a detection signal transmitted by a sensing device disposed in the automatic printing terminal, for example, when an infrared sensing device or a touch screen device disposed in the automatic printing terminal detects an input instruction of a user, a detection signal is generated, and the detection signal is transmitted to the detection module, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment of the present invention, an execution main body of step 101, that is, the detection module, may be a self-service printing server or a device disposed therein, or may be a self-service printing terminal or a device disposed therein, which is not limited herein.

102. And determining digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request according to the self-service printing request.

In the embodiment of the invention, the digital payment information is used for instructing the target user to use the digital currency to carry out payment operation. Optionally, the digital currency is encrypted virtual currency based on a block chain technology, and the payment by the target user is made by using the digital currency, which may be made by directly using a digital currency wallet, such as digital currency software in the user terminal device to a payment address indicated in the digital payment information. Alternatively, the digital currency may be bitcoin, RVN coin, BNB coin, dode coin or other encrypted virtual currency based on blockchain technology, such as institution-specific digital currency, e.g., digital currency issued by national banking institutions, such as central bank digital currency.

In this embodiment of the present invention, an execution subject, that is, the determination module, of step 102 may be a self-service printing server or a device disposed therein, or may be a self-service printing terminal or a device disposed therein, which is not limited herein.

103. And detecting the successful payment information, and confirming that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment when the successful payment information is detected.

In the embodiment of the invention, the payment success information is used for indicating the target user to successfully complete the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information.

In this embodiment of the present invention, an execution main body of step 103, that is, the confirmation module, may be a self-service printing server or a device disposed therein, or may be a self-service printing terminal or a device disposed therein, which is not limited herein.

It can be seen that, the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment described in this embodiment can pay the fee generated by self-service printing in a digital currency manner, so that the self-service printing device does not need to be docked with a third party payment platform in the payment process, the payment process is simple and clear, errors are not easy to occur, and the fund delivery safety can be ensured based on the technical safety of digital currency.

In a further optional implementation manner of this embodiment, after step 102, the method may further include:

the digital payment instruction is sent to the digital money server and/or the digital money receiving device.

In an embodiment of the invention, the digital payment instruction is used to trigger the digital currency server and/or the digital currency receiving device to send the digital payment information to the target user.

Optionally, the sending the digital payment information to the target user by the digital money server and/or the digital money receiving device in the above steps may include:

and sending the digital payment information to a user terminal of the target user through a network by the digital currency server.

The digital payment information can be sent to the user terminal of the target user by the digital currency server through the arrangement, and because the digital payment information needs to be appointed to the necessary parameters of digital currency payment, the digital currency server sends the digital payment information, so that the digital currency server can conveniently verify or correct the information in the digital payment information, the accuracy of the digital payment information is further improved, and the safety of the whole transaction is ensured.

sending, by the digital currency recited-accepting device, digital payment information to the target user via the communication connection;

alternatively, visual information including the digital payment information is displayed by the digital money receiving device for the target user to learn the digital payment information.

In the embodiment of the invention, the digital currency collection device can be collection equipment independent of the self-service printing terminal, can be connected with the self-service printing terminal, and can undertake the work duty of collection when the network of the self-service printing terminal is interrupted.

In the embodiment of the invention, the digital money receiving device sends the digital payment information to the target user through the communication connection, and the digital money receiving device can establish the communication connection with the user terminal of the target user by using the short-distance communication technology so as to send the digital payment information to the target user.

Optionally, the short-distance communication technology includes one or more of bluetooth technology, WIFI technology, infrared data transmission technology, ZigBee technology, ultra-wideband communication technology, NFC technology, WiMedia technology, GPS technology, and DECT technology.

The digital payment information is sent by the digital money receiving device through the arrangement, so that even if the network connection of the self-service printing terminal is interrupted, and a server or the self-service printing terminal which is responsible for sending the digital payment information cannot transmit the digital payment information to a target user, the digital money receiving device can still independently send the digital payment information to the target user so that the target user can know the relevant payment details.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the invention, the digital payment instruction is sent to the digital currency server and/or the digital currency collection device to trigger the digital currency server and/or the digital currency collection device to send the digital payment information to the target user, so that the digital currency server and/or the digital currency collection device can inform the target user of the digital payment information, and the target user can conveniently know the payment details to carry out subsequent digital currency payment.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the self-service printing request includes one or more of user information of the target user, file information to be printed, and printing parameter information.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the user information of the target user may include one or more combinations of user identity information, user account information, user biological information, and user real-time image information, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the file information to be printed may include one or more combinations of a file data type, a file size, a file page size, and a file number, and the present invention is not limited herein.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the printing parameter information may include one or a combination of a plurality of reserved printing time, a single-sided and double-sided printing parameter, a number of print copies, a long-and-short-side printing parameter, a black-and-white/color printing parameter, a type of printing paper, and a size of printing paper, which is not limited herein.

Therefore, in the optional implementation manner in the embodiment of the present invention, through the self-service printing request including the plurality of types of printing related information, the related device can obtain more and more complete printing related information when receiving the self-service printing request sent by the target user, which is favorable for the related device to subsequently determine, adjust or correct more accurate digital payment information based on the information, so as to improve the accuracy of the printing service.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the digital payment information includes one or more combinations of a printing service price, a digital currency payment address and a digital currency type corresponding to the self-service printing request. Alternatively, the digital money payment address may be a collection address of a digital money account of a management merchant of the self-service printing terminal or a collection address of a digital money account shared by a plurality of management merchants. Alternatively, the digital currency type may be bitcoin, RVN coin, BNB coin, dode coin or other encrypted virtual currency based on blockchain technology, such as institution-specific digital currency, e.g. digital currency issued by national banking institutions, such as central bank digital currency.

Therefore, in the optional implementation manner in the embodiment of the present invention, by using the digital payment information including the plurality of payment related information, the target user can obtain more and more complete payment related information when receiving the digital payment information, so that the target user can perform more accurate payment operation based on the information, and the accuracy and the security of the payment operation are improved.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, before step 103, the method further includes:

receiving digital money paid by a target user according to payment information by a digital money receiving device, detecting payment completion information from the target user, and judging whether payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is completed or not according to the payment completion information when the payment completion information is detected;

and when the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is judged to be completed, generating payment success information by the digital money receiving device.

Optionally, the payment completion information of the target user may be payment verification information obtained after the target user pays through the digital money wallet, and the payment verification information may be encrypted verification information for proving that the target user has completed a digital money payment operation for a preset money amount.

Optionally, the specific manner in which the digital money receiving device determines whether the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is completed according to the payment completion information may be that the digital money receiving device verifies the payment completion information by using a preset key to determine whether the target user completes the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information.

It can be seen that, in the optional implementation manner in the embodiment of the present invention, the digital money of the target user is received by the digital money receiving device, the payment completion information from the target user is detected, and when it is determined that the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is completed, the payment success information is generated by the digital money receiving device, so that the whole interaction process of the payment is completed by the digital money receiving device, which is beneficial to realizing the payment of the target user by maintaining the networked digital money receiving device when the self-service printing terminal or the corresponding self-service printing device is disconnected, and thus, the emergency capability of the payment function is improved, and the charging for the self-service printing service can be adapted to more complex network environments.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, before the detecting, by the digital money receiving apparatus, the payment completion information from the target user in the above steps, the method further includes: and activating the digital money receiving device to end the dormant state, and triggering the digital money receiving device to enter the dormant state after the digital money receiving device generates the payment success information in the steps.

It can be seen that, in the optional implementation manner in the embodiment of the present invention, the digital money receiving device is set to be awakened only when digital money payment is needed, and is set to be dormant after the payment is completed, so that the electric quantity of the digital money receiving device can be saved, and the digital money receiving device can keep working for the longest time, which is beneficial to realizing payment of a target user by keeping the digital money receiving device connected to the network when the self-service printing terminal or the corresponding self-service printing device is disconnected from the network, and thus the emergency capability of the payment function is improved, and the charging of the self-service printing service can be adapted to more complex network environments.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, in the above steps, the receiving, by the digital money receiving apparatus, the digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information, and detecting payment completion information from the target user includes:

and establishing a communication connection with a user terminal of the target user by the digital money receiving apparatus using a short-range communication technology to receive the digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information, and detecting payment completion information from the target user.

In the embodiment of the invention, the short-distance communication technology comprises one or more of the combination of a Bluetooth technology, a WIFI technology, an infrared data transmission technology, a ZigBee technology, an ultra-wideband communication technology, an NFC technology, a WiMedia technology, a GPS technology and a DECT technology.

and receiving the digital money and payment completion information which are transmitted by the user terminal of the target user through the digital money server according to the payment information by the digital money receiving device through the network.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the detecting, in step 101, a self-service printing request from a target user includes:

receiving a self-service printing request transmitted by a target user through a self-service printing server;

or, a communication connection is established by using a short-range communication technology with a user terminal of the target user to receive the self-service printing request from the target user.

Optionally, in the above step, receiving a self-service printing request transmitted by a target user through a self-service printing server includes:

It should be noted that, except that the execution main bodies of the steps of the self-service printing method disclosed in this embodiment are limited to be executed by a specific execution main body, the execution main bodies may be a self-service printing server or a device disposed therein, or may be a self-service printing terminal or a device disposed therein, and the present invention is not limited herein.

Example two

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of another digital currency payment-based self-service printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The self-service printing method based on digital currency payment described in fig. 2 is suitable for a self-service printing system, such as a self-service printing scenario for users in a large business area, but it should be noted that this embodiment is not limited thereto. As shown in fig. 2, the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment may include the following operations:

201. a self-service print request from a target user is detected.

202. And determining digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request according to the self-service printing request.

203. And detecting the successful payment information, and confirming that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment when the successful payment information is detected.

In the embodiment of the present invention, for other descriptions of steps 201 to 203, please refer to the detailed description of steps 101 to 103 in the first embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

204. And triggering the self-service printing terminal to execute corresponding printing operation according to the self-service printing request so as to provide printing service for the target user.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the corresponding printing operation is a printing operation corresponding to the printing parameter information in the self-service printing request, specifically, the printing operation may be color printing, black-and-white printing, copying, single-sided printing or double-sided printing, which is set according to the printing parameter in the self-service printing request.

It should be noted that there is no strict execution sequence between step 204 and any one or two of

steps

202 and 203 in the embodiment of the present invention, that is, as long as the self-service printing request obtained in step 201 is executed, the condition for providing the printing service for the target user is met, therefore, step 204 may be executed after any one of

steps

201 and 203, and the present invention is not limited.

Optionally, step 204 may be performed after step 202, when the target user has not made a payment in digital currency, so in this case step 203 further comprises:

when the payment success information is not detected, determining the printing product generated by the printing operation as a yield prohibition state; and after confirming that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment, determining the printing output as an allowable output state.

In the embodiment of the invention, the output prohibition state is used for indicating the printing material output management device in the self-service printing terminal to prohibit the printing product from being output to the area which can be contacted by the target user, so as to prevent the target user from taking the printing product without paying the price. Accordingly, the output permission state is used for indicating that the printing material output management device in the self-service printing terminal allows the printing product to be output to an area which can be contacted by the target user, so that the target user can take away the printing product.

Optionally, the printing data output management device may be a controllable switch device, such as a controllable baffle structure, for setting the paper outlet of the self-service printing terminal, and is used to close or open the paper outlet.

As can be seen, in the optional implementation manner in the embodiment of the present invention, the self-service printing terminal is triggered to execute a corresponding printing operation according to the self-service printing request, so as to provide a printing service to the target user, so that the user can use a self-service printing function when making a digital currency payment.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, in step 202, determining, according to the self-service printing request, digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request includes:

confirming a reference currency price corresponding to the self-help printing request according to the file information to be printed and the printing parameter information in the self-help printing request and a preset printing reference price corresponding relation;

and determining digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request according to the reference currency price corresponding to the self-service printing request and the exchange rate relation between the reference currency and the target digital currency.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the reference currency based on which the reference currency price is based may be any one of the preset legal currencies or digital currencies, and preferably, the reference currency should be selected from a currency type with a stable exchange rate or a currency type with a higher economic relevance in the target area, so as to reduce the frequency of adjusting the printing price according to the exchange rate. In the embodiment of the invention, the target digital currency is the type of digital currency to be used by the target user.

It can be seen that, in the optional implementation manner in the embodiment of the present invention, the reference currency price corresponding to the self-service printing request is determined according to the preset printing reference price corresponding relationship, and then the digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request is determined according to the exchange rate relationship between the reference currency and the target digital currency, so as to determine the accurate printing price, and pricing is performed by using the reference currency price, which is beneficial to the stability of the printing price, and is beneficial to reducing the frequency of subsequently adjusting the printing price according to the exchange rate, so that the intelligent degree of the self-service printing service is improved.

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:

and after confirming that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment, triggering the multimedia playing equipment of the self-service printing terminal to play the corresponding media file so as to prompt the target user that the payment is completed.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the optional implementation manner triggers the multimedia playing device of the self-service printing terminal to play the corresponding media file to prompt the target user that the payment is completed, so that a prompt effect on the target user can be achieved, and the intelligent degree of the self-service printing service is improved.

EXAMPLE III

The embodiment of the invention discloses a self-service printing method based on digital currency payment, which can be applied to a user self-service printing scene in a large commercial area, and is particularly suitable for a self-service printing system comprising a self-service printing terminal, a self-service printing server and a digital currency collection device.

In the prior art, payment of self-service printing is generally carried out on line by a bank card bound by a user in an account number of a third party payment platform, but the embodiment of the invention tries to realize payment of self-service printing cost in a digital currency mode. Specifically, in a scene to which the method is applied, the self-service printing terminal can realize various service functions such as printing and copying, and the main components of the self-service printing terminal include: the system comprises an embedded server unit, a printing/copying unit, a graphic code unit and a printer display/voice broadcast unit, wherein the embedded server unit is provided with a communication interface, the communication interface comprises a standard network communication interface and a Bluetooth communication interface, and the server unit is connected and communicated with the printing/copying unit, the digital money receiving unit and the display and/or voice broadcast unit.

Specifically, the method comprises the following operations:

firstly, a user mobile terminal sends a self-service printing request to a self-service printing server.

Specifically, the user mobile terminal runs a client application program, and accesses the self-service printing server or accesses a cloud server capable of exchanging data with the printing/copying unit by scanning a graphic code set on the printer or output on a printer display unit, the user selects and confirms the number of the files to be printed and the number of the printed files, packages the number of the files to be printed, the number of the printed files, the printing instructions and other data in a self-service printing request, and sends the self-service printing request to the self-service printing server

And secondly, the self-service printing server determines digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request according to the self-service printing request.

Specifically, after receiving the files to be printed, the number of the printed files, printing instructions and other printing information, the self-service printing server carries out charging according to the printing information or receives the printing cost which is charged according to the information of the files to be printed from the cloud, transmits the printing cost to the self-service printing terminal and displays and/or broadcasts the printing cost on the display/voice playing unit, and/or transmits the file printing cost, namely digital payment information to the user mobile terminal, and meanwhile, activates a digital money receiving device which is in a dormant mode in advance, and transmits the file printing cost which is to be received to the digital money receiving device.

And thirdly, the user pays the digital currency according to the digital payment information.

Specifically, a user starts a digital currency payment client application program of the user mobile terminal according to file printing information acquired by a display/voice unit and/or the user mobile terminal before starting to print a file or after finishing printing the file, and finishes payment of file printing cost after NFC payment is carried out with a digital currency collection device, for example, the file printing cost is paid in a way of payment by touch or in a way of transfer; the document printing information includes a document printing fee calculated before the start of printing or a document printing fee generated after the end of printing.

And fourthly, the self-service printing terminal provides printing service for the user according to the self-service printing request.

Specifically, the self-service printing server may send a printing operation instruction to a printing/copying unit of the self-service printing terminal when receiving a self-service printing request from the user mobile terminal or sent by the cloud server, or after receiving information that the digital money receiving apparatus successfully receives a document printing fee according to the received information, and the printing/copying unit executes a printing operation after receiving the printing operation instruction and outputs a printing/copying product.

And fifthly, after confirming that the user finishes payment, the digital money receiving device sends payment success information to the self-service printing server and enters a sleep mode.

And sixthly, after receiving the payment success information, the self-service printing server sends a printing operation instruction to a printing/copying unit of the self-service printing terminal, and/or sends file printing completion payment success information to a display/voice broadcast unit of the self-service printing terminal, so that the display/voice broadcast unit plays the payment success information to inform a user.

It should be noted that the examples are only used to disclose a practical alternative embodiment, and it is not meant to limit the scope of the present invention to the embodiment, and the technical features or steps not detailed in the method in the examples can be referred to the corresponding descriptions in the first or second examples.

It can be seen that, when the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment described in this embodiment is implemented in a user self-service printing scene in a large business area, the fee generated by self-service printing can be paid in a digital currency manner, so that the self-service printing device does not need to be in butt joint with a third party payment platform in the payment process, the payment process is simple and clear, errors are not easy to occur, and the fund delivery safety can be ensured based on the technical safety of digital currency.

Example four

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a self-service printing device based on digital currency payment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The digital currency payment-based self-service printing apparatus described in fig. 3 is suitable for a self-service printing system, such as a self-service printing scenario for users in a large business area, but it should be noted that this embodiment is not limited thereto. As shown in fig. 3, the digital currency payment-based self-service printing apparatus may include:

a detection module 301 for detecting a self-service print request from a target user.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the detection module 301 may be a self-service printing server or a device disposed therein, or may also be a self-service printing terminal or a device disposed therein, which is not limited herein.

The determining module 302 is configured to determine, according to the self-service printing request, digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the determining module 302 may be a self-service printing server or a device disposed therein, or may be a self-service printing terminal or a device disposed therein, which is not limited herein.

And the confirming module 303 is configured to detect the payment success information, and confirm that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment when the payment success information is detected.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the confirmation module 303 may be a self-service printing server or a device disposed therein, or may be a self-service printing terminal or a device disposed therein, which is not limited herein.

As an alternative implementation manner, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the apparatus further includes:

and the triggering module 304 is configured to trigger the self-service printing terminal to execute a corresponding printing operation according to the self-service printing request, so as to provide a printing service for the target user.

Optionally, the confirming module 303 is further configured to:

a generating module 305, configured to generate a digital payment instruction according to the digital payment information, and send the digital payment instruction to the digital money server and/or the digital money receiving device. In an embodiment of the invention, the digital payment instruction is used to trigger the digital currency server and/or the digital currency receiving device to send the digital payment information to the target user.

Optionally, the specific manner in which the digital money server and/or the digital money receiving apparatus sends the digital payment information to the target user includes:

As an optional implementation manner, in the embodiment of the present invention, the self-service printing request includes one or more of user information of the target user, file information to be printed, and printing parameter information.

As an optional implementation manner, in an embodiment of the present invention, the digital payment information includes one or more combinations of a printing service price, a digital currency payment address, and a digital currency type corresponding to the self-service printing request. Alternatively, the digital money payment address may be a collection address of a digital money account of a management merchant of the self-service printing terminal or a collection address of a digital money account shared by a plurality of management merchants. Alternatively, the digital currency type may be bitcoin, RVN coin, BNB coin, dode coin or other encrypted virtual currency based on blockchain technology, such as institution-specific digital currency, e.g. digital currency issued by national banking institutions, such as central bank digital currency.

As an optional implementation manner, in the embodiment of the present invention, the digital money receiving apparatus receives the digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information, detects payment completion information from the target user, and determines whether the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is completed according to the payment completion information when the payment completion information is detected. And when the payment operation corresponding to the digital payment information is judged to be completed, generating payment success information by the digital money receiving device.

As an optional implementation manner, in an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes:

and the activation dormancy module is used for activating the digital money receiving device to end the dormancy state so that the digital money receiving device can detect payment completion information from a target user, or is used for triggering the digital money receiving device to enter the dormancy state after the digital money receiving device generates payment success information.

As an optional implementation manner, in an embodiment of the present invention, a specific manner in which the digital money receiving apparatus receives digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information, and detects payment completion information from the target user includes:

and establishing a communication connection with a user terminal of the target user by the digital money receiving apparatus using a short-range communication technology to receive the digital money paid by the target user according to the payment information, and detecting payment completion information from the target user. The short-distance communication technology comprises one or more of Bluetooth technology, WIFI technology, infrared data transmission technology, ZigBee technology, ultra-wideband communication technology, NFC technology, WiMedia technology, GPS technology and DECT technology.

Or, the payment completion information transmitted from the user terminal of the target user through the digital money server is received by the digital money receiving apparatus through the network.

As an optional implementation manner, in an embodiment of the present invention, a specific manner of detecting a self-service print request from a target user by the detection module 301 includes:

and receiving a self-service printing request transmitted by a target user through the self-service printing server. Or, a communication connection is established by using a short-range communication technology with a user terminal of the target user to detect payment completion information from the target user.

The specific manner in which the detection module 301 receives the self-service printing request transmitted by the target user through the self-service printing server includes:

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the determining device 202 determines, according to the self-service print request, a specific manner of digital payment information corresponding to the self-service print request, including:

In an optional implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the triggering module 304 is further configured to trigger a multimedia playing device of the self-service printing terminal to play a corresponding media file after confirming that the printing service corresponding to the self-service printing request completes payment, so as to prompt the target user that the payment is completed.

EXAMPLE five

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating another self-service printing apparatus based on digital currency payment according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The digital currency payment-based self-service printing device described in fig. 5 is suitable for a self-service printing system, such as a self-service printing scenario for users in a large business area, but it should be noted that the embodiment is not limited thereto. As shown in fig. 5, the digital currency payment-based self-service printing apparatus may include:

a memory 401 storing executable program code;

a processor 402 coupled with the memory 401;

wherein the processor 402 calls the executable program code stored in the memory 401 for executing part or all of the steps of the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment described in the first embodiment or the second embodiment.

EXAMPLE six

The embodiment of the invention discloses a computer-readable storage medium which stores a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program enables a computer to execute part or all of the steps of the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment described in the first embodiment or the second embodiment.

EXAMPLE seven

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a computer program product, which includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, and the computer program is operable to cause a computer to perform some or all of the steps of the digital currency payment-based self-service printing method described in the first or second embodiment.

Example eight

The embodiment of the invention discloses a self-service printing system based on digital currency payment, which comprises a self-service printing device and a digital currency collection device, wherein the self-service printing device is used for executing part or all of the steps in the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment described in the first embodiment or the second embodiment, and the digital currency collection device is used for executing part or all of the steps executed by the digital currency collection device in the self-service printing method based on digital currency payment described in the first embodiment or the second embodiment.

The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components shown as modules may or may not be physical modules, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

Through the above detailed description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the embodiments may be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and may also be implemented by hardware. Based on such understanding, the above technical solutions may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, where the storage medium includes a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), a One-time Programmable Read-Only Memory (OTPROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), a Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), or other disk memories, CD-ROMs, or other magnetic disks, A tape memory, or any other medium readable by a computer that can be used to carry or store data.

Finally, it should be noted that: the self-service printing method, device and system based on digital currency payment disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art; the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A self-service printing method based on digital currency payment, the method comprising:

2. The self-service printing method based on digital currency payment according to claim 1, wherein after determining the digital payment information corresponding to the self-service printing request according to the self-service printing request, the method further comprises:

3. The self-service printing method based on digital currency payment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the self-service printing request comprises one or more combinations of user information, file information to be printed and printing parameter information of the target user, and/or the digital payment information comprises one or more combinations of a printing service price, a digital currency payment address and a digital currency type corresponding to the self-service printing request.

4. The digital currency payment-based self-service printing method according to claim 3, wherein before the detecting payment success information, the method further comprises:

5. The digital currency payment-based self-service printing method according to claim 4, wherein the receiving, by a digital currency collection device, the digital currency paid by the target user according to the payment information and detecting payment completion information from the target user comprises:

6. The digital currency payment-based self-service printing method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting a self-service printing request from a target user comprises:

receiving a self-service printing request transmitted by a target user through a self-service printing server; or, establishing a communication connection by using a short-distance communication technology with the user terminal of the target user to receive a self-service printing request from the target user; the short-distance communication technology comprises one or more of the combination of Bluetooth technology, WIFI technology, infrared data transmission technology, ZigBee technology, ultra-wideband communication technology, NFC technology, WiMedia technology, GPS technology and DECT technology;

7. The digital currency payment-based self-service printing method according to claim 1, further comprising:

8. A self-service printing device based on digital currency payment, the device comprising:

9. A self-service printing device based on digital currency payment is characterized in that the device is applied to a vehicle dispatching terminal and comprises:

a memory storing executable program code;

a processor coupled with the memory;

the processor invokes the executable program code stored in the memory to perform the digital currency payment based self-service printing method of any one of claims 1-7.

10. A digital currency payment based self-service printing system, comprising a self-service printing device and a digital currency collection device, wherein the self-service printing device is used for executing the digital currency payment based self-service printing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and the digital currency collection device is used for executing the steps executed by the digital currency collection device in the digital currency payment based self-service printing method according to any one of claims 2 to 7.