JP2000115164A - Internet connection/ordering/billing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively utilize the Internet with high security accuracy without forcing procedural burdens on an end user. SOLUTION: In dial-up connection when the end user connects the Internet, by surely transmitting his/her own telephone number information to a provider beforehand, the telephone number information of the end user is surely outputted in a second device 2, the telephone number information of the end user is recorded/preserved for each connection in a third device 3 and a bill for billing the end user for a charge corresponding to the Internet utilization time summed up for a prescribed period is issued. Also, event information for indicating the application of the end user outputted in the first device 1 is recorded/ preserved for each connection in the third device 3 ordering corresponding to the application is substitutively performed and the bill for billing the end user is issued.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention always transmits the telephone number information of the end user to the provider when connecting to the Internet, improves the reliability of the sign-up information, charges the end user, and charges the connection fee to the end user. The present invention relates to a system that performs order agency for end users and bills for end users.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional Internet connection system, the accuracy of personal identification cannot be said to be high while procedural burden such as inputting personal information to an end user is high. The procedural burden and security in electronic commerce are even more so.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can effectively use the Internet without imposing a procedural burden on end users or with high security accuracy. To provide an Internet connection, ordering and billing system.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the system of the present invention always provides the end user's telephone number information to the provider before dial-up connection when the end user connects the computer to the Internet. By automatically outputting identification information for transmission, the phone number information of the end user is always output, and the phone number information of the end user is recorded and recorded for each connection.
It is characterized by issuing an invoice for billing the end user for a fee corresponding to the Internet usage time that has been stored and totaled for a predetermined period, and dialing when the end user connects the computer to the Internet In the up connection, the end user's telephone number information is always output by automatically outputting the identification information for transmitting the end user's telephone number information to the provider beforehand, and the end user's telephone number information is output for each connection. In addition to recording and saving, it records and saves the output event information indicating the end user's application for each connection, issues a purchase order to fulfill the order according to the application, and bills the end user It is characterized by issuing a bill.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration explanatory view showing an embodiment of the present invention. That is, the first device 1 includes a first output unit 101 and a second output unit 102, and the first output unit 101 is an identification for transmitting the telephone number information of the end user to the provider without fail. The information is automatically output to the second device 2.

The second device 2 includes a control unit 201 and an input unit 20
2. It is composed of an output unit 203. That is, when the second device 2 receives the communication, the control unit 201 determines whether or not to disclose the telephone number of the caller to the callee, and transmits the telephone number information of the end user to the provider. The output unit 203 outputs the telephone number information of the end user to the third device 3 so that the input unit 202 receives the identification information for performing the identification.

[0007] The third device 3 includes a control unit 301, a first input unit 302, a second input unit 303, a recording unit 304, a database 305, a first output unit 306, and a second output unit 30.
The first input unit 302 receives the telephone number information of the end user output from the second device 2 and records it in the recording unit 304 together with the connection start / end times. At this time, management data capable of individually identifying the connection is issued and recorded in the recording unit 304 in the same manner. After that, the telephone number is searched in the database 305, and the line type, line owner, address, etc. unique to the telephone number are grasped. The recording unit 304, which records the connection start / end time, is counted for each fixed period, the total Internet connection time is calculated for each telephone number, and the output unit 30
6. Print out the Internet connection time statement and billing from 6.

The first device 1 is connected to a second output unit 102
The event information indicating the application of the end user is output to the third device 3 by the operation of the end user.

The third device 3 includes a second input unit 303,
Of the first device 1
After receiving the event information indicating the application of the end user output by the second input unit 303 and associating the event information with the management data capable of individually identifying the connection, the recording unit 304
To record. After that, a search is made on the database 305 for a telephone number that is unbound from the management data,
Ascertain the line type, line owner, address, etc. unique to the telephone number. Based on the event information indicating the application of the end user, the output unit 307 prints out a purchase order, a purchase order, and a bill.

The Internet connection, ordering and billing system according to one embodiment of the present invention always transmits the telephone number information of the end user to the provider in advance in the dial-up connection when the end user connects the computer to the Internet. Automatically outputs identification information to record and save the end user's telephone number information for each connection, and issues an invoice to charge the end user for the Internet usage time collected for a predetermined period In addition, in the dial-up connection when the end user connects the computer to the Internet, by automatically outputting in advance the identification information for transmitting the end user's telephone number information to the provider automatically, every connection The end user's phone number In addition to recording and saving information, it also records and saves event information indicating the end user's application for each connection, issues a purchase order to act on behalf of the order according to the application, and bills the end user Issuing a certificate.

As described above, the Internet connection / ordering / billing system according to one embodiment of the present invention effectively utilizes the Internet without imposing a procedural burden on end users or with high security accuracy. In order to obtain, in the software of the user side,
It has a function to automatically output identification information to ensure that the end user's telephone number information is transmitted to the provider, and at the Internet connection destination, issues management data that can individually identify the connection, and It records and saves together with number information and event information indicating the end user's application, and has a function to determine the address and name from the telephone number in the database.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the end user does not need to take any new procedures and knows the telephone number information of the end user for each connection, It is possible to use the Internet effectively without imposing a procedural burden or with high security accuracy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... 1st apparatus, 2 ... 2nd apparatus, 3 ... 3rd apparatus, 1
01 ... first output unit, 102 ... second output unit, 201 ...
Control unit, 202 input unit, 203 output unit, 301 control unit, 302 first input unit, 303 second input unit,
304 ... recording unit, 305 ... database, 306 ... first
307, a second output unit.

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claims: 1. In a dial-up connection when an end user connects a computer to the Internet,
By automatically outputting in advance identification information for transmitting the end user's telephone number information to the provider, the end user's telephone number information is recorded and recorded for each connection.
An Internet connection and billing system for issuing a bill for storing and billing an end user for a fee according to Internet usage time counted for a predetermined period. 2. In a dial-up connection when an end user connects a computer to the Internet,
By automatically outputting in advance identification information for transmitting the end user's telephone number information to the provider, the end user's telephone number information is recorded and recorded for each connection.
Save and record event information indicating the end user's application for each connection, issue a purchase order to act on behalf of the order according to the application, and issue an invoice to bill the end user Internet connection and billing system.