JP2002111913A - Apparatus for automatically selecting lowest charge of communication line at any time - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide means for automatically selecting the charge for communication/telephone call being regarded as the lowest charge among conditions selected by a user of various fixed communication terminals, mobile communication terminals, portable terminals, network terminals, and the like, and providing a service at a charge regarded most advantageous by altering the content of contract for each individual user at any time without generating any penalty from each electrical communication provider with regard to contact and paying method. SOLUTION: A program for managing the charging system presented by electrical communication providers centrally in a server, automatically selecting an amount of money regarded to be lowest by combining services satisfying conditions of users of various fixed communication terminals, mobile communication terminals, portable terminals, network terminals, and the like, and rewriting the information of the charging system or the using conditions of a user every time when it is altered is built in a storage device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION An apparatus for automatically selecting a minimum communication / communication charge at any time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, fixed telephones and facsimile machines have an ACR or an adapter for automatically selecting a nominal minimum charge. There is.

At the present stage, the above-mentioned functions are not provided in mobile communication terminals and portable terminals, and users do not benefit from inexpensive toll services such as general fixed telephones and facsimile machines.

[0004] Since the types and discount systems of discount services of various telecommunications carriers are various and complicated, it is difficult to calculate the communication and call charges used by general users.

[0005]

At present, various discount competitions are taking place due to the liberalization of the telecommunications business. However, as a result of repeated rate revisions, the users of the conventional ACR apparatus are not necessarily inexpensive communication / communication charges. Did not benefit from the choice of

[0006] In order to receive a low-cost communication / call discount service, each company must separately sign a contract, and the user must keep track of the fee system. You have to repeat the contract.

[0007] Cancellation of discount service is six months to one year from the time of contract
Penalties of several thousand to several hundred thousand yen will be imposed if not older than a year.

If a contract is made with a telecommunications carrier other than those who can use the ACR built in the storage medium device, the designated number must first be dialed except for attaching an external adapter.

In the case of a fixed telephone or facsimile, if a priority connection system is introduced in the future, the telephone company will be fixed for the user, and it will be impossible to select the most advantageous communication / call charge discount service and the like.

[0010] In order to change the discount service by the priority connection system, a change procedure and an associated fee are charged.

[0011]

According to the present invention, various fee systems presented by a plurality of telecommunications carriers are compiled into a database and compared at any time, and a discount service of each telecommunications carrier considered to be the most advantageous to the contractor is included. Between a fixed terminal and a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal, a network terminal, etc. By accessing each other, it is possible to rewrite information at any time and provide the contractor with a minimum fee or advantageous service.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present invention, a server holder makes a database of fee systems presented by a plurality of telecommunications carriers, compares prices in a server, and performs centralized management.

[0013] When a charge is changed in each telecommunications carrier, the information in the server is rewritten whenever necessary.

A person who uses various fixed communication terminal devices and storage media devices such as a mobile communication terminal, a portable terminal, and a network terminal sends information to the server holder, and the server holder receives the individual use. Information on the server in the server.

[0015] A program capable of rewriting discount service information of each telecommunications carrier and contract information of a user is stored in storage media devices such as various fixed communication terminals, mobile communication terminals, portable terminals, and network terminals. Incorporate.

[0016] When a change occurs in the charge system of each telecommunications carrier, various fixed communication terminals and mobile communication terminals,
When a user of a portable terminal, a network communication terminal, or the like changes the contract contents with the telecommunications carrier, the information in the server is changed and managed as needed.

[0017] When a change occurs in the fee structure of each telecommunications carrier, various fixed communication terminals and mobile communication terminals,
When a user of a mobile terminal, a network communication terminal, or the like changes the contract contents with a telecommunications carrier, the server distributes or accesses the server to fetch information and rewrite.

The server holder enters into a collective billing service contract (in the case of NTT, a different name discount service, etc.) with each telecommunications carrier, collectively bills the user and collects money.

A collective billing contract is made between a user of a storage medium device such as a fixed communication terminal device, a mobile communication terminal device, a portable terminal device, a network terminal device, and a server holder, and a server holder.

Each telecommunications carrier makes its own subscriber use its own line if its own charge is lower or equal to that of other companies. If another company's line is cheaper, select another company's line.

[0021] Each telecommunications carrier makes a charge in addition to its own bill when its contractor uses a line of another company.

When a higher security system is developed, the security level is quantified and a connection service is provided in the server in a form according to the security level desired by the user.

If the user selects a simple communication method that does not matter the security level, a lower cost service is provided.

The server holder provides a service in which the user compares the charges of the telecommunications carriers on the Internet, a computer, or the like, and automatically estimates the charges by selecting desired use conditions.

The user makes a contract with the server owner after utilizing the above-mentioned service and examining the service.

[0026]

According to the present invention, it is possible to use the discount rate presented by the telecommunications carriers at the most favorable rate for the subscriber at any time.

According to the present invention, the inconvenience of users of various fixed communication terminals, mobile communication terminals, portable terminals, network terminals, etc. repeatedly repeating contracts and cancellations with telecommunications carriers is eliminated.

According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress the generation of a penalty due to cancellation or a fee due to a change, and it is not necessary to dispatch work to each telecommunications carrier.

According to the present invention, when the telecommunications carriers change their discount rates, the information held in the server can be quickly rewritten.

According to the present invention, rewriting of information of various fixed communication terminal equipment, mobile communication terminal equipment, network terminal equipment, etc. owned by the contractor can be performed quickly by exchanging information with the server.

According to the present invention, the contractor can receive the discounted rate service of other telecommunications carriers without being bound by the telecommunications carrier selected by the priority connection system.

According to the present invention, the contractor can save the troublesome work of collecting, collecting, and calculating data on a huge and complicated fee system of each telecommunications carrier, and can immediately calculate the fee according to the service desired by each subscriber. Possible to do.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for converting communication / call charge information of telecommunications carriers into a database, centrally managing the information in the server, and rewriting the contents of the database of the server as needed whenever the charge system is changed. 2. An apparatus in which a program for making individual contract contents of a user into a database in a server and performing centralized management in the server is incorporated in a storage medium device. 3. A fixed communication terminal and a mobile communication system incorporating a rewritable program each time a change occurs in the charge system of each telecommunications carrier or the conditions of a contractor with each telecommunications carrier. Storage media devices such as terminals, portable terminals, and network terminals. 4. When a user of a fixed communication terminal, a mobile communication terminal, a portable terminal, a network terminal, etc., changes the contents of a contract or a change of a fee system, it is delivered from a server or the user side. A device that can take in information by accessing from and use it to select the most advantageous rate. 5. The server holder makes a collective billing contract with each telecommunications carrier, and uses various fixed communication terminals, mobile communication terminals, portable terminals, network terminals, etc. on behalf of each telecommunications carrier. A device in which a program for making a batch request to a user is incorporated in a storage medium device. 6. A storage medium device in which each telecommunications carrier owns a server and concludes a collective billing contract with another telecommunications carrier and collectively bills a user on behalf of another telecommunications carrier. Equipment incorporated. 7. A storage medium storing a program for comprehensively systematizing discount amounts presented by various telecommunications carriers, calculating a fee considered most advantageous in accordance with a security level desired for each user, and charging the storage medium. A system built into the device. 8. A storage medium device incorporating a program capable of providing the most advantageous price estimation according to the conditions of a user of various fixed communication terminals, mobile communication terminals, portable terminals, network terminal devices and the like. apparatus. 9. A system in which an application is made based on an estimate calculated by the apparatus according to claim 8, and a program for establishing a contract after confirming the application is incorporated in a storage medium device.