JP2002298273A - Rate collection management system of gas, city water, electric power or the like using handy terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To issue also a demand not with a handy terminal for reading the use quantity of gas, water, power or the like and printing the result in a site. SOLUTION: In this rate collection management system of gas, city water, electric power or the like using handy terminal, the download and upload of data can be performed between a host computer for managing data and the handy terminal. The data of a meter reading data retaining means retaining the data for the result of various works of the handy terminal which ended the meter reading work are uploaded to the host computer, the data of in the memories of all handy terminals are host-registered in the host computer, and the data host-registered in the host computer are used as the data for the next meter reading work.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fee collection management system for gas, water, electric power, etc., which uses a host computer for managing data of charges for gas, water, electric power, etc. and a handy terminal used for meter reading. The handy terminal used in the present invention is a gas, water, power meter, etc., periodically reads the value of the integrating meter indicating the usage amount, and the result is
In addition to printing on-site as a notice of meter reading results,
It is provided with a function of simultaneously printing a transfer sheet indicating a charge for the usage fee and a reminder to pay the fee to the user who has late payment of the fee.

[0002]

Recently, handy terminals have been used for meter reading of meters such as gas, water and electric power. This handy terminal measures the usage of gas, water, electric power, etc., prints the result on the spot as a notification slip, receipt of automatic debit of the usage fee from the bank account, etc., and separates the print result and hands it to the user I have to. In traditional handy terminals, gas, water,
Meters are used to measure the amount of electricity used and the results are printed on-site.However, the print format pattern is limited to those that report the meter readings or print transfer paper that indicates a bill for use. I was For this reason, there has been no situation in which data on meter reading results is effectively utilized for managing data on charges such as gas, water, and electricity.

[0003] For this reason, the current situation is that a reminder to pay the fee is separately sent from a gas, water, power, etc. supply company to the user who has late payment of the fee. . For users who have late payment of fees, paperwork such as sending a reminder of payment requires a lot of time and expense for gas, water, power, etc. suppliers, and data such as meter reading results etc. The input to the host computer also requires a large number of man-hours, and as a result, is one of the causes of an increase in usage fee.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a gas, water,
Various types of handy terminals that have completed meter reading operations by enabling data download and upload between the host computer that manages electricity and other charge data and the handy terminal used for gas, water, and power meter reading. Upload the data of the meter reading data holding means holding the data of the result of the work to the host computer, and in the host computer, read the data of the memory of all handy terminals, the meter reading result data, the payment reminder result data and the transfer slip request result data The host registration process is performed in each database of the host computer, and the data registered in the host computer is used as the data for the next meter reading operation. Toll collection management system One in which was realized. In the fee collection management system for gas, water, electric power, etc. using the handy terminal of the present invention, the payment of the user's fee from the host computer to the handy terminal in advance is automatically paid from a bank account or paid by bank transfer. Download the data and, if necessary, the data indicating the user's fee payment status, and notify the user who pays by transfer at the time of meter reading, notifying the meter reading result and indicating the billing of the usage fee. For customers who have late payment of fees at the time of meter reading, automatically print a transfer form, and automatically print a reminder to pay the fee, along with a notice of the meter reading result, so that all fees are paid. It aims to solve the conventional problems by allowing collection procedures to be performed.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A handy terminal used in a fee collection management system for gas, water, electric power, etc. using the handy terminal of the present invention is connected to a host computer.
In addition to having the function of downloading and uploading data, it also has the function of selectively printing different patterns, such as printing of meter reading results, transfer paper indicating usage fee billing, and receipts. For this purpose, the handy terminal is prepared not only to print the notification of meter reading results, but also to prepare different formats for printing different patterns, such as transfer papers and receipts indicating the usage fee billing. The necessary format is selected by the user's selection or based on the preset user data,
The data of the meter reading result is inserted in the selected format and printed.

Gas using the handy terminal of the present invention,
The fee collection management system for water supply, electric power, etc. will be described with reference to the flowchart of the program of the handy terminal used in the present invention. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the preparation work of the handy terminal. As a preparatory work for using the handy terminal, data of a user in a meter reading area for which the user of the handy terminal is in charge is downloaded from a host computer of a supplier of gas, water, electric power or the like to a memory of the handy terminal. In this case, in the past, only the debit data from the bank account for the previous month was downloaded, and with the meter reading result, the receipt of the debit was printed and passed to the user who debited the bank account. I was

[0007] Gas using the handy terminal of the present invention,
In the fee collection management system for water and power, the data downloaded from the host computer to the handy terminal is: 1. Payment form of user's fee (whether or not contract for debit from bank account is made) The user's data is downloaded, such as whether there is any unpaid fee for payment of the user's fee and how many months have not been paid. For this purpose, handy terminal (hereinafter referred to as HT) data is extracted from the original data of the host computer. H
The extraction of T data is based on the original data of the host computer.
Only the data of the users in the meter reading area for which the user of the handy terminal is in charge are extracted from the data of the meter reading schedule data, the payment prompting schedule data, and the transfer slip basic data database, and the extracted data is subjected to data synthesis processing, and the HT scheduler Data is created. The HT scheduler data is individually created by the host computer for each meter reading area assigned to each HT user.

[0008] The HT scheduler data created by the host computer is arranged in the order of meter reading and downloaded to the HT. This completes the HT preparation work, and
The preparation for the start of the T processing operation is completed. FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the meter reading operation, the receipt and the bill issuing operation of the present invention. When the preparation for the start of the HT processing operation is completed, the meter reading operator starts the meter reading operation of his / her area with the HT set to the state where the HT processing operation is started. For meter reading, HT is HT for each user.
Is determined based on the data input to the user, and whether or not it is necessary to execute the meter reading operation is notified to the meter reading operator. For a user who has determined that the HT needs to execute the meter reading operation, the meter reading operator performs meter reading and inputs the result by HT.

After inputting the meter reading result, the meter reading operator presses a start button for starting printing. When the start button is pressed, the handy terminal performs various calculation processes on the result of the meter reading to obtain data necessary for printing. When the calculation process is completed, the handy terminal detects the print format. Since the print format differs depending on the form of payment and the payee, the print output is performed in a format that matches the user's payment method. Since the data of the user's fee payment method has been input in advance in the memory of the HT, the HT checks the user's fee payment method and automatically sets the type of print format. For this purpose, the HT first determines whether or not the user who has performed meter reading is a target for issuing a transfer slip. This determination is determined by whether or not the user has made an account transfer contract.

[0010] When the user has made an account transfer contract, the charge is automatically deducted from the bank account, and there is no need to perform the charge transfer procedure by himself, so there is no need to issue a transfer slip. For this purpose, the HT sets and prints a meter reading slip + a receipt for account transfer, which is a print format for a user who has a contract for account transfer. If the user has not made an account transfer contract, a transfer slip must be issued. For users who have not made a contract for account transfer, it is necessary to transfer the charges themselves from an appropriate transfer destination. For this reason, it is convenient to simultaneously print and transfer a transfer sheet with a usage fee matching the style of the transfer destination used by the user.
For this reason, the transfer paper format of the transfer destination is set in the HT, and the transfer paper on which the data necessary for the transfer is printed can be printed out on the transfer paper of an arbitrary format by the user's selection. .

[0011] As for the form of the transfer form, the form of the transfer form is different between a postal transfer form used at a post office and a transfer form used at a financial institution or a convenience store. The HT holds data on whether to make a transfer or to make a transfer using a transfer destination other than the post office. When the user has selected to make a transfer from the post office, the HT sets and prints a meter reading slip + a postal transfer slip, which is a print format of a postal transfer slip. If the user has selected to make a transfer from a transfer destination other than the post office, HT provides a transfer slip print format that can be used at banks and convenience stores.
Set and print out a transfer slip for a bank / convenience store. The meter reading operation of one user is completed by the above operation. When the meter reading operation of one user is completed, the HT indicates the data of the next user and causes the meter reading operator to perform the meter reading operation of the next user. In this way,
The meter reading of the user is sequentially performed, and the meter reading operation ends when the meter reading operation of all the users input to the memory of the HT is completed.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the payment prompting operation of the handy terminal. The payment prompting operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The users who are eligible for the payment reminder work are those who are late for payment of fees, and users who have previously sent a reminder to pay from a power supply company, etc. It has been downloaded to the HT memory. For example, in the meter reading operation, a user who has been pointed out that the meter reading is unnecessary becomes a target of the payment urging work. In the payment reminder work, since the data of the payment method of the user who has delinquent payment of the payment is entered in the memory of the HT, the HT checks the payment method of the user and automatically promotes the payment. Set the print format type. For this purpose, the HT first determines whether or not the user is a target for issuing a transfer slip. This determination is determined by whether or not the user has made an account transfer contract.

[0013] When the user has made a contract for the account transfer, the fee is usually automatically deducted from the bank account, but this is the case where the balance of the bank account is insufficient and the debit cannot be made. There is no need to issue a transfer slip, just a reminder to increase the amount in your bank account. For this purpose, the HT selects a form output process for printing only the payment reminder, and prints the payment reminder. If the user has not made an account transfer contract, a transfer slip must be issued. For users who have not made a contract for account transfer, it is necessary to transfer the charges themselves from an appropriate transfer destination. For this reason, it is necessary to simultaneously print and transfer a transfer sheet of a usage fee that matches the transfer destination style used by the user. For this reason, HT
Also in the payment prompting work, the form of the transfer paper of the transfer destination is set, and the transfer paper on which the data necessary for the transfer is printed can be printed out on the transfer paper of an arbitrary form by the user's selection.

If the user has selected to make a transfer from the post office, the HT sets and prints the payment reminder + postal transfer note in the print format of the postal transfer note. Also, if the user has chosen to make a transfer from a transfer destination other than the post office,
The HT sets and prints a payment reminder + a bank / convenience store compatible transfer slip, which is a transfer slip print format that can be used at banks and convenience stores. With the above operation, the payment prompting operation of one user is completed. When the payment prompting operation of one user is completed, the HT indicates the data of the user who is the object of the next payment prompting operation, and causes the meter reading operator to perform the payment prompting operation of the next user. In this way, the payment prompting work of the target user is sequentially performed, and when the payment prompting work of all the users input to the memory of the HT is completed, the payment prompting work ends.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of a post-processing operation performed after the meter reading operator has completed all of the meter reading work and the payment prompting work. The post-processing operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The data of the work result is stored in the memory of the HT that has completed all the work. For this reason, the data in the memory of the HT is uploaded to the host computer, and the operation of distributing the HT result data is performed in the host computer. This work is to divide the data in the memory of the HT into meter reading result data, payment reminder result data, and transfer slip billing result data, and to perform host registration processing in each database of the host computer. As a result of this operation, the results of the various operations described above performed by the meter reading operator are all stored in the host computer as host result data and registered, and are prepared for the next meter reading operation.

FIGS. 5 to 7 show examples of the print format of the handy terminal of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows a print format for a user who has a contract for account transfer. Since the fee of the user who has a contract for account transfer is automatically transferred from the account,
Since there is no need to perform the fee transfer procedure by yourself, the usage amount of the meter reading and the usage fee corresponding thereto are printed, and only the format of the notification slip need be printed, so the print format is as shown in FIG. . FIGS. 6 and 7 show a transfer paper print format for a user who has not made an account transfer contract. For users who have not made a contract for account transfer, it is necessary to transfer the charges themselves from an appropriate transfer destination. For this reason, it is convenient to simultaneously print and transfer a transfer sheet with a usage fee matching the style of the transfer destination used by the user.

[0017] To this end, the handy terminal is provided with the
As shown in FIG. 7, the transfer paper forms of various transfer destinations are set, and it is possible to print out the transfer paper on which the data necessary for the transfer is printed on the transfer paper of an arbitrary form by the user's selection. it can. By the way, FIG. 6 shows the format of the postal transfer paper used at the post office, and FIG.
Is a transfer paper format used by financial institutions and convenience stores. As described above, for users who have not made a contract for account transfer, the usage amount of the meter reading result and the usage fee corresponding thereto are printed as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the print format is a combination of transfer paper on which data necessary for transfer is printed on the transfer paper of the transfer destination used by the user.

[0018] The user who has received the transfer sheet on which the data required for the transfer has been printed on the transfer sheet of the transfer destination used by the user together with the notice sheet, immediately transfers the transfer sheet to the transfer destination, Procedure can be performed. or,
Electricity, gas, water, etc. suppliers do not need to send a bill with a transfer form again to users who have not made a contract for account transfer, so it is very efficient to collect money It is possible to do. Even for a user who is late for payment of a fee, the user can check the payment method of the user and automatically set the type of print format for promoting payment.
For this reason, the payment promotion work which conventionally sent the payment reminder from the power supply company becomes unnecessary. In this way, by selecting and printing an arbitrary print format in a necessary format according to the user's fee payment mode, it is possible to perform an efficient and high-value-added meter reading operation.

[0019]

As is apparent from the above description, the fee collection management system for gas, water, power, etc. using the handy terminal of the present invention measures the usage of gas, water, power, etc., and as a result, Can be printed on the spot as a notification of the meter reading result, and a different pattern such as a transfer sheet indicating a charge for the usage fee, a receipt, a payment reminder, etc. can be selectively printed. For this,
The user can immediately carry out the transfer procedure by bringing the transfer paper to the transfer destination. In addition, suppliers of electricity, gas, water, etc. will be renewed for users who do not make a contract for account transfer, This eliminates the need for a procedure for sending a payment reminder, thereby realizing a very efficient fee collection management system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a preparation operation of a handy terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of a hand reading operation, a receipt, and a transfer slip issuing operation of the handy terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a payment promotion operation of a handy terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of a post-processing operation of the handy terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a print format for a user who has a contract for account transfer.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a print format of a postal transfer paper used at a post office.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a transfer paper print format used in a financial institution or a convenience store.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A host computer that manages data of charges such as gas, water, and electric power, and a meter for gas, water, and electric power that has data holding means and can download and upload data between the host computer and the host computer. A handy terminal to be used, and the host computer downloads in advance data in the form of payment from the host computer as to whether the payment of the user's fee will be made by automatic debit from a bank account or payment by bank transfer to a data holding means, and transfers the data at the time of meter reading. The user who makes the payment is notified of the meter reading result and automatically prints out the transfer paper indicating the charge for the usage fee so that it can be handed over. Upload the data of the data holding means where the data was held to the host computer In the host computer, the data in the memory of all handy terminals is registered in the host, and the data registered in the host computer is used as data for the next meter reading operation. , Electricity and other fee collection management system. 2. A host computer that manages data of charges such as gas, water, and electric power, and has a data holding unit, and can read and upload data between the host computer and gas, water, and electric power. A handy terminal to be used, and the host computer pre-pays the user's fee payment data from a bank account by automatic debit or payment by transfer and data indicating the status of the user's fee payment. Users who download the software to the holding unit and pay by bank transfer at the time of meter reading will be notified of the meter reading result and will automatically print a transfer sheet showing the usage fee billing. For users who are late, a reminder to pay the fee can be printed and handed over. Upload the data of the data holding means, which holds the data of the results of the various operations of the handy terminal that has been completed, to the host computer, and process the host computer to register the data in the memory of all the handy terminals in the host computer database. In addition, a fee collection management system for gas, water, power, etc. using a handy terminal that uses data registered in the host computer as data for the next meter reading operation. 3. A host computer for managing charge data such as gas, water, electric power, etc., a handy terminal used for meter reading of gas, water, electric power, etc. capable of downloading and uploading data with the host computer. The handy terminal comprises: a print format storage means for storing a transfer paper print format indicating the notification of meter reading results and a bill for usage fee; a meter reading data holding means for inputting and holding meter reading result data; User data holding means for storing data of the form of payment of the fee indicating whether the payment of the user's fee is automatic debit from the bank account or payment by bank transfer, use of payment by meter transfer at the time of meter reading based on the data of the user data storage means For those who use the meter, the meter will be notified of the meter reading results and the usage fee will be charged. Data synthesizing means for synthesizing data so that printing is performed by selecting a format of the transfer paper indicating the request from the print format storing means, incorporating the data of the meter reading data holding means into the selected data, and Download the payment form data of whether the payment of the user's fee is automatic debit from the bank account or payment by bank transfer and data indicating the status of payment of the user's fee to the data holding means, and pay by bank transfer at the time of meter reading In addition to the notification of the meter reading result, the transfer paper indicating the billing of the usage fee was automatically printed for the user who performed the meter reading, and the data of the results of various operations of the handy terminal that completed the meter reading work was retained Upload the data in the data holding means to the host computer, and The data in the memory of all the handy terminals is divided into meter reading result data, payment reminder result data and transfer slip request result data, and the host registration processing is performed in each database of the host computer. Toll collection system for gas, water, power, etc. using a handy terminal that uses the data as data for the next meter reading operation. 4. A host computer for managing charge data such as gas, water, and electric power, a handy terminal used for meter reading of gas, water, electric power and the like which can download and upload data between the host computer and the host computer. The handy terminal inputs and holds the data of the meter reading result, including a notice of the meter reading result, a transfer paper indicating the billing of the usage fee, a print format such as a reminder to pay the fee, and the like. Meter reading data holding means, a user who holds in advance data on the form of payment of the fee indicating whether the payment of the user's fee is automatic debit from a bank account or payment by transfer, and data indicating the status of payment of the user's fee By transfer at the time of meter reading based on the data of the data holding means and user data holding means For users who make payments, notice of meter reading results and a transfer form showing usage fee billing, and for users who have late payment of fees at the time of meter reading, a reminder to pay the fee is printed. Data synthesizing means for synthesizing data so as to be selected and printed from the format storage means, wherein the host computer pays in advance whether the user's fee is automatically deducted from a bank account or paid by bank transfer. The data of the form and the data indicating the payment status of the user's fee are downloaded to the data holding means, and the user who pays by bank transfer at the time of meter reading is notified of the meter reading result and charged for the usage fee. The indicated transfer paper is automatically printed, and the payment of the fee will be A letter of invitation is printed and handed over, the data of the data holding means holding the data of the results of various operations of the handy terminal that has completed the meter reading operation are uploaded to the host computer, and the memory of all the handy terminals is stored in the host computer. Is divided into meter reading result data, payment reminder result data, and transfer slip request result data, and is registered in the host computer's respective databases as host data, and the data registered in the host computer as host data for the next meter reading operation A charge collection system for gas, water, electric power, etc. using a handy terminal designed to be used as a mobile terminal.