JP2003187159A - Electronic bill management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remarkably reduce the labor for management of both a claiming person and a claimed person by providing a practical system for collectively performing the management of bills. <P>SOLUTION: An electronic bill management system connected to two or more claiming person information terminals 51 and two or more claimed person information terminals 52 through Internet 1 comprises a WWW server 2 on an intranet 6, a database server 3 and a management computer 4. This system comprises further a receiving means for receiving an electronic bill from each claiming person information terminal 51; a collecting means for collecting the electronic bills to the same claimed person and calculating the total sum; and a transmission means for transmitting the information collected by the collecting means to each claimed person information terminal 52. It further comprises an authentication means for authenticating the fact of the transmission of the electronic bill; a will confirmation means for confirming the will of payment of the claimed person; a payment reporting means for reporting the fact of payment to the claiming person; and a receipt forming means for forming a receipt for the claimed person. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic method.
Related to electronic invoices that are invoices described by
And in particular such electronic invoices via a network.
It relates to a management system when transmitting and receiving data. [0002] Commodities in company-to-company, company-to-individual, etc.
Accounts receivable from transactions of services and services
Company issues its own invoice and requests payment,
Check the invoice and pay by bank transfer, etc.
Most cases have been processed. Such receivables billing
Person (claimant) directly submits an invoice to the individual
In the issuance and payment method, the demandee is required to
Many invoices in different formats from job offers are sent
Will be. [0003] The requestee is aware of such different formats.
Check the billing details of each
Each time you have to make a bank transfer,
Between. At the end of the month, in front of the bank transfer terminal
It is a typical example of this that a long line is formed. Ma
Manage your accounts payable with your own accounting software
Some companies have different formats
Read the claimant, billed amount, etc. from the bill and copy them
You're doing a tedious task of typing in your computer. [0004] Also, as a matter of the claimant side, the billing
There is a problem that the requested amount is not correctly received. An example
For example, if the requestee pays by bank transfer,
Remittance after deducting the commission fee,
Or make payments. In this way, the claimant
Issuing and paying invoices directly to each requestee
On the other hand, both the requester and the requestee have problems. [0005] On the other hand, such bills are often
A computer with a program that performs accounting
Computer-generated electronically. However,
If you want to send the created invoice to the requestee,
Most of them are printed out on paper and mailed. Claim
You can send the certificate by e-mail or write it on a flexible disk.
It's not impossible to send a reminder, but this is
Electronic claims that remain as described by such electronic means
It is unknown what value the book has legally
There is a problem that there is. For example, sent by email
Save electronic invoices on your computer's hard disk
If so, such an electronic invoice is required by tax law
It is unknown whether it has a significant evidence value. Technically, electronic
Evidence similar to a company seal stamp on an electronic invoice by a method such as a watermark
May be granted, but tax authorities may
Such electronic invoices have the same evidential value as ordinary invoices.
I can't help but guess. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This was done to solve the problem
By providing a practical system that collectively manages
Dramatically reduced management time for both the demandant and the demandee
It has the technical significance of causing Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems,
Therefore, the invention described in claim 1 of the present application is based on the account of a financial institution.
Online transfer by the requestee instead of automatic debit
A system that manages electronic invoices that are paid by gold processing
And there is a claimant who issues an electronic invoice
Multiple biller information terminals that are
The information terminal of the requestee to be paid by
A network with both a plurality of requestee information terminals
Is an electronic invoice management system connected via
The electronic bill sent from each of the plurality of claimant terminals
Receiving means for receiving a letter, and an electronic device received by the receiving means.
From the invoice, who is the claimant in the electronic invoice?
Claimant information, which is information about whether there is, and its electronic billing
Information about who the requestee is in the
Claimant information and information on the amount charged in the electronic invoice
Is the amount information that is
Cause information, which is information on the cause that led to the
Extracting means for extracting each one, and the electronic means received by the receiving means.
For the same invoiced person within a prescribed period,
To collect electronic invoices issued by different
Extraction of these electronic bills so that they can be collectively paid
The claimant information, amount information and cause information extracted by the means
A means for summarizing the same requestee,
At a predetermined time, the information compiled by the
Via the network to the requestee information terminal owned by the requestee
And submit a request for a different claimant.
The same transfer destination so that payment can be made collectively
A transmitting means for transmitting information of the collection agency,
Having a configuration of DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the embodiments”) are described below.
An embodiment will be described below. FIG. 1 shows the present invention.
1 shows a schematic configuration of an electronic bill management system according to an embodiment.
FIG. The electronic bill management system shown in FIG.
Networked computers 2, 3, and 4
It is constituted. In this embodiment, the network
Is the Internet 1. [0009] As is well known, the Internet 1
Seed computers, mobile phones, PDAs (Personal Data Ass
istant) is connected. Below, in the description
Is the information connected to the Internet 1
The devices are collectively referred to as information terminals 51 and 52. These information ends
Terminals 51 and 52 are information terminals owned by the requester (hereinafter referred to as the
Person information terminal) 51 and the information terminal (hereinafter referred to
(Requestee information terminal) 52. This place
"Having" means the degree of possession and free use
Means that it is legally owned and otherwise leased
Where assets are borrowed or borrowed
Including As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic invoice management system is provided.
The system comprises a plurality of claimant information terminals 51 and a plurality of
Information terminal 52 via the Internet 1.
I'm disappointed. A plurality of computer groups 2, 3, and 4 are
An interface via the route control device 60 like an ear wall
Connected to an intranet 6 connected to the net 1
ing. A plurality of computer groups 2, 3, and 4
WWW for displaying web pages on terminals 51 and 52
Server 2 and included in the electronic bill sent by the claimant
A database server that stores information as a database
Server 3 and a management computer that manages the entire system.
Data 4. [0011] The WWW server 2 is a UNIX (registered trademark).
Computer running on a well-known OS such as
And display a web page on each of the information terminals 51 and 52.
HTML files 21 and HTML files for
Ht, which is a program for sending file 21 to each information terminal
tpd (hyper text transfer daemon) program 22
Have. In addition, the WWW server 2 transmits information from each information terminal.
CGI (Common Gatewa) for processing sent data
y Interface) 23, and a copy executed according to the CGI 23.
It has a number of CGI programs 241-249. A database server (hereinafter, DBS) 3
Is running on a well-known OS such as UNIX.
Computer and multiple database files (hereinafter
DBF) 311 to 316 and each DBF 311 to 316
A database management system that is a program to manage
(DBMS, Database Management System) 30
Made up of [0013] The WWW server 2 uses the present system.
A window for sending and receiving data to and from the demandant and the demandee
Has become. FIG. 2 shows that the WWW server 2 shown in FIG.
Link of each web page that can be displayed on the terminal
FIG. The WWW server 2 has these
HTML file 21 for displaying web page
I remember each one. As shown in FIG. 2, the WWW server 2
Instead, display the top page on the information terminals 51 and 52
Is possible. IP address of this top page
Is an operating company that operates this electronic invoice management system
Has been given a domain name. top page
Is registered in the search engine,
Now hits with keywords like "child invoice"
ing. The electronic bill management system according to the present embodiment
Basically, it is a membership system. That is, the claimant and the contractor
For recruiting, it is a system to register and use it
I have. The top page shown in Fig. 2 is a plan for using this system.
Page. The top page is the claimant member registration page.
Page and a link to the requestee member registration page. The claimant member registration page issues an electronic bill.
Web page for the requesting party to register
You. Claimant member registration is mainly for businesses such as companies and private shops.
It is assumed that the subject performs it. Claimant Member Registration Page
Will explain the rights and obligations that accompany the membership registration.
In addition, ・ The name of the business entity (company name, trade name or organization name, etc.) ・ Location, representative name, person in charge, telephone number, FAX number, e-mail address, etc. [0017] DBS corresponding to the claimant member registration page
3, a requester member DBF 311 is provided.
One of the CGI programs of the WWW server 2 is a contractor.
Request to process data sent from the recruiting member registration page
It is a CGI program 241 for personal member registration. Contract
The recruiting member registration page is displayed on the claimant information terminal 51 and
The above data is input and the send button
Is clicked, these data are stored in the WWW server 2
Sent to WWW server 2 requests sent data
DBS3 by CGI program 241
Send to DBS3 converts the sent data into a new claimant member
Is registered in the claimant member DBF311 as a record.
If registration is successful, the claimant ID and password will be
Decision, these are the claimant information terminal 51 who applied for registration
To be sent to Further, the requestee member registration page is
Accept the invoice and pay according to the electronic invoice
This is a page on which the requestee who wishes to register as a member.
The requestee pays money for the provision of goods, services, etc.
Is registered by the entity that pays
In addition to business owners and various organizations, general individuals can also register.
ing. The requestee member registration page displays
・ Name (company name, trade name, organization name, individual name, etc.) ・ Location or address ・ Representative name (for organization) ・ Contact person (for organization) ・ Phone It is a page for inputting information such as numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. A DB corresponding to the requestee member registration page
In S3, a demandee member DBF 312 is provided.
You. One of the CGI programs of the WWW server 2
Processes the data sent from the requestee member registration page
CGI program 242 for requestee member registration
ing. Claimant member registration page is the claimant information terminal 51
Each of the above data is entered while the
When the submit button is clicked, these data are
Sent to WWW server 2. WWW server 2 sends
CGI program 242 for requestee member registration
To DBS3. DBS3 is the data sent
Member DB as a record of new requestee member
Register in F312. If registration is successful, you will be billed
Person ID and password are determined, and these apply for registration
Is sent to the requested claimant information terminal 51.
In the case of a company, etc., requester member registration and requestee member registration
It is of course possible to perform both. Next, the issuance of an electronic bill will be described.
You. An electronic invoice is an electronic invoice, as described above.
This is the invoice written. In this embodiment, the electronic billing
The letter is sent by the claimant in the form of an email,
The system has a receiving means for receiving the electronic bill.
are doing. The receiving means includes the WWW server 2 and the CGI 23
And an electronic bill receiving CGI program provided in the WWW server 2.
And the program 243. FIG.
The schematic configuration of the child bill receiving CGI program 243 is shown.
FIG. The WWW server 2 has an electronic bill transmission page
Is displayed in the HTML file 21. Ma
In addition, the top page has a button of "Send Electronic Invoice"
ing. Click this button on the top page
Is displayed, a screen for entering the claimant ID and password is displayed.
Are entered correctly and the submit button is clicked.
Is displayed, the electronic bill transmission page is displayed on the biller information terminal 51.
It is displayed. The electronic invoice transmission page is used to transmit an electronic bill.
It has a column for selecting a request. This field is for the claimant
Electronic billing to send information terminal 51 from a predetermined folder
This is a column like a pull-down menu for selecting a book. This field
With electronic invoice file selected correctly
When the button is clicked, these data are sent to the email
Sent to the WWW server 2 in the form of a file. WWW server 2
Is a CGI program for receiving sent electronic invoices
The electronic bill receiving CGI program 243
Have. Electronic bill receiving CGI program 243
Has a data extraction program as a subroutine
I have. The data extraction program and the WWW server 2
It constitutes a delivery means. Data extraction program
The file of the electronic invoice sent as an email attachment
Open the file and enter the field registration command registered in advance.
This is a program that extracts data according to the password. data
Extraction program is created in advance for each registered claimant
The data extraction program DBF3 is stored in DBS3.
The database 13 is used. [0025] The claimant can create his own electronic invoice
If you send it, the file type of the electronic invoice and its file
To the operating company of this system in advance.
Let me. The operator of the system
Create a claimant data extraction program from the information
You. Specifically, which part of the electronic data is
There is data about the claimant, and where
Data to be charged, and in which parts
Create a program to identify and extract the presence of
For example, an electronic invoice is created by spreadsheet software
If so, the cell in which the data is stored
) And column numbers (A, B, C ...)
The program to be specified. The data extraction program
The data extracted in this way are substituted for predetermined variables.
To enter. As shown in FIG. 3, CG for receiving electronic bills
The I program 243 firstly extracts the demandee information
Of the requestee is sent to DBS3, and this is searched for.
And retrieve the requested member DBF312. if,
If there is no corresponding requestee member registration, we sent
The request is transmitted to the claimant information terminal 51. That is, this system
System sends a message to the appropriate
You. If there is a corresponding requestee member registration,
Each data issued (claimee information, billing amount information, billing
Cause information, etc.) in the billing master DBF3 provided in the DBS3.
Register to 14. The billing master DBF 314 is
This system such as information, billee information, billing amount, billing cause, etc.
Record with all information in the registration item (field)
A number of codes are registered. Billing master DBF31
4 is the original data of the billing information in this system
Data is stored in the
Always secure high security. In addition, billing box
The DBF 314 always saves its buffer, like mirroring.
The backup file has been created and updated. Next, the compilation of the electronic bill and the person to be charged
Will be described. The system of the present embodiment includes:
Is a different claimant for the same demandee within a given period?
Collected electronic invoices issued by
Means to organize the information contained
Requested at a predetermined time of the information compiled by the stopping means
Internet 1 to requestee information terminal 52 possessed by a person
And transmission means for transmitting the data via the wireless communication device. The collecting means and the transmitting means are provided with a management
Computer 4 and the management computer 4
It is configured by a stop transmission program 41. FIG.
Shows the configuration of the compilation transmission program 41
It is a flowchart. In the present embodiment,
Information collected by the communication means (hereinafter referred to as billing information)
About once sent to the requestee on the date specified by the requestee
It has become so. The requestee is a registered member of the requestee.
At that time (hereinafter referred to as the transmission date)
In the requested member DBF 312, the transmission date is registered.
There are recorded fields. In the present embodiment, the billing information is
Jobs are now sent in the format you specify
I have. More specifically, the DBS3 indicates that the demandee
Requestee designation that made the specified format into a database
It has a format DBF 315. This demandee
Designated format DBF315 is used in case of claimant
Like the data extraction program, it is created in advance.
That is, if the requestee wants to specify the format,
The file format, the specific contents of the form, etc.
Notify the operating company. The operator of this system
From these information, the format conversion extraction
Create a program. Format conversion program and
The management computer 4 constitutes a format conversion unit.
are doing. Specifically, a format conversion program
Is where the data about the claimant is inset and which
Fill in the data about the billing amount in the part, and in which part
Professional to determine whether to insert data on billing causes
Gram. For example, a spreadsheet software specified by the requestee
File format that can be read by software.
The row numbers (1, 2, 3) of the cells that store each data.
..) And column numbers (A, B, C...)
You. The format conversion program created in this way
The ram is made one record with the requestee ID,
A lot of them are collected and the requestee specified format DB
F315. In addition, requestee member DBF312
Each record in the record has a format specified by the requestee.
There is a field registered to see if there is a default. The sending program for summarizing shown in FIG.
41 is executed automatically at a fixed time every day, or
It is executed by the operation of the operator. Summary transmission
The program 41 first stores the requestee member DBF 312
Requestee who searched and specified that date as the due date
Search for members. Applicable requestee member
Read the requestee ID and store it in a memory variable
Remember temporarily. At the same time, the compilation transmission program 41
Is in the record of the corresponding demandee DBF312
Read the e-mail address and temporarily store it in a memory variable.
Substitution. In addition, the designated format
Also read from the field whether or not there is an event. finger
If the fixed format is "Yes", the requestee ID
Requestee designation format DBF31
5 and convert it to the format specified by the requestee.
Call the format conversion program to be converted. Next, the requestee ID is read from the memory variable.
And use this as a search key to enter the billing master DBF 314
Search for. And the requestee holding the requestee ID
Find records of electronic invoices issued to people,
If there is a corresponding record, read the information of that record
Out and fit into the format. Repeat this operation,
Search until the end of the billing master DBF 314
Electronic request issued to the requestee holding the person ID
List the information in the book in a specified format. The list created in this way is
A list of electronic invoices (see below)
Request list). FIG. 5 shows one such billing list.
It is a schematic diagram showing an example. Claims created in this way
A list is assigned a billing list ID for each billing list
And sent to DBS3. DBS3 is billing list D
BF316 is provided. The billing list DBF 316 is
The billing list, the billing list ID of the billing list,
Who is the addressee of the electronic invoice in the invoice list at
One record with the field of the requestee ID etc.
Many are registered. Then, the summary transmission program 41
Will send the created billing list in the form of an email
The request is transmitted to the requestee information terminal 52 held by the requester. Ingredient
Physically, the summarizing transmission program 41
Read email address from memory variable and send
For management according to a predetermined mail transmission protocol such as mail
Send invoice list from computer 4 in the form of e-mail
I do. The requestee enters his / her own account from the requestee information terminal 52.
A mail server on the Internet 1 with a count
Access to the hard drive
And store it in the inbox on the disk.
Display the information on the billing list and confirm the contents of the billing list. Also necessary
If so, print out. In this case, the transmission and display of the billing list
Are of several types. One is electronic from the claimant
What is sent as an attachment just like email
It is. In this case, in the requestee information terminal 52, the MU
Electronic mail sent by A (Mail User Agent, mailer)
Open the mail and install the
Program (viewer or spreadsheet software)
Open billing list. Another method is the requestee information terminal 52
A way to send as seen in the browser above. Book
In the embodiment, this method is mainly adopted. Specifically
Is sent, as is done in webmail etc.
If you try to open an e-mail, the WWW server
To start the CGI program. CGI
The program converts e-mail data to HTML
These data are sent to the requestee information terminal 52
Displayed by the browser. E-mail in this case
The CGI program for display is a WWW server of this system.
Bar 2 may be provided, or other webmail
You may use what the server has. In any case, the system of the present embodiment
According to the requestee, the requestee will
Multiple electronic invoices in a format
Can be received all at once. Because of this, the demandee
Labor for the management of the data is drastically reduced. Next, the electronic request transmitted in this manner is
The authentication of the certificate will be described. The system of the present embodiment includes:
As described above, each electronic invoice is made into a billing list and received
When sending by person, such electronic invoices will be
It has an authentication means for authenticating the fact that it has been transmitted. This place
Certification requires that such electronic invoices have not been tampered with.
Rather than certifying that
Authentication of the fact sent by the requestee. Specifically
Means that the authentication means, as shown in FIG.
In the part of `` The electronic bill as shown below was sent from the claimant
Certify that Means to write the sentence
You. Therefore, in this embodiment, the authentication means is a WWW server.
It is constituted by a bus 2. The authentication of such a fact is performed without tampering.
It does not certify that
Not so expensive, but the electronic invoice is directly billed by the claimant
Evidence value of electronic invoices compared to when sent to a person
Is considered significant. In other words, the claimant and the recipient
A third party, the operating company of the system, enters the
That the invoice is really
It will be easier to determine that it has been issued. In addition, this system
Operating companies have high publicity like banks and audit corporations
Sekisui has the effect of further increasing this evidential value
You. Then, using digital watermarking and other technologies, electronic data
This effect can be even higher if it is not tampered with.
You. In addition, in this embodiment, the authentication means is
Authorization to authenticate electronic invoices also at the request of the requester
Proof means are provided. Specifically, WWW server 2
Displays an authentication acquisition page on the requestee information terminal 52
HTML file 21 for the application. Corresponding to this
Then, the WWW server 2 executes the authentication acquisition CGI program.
244. The top page contains the certification page
A link button linked to the page is provided. This resource
When the link button is clicked, the requested member ID and
The screen to enter the password is entered, and these are entered correctly
When the submit button is clicked, the certification
Is displayed on the requestee information terminal 52.
You. The certification acquisition page is used for the electronic contract for acquiring the certification.
It has a column for inputting the bill ID of the bill. In this column
Invoice ID is entered and send button is clicked
The authentication acquisition CGI program 244 is executed.
Swelling. CGI program for certification acquisition 244
Uses the sent invoice ID as a search key to
Search the master request DBF 314, and
Read the requestee ID. This requestee ID is
If it matches the one sent from the personal information terminal 52,
Code information (claimer information, amount information, cause information, billing
(Authentication data, etc.) and read them out.
Temporarily store in each memory variable. [0044] The WWW server 2 transmits the authentication to the text data.
Format (hereinafter referred to as authentication format)
Mat) file 25. As above
When the authentication data is read, the CGI program
The system 244 stores a file in which the authentication format is described.
Open the file 25 and check the authentication format from each memory variable.
Read the test data and fit it. Created in this way
The certified certificate is sent to the HTM by the CGI program for certification.
L and sent to the requestee information terminal 52
Has become. [0045] Such certification is obtained by the requestee.
It is a particularly useful tool if there is a tax audit. That is,
The electronic invoice is stored in the billee's computer in the form of a billing list.
Stored on the hard disk of the computer. Tax officer
If you have any questions about your fixed electronic invoice,
To have the authentication sent from this system. this
Indeed, such an electronic invoice will be issued
And it is highly probable that payment has been made on that basis.
You. The system of the present embodiment is a system for supporting electronic bills.
Includes configurations to facilitate and ensure payment
I have. Hereinafter, this point will be described. As described above
For payment of electronic invoices sent by
The law can be considered. Pay by online payment, pay at convenience stores, pay by bank transfer.
Individual billing in the billing list
There is also a method of inserting
It takes a lot of trouble. In the present embodiment,
Pay for one billing list only once.
ing. Specifically, we have partnered with the operating company of this system
Banks and other financial institutions perform toll collection services
It has become. Therefore, the billing list will contain
Transfer bank account is displayed as a contact point for simple collection agency business
Have been. Further, the summary transmission program 41
Now calculates the total amount for that billing list.
ing. And, as shown in FIG.
, The total amount is displayed. Billing
The claimant who received the strike will pay this amount to the collecting agency
Make a lump sum payment by transferring to a bank account
Can be completed. Next, pay at a convenience store, etc.
In this system, the billing list is
The information required for payment is automatically printed out when
A reading section that allows the
I am trying to. As shown in FIG.
Is a barcode in the present embodiment. I mentioned earlier
The compilation transmission program 41 prints the barcode.
Generate barcode information that is information for
Bar code information generation program as a subroutine
Have. The barcode information generation program
Information such as strike ID and total amount in the billing list
Is converted into barcode information and generated. Generate
The bar code information is inserted into the billing list and
Sent by child mail. And the requestee information terminal 52
When the billing list is printed out at
This barcode is also printed out
You. Next, payment using a bar code
explain. The collection agency mentioned above is a convenience store nationwide.
Establish a business alliance with
Entrust. The demandee holds a billing list and has a convenience store
Go to store. At the convenience store, Barco
Read the barcode on the billing list with a reader. So
Then, the demandee collects the total amount of the
Pay. Information terminal provided in convenience store
(Hereinafter referred to as a convenience store terminal) 8 is a computer
Data 7. Collection agency computer
7 shows a billing list ID and its billing information from the convenience store terminal 8.
A notification that the payment has been made for the request list ID is received.
When this transmission is made, the collection agency will contact the system.
Access and submit individual data for the applicable billing list.
receive. In other words, enter a predetermined password
After entering the net 6, send the billing list ID to DBS3
The DBS3 searches the billing list DBF316.
As a result of the search, the data of the corresponding billing list is collected
It is sent to the computer 7 of Seki. The claimant who has made the claimant member registration pays
Specify the receiving bank account to the collection agency
I have. The collection agency will collect the billing request sent from the system.
Transfer to individual claimant's bank account according to the data of the strike
Do business to do. In addition, the membership fee and collection agency of this system
Will be deducted from the remittance at this time.
Sometimes. In the above example, the reading unit 62
Although it was a mode, other configurations may be used. For example magnetic
This is a configuration for reading by a simple method. Also, convenience store
Payments at stores, etc.
Or electronic money. Like a debit card
A credit card (IC card, etc.)
Payments. Next, when making an online payment,
Will be described. In this embodiment, online payment is easy.
Online payment with the billing list
Information to be used for the requestee information terminal 52.
Swelling. Specifically, online payment services
The URL of the site is transmitted at the same time. Concrete
Specifically, as shown in FIG.
It has a link button 63 to a settlement site. The link button 63 is clicked.
And the page of the online payment site is the payee information terminal
52 is displayed. At this time, the online payment site is operated
The running WWW server requests from the requestee information terminal 52
A CGI program that accepts the reception of list data
Have. The online payment site uses a remittance processing page
Insert the billing list data into the billing party information terminal
Return to 52. In the page for remittance processing,
Specify whether to pay for each electronic invoice
It has an input field like a check button. Also send
The page for processing money is credit card name, bank name, secret code
It has a column for inputting numbers and the like. These fields are correct
Enter and click the send button, for remittance processing
The page data is the CGI program of the online payment site
Is sent to the ram and the remittance process is actually performed. In the above description, the description “used for online payment
Information "was the URL of the online payment site
However, there may be other information in addition to or separate from this.
You. For example, to send a credit card number, etc.
You may. In this case, the credit card number is charged
Is registered in advance at the time of member registration.
It is read from the BF 312 and transmitted. The above theory
Ming says that collection agencies and online payment site operators
Assuming that the body is different from the operating company of this system
Although the description has been made, the description may be the same. Of this system
If the operation itself is performed by a financial institution such as a bank,
It is possible. In addition, the lump-sum payment of the total amount described above is
In addition to saving time for the claimant,
Requester changes the payment amount of each electronic invoice
There is a merit that can not be. In other words, swing
Deduct the commission, or make the installment without permission
Receivables are more secure
There is a merit. One-time payments make individual payments
Even if the payment amount, like reading by barcode
Prefer to be able to change
No. Next, confirmation of receipt of the electronic bill and support
The transmission of the information for confirming the will to pay will be described. In FIG.
As shown, the billing list has an acknowledgment button 64
ing. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the WWW server 2
It has a CGI program 245 for reception confirmation. Receiving
The confirming CGI program 245 indicates that the requestee
Register the receipt of the request in the billing list DBF 316
It is a program. The reception confirmation button 64 is clicked
Then, the data of the billing list ID is sent and this reception confirmation
The CGI program 245 is executed. The reception confirmation CGI program 245
Sends the billing list ID to DBS3 for billing list D
The BF 316 is searched. Then, the reception confirmation CGI program
The program 245 is a record of the record of the corresponding billing list.
Enter “Confirmed” data in the “Received” field
To be recorded. Next, the billing list
Read invoice IDs one by one and store the invoice ID in DBS3.
Is used as a search key to search the billing master DBF 314.
You. Then, in the record of the corresponding electronic invoice,
Register the data of "confirmed" in the field of "confirmed".
This registration is for all electronic billing on the billing list
On the record of the book. As shown in FIG. 5, the billing list is
At the end of each electronic invoice line, check the payment will
Box (hereinafter, will confirmation box) 65
You. In the lower part of the billing list, you will see
Click button ("will check button") 66 of "Shin"
Is provided. On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
BA2 has a CGI program 246 for confirming willingness to pay
ing. The CGI program 246 for confirming payment will
The claimant is willing to pay for each electronic invoice on the billing list
This is a program for registering the fact. The billing list is displayed on the demandee information terminal 52.
Confirmation box for certain electronic invoices
Button 65 is checked, and then the confirmation button 66 is pressed.
When clicked, requestee ID and will confirmation box 6
5 and the invoice ID of the checked electronic invoice are sent.
CGI program 246 for confirming payment will be executed
It has become. CGI Program 246 for Confirming Will to Pay
Uses the sent invoice ID as a search key to
Request master DBF 314 and find the corresponding electronic invoice
Call the record. And registered in that record
That the requested ID does not match the one sent
After confirming that the "Confirm payment will"
Yes "data is registered. Further, the present system allows the demandee to make a payment.
Payment notification means for notifying the claimant that the payment has been made.
Specifically, the computer of the collection agency
If the payment is made for a specific billing list,
As mentioned above, remittance to the account specified by the claimant
Is sent to the system to that effect.
You. The collection agency's computer 7 is
The line is connected to this system. Collection agent
The operator belonging to Seki operates the computer 7 and
The data of the invoice ID and the payment date of the paid
To be sent to Specifically, as a management site, WWW
The server 2 connects from the computer 7 of the collection agency.
It is designed to accept. UR of this management site
L is not publicly available and is a compilation agency
Only the computer 7 can be connected. Collection agent
From the computer 7 of the institution, the paid bill ID and
And the payment date sent via the administration site page,
The payment date registration CGI program 247 is executed. Branch
The payment date registration CGI program 247 is
Search billing master DBF 314 using request ID as search key
Search and register the payment date in the corresponding electronic invoice record
It has become so. Further, in the present system, the requester can
Site that monitors the payment status of electronic invoices issued
have. The WWW server 2 also displays a payment status monitor.
Data CGI program 248. And
The top page is a link button to the payment status monitor page
have. When this link button is clicked,
It becomes a screen waiting for input of claimant member ID and password.
And the claimant member ID and password are entered correctly
And the payment status monitoring CGI program 248 is executed.
It is. CGI Program 248 for Monitoring Payment Status
Uses the sent claimant member ID as a search key
To search the billing master DBF 314
For the electronic invoice issued by
Each data such as personal information, billing cause, payment date, etc. is extracted. Branch
The payment status monitoring CGI program 248 stores these data.
Requester information terminal 5 by converting the data into a list and performing HTML conversion
Return to 1. This allows the claimant to issue
Check the payment status of electronic invoices on the display etc.
can do. As described above, the billing master D
In the BF314, the field of "Receipt confirmation" of the electronic invoice
Field and the field of "Confirmation of payment will"
Confirms these confirmations for the electronic invoices
Can also be done. Note that the payment status monitor program
List of electronic invoices that have passed a certain period of time
I try not to go up. In addition, the present system provides
It has a receipt issuing means for issuing a certificate. Receipt issue
The means shall be available for each electronic invoice at the request of the demandee.
All receipts are issued. As mentioned above
The payee only has to pay the total amount on the billing list
is there. Therefore, regardless of the bank transfer, support at the convenience store terminal 8
Whether paying or paying online, each electronic invoice
No written notice of payment to the requestee remains. There
In this system, the payment system for each electronic invoice
A receipt can be issued. The receipt is issued in advance by the requestee member.
Is issued uniformly and after payment
It may be issued when requested separately. Ma
If you explain the former, the requestee member registration page
Has a field to enter whether you want to issue a receipt
is there. In response, the requested member DBF312
Also, there is a field of "whether there is a receipt issuance request". Suffered
Request to issue a receipt on the claimant member registration page
If the member registration is done by force, C for requestee member registration
The GI program 242 stores the requested member DBF 312
In the field of "Whether you want to issue a receipt"
Register the data. On the other hand, the management computer 4
Receipt issuance pro
Gram 42. Receipt automatic issuance program 4
2, for example, a uniform receipt on a specific date within a month
Is a program that issues Specifically, a specific date
Arrives, the record in the requestee member DBF312
Are sequentially searched, and the field of "whether or not you want to issue a receipt"
Member I of the record with "I hope"
Store D in a memory variable. And the requestee member
Search billing master DBF314 by ID and process in previous month
There is a new electronic bill paid after
Search for. If applicable, its billing master
Of the corresponding record (claimer information, billed amount information,
Data such as billing cause, payment date, etc.
Each is stored in a memory variable. The management computer 4 sends the receipt
It has mat data 43. Receipt automatic issuance blog
The RAM 42 stores the receipt data stored in each memory variable.
Create a receipt by inserting it into this format data 43
I do. And as with the billing list, this receipt
Is sent to the corresponding requestee information terminal 52 by web mail.
I believe. Next, if you want to issue a receipt individually afterwards,
The case will be described. The WWW server 2 shown in FIG.
HTML file 2 to display receipt issue page
One. In response, individual receipts are issued.
A row CGI program 249 is provided. receipt
On the publishing page, click the button to request a receipt
Enter the requestee member ID and password
Screen, these are entered correctly and sent
And the CGI program 249 for individual receipt is started
It is. CGI program 249 for individual issuance of receipt
Requests DBS3 using the requested member ID as a search key
Search the master DBF 314 and find out
Paid, but no receipt has been issued again
Lets you search for electronic invoices. If there are any,
Requested information terminal by converting them into HTML
Send to 52. Issue a receipt when this list is displayed
Check box for entering data to request
Such an input field is also displayed. And that
In the input field of the request that you want to issue an invoice
When the send button is clicked, the receipt is issued individually
The CGI program 249 searches for the corresponding invoice ID
Search the billing master DBF 314 again in DBS3 using the key
Search and extract receipt data. And WWW server
The server 2 has the same format data as the management computer 4.
Data (not shown).
And sends it to the requestee information terminal 52. In addition, this
Electronic receipts are sent with a digital signature.
Such a proof means is added as needed. The electronic bill management system according to the above-described embodiment is
According to the system, electronically generated invoices are printed out.
You can claim receivables by sending without leaving
As a result, the issuance of invoices is
Eliminates expenses spent on lint-out and mailing
You. As a network, the Internet 1
Other open networks may be used, or closed networks may be used.
It may be a transnet. As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
According to the statement, within the specified period, the same
Electronic invoices issued by different claimants
Sent to the requestee information terminal via the network
This simplifies invoice management for the insured.
It is.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electronic bill management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing links of web pages that can be displayed on an information terminal by a WWW server 2 shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a schematic configuration of an electronic bill receiving CGI program. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a configuration of a compilation transmission program 41. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a billing list. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Internet 2 WWW server 21 HTML file 22 httpd program 23 CGI 241 Claimant member registration CGI program 242 Requested member registration CGI program 243 Electronic bill reception CGI program 244 Authentication acquisition CGI program 245 CGI program 246 for confirming receipt CGI program 247 for confirming will to pay CGI program 248 for registering payment date CGI program 248 for monitoring payment status CGI program 3 for individually issuing receipts 3 DBS 30 DBMS 311 Claimant member DBF 312 Claimant member DBF 313 Data extraction program DBF 314 Request master DBF 315 Requestee designation format DBF 316 Request list DBF 4 Management computer 41 Gram 42 Receipt automatic issuance program 51 Claimant information terminal 52 Requestee information terminal 6 Intranet

Continuation of front page    (72) Inventor Yasuzen Okuyama             Co., Ltd. 1-4-8 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo             Confidential Accounting Services             In service (72) Inventor Kazuyuki Kondo             Co., Ltd. 1-4-8 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo             Confidential Accounting Services             In service (72) Inventor Akira Nakagawa             Co., Ltd. 1-4-8 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo             Confidential Accounting Services             In service

Claims (1)

Claims 1. A system for managing an electronic invoice to be paid by an online remittance process by a demandee instead of automatic debit from an account of a financial institution,
Both a plurality of claimant information terminals, which are information terminals of the requester who issues the electronic bill, and a plurality of requestee information terminals, which are information terminals of the requestee who is charged by the electronic bill. An electronic bill management system connected via a network, comprising: a receiving unit that receives an electronic bill sent from each of the plurality of claimant terminals; and an electronic bill received by the receiving unit. , Claimant information that is information about who the claimant is in the electronic bill, demandee information that is information about the demandee in the electronic bill, and the electronic bill Extracting means for respectively extracting amount information which is information on the amount of the charge and cause information which is information relating to the cause of the amount of the charge being charged, With regard to the electronic bills received by the stage, the electronic bills issued from different claimants to the same demandee within a predetermined period are collected, and the payment of those electronic bills can be collectively made. A collecting means for collecting the requester information, the amount information and the cause information extracted by the extracting means for each same requestee, and a requestee information terminal which the requestee has at a predetermined time the information collected by the collecting means And transmitting means for transmitting the information relating to the agency in charge as the same transfer destination so that payment can be made collectively for the bills of different claimants. Electronic invoice management system.