JP6385390B2 - Charge calculation system and charge calculation method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a charge calculation system and a charge calculation method that enable a charge setting and a service plan based on the purpose of measures such as a declining birthrate and childcare support.

  Conventionally, when a student (person) joins a mobile communication service contract, such as a student discount, the communication charge for the person and their family is discounted for a specified discount rate, for a specified period, and for a monthly communication charge, depending on the conditions. There is a system.

  As this charging system, for example, there is a charge calculation system disclosed in Patent Document 1, and in this charge calculation system, the discount calculation means is the fixed charge, the communication charge, or the fixed charge for each service user number. A discount is calculated for the sum of the service charge and the communication charge, and the charge of the billing destination is calculated based on the discount calculated by the discount calculation means for all service user numbers attached to the billing destination. As the fee system here, the contractor may be provided according to the contractor attributes such as individuals, corporations, non-corporations, men, women, adults, children, junior and senior high school students, university students, etc., and terminals used for using communication services It may be provided according to the type of device attribute such as device, terminal device generation, portable type, fixed type, land use, maritime use, and aviation use.

JP 2009-225120 A

  However, in the above prior art, since the student (person) is a condition of discount application, there is no billing system that discounts communication charges etc. by registering future user candidates, for example, By registering people who cannot join as users, such as newborn babies and infants who are born, communication charges etc. cannot be discounted, and there is a disadvantage that service plans can not be set based on the purpose of measures such as declining birthrate and childcare support. It was.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the above-described problems, and allows for discounts by registering persons who cannot be subscribed as current users, such as newborn babies and infants, for example, when charging communication charges, etc. It is an object to provide a charge calculation system and a charge calculation method capable of diversifying charging methods, such as charging settings and service plans for the purpose of promoting measures for childcare and childcare.

(1) System Invention In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a fee calculation system for calculating a fee for use of a communication service,
A candidate management database that associates and accumulates user candidates who are members of the group to which the user of the communication service belongs and who are not the target of the communication service, attributes of each user candidate, and the user; ,
A communication fee calculating means for calculating a communication fee of the communication service for the user;
With reference to the candidate management database, the communication fee calculated by the communication fee calculation means is calculated according to the attribute or the number of the user candidates, and when there is no user candidate And a discount calculation means for calculating the communication fee without calculating the discount.

  According to the present invention, when a subscriber is already a subscriber using a communication service, the member is included in a group such as a family to which the subscriber belongs and is still a member of the communication service. By registering a person who is not a user candidate as a user candidate, a discount service can be provided depending on the attributes and number of the user candidates. That is, for example, when the subscriber is a parent and the family has unregistered children such as newborns, etc., depending on the information (number of people, number of people, age, gender, date of birth, etc.) and subscription status The discount rate and its application period, for example, the period from birth to elementary school graduation can be determined, and discount services such as discounting monthly communication charges for mobile phones for subscribers and their families can be provided . According to such discount services, the discount rate increases as the number of registered children increases, or the bonus discount rate increases as the period from registration to enrollment becomes shorter. A service plan based on the purpose of support, etc. can be provided.

In the above invention, when payment is made for a user of the communication service in a payment server for payment for purchase of goods or provision of service, payment information acquisition means for acquiring payment information regarding payment of the price ,
In response to an inquiry from the payment server, the candidate management database is referred to, a discount for the price is calculated according to the attribute or number of the user candidates, and the calculation result is notified to the payment server side. Discount information notification means can be further provided.

  In such an invention, when the communication service subscriber pays for the purchase of goods or the provision of the service, the candidate management database described above accepts an inquiry from the settlement server that performs the settlement. For example, when a subscriber purchases a childcare-related product / service from a WebEC site or the like, the childcare discount amount for the product is determined and discounted together with the registration information on the communication service side. . Since the EC site is only notified of the discounted amount for the inquiry, the child's personal information is not known to the EC site and can receive discounts for childcare support in a wide range. It will be.

Another invention is a charge calculation system for calculating a charge for the use of a communication service,
A candidate management database that associates and accumulates user candidates who are members of the group to which the user of the communication service belongs and who are not the target of the communication service, attributes of each user candidate, and the user; ,
A communication fee calculating means for calculating a communication fee of the communication service for the user;
Payment information acquisition means for acquiring payment information relating to payment of a price to a user of the communication service for purchase of goods or provision of services;
Based on the payment information acquired by the payment information acquisition means, referring to the candidate management database, depending on the attribute or number of the user candidates, the price related to the payment information, or the communication fee calculation means, A discount calculation means is provided for calculating a discount for the calculated communication fee, and calculating the communication fee without calculating the discount when there is no user candidate.

  According to the present invention, when a subscriber is already a subscriber using a communication service, the member is included in a group such as a family to which the subscriber belongs and is still a member of the communication service. By registering a person who is not a user candidate as a user candidate, a discount service can be provided depending on the attributes and number of the user candidates. According to such discount services, the discount rate increases as the number of registered children increases, or the bonus discount rate increases as the period from registration to enrollment becomes shorter. A service plan based on the purpose of support, etc. can be provided.

  In particular, in the present invention, when a communication service subscriber pays for the purchase of a product or provision of a service, the payment method can be selected together with the communication fee. In addition, the communication service can determine the childcare discount amount of the product and make a payment at the discounted amount, and the EC site will not be informed of the discount amount as well as whether the discount has been made or not. Therefore, personal information including the presence or absence of children is not known to the EC site.

  In the above-described invention, a candidate attribute changing unit that changes the attribute of the user candidate with time and updates the data in the candidate management database can be further provided. In this case, by changing the attributes of the user candidate with the passage of time, for example, if the user candidate is a newborn, the birthday celebration, Shichigosan celebration, admission celebration, etc. Additional information such as discount services, child-care product recommendation advertisements, and introduction of terminals for children can be provided, and the service can be diversified.

  In the above invention, the discount calculation further includes a value information database that stores the value information assigned to the user or the group to which the user belongs, in association with the user or the group to which the user belongs. The discount by means can be calculated by adding the value information. In this case, it can be discounted via value information such as additional services such as points, coupons, and other special services. For example, the price of goods and services is a regular price that is not discounted, and points are given. Discount services can be implemented indirectly. As a result, for example, the regular price before discounting can be notified to the EC site, or the settlement can be performed, and the contents of the discount service can be avoided from being known to the EC site. it can.

(2) Method invention The present invention is also a fee calculation method for calculating a fee for use of a communication service,
A user candidate who is a member of a group to which a user of the communication service belongs and is not a target of the communication service, an attribute of each user candidate, and the user are associated and stored in the candidate management database. Candidate management steps,
A communication fee calculating means for calculating a communication fee of the communication service for the user;
Discount calculation means refers to the candidate management database, calculates a discount on the communication fee calculated in the communication fee calculation step according to the attribute or number of the user candidates, and the user candidate A discount calculation step of calculating the communication fee without calculating the discount when there is no discount.

  According to the present invention, when a subscriber is already a subscriber using a communication service, the member is included in a group such as a family to which the subscriber belongs and is still a member of the communication service. By registering a person who is not a user candidate as a user candidate, a discount service can be provided depending on the attributes and number of the user candidates. That is, for example, when the subscriber is a parent and the family has unregistered children such as newborns, etc., depending on the information (number of people, number of people, age, gender, date of birth, etc.) and subscription status The discount rate and its application period, for example, the period from birth to elementary school graduation can be determined, and discount services such as discounting monthly communication charges for subscribers and their family mobile phones can be provided . According to such discount services, the discount rate increases as the number of registered children increases, or the bonus discount rate increases as the period from registration to enrollment becomes shorter. A service plan based on the purpose of support, etc. can be provided.

In the above invention, when payment is made for a user of the communication service at a payment server for payment for purchase of goods or provision of service, payment information acquisition means acquires payment information regarding payment of the price. A payment information acquisition step;
Discount information notifying means refers to the candidate management database in response to an inquiry from the payment server, calculates a discount for the price according to the attribute or number of the user candidates, and calculates the calculation result as the calculation result. It is preferable to further include a discount information notification step for notifying the settlement server side.

  In such an invention, when the communication service subscriber pays for the purchase of goods or the provision of the service, the candidate management database described above accepts an inquiry from the settlement server that performs the settlement. For example, when a subscriber purchases a childcare-related product / service from a WebEC site or the like, the childcare discount amount for the product is determined and discounted together with the registration information on the communication service side. . Since the EC site is only notified of the discounted amount for the inquiry, the child's personal information is not known to the EC site and can receive discounts for childcare support in a wide range. It will be.

Furthermore, the present invention is a charge calculation method for calculating a charge for use of a communication service,
A user candidate who is a member of a group to which a user of the communication service belongs and is not a target of the communication service, an attribute of each user candidate, and the user are associated and stored in the candidate management database. Candidate management steps,
A communication fee calculating means for calculating a communication fee of the communication service for the user;
A payment information acquisition step in which the payment information acquisition means acquires payment information relating to payment of a price to the user of the communication service for purchase of goods or provision of services;
Discount calculation means refers to the candidate management database based on the payment information acquired in the payment information acquisition step, and depending on the attribute or number of the user candidates, the price related to the payment information, or the A discount calculation step of calculating a discount for the communication fee calculated by the communication fee calculation means, and calculating the communication fee without calculating the discount when there is no user candidate. Features.

  According to the present invention, when a subscriber is already a subscriber using a communication service, the member is included in a group such as a family to which the subscriber belongs and is still a member of the communication service. By registering a person who is not a user candidate as a user candidate, a discount service can be provided depending on the attributes and number of the user candidates. According to such discount services, the discount rate increases as the number of registered children increases, or the bonus discount rate increases as the period from registration to enrollment becomes shorter. A service plan based on the purpose of support, etc. can be provided.

  In particular, in the present invention, when a communication service subscriber pays for the purchase of a product or provision of a service, the payment method can be selected together with the communication fee. In addition, the telecommunications service can determine the childcare discount amount of the product and make a payment at the discounted amount, and the EC site will not be informed of the discount amount as well as whether the discount has been made or not. Therefore, it is possible to prevent personal information including the presence or absence of children from being known to the EC site.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when charging a communication fee or the like, for example, a discount can be provided by registering a person who cannot be subscribed as a current user, such as a newborn baby or an infant, and information necessary for childcare is provided. It is possible to implement additional services, such as billing settings and service plans for the purpose of declining birthrates and childcare support. In addition, by providing services that require a long period of time in line with the growth of children such as measures to reduce birthrate and childcare support, user convenience can be improved and the churn rate can be reduced.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the charge calculation system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the user terminal 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the data structure in the database group of the charge management server 2 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the charge calculation in the charge calculation method which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the advertisement delivery in the fee calculation method which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the notification of discount information in the charge calculation method which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the charge calculation system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement at the time of the account settlement agent process in the charge calculation method which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
Embodiments of a fee calculation system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the system according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the charge calculation system according to the present embodiment is a system that calculates a charge for using a communication service such as a call or data communication in a mobile phone such as a mobile phone or a smartphone. , A user terminal 1 possessed by each subscriber 1a, a charge management server 2, and a sales server 3 of an EC site. Although only one user terminal 1 is shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of user terminals 1 can be connected to the communication network 5 and can participate in the present system.

  The communication network 5 includes a wireless communication network, and various communication lines (telephone lines, ISDN lines, ADSL lines, public lines such as optical lines, private lines, wireless communication networks) are mutually connected using the communication protocol TCP / IP. This is a distributed communication network constructed by connecting, and this communication network 5 includes the Internet, a LAN such as an intranet (in-company network), a home network, and the like.

  The sales server 3 is a Web server that provides an EC site. In a document system such as WWW (World Wide Web) arranged on the communication network 5, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) files, image files, music files, etc. A server computer that performs information transmission or software having the function thereof, stores information such as HTML documents and images, and responds to content (in response to a request from an application such as a Web browser executed on the user terminal 1). Web pages) are distributed to the user terminal 1 to sell products in the virtual store. The sales server 3 also has a payment server function for executing a payment process. When a product purchase procedure is executed in the sales server 3 on the EC site, the sales server 3 is based on the purchaser's user information and payment information. Processing such as bank withdrawal and credit settlement is executed.

  The user terminal 1 is a terminal possessed by a customer. The user terminal 1 is equipped with a CPU and can execute various arithmetic processes. The user terminal 1 includes a communication interface, is connected to the communication network 5, and is distributed on the communication network 5. It is an information terminal device that can access information data distributed by the management server 2. As the user terminal 1, for example, a general-purpose computer having a communication function such as a smartphone or a mobile phone, or a mobile computer can be employed.

(Internal structure of each device)
Next, the internal structure of each device constituting the above fee calculation system will be described.
(1) Billing management server 2
First, the internal configuration of the charge management server 2 will be described. The accounting management server 2 can be composed of a plurality of server groups such as a web server and a database server in addition to a single server device. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20 and various database groups.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the various database groups include a user management database 23a and a candidate management database 23b for user management, a charging database 24b and a communication history database 25 for calculating charges. It is. In the present embodiment, a point database 24a for managing points as value information is also provided.

  The user management database 23a is a database for accumulating information related to customers possessing the user terminal 1, and in this embodiment, authentication information such as a user ID (such as the IP address of the user terminal 1) for identifying the user terminal 1 and a password. In addition to personal information such as phone number, e-mail address, user name, age, and gender, payment information and point information are recorded in association with each other.

  The candidate management database 23b stores the user candidates who are members of the group to which the subscriber 1a of the communication service belongs and is not a target of the communication service, the attributes of each user candidate, and the user in association with each other. It is a database device. The group to which the user belongs is, for example, a family, and the user candidate includes a child or grandchild when the user is a parent.

  The communication history database 25 is a database device that records the call duration of each user and the amount of data transmitted and received. The accounting database 24b is a database device that accumulates information related to billing charges for each user. The charge in this embodiment is a price paid to the communication infrastructure actually used by the user. In addition to the basic charge and the fixed charge, the pay-as-you-go system is charged according to the call time and the amount of communication packets. Price is included. The point database 24a is a value information database that stores the value information assigned to the subscriber 1a or the group to which the subscriber 1a belongs in association with the subscriber 1a or the group. In the present embodiment, the value information is a point information. Will be handled.

  The control unit 20 is configured by a processor such as a CPU or DSP (Digital Signal Processor), memory, hardware such as other electronic circuits, software such as a program having the function, or a combination thereof. It is an arithmetic module, and various function modules are virtually constructed by appropriately reading and executing a program, and various processes for operation control of each unit and user operations are performed by the constructed function modules. The communication interface 21 is an interface for performing data communication with the user terminal 1, the sales server 3, and the like via the communication network 5.

In this embodiment, the control unit 20 is configured with a communication fee calculation unit 207, a charging processing unit 206, and a discount calculation unit 205 as a module group for calculating a charge related to the communication service.
The communication fee calculation unit 207 is a module that calculates the communication fee of the communication service for the user, reads out the communication history of the communication history database 25 and calculates the pay-per-use part, and the calculated value is the charge processing unit 206. Is input. The billing processing unit 206 reads billing settings such as a predetermined basic charge from the user management database 23a based on the service plan contracted by the user, calculates the charge for the flat fee billing portion, and reads the communication history of the communication history database 25. The pay-as-you-go billing part is calculated to calculate the total amount billed for communications. In addition, when the user uses an external service and selects a method of paying the fee together with the communication fee, the billing processing unit 206 adds this fee to the monthly communication fee. To calculate the total amount billed per month.

  The discount calculation unit 205 is a module that refers to the candidate management database 23b and calculates a discount for the communication fee calculated by the communication fee calculation unit 207 in accordance with the attributes or the number of users. The billing processing unit 206 subtracts the discount amount calculated by the discount calculation unit 205 from the communication fee, and calculates the total amount charged per month.

Further, the control unit 20 includes a candidate attribute changing unit 204 and an advertisement notifying unit 203 as modules relating to user candidates.
The candidate attribute changing unit 204 is a module that changes the attribute of the user candidate as time passes and updates the data in the candidate management database 23b. That is, for example, when a user candidate is a newborn baby in a family, the age is 0 years old and grows with the passage of time, and the attributes are from newborn to infant, infant, preschooler, elementary school ... It will be changed. This attribute includes birthdays that vary depending on the date of birth, such as early birth and late birth, seventy-five, minor events such as kindergarten / nursery school admission, graduation, elementary school admission, and the occurrence of regular events. The attribute change result is reflected in the candidate management database 23b. In this embodiment, the candidate attribute changing unit 204 includes a clock unit 204a. The clock unit 204a is a module that measures elapsed time and date, and measures the time passage of each user and user candidate and controls the timing of attribute change processing by the candidate attribute change unit 204.

  The advertisement notification unit 203 is a module that creates and distributes content such as an advertisement mail addressed to each user. In this embodiment, the advertisement notification unit 203 refers to the candidate management database 23b and determines the advertisement contents according to the attributes of the user candidates. It has a function to add. That is, the advertisement notifying unit 203 analyzes each user management database 23a, candidate management database 23b, purchase history, communication history, etc., and uses the communication service in the area where each user and user candidate live, This module analyzes terminal purchase trends. In other words, it analyzes how much the types of user candidates who are users and their families are distributed in the residential area, and what kind of usage environment there are users with similar attributes in that area. , Estimate the trend, and reflect the estimation result in the advertisement content. For example, if the user's family has the attribute of an upper grade of elementary school, analyze the communication services and terminal types that are used by the upper grades of the elementary school in that area, and use it by other children of the same grade. Generates and distributes advertising data for existing communication services and terminal models.

Furthermore, the control unit 20 includes an information request acquisition unit 202 and a discount information notification unit 201 as modules for developing discount services externally in cooperation with an external EC site.
The information request acquisition unit 202 is a module that accepts an inquiry about discount from the sales server 3 when paying for the subscriber 1a in the sales server 3 for paying for purchase of goods or provision of services. Specifically, a discount information request including information on a user ID for identifying a user and information on a product (or an attribute of the product) related to the browsing or purchase procedure of the user is received from the sales server 3.

  In detail, when the subscriber 1a accesses the sales server 3 when purchasing a product in the present embodiment, various product information is displayed, and each product has attributes and the number of user candidates in the user's family. Corresponding discount information is presented. This discount information is displayed only when the user logs in through the authentication process and the user himself / herself is specified.

  On the EC site side, by identifying the accessing user, the user ID is included in the discount information request and transmitted to the information request acquisition unit 202 of the charging management server 2 to be notified from the charging management server 2, and the EC Displayed on the site. Specifically, information relating to the product that the user intends to purchase is extracted from the payment information included in the discount information request, and is sent to the discount calculation unit 205. The discount calculation unit 205 refers to the candidate management database 23b based on the payment information sent from the information request acquisition unit 202, calculates a discount for the price to be paid according to the attributes or number of user candidates, Delivered to the discount information notification unit 201.

  The discount information notification unit 201 is a module for notifying the sales server 3 side of the EC site of the calculation result calculated by the discount calculation unit 205 in response to an inquiry from the settlement server. The discount information notified by the discount information notification unit 201 may be a specific discount amount or may be notified as a discount rate. In the present embodiment, the discount by the discount calculation unit 205 can also be calculated by giving points.

(2) User terminal 1
Next, the internal configuration of the user terminal 1 will be described. The internal configuration of the user terminal 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the user terminal 1 includes a communication interface 11, a memory 15, an application execution unit 14, an output interface 13, and an input interface 12.

  The communication interface 11 is a communication interface for performing data communication, and has a function of performing contact (wired) communication by wireless or the like, or by a cable, an adapter unit, or the like. The input interface 12 is a device for inputting user operations such as operation buttons and a touch panel. The output interface 13 is a device that outputs video and sound, such as a display and a speaker. In particular, the output interface 13 includes a display unit 13a such as a liquid crystal display. The memory 15 is a storage device that stores an OS (Operating System), programs for various applications, other data, and the like, and a user ID for identifying a user is stored in the memory 15.

  The application execution unit 14 is a module that executes an application such as a general OS or browser software, and is usually realized by a CPU or the like. The application execution unit 14 includes a browser unit 14a. The browser unit 14a is application software for browsing a Web page. The browser unit 14a downloads an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file, an image file, or the like from the charge management server 2 and analyzes the layout to display it on the screen of the display unit 13a. Web page of EC site related to product purchase service is displayed / reproduced.

  In the present embodiment, when purchasing the product, the browser unit 14a displays various product information when accessing the sales server 3, and each product has a discount according to the attributes and the number of user candidates in the user's family. Information is presented. This discount information is displayed only when the user logs in through the authentication process and the user himself / herself is specified. The sales server 3 side of the EC site specifies the accessing user. Thus, the user ID is included in the discount information request and transmitted to the information request acquisition unit 202 of the charge management server 2 to be notified from the charge management server 2 and displayed on the EC site.

(Charge calculation method)
By operating the charge calculation system having the above configuration, the charge calculation method of the present invention can be implemented. 4 to 6 are sequence diagrams showing the operation of the fee calculation system according to this embodiment.

(1) Operation at the time of call charge billing Here, the operation at the time of basic call charge calculation will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation during charge calculation according to the present embodiment.

  Personal information related to the user of the communication service is stored in the user management database 23a in advance, and the 0-year-old child who is a member of the family to which the subscriber 1a belongs and information about the 0-year-old child (birth date, sex, etc.) Attribute) and the subscriber 1a are linked and stored in the candidate management database 23b. And the communication history about the telephone call and data communication which the subscriber 1a utilized every day, and other services is accumulate | stored in the communication history database 25. FIG.

  In addition, about the information accumulate | stored in the candidate management database 23b, the attribute of a user candidate is sequentially updated with time passage by the candidate attribute change part 204. FIG. That is, for example, when a user candidate is a newborn baby in a family, the age is 0 years old and grows with the passage of time, and the attributes are from newborn to infant, infant, preschooler, elementary school ... It has changed.

  Then, the charge is calculated periodically as every month. First, various databases are referred to (S101), the communication histories accumulated in the communication history database 25 are totaled for each user, and the monthly communication fee for each user is calculated (S102). At this time, with reference to the candidate management database 23b, it is determined whether there is a person registered as a user candidate in the family to which each user belongs (S103). If there is a user candidate (“Y” in S103), the communication fee calculated by the communication fee calculation unit 207 in step S102 according to the attributes or the number of user candidates extracted from the candidate management database 23b. Is calculated (S104), and charging processing is performed based on the discounted communication charge (S105). Conditions for this discount include those who have not yet joined the family as a communication service user, such as newborns, infants, preschoolers, elementary school children, or grandchildren in the family. It is done.

  On the other hand, if there is no user candidate (“N” in S103), a charging process is performed based on the communication fee calculated in step S102 (S105).

(2) Advertisement distribution In the present embodiment, advertisement distribution is performed using information related to user candidates accumulated in the candidate management database 23b. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation during advertisement distribution according to the present embodiment.

  Also here, personal information regarding the user of the communication service is stored in the user management database 23a in advance, and attributes such as date of birth, sex, etc. are given as information regarding the 0-year-old who is a member of the family to which the subscriber 1a belongs. Assume that it is linked to the subscriber 1a and accumulated in the candidate management database 23b.

  And at the time of advertisement distribution, a charge is calculated. First, various databases are referred to (S201), and advertisement data is generated based on information stored in the user management database 23a (S202). At this time, with reference to the candidate management database 23b, it is determined whether or not there is a person registered as a user candidate in the family to which each user belongs (S203). If there is a user candidate (“Y” in S203), according to the attribute of the user candidate extracted from the candidate management database 23b, the advertisement data generated in step S202 is used for the user candidate. Is added (S204), and advertisement data including information for the user candidate is distributed (S205).

  In this embodiment, when generating an advertisement for a user candidate, the distribution analysis unit 203a analyzes each user management database 23a, candidate management database 23b, purchase history, communication history, etc. It analyzes the usage status of communication services and the purchase trend of terminals in the area where the candidates live, and reflects the analysis results. In other words, it analyzes how much the types of user candidates who are users and their families are distributed in the residential area, and what kind of usage environment there are users with similar attributes in that area. , Estimate the trend, and reflect the estimation result in the advertisement content. For example, if the user's family has the attribute of an upper grade of elementary school, analyze the communication services and terminal types that are used by the upper grades of the elementary school in that area, and use it by other children of the same grade. Generates and distributes advertising data for existing communication services and terminal models.

  On the other hand, if there is no user candidate (“N” in S203), the advertisement data generated in step S202 is distributed as it is (S205).

(3) During E-Commerce Discount Processing Next, the operation at the time of notification of discount information according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an operation at the time of discount information notification according to the present embodiment.

  Also here, personal information regarding the user of the communication service is stored in the user management database 23a in advance, and attributes such as date of birth, sex, etc. are given as information regarding the 0-year-old who is a member of the family to which the subscriber 1a belongs. Assume that it is linked to the subscriber 1a and accumulated in the candidate management database 23b.

  First, when the subscriber 1a browses products on the EC site sales server 3 through the communication network 5, selects a product to be purchased, and proceeds with the purchase procedure (S301), a discount service based on the user candidate is provided on the EC site. Can receive. That is, in the EC site, when the subscriber 1a accesses the sales server 3, various product information is displayed, and each product is presented with discount information according to the attributes and number of user candidates in the user's family. . This discount information is displayed only when the user logs in through the authentication process and the user himself / herself is specified.

  In order to provide this discount service, the EC site sales server 3 transmits a request for discount information to the billing server-0 (S302). Specifically, when paying for the purchase of goods or the provision of services, the sales server 3 sends an inquiry about discounts to the charge management server 2. At this time, the discount information request includes the user ID for specifying the user and information on the product (or the attribute of the product) related to the user's browsing or purchasing procedure.

  The billing management server 2 that has received this discount information request (S303) refers to the candidate management database 23b (S304), and determines whether there is a person registered as a user candidate in the family to which each user belongs. Judgment is made (S305). If there is a user candidate (“Y” in S305), a discount calculation is performed according to the attribute of the user candidate extracted from the candidate management database 23b (S306). More specifically, the billing management server 2 extracts information related to the product that the user intends to purchase from the payment information included in the discount information request, and sends it to the discount calculation unit 205. The discount calculation unit 205 refers to the candidate management database 23b based on the payment information sent from the information request acquisition unit 202, calculates a discount for the price to be paid according to the attributes or number of user candidates, Delivered to the discount information notification unit 201.

  Then, the generated discount information is transmitted to the EC site side (S307). If there is no user candidate (“N” in S305), discount information is generated with no discount based on the user candidate, and the EC site (S307).

  Specifically, the discount information notification unit 201 notifies the EC server sales server 3 side of the calculation result calculated by the discount calculation unit 205 in response to an inquiry from the settlement server. The discount information notified by the discount information notification unit 201 may be a specific discount amount or may be notified as a discount rate. In the present embodiment, the discount by the discount calculation unit 205 can also be calculated by giving points.

  On the EC site side that received this discount information (S308), the billing amount reflecting the discount information unique to the user is sent to the browser on the user terminal 1 side through the EC site (S309), and the user terminal 1 side The billed amount after the discount is presented on the browser (S310). The subscriber 1a can confirm the order after seeing the discounted billing amount.

  In this embodiment, this order confirmation process is transmitted to the EC site as an order confirmation request (S311), and the order confirmation process is executed in the EC site in response to this order confirmation request (S312), and the product purchase procedure is completed. . Upon completion of this purchase procedure, the EC site notifies the charge management server 2 to that effect by a completion report (S313). Upon receiving this completion report, the accounting management server 2 records the discount service history in the user management database 23a (S314).

(Action / Effect)
According to the present embodiment described above, when a subscriber is already a subscriber using a communication service, the member is included in a group such as a family to which the subscriber belongs and is still a subject of the communication service. By registering a person who is not a user candidate as a user candidate, a discount service can be provided depending on the attributes and number of the user candidates. That is, for example, when the subscriber is a parent and the family has unregistered children such as newborns, etc., depending on the information (number of people, number of people, age, gender, date of birth, etc.) and subscription status It is possible to provide a discount service such as discount rate and application period, for example, the period from birth to graduation from elementary school and discount the monthly communication fee of mobile phone for subscribers and their families .

  According to such discount services, the discount rate increases as the number of registered children increases, or the bonus discount rate increases as the period from registration to enrollment becomes shorter. A service plan based on the purpose of support, etc. can be provided.

  In the above embodiment, when the subscriber 1a pays for the purchase of a product or provision of a service on the EC site, the subscriber 1a receives an inquiry from the sales server 3 that performs the settlement and manages the candidate. By referring to the database 23b, it is possible to determine the childcare discount amount of the product and notify the discounted amount together with the registration information on the communication service side.

  According to the discount service according to the present embodiment, the discount rate is increased as the number of registered children increases, or the bonus discount rate is increased as the period from the time of registration to enrollment is shorter. Can provide service plans based on the objectives of childcare measures and childcare support.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, since the attributes of the user candidate are changed with time and the data in the candidate management database 23b is updated, for example, when the user candidate is a newborn, birth Diversification of services can be provided by providing discount information tailored to growth such as day celebrations, Shichigosan celebrations, admission celebrations, additional information such as child-care product recommendation advertisements and introductions to children's terminals. .

[Second Embodiment]
(System configuration)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the above embodiment, the billing management server 2 presents discount information in response to an inquiry from the EC site side. However, in this embodiment, it is possible to select a method for paying for shopping at the EC site together with a communication fee. At the same time, the gist of the communication service is to determine the childcare discount amount of the product and make a settlement with the discounted amount. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the fee calculation system according to this embodiment. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the functions and the like are the same unless otherwise specified, and the description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the billing management server 2 according to the present embodiment includes a settlement processing unit 208 instead of or in addition to the discount information notification unit 201 in the first embodiment. The settlement processing unit 208 is a module that controls the entire product purchase processing in response to an operation signal from the user terminal 1, accepts selection operations and order confirmation operations for each product on the display unit 13 a of the user terminal 1, and orders At the time of confirmation, information such as a settlement method and a shipping address is also accepted.

  In particular, the settlement processing unit 208 is a module for performing settlement on the accounting management server 2 side so that payment for shopping at the EC site can be paid together with a communication fee. The payment processing unit 208 receives a payment proxy request from the EC site side and completes the payment on the charge management server 2 side. The payment processing unit 208 includes a payment completion notification unit 208a, and is a module that notifies the EC site when a payment for a payment proxy request is completed.

  Thereby, in this embodiment, when the communication service subscriber pays for the purchase of goods or the provision of the service, the payment method can be selected together with the communication fee. Along with the information, the communication service determines the childcare discount amount for the product and settles the discounted amount. At this time, only the fact that the payment is completed is notified to the EC site side by the payment completion notifying unit 208a so that not only the discounted amount but also information on whether or not the discount has been made is not notified.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the discount calculation unit 205 can perform the discount service through value information that increases the added value of the service, such as provision of points, coupons, and other privilege services, instead of reducing the payment amount. It has become. For example, the price of goods and services is a regular price that is not discounted, and a discount service is indirectly provided by giving points.

  In this embodiment, the billing processing unit 206 executes a settlement process for the product price received by the settlement processing unit 208, and performs a settlement operation such as collection of a product sales price together with a communication fee in accordance with the settlement information. . Thereby, in this embodiment, when the communication service subscriber pays for the purchase of goods or the provision of the service, the payment method can be selected together with the communication fee. Along with the information, the communication service can determine the childcare discount amount for the product and make a payment at the discounted amount.

(Financial agency processing)
Next, the operation at the time of settlement settlement processing according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing an operation during the settlement agent processing according to the present embodiment.
Also here, personal information regarding the user of the communication service is stored in the user management database 23a in advance, and attributes such as date of birth, sex, etc. are given as information regarding the 0-year-old who is a member of the family to which the subscriber 1a belongs. Assume that it is linked to the subscriber 1a and accumulated in the candidate management database 23b.

  First, when the subscriber 1a browses a product on the sales server 3 of the EC site through the communication network 5, selects a product to purchase, and proceeds with the purchase procedure (S401), a discount service based on the user candidate is provided on the EC site. Can receive. In other words, when the subscriber 1a accesses the billing management server 2 at the time of the payment agent, discount information corresponding to the attributes and the number of user candidates in the user's family is presented for each product related to the payment agent. This discount information is displayed only when the user himself / herself is specified by logging into the billing management server 2.

  In order to provide this discount service, the EC site sales server 3 transmits a settlement proxy request to the billing server-0 (S402). More specifically, when paying for the purchase of goods or the provision of services, the sales server 3 at the EC site sends an inquiry regarding discounts to the charge management server 2. At this time, the payment agent request includes payment information such as a user ID for identifying the user and a product (or an attribute of the product) related to the user's browsing or purchase procedure.

  The billing management server 2 that has received this settlement proxy request (S403) refers to the candidate management database 23b (S404), and determines whether or not there is a person registered as a user candidate in the family to which each user belongs. Judgment is made (S405). If there is a user candidate (“Y” in S405), a discount calculation is performed according to the attributes of the user candidate extracted from the candidate management database 23b (S406). More specifically, the billing management server 2 extracts information related to the product that the user intends to purchase from the payment information included in the discount information request, and sends it to the discount calculation unit 205. The discount calculation unit 205 refers to the candidate management database 23b based on the payment information sent from the information request acquisition unit 202, calculates a discount for the price to be paid according to the attributes or number of user candidates, Delivered to the discount information notification unit 201.

  Then, the generated discount information is transmitted directly to the user terminal 1 as billing amount information (S407). If there is no user candidate (“N” in S405), the billing amount is based on no discount based on the user candidate. Information is generated and transmitted to the user terminal 1 side (S407). On the user terminal 1 side that has received this billing amount information, a billing amount reflecting discount information unique to the user is presented on the browser (S408). The subscriber 1a can confirm the order after seeing the discounted billing amount.

  In this embodiment, this order confirmation process is transmitted to the charge management server 2 as a payment process execution request (S409), and the charge management server 2 executes the payment process in response to the payment process execution request (S410). The purchase procedure is completed. Upon completion of this purchase procedure, the billing management server 2 notifies the EC site and the user terminal as a completion report (S411). Upon receiving this completion report, the EC site executes a payment completion process (S412), and the user terminal 1 is notified that the payment is completed (S413). Thereafter, the billing server records the discount service history in the billing database 24b and the point database 24a (S314).

(Action / Effect)
According to the present embodiment described above, when a subscriber is already a subscriber using a communication service, the member is included in a group such as a family to which the subscriber belongs and is still a subject of the communication service. By registering a person who is not a user candidate as a user candidate, a discount service can be provided depending on the attributes and number of the user candidates. According to such discount services, the discount rate increases as the number of registered children increases, or the bonus discount rate increases as the period from registration to enrollment becomes shorter. A service plan based on the purpose of support, etc. can be provided.

  In particular, in this embodiment, when a communication service subscriber pays for the purchase of a product or provision of a service, the payment method can be selected together with the communication fee, and the communication service side registration information can be selected. At the same time, the telecommunications service can determine the childcare discount amount for the product and make a payment at the discounted amount. The EC site also knows whether or not the discount has been made. Therefore, personal information including the presence or absence of children is not known to the EC site.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... User terminal 1a ... Subscriber 2 ... Billing management server 3 ... Sales server 5 ... Communication network 11 ... Communication interface 12 ... Input interface 13 ... Output interface 13a ... Display part 14 ... Application execution part 14a ... Browser part 15 ... Memory 20 ... Control unit 21 ... Communication interface 23a ... User management database 23b ... Candidate management database 24a ... Point database 24b ... Billing database 25 ... Communication history database 201 ... Discount information notification unit 202 ... Information request acquisition unit 203 ... Advertise notification unit 203a ... Distribution analysis unit 204 ... Candidate attribute change unit 204a ... Clock unit 205 ... Discount calculation unit 206 ... Billing processing unit 207 ... Communication fee calculation unit 208 ... Settlement processing unit 208a ... Settlement completion notification unit

Claims (8)

A charge calculation system for calculating a charge for using a communication service,
A candidate management database that associates and accumulates user candidates who are members of the group to which the user of the communication service belongs and who are not the target of the communication service, attributes of each user candidate, and the user; ,
A communication fee calculating means for calculating a communication fee of the communication service for the user;
With reference to the candidate management database, the communication fee calculated by the communication fee calculation means is calculated according to the attribute or the number of the user candidates, and when there is no user candidate A charge calculation system comprising discount calculation means for calculating the communication charge without calculating the discount. Payment information acquisition means for acquiring payment information relating to payment of the price when payment is made for a user of the communication service in a payment server for payment for the purchase of goods or provision of services;
In response to an inquiry from the payment server, the candidate management database is referred to, a discount for the price is calculated according to the attribute or number of the user candidates, and the calculation result is notified to the payment server side. The fee calculation system according to claim 1, further comprising discount information notification means. A charge calculation system for calculating a charge for using a communication service,
A candidate management database that associates and accumulates user candidates who are members of the group to which the user of the communication service belongs and who are not the target of the communication service, attributes of each user candidate, and the user; ,
A communication fee calculating means for calculating a communication fee of the communication service for the user;
Payment information acquisition means for acquiring payment information relating to payment of a price to a user of the communication service for purchase of goods or provision of services;
Based on the payment information acquired by the payment information acquisition means, referring to the candidate management database, depending on the attribute or number of the user candidates, the price related to the payment information, or the communication fee calculation means, A charge calculation comprising: a discount calculation means for calculating a discount on the calculated communication charge, and calculating the communication charge without calculating the discount when there is no user candidate system.   The attribute of the user candidate is changed as time elapses, and further includes a candidate attribute changing unit that updates data in the candidate management database. Charge calculation system. Further comprising a value information database for storing the value information given to the user or the group to which the user belongs, in association with the user or the group to which the user belongs,
5. The fee calculation system according to claim 1, wherein the discount by the discount calculation means is calculated by adding the value information. A charge calculation method for calculating a charge for using a communication service,
In the storage device of the server device, a user candidate who is a member of the group to which the user of the communication service belongs and is not a target user of the communication service, an attribute of each user candidate, and the user are linked. A candidate management step stored in a candidate management database;
A communication fee calculating means for calculating a communication fee of the communication service for the user;
Candidate management steps for storing in a candidate management database that is a storage device of the server device;
Discount calculation means that is a calculation module of the server device refers to the candidate management database, and calculates a discount for the communication fee calculated in the communication fee calculation step according to the attribute or number of the user candidates. And a discount calculation step of calculating the communication fee without calculating the discount when there is no user candidate. When payment is made for a user of the communication service in a payment server for payment for purchase of goods or provision of services, payment information regarding payment of the payment is obtained as payment information that is a calculation module of the server device. A payment information acquisition step acquired by the means;
Discount information notification means, which is a calculation module of the server device, refers to the candidate management database in response to an inquiry from the settlement server, and calculates a discount for the price according to the attributes or number of the user candidates. The charge calculation method according to claim 6, further comprising a discount information notification step of notifying the settlement server of the calculation result. A charge calculation method for calculating a charge for using a communication service,
In the storage device of the server device, a user candidate who is a member of the group to which the user of the communication service belongs and is not a target user of the communication service, an attribute of each user candidate, and the user are linked. A candidate management step stored in a candidate management database;
A communication fee calculating means for calculating a communication fee of the communication service for the user;
A payment information acquisition step in which payment information acquisition means, which is a calculation module of the server device, acquires payment information related to payment of a price for a user of the communication service for purchase of goods or provision of services;
Discount calculation means, which is a calculation module of the server device, refers to the candidate management database based on the payment information acquired in the payment information acquisition step, and determines the payment according to the attribute or number of the user candidates. Discount for calculating the communication fee without calculating the discount when the user is not a candidate for the communication fee calculated by the communication fee or the communication fee calculation means. A charge calculation method comprising a calculation step.