JP6686545B2 - Information processing apparatus and information processing system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing device and an information processing system.

  Conventionally, a technique has been proposed that can simplify the procedure when making a donation to a local government or the like (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP, 2005-079358, A

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 merely simplifies the procedure, and there is a problem that it is not possible to improve the content of the service to the donor. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides an information processing apparatus and an information processing system capable of improving the content of services for donors.

  One aspect of the present invention is a payment information acquisition unit that acquires the customer identification information for identifying a customer of an energy supply business operator and the money amount information indicating the amount of money paid by the customer to a specific municipality in association with each other, and the payment information. Based on the money amount information and the customer identification information acquired by the acquisition unit in association with each other, a specific benefit given to the specific customer identified by the customer identification information is selected from the benefits provided by the energy supplier. It is an information processing apparatus comprising: a privilege selecting unit that performs the privilege selection; and a privilege information providing unit that provides privilege information indicating the specific privilege selected by the privilege selecting unit to the specific customer.

Further, one embodiment of the present invention is a privilege provided by an energy supplier, which is a privilege given to a specific customer who has paid to a specific municipality among the customers of the energy supplier. The privilege information acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit is calculated by the privilege information acquisition unit that a computer included in the own information processing device acquires from other information processing devices and the computer included in the own information processing device. Information according to the content of the specific privilege to be shown, instruction information for changing the usage amount of the specific customer of the energy supplied by the energy supplier, a privilege giving unit for outputting as a privilege to the specific customer, It is an information processing apparatus including.

Also, in one embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the A certain privilege, a privilege to increase the amount of energy the energy supply company provides to the customer, the privilege granting unit, the own Energy supplied by the energy supplier to the specific customer as the instruction information according to the content of the specific privilege indicated by the privilege information acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit by calculation of a computer included in the information processing device. Is output as a privilege for the specific customer .

Further, in the information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, the specific privilege is a privilege for reducing a charge charged to the customer by the energy supplier , and the privilege granting unit is configured to perform self-information processing. The use of the energy supplied by the energy supplier for the specific customer as the instruction information according to the content of the specific privilege indicated by the privilege information acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit by the calculation of the computer included in the device. The amount reduction instruction information for reducing the amount is output as a privilege for the specific customer, and information indicating the amount of energy use of the specific customer stored in the database is calculated by a computer included in the information processing device, and the privilege. Subtracting a portion corresponding to the specific privilege from the usage amount of the specific customer based on the weight reduction instruction information output by the giving unit. Te, and a billing calculation unit for calculating a billing amount after privilege granting.

  Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, a customer identification information for identifying a customer of an energy supplier, and a payment information acquisition unit that acquires the money information indicating the money paid by the customer to a specific municipality in association with each other, Based on the money amount information and the customer identification information acquired by the payment information acquisition unit in association with each other, a special privilege given to the specific customer identified by the customer identification information is specified by the energy supplier. A first information processing apparatus including: a privilege selection unit that selects from a privilege selection unit; and a privilege information provision unit that provides privilege information indicating the specific privilege selected by the privilege selection unit to the specific customer; A privilege information acquisition unit for acquiring the privilege information provided by the department to the specific customer, and the specific privilege indicated by the privilege information acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit for the specific customer A privilege granting unit that is an information processing system and a second information processing apparatus including a.

  According to the present invention, the service content for customers can be improved.

It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the service content which the information processing system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention provides. It is a figure showing an example of functional composition of an information processing system of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the privilege information memorize | stored in the privilege information database of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the customer information memorize | stored in the customer information database of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the billing information memorize | stored in the billing information database of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of operation | movement of the local government side information processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of operation | movement of the energy supply provider side information processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the charge calculation by the billing calculation part of this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of functional composition of an information processing system of a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the payer information memorize | stored in the payer information database of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the application pattern of the privilege which the privilege presentation part of this embodiment shows. It is a figure which shows the modification of the application pattern of the privilege which the privilege presentation part of this embodiment shows.

[First Embodiment]
An embodiment of an information processing system 10 according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of service contents provided by an information processing system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The information processing system 10 provides a service which gives a payer a privilege based on a so-called “hometown tax payment system”. The energy supplier 1 issues the invoice Ivc to its own customer 2. In this example, the energy supplier 1 is, for example, a power supplier. That is, the energy supplier 1 supplies electric power to the customer 2. The invoice Ivc is a document for charging the customer 2 for the price of energy supplied to the customer 2 by the energy supplier 1. That is, the energy supplier 1 bills the price of the electric power supplied to the customer 2 with the invoice Ivc. The invoice Ivc is provided with a title such as "Notice of power consumption".

When paying the hometown tax, the customer 2 submits the application form App to the local government 3. This application form App is provided with a title such as "Hometown tax application form". The application form App includes information on the customer number UID and the payment amount Am. The customer number UID is customer identification information that identifies a customer of the energy supplier 1.
When the application form App is a paper medium, the customer 2 writes the customer number UID and the payment amount Am in the application form App and submits it to the local government 3. Further, the customer 2 pays to the local government 3 the amount of money corresponding to the payment amount Am written in the application form App. There are various means for the customer 2 to pay the municipality 3. For example, the customer 2 pays by paying cash at the window of the local government 3. Further, the customer 2 pays by transferring the money to the local government 3 through a financial institution such as a bank. In addition, the customer 2 can also pay through a credit company using a credit card or the like.

  Note that the application form App may be an information medium that is communicated via a network N such as the Internet, in addition to a paper medium. In this case, the local government 3 displays the screen of the application form App on its own homepage or the like, and prompts the customer 2 to input necessary information. When the customer 2 inputs information on the screen of the application form App, the local government 3 acquires the information as the application form App.

  When the local government 3 confirms that the amount of money corresponding to the amount Am paid in the application form App has been paid, it issues the receipt Rec to the customer 2. The receipt Rec includes information indicating the customer number UID, the payment amount Am, and the privilege Prv.

  Here, the privilege Prv is a product or service that the local government 3 gives to the customer 2 when the customer 2 pays the hometown tax to the local government 3. For example, the local government 3 gives the customer 2 local special products as a privilege Prv. In the information processing system 10, the local government 3 gives the energy supplied by the energy supplier 1 to the customer 2 as a privilege Prv. When the energy supplier 1 is a power supplier, the local government 3 gives the power usage right to the customer 2 as a privilege Prv. The power usage right is a privilege provided by the energy supplier 1 to the customer 2.

  Among the benefits Prv provided by the local government 3, the benefits provided by the energy supplier 1 to the customer 2 who has paid the hometown tax are also referred to as specific benefits. The specific privilege may be a privilege for reducing the charge charged by the energy supplier 1 to the customer 2. Further, the specific privilege may be a privilege for increasing the amount of energy provided by the energy supplier 1 to the customer 2.

The local government 3 grants the privilege Prv for granting the electricity amount to the customer 2 as a specific privilege, for example. The specific privilege may be in a form of giving a right such as a power use right or a form of giving a paper medium such as a power amount coupon.
Next, an outline of the functional configuration of the information processing system 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the information processing system 10 of the present embodiment. The information processing system 10 includes a local government side information processing apparatus 100 and an energy supplier business side information processing apparatus 200. The local government side information processing device 100 includes a calculation unit 110 and a privilege information database 120. The energy supplier business information processing apparatus 200 includes a calculation unit 210, a customer information database 220, and a billing information database 230.
First, the functional configuration of the local government side information processing apparatus 100 will be described, and then the functional configuration of the energy supply provider side information processing apparatus 200 will be described.

[Functional Configuration of Local Government Information Processing Device 100]
The calculation unit 110 is, for example, a CPU (central processing unit), and includes a payment information acquisition unit 111, a privilege selection unit 112, and a privilege information provision unit 113 as its functional units.
The payment information acquisition unit 111 acquires the customer number UID and the payment amount Am from the information described in the application form App filled in by the customer 2.

That is, the payment information acquisition unit 111 includes a customer number UID (customer identification information) that identifies the customer 2 of the energy supplier 1, and a payment amount Am (amount information) that indicates the amount of money that the customer 2 pays to a specific local government 3. And get it.
The payment information acquisition unit 111 associates the acquired customer number UID and the payment amount Am with each other and supplies them to the privilege selection unit 112.

The privilege selecting unit 112 identifies the customer number UID (customer identification information) based on the payment amount Am (money amount information) and the customer number UID (customer identification information) that the payment information acquisition unit 111 acquires in association with each other. The specific privilege given to the customer 2 is selected from the privileges provided by the energy supplier 1. That is, the privilege selection unit 112 selects the privilege Prv to be given to the customer 2 based on the customer number UID supplied from the payment information acquisition unit 111 and the payment amount Am.
Here, the privilege selection unit 112 selects the privilege Prv by searching the privilege information database 120. An example of the privilege information stored in the privilege information database 120 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of privilege information stored in the privilege information database 120 of the present embodiment. In the privilege information database 120, the payment amount and the contents of the privilege are stored in association with each other. Specifically, in the privilege information database 120, the payment amount “10,000 yen or more and less than 30,000 yen” and the content of the privilege “150 kWh × 1 month” are stored in association with each other. Here, the payment amount "10,000 yen or more and less than 30,000 yen" is the amount paid by the customer 2 to the local government 3 as hometown tax payment. The content of the privilege “150 kWh × 1 month” means that the privilege provides the power amount of 150 kWh for one month.

  Further, in the privilege information database 120, the payment amount “30,000 yen or more and less than 50,000 yen” and the content of the privilege “150 kWh × 3 months”, the payment amount “50,000 yen or more and less than 100,000 yen”, The content of the privilege “150 kWh × 6 months” is stored in association with each other. In the privilege information database 120, the payment amount “100,000 yen or more” and the content of the privilege “150 kWh × 6 months” are stored in association with each other.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the privilege selection unit 112 searches the privilege information database 120 using the payment amount Am supplied from the payment information acquisition unit 111 as a search key. As a result of the search, the privilege selection unit 112 selects the content of the privilege corresponding to the paid amount Am used as the search key as the search result, that is, the privilege Prv. The privilege selecting unit 112 provides the privilege information providing unit 113 with information on the selected privilege Prv.

The privilege information providing unit 113 collectively provides the customer number UID, the payment amount Am, and the privilege Prv selected by the privilege selecting unit 112 to the customer 2 as a receipt Rec. That is, the privilege information providing unit 113 provides the specific customer 2 with the privilege Prv (privilege information) indicating the specific privilege selected by the privilege selecting unit 112. The receipt Rec may be a paper medium or an electromagnetic medium as long as the customer 2 can be notified of the contents of the privilege.
In addition, in this example, the case where the privilege information providing unit 113 issues the receipt Rec to the customer 2 is described, but issuance of the receipt Rec is not essential.

[Functional configuration of information processing device 200 on energy supplier side]
Next, the functional configuration of the information processing device 200 on the energy supplier side will be described.
The calculation unit 210 is, for example, a CPU (central processing unit), and includes a privilege information acquisition unit 211, a privilege granting unit 212, and a billing calculation unit 213 as its functional units.

  The privilege information acquisition unit 211 acquires information indicating the content of the privilege from the customer 2. When the content of the privilege Prv indicated in the receipt Rec is a specific privilege such as a power usage right or a power amount coupon, the privilege information acquisition unit 211 changes the information of the privilege Prv provided by the customer 2 to Get as a special benefit.

That is, the privilege information acquisition unit 211 is a privilege provided by the energy supplier 1 and is given to the specific customer 2 paid to the specific local government 3 among the customers 2 of the energy supplier 1. The privilege Prv (privilege information) indicating the specific privilege is acquired.
The privilege information acquisition unit 211 supplies the acquired specific privilege information to the privilege granting unit 212.

  The privilege granting section 212 acquires information on the specific privilege from the privilege information acquiring section 211. The privilege granting section 212 grants the privilege Prv to the customer 2 based on the content of the acquired specific privilege. That is, the privilege granting unit 212 grants the specific customer 2 the specific privilege indicated by the privilege Prv (privilege information) acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit 211.

  In this example, the privilege granting unit 212 reduces the usage amount of the specific privilege out of the power usage amount used by the customer 2, that is, grants the power usage right to the customer 2 as the privilege Prv. In this case, the privilege granting unit 212 provides the billing calculation unit 213 with discount information according to the content of the specific privilege.

  The billing calculation unit 213 calculates the billing amount of the electricity charge to the customer 2. When the discount information is provided from the privilege granting unit 212, the billing calculation unit 213 calculates, as the billing amount, the amount discounted from the electricity charge originally billed.

  Specifically, the billing calculation unit 213 calculates the billing amount with reference to the customer information database 220 and the billing information database 230. An example of the customer information stored in the customer information database 220 and an example of the billing information stored in the billing information database 230 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of customer information stored in the customer information database 220 of this embodiment. In the customer information database 220, the customer number, name, and address of the customer 2 are associated with each other and stored as customer information. Specifically, in the customer information database 220, the customer number UID_01 of Mr. A, the name “Mr. A”, and the address “XX prefecture XX city ...” Are stored in association with each other. In the customer information database 220, customer information of Mr. B and Mr. C is stored in the same manner as the customer information of Mr. A.

  FIG. 5: is a figure which shows an example of the billing information memorize | stored in the billing information database 230 of this embodiment. In the billing information database 230, the customer number UID of the customer 2 and the electricity usage amount of each month are stored as billing information in association with each other. Specifically, in the billing information database 230, the customer number UID — 01, that is, “Mr. A” and the usage amounts “300 kWh”, “310 kWh”, “320 kWh” and “310 kWh” from January to April are associated with each other. Stored as billing information. The billing information database 230 stores the billing information of Mr. B and Mr. C in the same manner as the billing information of Mr. A.

Returning to FIG. 2, the bill calculation unit 213 issues a bill Ivc including the calculated bill amount Ba to the customer 2.
In this example, the privilege information acquisition unit 211 receives the receipt Rec from the customer 2 and acquires the information indicating the content of the privilege, but the customer 2 is not required to provide the receipt Rec. Absent. For example, the information processing apparatus 100 on the local government side and the information processing apparatus 200 on the energy supplier side may cooperate with each other to exchange information indicating the contents of the privilege without the intervention of the customer 2.

  Next, an example of the operation of the information processing system 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. Here, a case where Mr. A who is a customer 2 of the energy supplier 1 has paid 40,000 yen to the local government 3 through the hometown tax payment procedure will be described as a specific example.

[Operation of information processing device 100 on local government side]
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of the local government side information processing device 100 of this embodiment. The payment information acquisition unit 111 of the information processing apparatus 100 on the local government side acquires the information indicated in the application form App. The application form App includes information on the customer number UID of the customer 2 and the payment amount Am. That is, the payment information acquisition unit 111 acquires the customer number UID of the customer 2 and the payment amount Am (step S110). In this example, the payment information acquisition unit 111 acquires information on the customer number UID_01, which is the customer number UID of Mr. A, and the payment amount Am_40,000 yen, which is the payment amount of Mr. A.

  The privilege selection unit 112 determines the payment amount (step S120). Specifically, the privilege selection unit 112 searches the privilege information database 120 shown in FIG. 3 using the payment amount Am acquired by the payment information acquisition unit 111 as a search key. In this example, Mr. A paid 40,000 yen. The privilege selection unit 112 determines that the paid amount Am_40,000 yen corresponds to “30,000 yen or more and less than 50,000 yen” in the privilege information database 120.

  Next, the privilege selection part 112 selects privilege Prv (step S130). Specifically, the privilege selection unit 112 selects the content of the privilege corresponding to the line of “30,000 yen or more and less than 50,000 yen” in the privilege information database 120, that is, “150 kWh × 3 months” as the privilege Prv. . The privilege selecting unit 112 outputs information indicating the selected privilege Prv to the privilege information providing unit 113.

  The privilege information providing unit 113 provides the customer 2 with the privilege Prv selected by the privilege selection unit 112 (step S140), and ends the series of processes. Specifically, the privilege information providing unit 113 provides the customer 2 with the privilege Prv selected by the privilege selecting unit 112, that is, “150 kWh × 3 months”. There are various means for the privilege information providing unit 113 to provide the customer 2 with the privilege Prv.

  For example, when the receipt Rec is a paper medium such as a postcard, the privilege information providing unit 113 provides the customer 2 with the privilege Prv by printing the content of the privilege Prv on the receipt Rec. In this case, the customer 2 receives the privilege Prv provided by the energy supplier 1 by presenting the receipt Rec to the window of the energy supplier 1. Further, in this case, the customer 2 receives the privilege Prv provided by the energy supplier 1 by mailing the receipt Rec to the energy supplier 1.

  When the receipt Rec is information provided via a telecommunication line such as the Internet, the privilege information providing unit 113 adds the content of the privilege Prv to the receipt Rec as information, and the customer 2 To provide the privilege Prv. In this case, the customer 2 receives the privilege Prv provided by the energy supplier 1 by sending the receipt Rec to the energy supplier 1 via the Internet or the like.

[Operation of information processing device 200 on energy supplier side]
FIG. 7: is a figure which shows an example of operation | movement of the energy supply provider side information processing apparatus 200 of this embodiment. The privilege information acquisition unit 211 of the information processing apparatus 200 on the energy supplier side acquires the information on the receipt Rec that the customer 2 has received from the information processing apparatus 100 on the local government side (step S210). The receipt Rec includes the customer number UID and information indicating the content of the privilege Prv.
In this specific example, the receipt Rec includes the customer number UID_01 of Mr. A and “150 kWh × 3 months” indicating the content of the privilege Prv. The privilege information acquisition unit 211 acquires Mr. A's customer number UID_01 and “150 kWh × 3 months” indicating the content of the privilege Prv. The privilege information acquisition unit 211 outputs the acquired customer number UID and information indicating the content of the privilege Prv to the privilege granting unit 212.

  The privilege granting unit 212 and the billing calculation unit 213 grant the privilege Prv to the customer 2 based on the customer number UID acquired from the privilege information acquisition unit 211 and the information indicating the content of the privilege Prv (steps S220 to S230). ). Specifically, the privilege granting unit 212 acquires the customer number UID acquired from the privilege information acquisition unit 211 and the information indicating the content of the privilege Prv.

  In the following, regarding the electricity usage charge of Mr. A, if the portion for January to April is not billed and a part of the electricity consumption for three months from January to March is reduced as the privilege Prv. This will be described as an example. In the case of this example, the privilege granting unit 212 outputs an instruction to apply the privilege Prv “150 kWh × 3 months” acquired from the privilege information acquisition unit 211 to the bill calculation unit 213. To do. Specifically, the privilege giving unit 212 outputs an instruction to the billing calculation unit 213 to reduce the amount of electricity used by Mr. A by 150 kWh for each of the three months from January to March. To do.

  The bill calculation unit 213 calculates the electricity usage fee charged to the customer 2. Here, the electricity usage fee is calculated based on the content of the privilege Prv instructed by the privilege granting unit 212. An example of the calculation performed by the billing calculation unit 213 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of charge calculation by the billing calculation unit 213 of the present embodiment. As described above, the privilege giving unit 212 outputs an instruction to the billing calculation unit 213 to reduce the amount of electricity used by Mr. A by 150 kWh for each of January to March. The billing calculation unit 213 searches the billing information database 230 using Mr. A's customer number UID_01 as a search key. As a result of this search, the billing calculation unit 213 determines the monthly electricity usage of Mr. A, “January: 300 kWh,” “February: 310 kWh,” “March: 320 kWh,” “April: 310 kWh,” and so on. Obtain as billing information. With respect to the acquired billing information, the billing calculation unit 213 reduces the electricity usage amount of Mr. A output by the privilege granting unit 212 by 150 kWh for each of the three months from January to March. The instruction is applied as the privilege Prv. Specifically, for the electricity usage amount of Mr. A for January, the billing calculation unit 213 subtracts 150 kWh of the reduction provision amount from the actual usage amount of 300 kWh to obtain the billing target power amount of 150 kWh. In addition, the billing calculation unit 213 subtracts 150 kWh of the reduction provision amount from the actual usage amount of 310 kWh with respect to the electricity usage amount of Mr. A for February, thereby obtaining the billing target power amount of 160 kWh. Further, the billing calculation unit 213 subtracts 150 kWh of the reduction provision amount from the actual usage amount of 320 kWh for the electricity usage amount of Mr. A for March to obtain the billing target electric energy amount of 170 kWh. Since the privilege Prv is not applied to April, the billing calculation unit 213 sets the actual amount of electricity 310kWh of Mr. A for April to be the amount of electricity 310kWh to be billed. That is, the privilege granting section 212 instructs the billing calculation section 213 on the content of the privilege and the privilege granting period based on the content of the privilege Prv. The billing calculation unit 213 applies the privilege Prv to the fee charged to the customer 2 based on the content of the privilege and the privilege grant period instructed by the privilege granting unit 212.

  The bill calculation unit 213 provides the result of the bill calculation to the customer 2 (step S240), and ends the series of processes.

  As described above, in the information processing system 10 of the present embodiment, the energy supplier provides the products and services provided by the energy supplier to the customer 2 who has performed the so-called “hometown tax payment system”. Provide as a tax payment benefit. Thereby, the information processing system 10 can improve the service content for the customer 2 by reducing the fee paid by the customer 2 to the energy supplier 1. Further, the information processing system 10 can give the customer 2 an incentive to pay (donate) the tax to the municipality 3, so that the income of the municipality 3 can be increased. Further, the information processing system 10 can expand the range of selection of the privilege Prv by the local government 3 by providing the products and services provided by the energy supplier 1 as options of the privilege Prv of the hometown tax payment system.

  Further, the information processing system 10 uses the customer number UID of the energy supplier 1 as information for identifying the payer by the hometown tax. Thereby, the information processing system 10 can manage payment and privilege grant by one type of identification information in both the energy supplier 1 and the local government 3. That is, according to the information processing system 10, it is possible to prevent the management of payment and privilege provision from becoming complicated.

  Further, when the privilege Prv has a cash value, the payer Prv may be resold (used) by another person. Resale of the privilege Prv may bring about the effect of the hometown tax payment system and is not preferable. The information processing system 10 uses the customer number UID of the energy supplier 1 as information for identifying the payer based on the hometown tax, so that the information supply system 10 can be used by anyone other than the payer, the customer 2 (that is, a specific customer). Can be deterred. That is, according to the information processing system 10, it is possible to prevent the privilege Prv from being diverted.

[Second Embodiment]
A second embodiment of the information processing system will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 12. The same components as those in the first embodiment described above are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the information processing system 10-2 of the present embodiment. The information processing system 10-2 includes a local government side information processing apparatus 100-2 and an energy supplier business side information processing apparatus 200-2. The municipality-side information processing device 100-2 differs from the first embodiment in that the calculation unit 110-2 includes a destination search unit 114 and a payer information database 130. Further, the information processing device 200-2 on the side of the energy supplier is different from that of the first embodiment in that the calculation unit 210-2 includes the privilege presentation unit 214.

[Functional Configuration of Local Government Side Information Processing Device 100-2]
The destination search unit 114 searches for the destination of the receipt Rec based on the customer information stored in the customer information database 220 of the energy supplier 1. Specifically, when the delivery destination search unit 114 acquires the customer number UID from the privilege information provision unit 113, the delivery destination search unit 114 searches the payer information database 130 using the acquired customer number UID as a search key.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of payer information stored in the payer information database 130 of the present embodiment. The payer information database 130 is connected to the customer information database 220 of the energy supplier 1 via the network N. The payer information database 130 is provided with the information necessary for sending the receipt Rec out of the customer information stored in the customer information database 220 from the energy supplier 1. Here, the information necessary for sending the receipt Rec is the customer number of the customer 2, the name of the customer 2, the address of the customer 2, and the like. As a result of the information provided from the customer information database 220, the payer information database 130 stores the payer number, the customer number, the name of the customer 2 and the address of the customer 2 in association with each other. Here, the payer number is a number for the local government 3 to identify the payer of the hometown tax payment system.

  Returning to FIG. 9, the destination search unit 114 obtains the name and address of the customer 2 as a result of searching the payer information database 130. The destination search unit 114 outputs the name and address of the customer 2 obtained from the payer information database 130 to the privilege information providing unit 113 as the destination of the receipt Rec. The privilege information providing unit 113 provides the customer 2 with privilege information by using the name and address of the search result of the destination search unit 114 as the destination of the receipt Rec.

  As described above, by constructing the databases of the energy supplier 1 and the local government 3 in cooperation with each other, the local government 3 asks the customer 2 to ask the customer 2 for presentation of a delivery address and the like. A receipt Rec can be sent to the recipient. That is, the information processing system 10-2 can reduce the labor of the local government 3 and the customer 2 who use the hometown tax payment system.

[Functional Configuration of Information Processing Device 200-2 on Energy Supply Business Operator Side]
The privilege presentation unit 214 of the information processing device 200-2 on the energy supplier side presents the type (pattern) of the privilege Prv to the customer 2. An example of the pattern of the privilege Prv presented by the privilege presenting unit 214 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 11: is a figure which shows an example of the application pattern of the privilege Prv which the privilege presentation part 214 of this embodiment shows. Here, in the application pattern of the privilege Prv, a pattern in which a relatively small amount of electricity used is assigned to a relatively large period (for example, pattern 1 in FIG. 11) and a relatively large amount of electricity used in a relatively small period are used. There is a pattern to be assigned (for example, pattern 2 in FIG. 11). Monthly energy usage varies depending on each customer 2. For example, there is a customer 2 whose power consumption per month is 200 kWh at most. Further, there is a customer 2 whose power consumption per month exceeds 500 kWh. It is preferable that the customer 2 can select the application pattern of the privilege Prv according to the power consumption of the customer 2. The privilege presenting unit 214 presents the application pattern of the privilege Prv to the customer 2. Thereby, the privilege presentation unit 214 can give the customer 2 a choice. That is, the information processing system 10-2 can improve the service content for the customer 2.

  The application pattern of the privilege Prv is not limited to that shown in FIG. For example, there may be an application pattern of the privilege Prv shown in FIG.

  FIG. 12: is a figure which shows the modification of the application pattern of the privilege Prv which the privilege presentation part 214 of this embodiment shows. So far, it has been described that the “electric power consumption amount” is the target of provision of the privilege Prv. FIG. 12 shows a case where “amount of money” is the target of provision of the privilege Prv. As shown in the figure, the privilege Prv may be an electric power coupon with a discount amount written on the face of the ticket. Further, the Prv may be one in which the information of this power coupon is provided via a telecommunication line. By presenting the electric power coupon to the energy supplier 1, the customer 2 deducts the amount of money shown in the electric power coupon from the use charge and charges the use charge. Even with this configuration, the information processing system 10-2 can improve the service content for the customer 2. The user may be limited by the customer number UID of the customer 2 so that the power coupon cannot be diverted to another person other than the customer 2 (that is, a specific customer) who is the payer of the hometown tax payment system. .

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and appropriate modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. it can. Further, the respective embodiments described above can be appropriately combined without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  Each of the above-mentioned devices has a computer inside. The process of each process of each device described above is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above process is performed by the computer reading and executing the program. Here, the computer-readable recording medium refers to a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Further, the computer program may be distributed to the computer via a communication line, and the computer that receives the distribution may execute the program.

Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above.
Further, it may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that can realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system.

  1 ... Energy supplier, 2 ... Customer, 3 ... Local government, 10-10-2 ... Information processing system, 100, 100-2 ... Local government side information processing apparatus, 110, 110-2 ... Arithmetic unit, 111 ... Payment information Acquisition unit, 112 ... Benefit selection unit, 113 ... Benefit information providing unit, 114 ... Destination search unit, 120 ... Benefit information database, 130 ... Payer information database, 210, 210-2 ... Calculation unit, 211 ... Benefit information acquisition 212, privilege granting unit, 213 billing calculation unit, 214 ... privilege presenting unit, 220 ... customer information database, 230 ... billing information database

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A customer information for identifying a customer of an energy supplier, and a payment information acquisition unit that acquires the customer information in association with the money information indicating the money to be paid to a specific municipality,
Based on the money amount information and the customer identification information acquired by the payment information acquisition unit in association with each other, a specific privilege given to the specific customer identified by the customer identification information is a privilege provided by the energy supplier. A privilege selection section to choose from,
A privilege information providing unit that provides the specific customer with privilege information indicating the specific privilege selected by the privilege selecting unit,
An information processing apparatus including. The privilege information provided by the energy supplier, and the privilege information indicating the specific privilege that is the privilege granted to the specific customer who has paid to the specific municipality among the customers of the energy supplier , A privilege information acquisition unit that a computer included in the computer acquires from another information processing device ;
The specific customer of the energy supplied by the energy supplier is information according to the content of the specific privilege indicated by the privilege information acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit by calculation of a computer included in the own information processing device. Instruction information for changing the amount of use of a privilege providing unit that outputs as a privilege to the specific customer,
An information processing apparatus including. The specific privilege is a privilege to increase the amount of energy provided by the energy supplier to the customer ,
The privilege granting unit is operated by a computer included in the information processing apparatus , and the energy supply business operator, as the instruction information according to the content of the specific privilege indicated by the privilege information acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit , Information for increasing the energy supplied to the specific customer is output as a privilege for the specific customer.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 . The specific privilege is a privilege to reduce the fee charged to the customer by the energy supplier ,
The privilege granting unit is operated by a computer included in the information processing apparatus, and the energy supply business operator, as the instruction information according to the content of the specific privilege indicated by the privilege information acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit, Weight reduction instruction information for reducing the amount of energy supplied by the specific customer is output as a privilege to the specific customer,
Based on the information indicating the energy usage of the specific customer stored in the database and the weight reduction instruction information output by the privilege granting unit, which is calculated by the computer included in the own information processing device, A billing calculation unit that subtracts a portion corresponding to the specific privilege from the usage amount to calculate a billing amount after granting the privilege.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: A customer information for identifying a customer of an energy supplier, and a payment information acquisition unit that acquires the customer information in association with the money information indicating the money to be paid to a specific municipality,
Based on the money amount information and the customer identification information acquired by the payment information acquisition unit in association with each other, a specific privilege given to the specific customer identified by the customer identification information is a privilege provided by the energy supplier. A privilege selection section to choose from,
A privilege information providing unit that provides the specific customer with privilege information indicating the specific privilege selected by the privilege selecting unit,
A first information processing device including:
A privilege information acquisition unit for acquiring the privilege information provided by the privilege information providing unit to the specific customer;
A privilege granting unit for granting the specific privilege indicated by the privilege information acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit to the specific customer;
An information processing system including: a second information processing device including:

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