JPH04208761A - Terminal equipment with accumulated charge display function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the owner of a terminal equipment to easily recognize the accumulated charge by constituting a charge accumulating part of an accumulation period setting part, an accumulated charge calculating part, and an accumulated charge storage part and successively accumulating charge information received in each desired period to display the result on a display part. CONSTITUTION:An accumulation period setting part 21 stores a period set signal inputted from a key operation part 7, and an accumulated charge calculating part 22 accumulates the value of charge information at each time of receiving charge information by a rental reception part 1 and stores the result in an accumulated charge storage part 23. When speaking by a telephone set is terminated, charge information is inputted to the rental reception part 1, and the charge for telephone call at this time is displayed on a display control part 31. When the owner depresses a prescribed key of a key operation part 7 for the purpose of recognizing the accumulated charge, a display switching control part 33 detects it and outputs a switching control signal to the display control part 31 to read out charge information from the accumulated charge storage part 23 and displays the information on a display part 32. Thus, the owner easily accumulates and displays the charge in a desired period and is prevented from telephoning too much.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[00011

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a terminal device connected to an 15DN network or the like that provides a service of notifying line usage fee information. [0002] [0002] Currently, in the 15DN network and the like, various services such as displaying the telephone number of the other party are provided to terminal devices connected to the chain network. This is made possible by the fact that it is much faster than conventional lines and is also digital. [0003] As one of these services, a service that notifies a terminal device of the line usage fee, for example, after the end of a call, is already in place. In this service, when a terminal device makes a call and uses the line, the station sends the current line usage fee information to the terminal device. However, in order to use such a service, the terminal device needs a display unit to display the fee information. The current method is to display the usage fee at the end of each call. [0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In conventional fee display services, only the current usage fee is displayed for a certain period of time, and no other services are provided. Therefore, for example, it is not possible to grasp monthly usage fees, etc. on the terminal device. [00051] An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device having a function that allows the owner of the terminal device to grasp line usage charges for a desired period using the terminal device. [0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. In order to achieve the above object in the present invention,
A terminal device is provided with a charge accumulating section 2 that utilizes a conventional line usage charge information service and accumulates transmitted usage charge information each time it is received. [00071 Furthermore, the charge accumulation section 2 includes an accumulation period setting section 21 capable of setting a desired accumulation period, and the accumulation period setting section 2.
1, and a cumulative charge storage section 23 that stores the accumulated charges each time they are accumulated. [0008]

[Operation] In the above configuration, when the terminal owner sets a desired period, for example, monthly, charge information received for each period is sequentially accumulated. By displaying the accumulated information on the display unit, the owner can easily grasp the accumulated charges for a desired period. [0009]

Embodiment FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the fee display function of the present invention. Here, a telephone will be explained as an example of the terminal device. Components that are the same as those in the principle diagram of FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals. Further, the fee display section 3 in FIG. 1 includes a display control section 31, a display section 32, and a display switching section 33 shown in FIG. The charge accumulation section 2 includes an accumulation period setting section 21 , a cumulative charge calculation section 22 , a cumulative charge storage section 23 , and a calendar function 24 . [00101 First, period setting and charge calculation will be explained with reference to the charge accumulation flowchart of FIG. A period is set in the cumulative period setting section 21 based on a signal input from the key operation section 7. One setting method is to use the input value as a date, for example, if 1 is input, the setting period is from the first day of every month to the end of the month. Telephones compatible with l5DN have traditionally had a calendar function section 24.
The date and time can be easily grasped by the calendar function section 24. Another method is to press a numerical value and a control key, for example, if a control signal of 7 is input, 7
There is a way to set the setting period to days. [00111 In actual use, it is considered effective to use the former method and set the period according to the charge closing date. In addition, the latter option is valid in cases where charges are settled weekly. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the period is set on a monthly basis. [0012] Key operation unit 7 for input as described above
The cumulative period setting section 21 stores the signal from the cumulative period setting section 21, and the cumulative period setting section 21 reads out the set information and the information of the calendar function section 24 (SL, S2), and determines whether the cumulative period has passed or not (S3). ), inputs a reset signal for resetting the cumulative value to the cumulative charge calculation section 22. [0013] In a normal case, the cumulative charge calculation unit 22 accumulates the value each time the usage fee receiving unit 1 receives usage fee information, and stores the cumulative fee information in the cumulative fee storage unit 23 (35 to 589 ). When the reset signal is received, reading from the accumulated charge storage section 23 is not performed when accumulating charges thereafter. It is reset by not doing so. [0014] The cumulative charge storage section 23 stores information input from the cumulative charge calculation section. This information is usually stored in the same area, and the information in the previous accumulation section is offset. Also, reset 1 from the cumulative period setting section 21.
~ When a signal is input, the accumulated charge information is stored in a separate area. By providing several storage areas in this way and having the information shifted at the time of reset, it becomes possible to grasp the usage charges within the past set period. Of course, it is also possible to memorize only one place and one period. In this embodiment, there are two storage locations, and cumulative charges for the current month and the previous month are stored. [00151 Next, an example of control by the display control section 31 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4. The display control section 31 receives usage charge information, accumulated charge information, calendar information, and a control signal from the display switching control section. [0016] In normal cases, the display control section 31 controls the display section 32 to display calendar information from the calendar function section 24 (T1). Calendar information is month, day, and time information. [0017] When a call is made from one's telephone and the call ends, usage fee information is input to the usage fee receiving section. The usage fee receiving unit 1 outputs information immediately upon receiving usage fee information. When the display control unit 31 inputs the information, the usage fee for the call at that time is displayed based on the information (T2, T3).
When the owner wishes to view the accumulated charges for the month, he or she presses a predetermined key from the key operation section 7. When the display switching control section 33 detects a signal caused by pressing this key, it outputs a switching control signal to the display control section 31. When the display control section 31 receives the switching control signal, it reads out the current month's cumulative charge information from the cumulative charge storage section 23 and displays it on the display section 32 (T
4. T5). [00181] Further, by pressing the predetermined key, the display control section 31 reads out the previous month's accumulated charge information from the accumulated charge storage section 23 and displays it on the display section 32. Furthermore, the calendar information is set to be displayed again when the predetermined key is pressed. [00191 Although the embodiments have been described in detail above, the display control is just one example, and if the display area is wide, it is of course possible to display the cumulative charge all the time without switching. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. In other words, the feature of the present invention is that usage charges can be easily accumulated and displayed. In addition, the term "display" used in this application includes not only liquid crystal display, etc., but also vocalization. [00201] [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to easily accumulate and display usage charges for a period desired by the terminal device owner. For example, it is possible to check the monthly usage fee midway through, and it is also possible to prevent excessive phone calls.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of a cumulative charge display function of a terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an embodiment of the cumulative charge display function of the terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a charge accumulation flowchart in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a control flowchart of the display control unit in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Usage fee receiving section 2 Charge accumulation section 3. Price display section 21 Cumulative period setting section 22 Cumulative charge calculation section 23 Cumulative charge storage section 24 Calendar function section 31 Display control section 32 Display section 33 Display switching section 7 Key operation section

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Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: A usage fee receiving unit (1) that receives line usage fee information, and a usage fee for a set period each time the usage fee information is received by the usage fee receiving unit (1). A terminal device with a cumulative charge display function, comprising a charge accumulation section (2) that accumulates charges, and a charge display section (3) that displays charge information accumulated by the charge accumulation section (2). 2. The terminal device with cumulative charge display function according to claim 1, wherein the charge accumulation section (2) includes a cumulative period setting section (21) capable of setting a desired accumulation period; It is characterized by having a cumulative charge calculating section (22) that accumulates usage charges for a period set in the section (21), and a cumulative charge storage section (23) that stores the accumulated charges each time they are accumulated. A terminal device with a cumulative charge display function.