JPH066488A - Residual amount display system in monthly discount service for talking charge - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a residual amount display system in the monthly discount service of a talking charge used efficiently by displaying the residual amount of the service charge for the monthly discount service on a user terminal equipment served with the monthly discount service. CONSTITUTION:When a type of a monthly discount service, a dead line date, and its own telephone number are entered by a key entry section 9, the content is stored in a monthly discount service information recording section 10. A comparator section 7a compares an output from a clock circuit 5 and a calendar circuit 6 with information from the monthly discount service information recording section 10 representing a service period to output a signal representing whether or not the time is in the service period. When a call is made during the service period, an arithmetic operation section 7b receives called dial information and reads a station number of its own telephone number and reads a charge per call unit from a charge information storage section 11 based on the information and subtracts the used charge in response to the talking time from the residual amount and displays the result. The initial service charge is displayed at the start date of the service on next month.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of displaying a contract (service) charge balance on a terminal in a monthly discount service for call charges.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Monthly discount service for call charges is a service that allows users to make calls more than the charge by paying a fixed charge every month. For example, in advance 17
If you pay 50 yen, you will be able to make calls for 2000 yen. In this monthly discount service, it is not possible to judge how much the user has used the monthly discount service as long as the user normally calls. In order to know your balance, you need to make a note of how many minutes you use each time you call.

[0003]

If the balance of the monthly discount service cannot be known, there are the following drawbacks.・ The month may end without using the service. In such cases, it may be cheaper to use the regular telephone charges without subscribing to the monthly discount service.・ Though the service charge has been used up, there is a risk that the service will still remain and more unnecessary calls will be made.

Further, it is troublesome to write down the telephone charge by itself as described above, because it is complicated to make a note every time a call is made, and the calculation is complicated because the telephone charge system is complicated. There are drawbacks. The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks. By displaying the balance of the service charge of the monthly discount service on the terminal of the user who receives the monthly discount service, it is possible to efficiently use the call charge of this service. It is to provide a balance display method for monthly discount services.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a balance display method in a monthly call discount service according to the present invention is an input key for inputting the content of the monthly discount service to a terminal, and The monthly discount service information storage unit that stores the monthly discount service information input by the input key, the clock circuit, and the date and time by the clock circuit output,
A calendar circuit that outputs day-of-week information, a charge information storage unit that stores unit call charge information between area codes, a balance display unit, and normally is input from the input key and stored in the monthly discount service information storage unit. The balance of the service charge is controlled to be displayed on the balance display unit, and the contents of the clock circuit and the calendar circuit output and the monthly discount service information storage unit are compared, and the service day of the monthly discount service information, When a call operation is performed while the date and time are satisfied and the service time is reached, the number of charges is calculated once based on the dial information of the call destination, the area code of the telephone and the information read from the charge information storage unit, and the call time is calculated. According to the above, the balance is decremented to update the display of the balance display section, and the date information from the calendar circuit is used to indicate the monthly discount service information. And it is configured to display the balance display unit when it is day after the cutoff date of the monthly discount service stored in the storage unit and a control means for the display of the service fee.

[0006]

According to the above construction, the user can always check the balance of the monthly discount service, so that the service can be effectively used.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone terminal adopting a balance display system in a monthly discount service for call charges according to the present invention. Telephone function section 2 for telephone terminal 1
Besides, a monthly discount service function unit 3 is provided. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of the monthly discount service function unit. The balance display unit 8 is provided on the upper surface of the telephone terminal. In this embodiment, the clock circuit 5, the calendar circuit 6, the comparison unit 7
CPU having the functions of a and the calculation unit 7b, the balance display unit 8, the key input unit 9, the monthly discount service information storage unit 10
And a charge information storage unit 11.

The clock circuit 5 sends the hour / minute information to the calendar circuit 6 and the comparing section 7a. The calendar circuit 6 receives the hour / minute information, and outputs the date / month / day information. The key input unit 9 is for inputting information of the monthly discount service, and the user of the monthly discount service can input the type of the service, the closing date of the month, and his own telephone number. As described above, the monthly discount service enables a call of 2000 yen (service charge) for 1750 yen, for example, and there are various types depending on the amount of the service charge. If the service charge of 2000 yen is A type and a contract of this type is made, the code indicating the A type will be input by the key. Therefore, as the A type information, the monthly discount service information storage unit 10 stores the information of 2000 yen, the service day of the week, and the time zone. The closing day of the month is the last day of the service month. The reason for inputting the own telephone number is to obtain the area code of the place of origin when calculating the call charge in the arithmetic unit 7b.

The monthly discount service information storage unit 10 stores the service type (service amount,
Service day of the week), deadline, and own telephone number are stored. The charge information storage unit 11 stores a call time table per unit charge according to the time zone between each area code. The CPU 7 takes in data from each circuit and controls the display of a balance display unit 8 which will be described later, as well as a comparison unit 7a and a calculation unit 7b.
When the information is stored in the monthly discount service information section 10, the comparing section 7a reads out the service day of the week and date and time information and outputs it from the calendar circuit 6 and the clock circuit 5. Compare with day of the week, date and time output. If there is a call while the comparison circuit 7a is outputting a signal indicating the service period, the calculation unit 7b takes in the dial information of the call destination and reads the area code of its own telephone number from the monthly discount service information storage unit 10. Based on these pieces of information, time information per unit charge from the source to the destination is read from the charge information storage unit 11. Then, the call charge is calculated by counting the actual call time.

The CPU 7 controls to subtract the call charge from the balance displayed on the balance display section 8 for a call made by itself during the service period, and update and display the subtracted balance. The current balance is controlled to continue to be displayed on the balance display section 8 except when calling outside or calling the other party or during a call. When the comparison unit 7a outputs a signal indicating the closing date of the monthly discount service, the monthly discount service storage unit 1 is output at 0:00 am on the next day.
The service charge is read from 0, the balance displayed on the balance display unit 8 is cleared, and the original service charge is displayed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the transition of the display on the display unit of the telephone terminal. In this example, the service charge is 200
In the case of 0 yen, 2000 yen is initially displayed on the display unit. Then, a state where a call is made up to 1500 yen is shown in (a). (A) is a balance display during a standby state, a call made by the other party, and a call outside the service hours. If you make a call within the service time and start a call, 1
The call time per 0 yen is calculated, and 10 yen is subtracted from 1500 yen for each calculated time. (B) is 15
The figure shows a balance of 1490 yen when calling from 10 yen to 10 yen. Then, when all the service charges are used up, the balance becomes 0 yen as shown in (c). After that, the monthly discount service will remain at 0 yen and you will be charged separately for calls that exceed the service charge. When the service charge is used up as described above, or when the balance is still displayed, at 0:00 am on the day after the closing day of the monthly discount service, the display is initially as shown in (d). Return to the service charge.

[0012]

As described above, when the present invention is not in the service time zone, the balance of the service charge of the monthly discount service is displayed on the telephone terminal in the standby state or during a call by the other party, and the self charge in the service time zone is displayed. For outgoing calls, the balance is subtracted and displayed according to the callee and the call time, and the monthly service charge is updated. Therefore, users of the monthly discount service can check the balance without taking a note for each call to always check the remaining charge and calculate the charge, and mostly use the service when the balance is unknown. It is possible to avoid the end of the month without doing so, or conversely, increase unnecessary calls due to the fact that the balance still remains, and it is possible to effectively use the service.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone terminal adopting a balance display system in a monthly discount service for call charges according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of a monthly discount service function unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the transition of the display on the display unit of the telephone terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Telephone terminal 2 Telephone function section 3 Monthly discount service function section 4 Line 5 Clock circuit 6 Calendar circuit 7 CPU 7a Comparison section 7b Arithmetic section 8 Balance display section 9 Key input section October Monthly discount service information storage section 11 Fee information storage section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input key for inputting content of monthly discount service to a terminal, a monthly discount service information storage unit for storing monthly discount service information input by the input key, a clock circuit, and A calendar circuit that outputs date and day of the week information by a clock circuit output, a charge information storage unit that stores unit call charge information between area codes, a balance display unit, and usually the above-mentioned The balance of the service charges stored in the discount service information storage unit is controlled to be displayed on the balance display unit, and the contents of the monthly discount service information storage unit and the output of the clock circuit and the calendar circuit are compared, Monthly discount service information Service days of the week, date and time are filled, and when the call operation is performed when the service time is reached, dial information of the call destination, The number of charges is calculated once from the station number and the information read from the charge information storage unit, the balance is subtracted according to the call time, and the display of the balance display unit is updated. Control means for displaying the service charge on the balance display section when the information is stored on the monthly discount service information storage section on the day after the closing day of the monthly discount service. Balance display method for monthly discount service for call charges.