JPS6195660A - Public telephone set with cat - Google Patents

Public telephone set with cat

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Publication number
JPS6195660A
JPS6195660A JP21795184A JP21795184A JPS6195660A JP S6195660 A JPS6195660 A JP S6195660A JP 21795184 A JP21795184 A JP 21795184A JP 21795184 A JP21795184 A JP 21795184A JP S6195660 A JPS6195660 A JP S6195660A
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credit
card
cpu10
section
credit card
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Inventor
Hiroshi Matsuda
博 松田
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Omron Corp
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Omron Tateisi Electronics Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/38—Payment protocols; Details thereof
    • G06Q20/40—Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
    • G06Q20/403—Solvency checks
    • G06Q20/4037—Remote solvency checks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/0014—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M17/00—Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
    • H04M17/02—Coin-freed or check-freed systems, e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths
    • H04M17/023—Circuit arrangements

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain credit payment of a talking charge by connecting the titled telephone set to a credit center based on card information read by a credit card to use a credit processing means thereby applying on-line processing to a talking charge. CONSTITUTION:A control section of a telephone set consists of a microcomputer comprising a CPU10 and a storage circuit section 11, and a network control unit/MODEM12, a keyboard section 13, a magnetic card section 14, a charge control section 15 and a display circuit 16 are connected to the CPU10. Further, the control section consists of a handset connected to the MODEM12 and giving/ receiving a voice signal with a telephone set being a talking destination through a public telephone line 9. The information of a credit card read by the reader section 14 is fed to the CPU10, the check of credit is attained via the line 9 and when the credit result is OK, the talking charge obtained by the CPU10 is subjected to on-line processing by the credit after talking.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 （ａｌ技術分野 この発明はクレジットカードを使用して通話料金の支払
を行うことのできるＣＡＴ　（タレジットオーソリゼー
ションターミナル）付公衆電話機に関する。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Al Technical Field) The present invention relates to a public telephone equipped with a CAT (Telephone Authorization Terminal) that allows the payment of telephone charges using a credit card.

山）従来技術とその欠点 従来の公衆電話機では、硬貨やテレホンカードで通話料
金を支払うが、海外通話等の長距離電話をかけたり、長
電話をかけたりする場合には多額の硬貨やテレホンカー
ドを用意する必要があり、用意していないときには通話
中に料金切れのため通話できなくなるといった不具合を
生じている。M) Conventional technology and its disadvantages With conventional public telephones, you pay for calls with coins or a telephone card, but when making long-distance calls such as overseas calls, or long-distance calls, you have to pay a large amount of coins or a telephone card. If you do not have one, there are problems such as being unable to make a call because the charge has run out during a call.

（ｃ１発明の目的 この発明の目的は上記不具合を解消し、ＣＡＴ機能を付
加してクレジットカードによる通話料金の支払を可能に
したＣＡＴ付公衆電話機を提供することにある。(c1 Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems and to provide a public telephone with CAT function, which is equipped with a CAT function and which makes it possible to pay call charges with a credit card.

（ｄ）発明の構成および効果 この発明は、公衆電話回線を介してクレジットセンタと
接続し、クレジットカードのカード情報に基づきクレジ
ット処理を行うクレジット処理手段と、 クレジットカードの情報を読み取るカード情報読み取り
手段と、 クレジットカードの情報を読み取らせて通話を行ったと
きの通話料金を求める通話料金算出手段とを有し、 クレジットカードから読み取ったカード情報に基づきク
レジットセンタと接続し、前記通話料金算出手段で求め
た通話料金を前記クレジット処理手段によってオンライ
ン処理するようにしたことを特徴とする。(d) Structure and effect of the invention This invention provides a credit processing means that connects to a credit center via a public telephone line and performs credit processing based on the card information of the credit card, and a card information reading means that reads the information of the credit card. and a call charge calculation means for calculating the call charge when making a call by reading the credit card information, and the call charge calculation means connects to a credit center based on the card information read from the credit card, and the call charge calculation means The present invention is characterized in that the determined call charge is processed online by the credit processing means.

上記構成によりこの発明によれば、通話料金をクレジッ
ト払いにすることができるので、長距離電話や長電話を
かけるときに多額の硬貨やテレホンカードを用意しなく
て済み、また通話中に料金切れにならず公衆電話機の利
用上非常に便利である。With the above configuration, according to the present invention, call charges can be paid by credit card, so there is no need to prepare large amounts of coins or telephone cards when making long-distance calls or long-distance calls. This is extremely convenient for using public telephones.

ｔｅｌ実施例 第２図はこの発明の実施例である公衆電話機の外観を示
している。TELE EMBODIMENT FIG. 2 shows the appearance of a public telephone set which is an embodiment of the present invention.

１は公衆電話機本体、２は送受話器、３はテンキー、４
は表示器である。５は硬貨返却口、６は硬貨投入口、７
はクレジットカードのカード情報を読み取る磁気カード
リーダである。公衆電話機本体１は専用回線８を介して
電話局（図示せず）と接続するとともに公衆電話回線９
を介して通話先の電話機またはクレジット会社のクレジ
ットセンタ（図示せず）と接続する。1 is the public telephone body, 2 is the handset, 3 is the numeric keypad, 4
is an indicator. 5 is the coin return slot, 6 is the coin input slot, 7
is a magnetic card reader that reads credit card information. The public telephone main body 1 is connected to a telephone office (not shown) via a dedicated line 8 and a public telephone line 9.
is connected to the called party's telephone or to the credit center (not shown) of the credit company.

第１図は本実施例の公衆電話機のブロック図である。制
御部はＣＰＵＩ　Ｏ，記憶回路部１１からなるマイクロ
コンピュータで構成されていて、ＣＰＵｌ０にはＮＣＵ
　（ネットワークコントロールユニット）／モデム部１
２．キーボード部１３゜磁気カードリーグ部１４．料金
制御部１５９表示回路１６が接続されている。送受話器
２はＮＣＵ／モデム部１２に接続し、公衆電話回線９を
通じて通話先の電話機と音声信号のやり取りをする。FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a public telephone according to this embodiment. The control unit is composed of a microcomputer consisting of a CPU I0 and a memory circuit unit 11, and the CPU10 has an NCU
(Network control unit)/modem section 1
2. Keyboard part 13° Magnetic card league part 14. The charge control unit 159 is connected to the display circuit 16. The handset 2 is connected to the NCU/modem unit 12 and exchanges voice signals with the telephone of the destination through the public telephone line 9.

キーボード部１３はテンキー３からなり、キーインされ
た電話番号をＣＰＵｌ０に送る。磁気カードリーグ部１
４は磁気カードリーグ７からなり、読み取ったクレジッ
トカードのカード情報をＣＰＵｌ０に送る。料金制御部
１５は投入された硬貨の金額を判定し、その金額データ
をＣＰＵｌ０に送る。表示回路１６は表示器４の表示を
コントロールする。タレジットカードの有効、無効は表
示器４に表示される。The keyboard section 13 consists of a numeric keypad 3, and sends the keyed-in telephone number to the CPU10. magnetic card league part 1
4 consists of a magnetic card league 7, which sends the card information of the read credit card to CPU10. The fee control unit 15 determines the amount of the inserted coin and sends the amount data to the CPU10. The display circuit 16 controls the display on the display 4. Validity or invalidity of the credit card is displayed on the display 4.

第４図は記憶回路部１１のメモリ構成を示している。エ
リアＭ１はＣＰＵｌ０で求めた通話料金を記憶する。エ
リアＭ２はクレジットカードから読み取ったカード情報
を記憶する。エリアＭ３は各クレジット会社の電話番号
を記憶している。FIG. 4 shows the memory configuration of the storage circuit section 11. Area M1 stores the call charge determined by CPU10. Area M2 stores card information read from a credit card. Area M3 stores the telephone numbers of each credit company.

第３図は上記公衆電話機に使用するクレジットカードの
カードフォーマントを示している。クレジットカードに
はＩＤマーク、承認マーク、暗証番号、クレジット会社
コード等が記録されている第５図のフローチャートは上
記公衆電話機の動作を示している。FIG. 3 shows the card form of a credit card used in the public telephone set. The credit card has an ID mark, an approval mark, a personal identification number, a credit company code, etc. recorded thereon.The flowchart of FIG. 5 shows the operation of the above-mentioned public telephone.

まずステップｎｌ（以下ステップｎｉを単にｎｉという
。）にて硬貨が投入されたかどうかをチェックする。硬
貨が投入されたときは硬貨払いによる通常の公衆電話処
理を行う（ｎ８）。硬貨が投入されないときはクレジッ
トカード（磁気カード）の挿入有無をチェックする（ｎ
２）。クレジットカードが磁気カードリーダ７に挿入さ
れたとき暗証番号のキー人力を待つ（ｎ３）。カード挿
入のないときは初期状態に戻る。暗証入力があればクレ
ジットカードから読み取った暗証番号との照合を行い、
暗証不一致の場合クレジット払い不可を表示器４に表示
して初期状態に戻る（ｎｉ）。暗証一致のときはクレジ
ット払いと判断し通話処理に移る（ｎ５）。このとき表
示器４にクレジット払い可を表示する。利用客が通話を
終え送受話器２を元に戻したとき、通話料金を精算する
（ｎ６）。精算料金をエリアＭ１にストアした後、エリ
アＭ３を検索してクレジットカードから読み取ったクレ
ジット会社コードに該当するクレジット会社の電話番号
を読み出し、その会社のクレジットセンタと公衆電話機
を公衆電話回線９を介して接続する。次にクレジットセ
ンタとのデータ伝送により通話料金をオンライン処理す
る（ｎ７）ｎ７は本発明のクレジット処理手段に、ｎ６
は本発明の通話料金算出手段に対応する。First, in step nl (hereinafter step ni will be simply referred to as ni), it is checked whether a coin has been inserted. When coins are inserted, normal public telephone processing using coin payment is performed (n8). If coins are not inserted, check whether a credit card (magnetic card) is inserted (n
2). When the credit card is inserted into the magnetic card reader 7, input of the password is waited (n3). When no card is inserted, it returns to the initial state. If a PIN is entered, the PIN will be checked against the PIN read from the credit card.
If the password does not match, a message indicating that credit card payment is not possible is displayed on the display 4 and the process returns to the initial state (ni). If the password matches, it is determined that the payment is by credit card and the process proceeds to call processing (n5). At this time, the display 4 displays that credit card payment is possible. When the customer finishes the call and returns the handset 2, the call charge is settled (n6). After storing the settlement charge in area M1, search area M3 to read the telephone number of the credit company corresponding to the credit company code read from the credit card, and connect the credit center and public telephone of that company via public telephone line 9. Connect. Next, the call charge is processed online by data transmission with the credit center (n7).
corresponds to the call charge calculation means of the present invention.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第１図はこの発明の実施例である公衆電話機のブロック
図、第２図は同公衆電話機の外観図、第３図は同公衆電
話機に使用するタレジットカードのカードフォーマット
図、第４図は同公衆電話機の記憶回路部のメモリ構成図
、第５図は同公衆電話機の動作を示すフローチャートで
ある。 ７−磁気カードリーグ。Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a public telephone that is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an external view of the same, Fig. 3 is a card format diagram of a tally credit card used in the public telephone, and Fig. 4 is a FIG. 5 is a memory configuration diagram of the storage circuit section of the public telephone, and is a flowchart showing the operation of the public telephone. 7- Magnetic Card League.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] （１）公衆電話回線を介してクレジットセンタと接続し
、クレジットカードのカード情報に基づきクレジット処
理を行うクレジット処理手段と、クレジットカードの情
報を読み取るカード情報読み取り手段と、 クレジットカードの情報を読み取らせて通話を行ったと
きの通話料金を求める通話料金算出手段とを有し、 クレジットカードから読み取ったカード情報に基づきク
レジットセンタと接続し、前記通話料金算出手段で求め
た通話料金を前記クレジット処理手段によってオンライ
ン処理するようにしたＣＡＴ付公衆電話機。(1) A credit processing means that connects to a credit center via a public telephone line and performs credit processing based on the credit card information, a card information reading means that reads the credit card information, and a credit card information reading means that reads the credit card information. and a call charge calculation means for calculating the call charge when a call is made by the credit card, and the credit processing means connects to a credit center based on the card information read from the credit card, and calculates the call charge calculated by the call charge calculation means. A public telephone with CAT that allows online processing.
JP21795184A 1984-10-16 1984-10-16 Public telephone set with cat Pending JPS6195660A (en)

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Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0216521A2 (en) * 1985-09-10 1987-04-01 Gpt Limited Credit transaction arrangements
JPH02112368A (en) * 1988-10-21 1990-04-25 Nec Corp Card system
JPH02502598A (en) * 1987-03-13 1990-08-16 エイ・ティ・アンド・ティ・コーポレーション Communication service method and device
JPH02283161A (en) * 1989-01-23 1990-11-20 Intellicall Inc Automatic creation of invoice record
JPH06205138A (en) * 1990-12-31 1994-07-22 American Teleph & Telegr Co <Att> Telephone network and its operation
JPH0779304A (en) * 1993-06-22 1995-03-20 Nec Corp Telephone card validity check system

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0216521A2 (en) * 1985-09-10 1987-04-01 Gpt Limited Credit transaction arrangements
JPH02502598A (en) * 1987-03-13 1990-08-16 エイ・ティ・アンド・ティ・コーポレーション Communication service method and device
JPH02112368A (en) * 1988-10-21 1990-04-25 Nec Corp Card system
JPH02283161A (en) * 1989-01-23 1990-11-20 Intellicall Inc Automatic creation of invoice record
JPH06205138A (en) * 1990-12-31 1994-07-22 American Teleph & Telegr Co <Att> Telephone network and its operation
JPH0779304A (en) * 1993-06-22 1995-03-20 Nec Corp Telephone card validity check system

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