JPS62146057A - Telephone system with charge display - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To manage budgets of individual persons and groups by providing a charge storage device for each person and storing and displaying the state of the use charge for each person to manage the use condition of the charge of each person. CONSTITUTION:When a user dials his own individual outside line access code, a central controller 15 detects it and registers the storage part of the user in an individual charge storage device 16 where the charge should be accumulated. When the end of speaking of the user is detected by the central controller 15, the central controller 15 instructs a charging device 14 to start charging. The charging device 14 reports the use charge to the central controller 15 when terminating the charging. The central controller transmits the reported charge to the individual charge storage device 16 and stores it in the pertinent individual storage part, and a proportion of the use charge is calculated in accordance with the usable charge and the used charge. The used charge and the proportion are reported to a telephone 1 and are displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device with a charge display capable of displaying usage charges when using an outside line.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION FIG. 3 shows the structure of a conventional telephone device with charge display of this type. In Figure 3, (1) is a telephone with a display that can display charges, (2) is a call path switch, (3) is an outside line, (4) is a billing device, (5) is a central control device, and (6) is a telephone. This is a charge storage device for each telephone that stores the charges that may be used and the charges used for each telephone.

In FIG. 3, when a call is made from the telephone 1 to the outside line 3, the central control unit 5 activates the billing device 4 and starts billing. When the outside line call ends, the charging device 4 calculates the charge for the call and notifies the central control device 5 of the charge. The central control device 5 notifies the telephone-specific charge storage device 6 of the charges, and displays the charges that may be used for each telephone and the cumulative charges that have been used so far, which are stored in the telephone-specific charge storage device (6). The ratio of usage is calculated from the above, and this is notified to each display-equipped telephone 1, so that the display-equipped telephone displays the ratio.

In this way, even with the conventional telephone device with a display, the outside line usage charges for each telephone can be displayed on each telephone, which is of great help in saving the above usage charges.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional telephone device described above, charges are made for each telephone, so in an environment where multiple telephones are arbitrarily used by multiple people, usage charges for each telephone cannot be determined. However, it is often unclear whether or not the usage fees for each individual or group have actually been saved, which is extremely inconvenient in terms of budget management.

The present invention solves these conventional problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone device with an excellent charge display capable of displaying usage charges for each individual.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a charge storage device for each individual and is configured to be able to store and display the status of usage charges for each individual.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to manage the usage status of charges for each individual, and since the usage status of charges is aggregated and displayed for each individual no matter which phone calls are made, the budget for each individual and each group can be managed. This has the effect that management can be performed extremely accurately.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 1, συ is a telephone equipped with a display that can display charges, Q2 is a call path switch, (II is an outside line, Q4 is a billing device, α-dan is a central control device, and tte is an individual device. αη is an individual charge storage device that stores the available charges and used charges, and αη is an individual outside line access code storage device.

Note that the telephone αυ, the call path switch a7J1, the outside line α floor, the charge storage device (1119), and the access code storage device αη are each connected to the central control device 15, and are configured to be controlled by the central control device 15. ing.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. In the above embodiment, when the user wishes to make an outside line call using the telephone 1, he first dials his own individual outside line access code. When the outside line access code is dialed, the central control device 5 detects it and registers in which user's storage section of the individual fee storage device 16 the fee will be charged. The user then dials to make an outside line, and when that is finished and a signal to make a call comes from the outside line, it is detected by the central controller 5, and the central controller 5 starts charging the billing device 14. notify you to do so. When the call ends and a call end signal is detected by the central control device 15, this is the billing device 14.
The billing device 14 finishes the billing and notifies the central control device 15 of the usage fee. The central control device transmits the notified fee to the individual fee storage device 16, stores it in the storage section of the corresponding individual, and calculates the usage fee up to now based on the fee that can be used and the cumulative amount of the used fee. A notification is given to the effect that the ratio will be calculated and the used charge and the ratio will be displayed on the display telephone 1. The display telephone 1 displays the notified charges and percentages to encourage the user to save on charges. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing this series of operations.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the embodiments described above, the present invention allows the ratio of usage charges to be displayed based on billing information to be determined individually for each individual. However, it has the advantage that the rate savings can be made to depend on the individual after the call, increasing the rate saving effect and providing services closer to the user's requirements.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a telephone device with charge display according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the same embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional telephone device with charge display. It is. αυ...Telephone with display, Q2...Call path switch, (13)...External line, ■...Charging device, Q9...
Central control unit, (16+...individual charge storage device, α
η...Individual outside line access code storage device. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao (1st person)
Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] An electronic exchange that performs various service functions, a billing device that calculates outside line usage charges, a telephone with a display that can display the above usage charges, an identification number for each user, charges that may be used by each user, and usage. It is equipped with an individual fee storage device that stores the usage fee for each person, and the individual fee storage device calculates the usage fee for each individual based on the individual identification number. A telephone device with a rate display configured to compare the rate with a good rate, calculate the degree of use of an outside line, and display it on the above-mentioned telephone set with a display device.