KR20080058302A - A system & a method for global annual fee management, and a storage midium for a computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for managing a global annual fee, and a program storage medium thereof are provided to enhance management stability/efficiency, and enable a customer to directly inquire a management state of IP(Intellectual Property) such as a patent registered to each national patent office and establish a reasonable global annual fee policy. A calculation formula database(101) stores an annual fee calculation formula according to an annual fee policy of each country. A fee database(103) stores an agency fee of each agent(133) and country. An expense calculation server(110) calculates a processing expense by calling the annual fee calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of the country causing a right for a requested case from the calculation formula database and extracting the agency fee of the agent of the country causing the case from the fee database. The expense calculation server includes a selector selecting one agent of the country, a periodical expense calculator calculating/providing an expected expense of a predetermined period needed for maintaining the right of the requested case, a reminder, an expense database, and a detail information provider.

Description

A system & method for global annual fee management, and a storage medium for a computer program

The present invention relates to a global annual fee management system and method, and more particularly, to an annual fee such as a patent right registered in a government office of each country in the world, and a representative of an annual fee policy of each country in which the right occurs and an agent of the country in which the right occurs. It is a global annual fee management system and method that promotes the safety and efficiency of rights by consistently managing fees.

1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional global annual fee management system.

Annual fees paid for the maintenance of industrial property rights are not only different for each country, but also in the same country.The annual rate of industrial property rights changes frequently, and the annual fee varies depending on the type of rights, the number of claims, and the year of payment. Since the calculation method and the annual fee calculation amount are different, it is difficult to maintain the registration rights scattered in each country.

Therefore, the conventional management of the rights registered in foreign countries is generally performed by the agent (foreign agent) 10 of the country in which each right occurred in order to reflect the changes in industrial property policies of each country.

The annual payment agent (10) of the foreign countries prepares and sends a reminder list or invoice for the rights being managed, and the customer (20) decides whether or not to pay the reply and responds to each foreign agent (10). ) On behalf of this annual payment.

On the other hand, instead of the customer 20 delegating and paying orders to various overseas agents 10, annual payments are made for unified and stable management that goes beyond language and regional barriers to rights registered in each country. It is possible for the agent 30 to manage the global annual fee on a one-off basis.

In this case, the annual payment agent 30 receives a case-by-case reminder list of registration rights of various clients 20 from designated agents 10 of rights-generating countries of the world, and receives a case-by-case reminder list received from each country. Produce a reminder list for each customer organized by each customer to provide to the customer (20).

When the customer 20 responds to this, the payment agent 30 sends a payment instruction according to the contents of the reply to the designated agent 10 of the country in which the above right occurred, and each designated agent 10 sends the payment agent 30 In accordance with the payment instructions, the procedure is to pay the annual fee to the designated office.

However, there have been the following problems in the conventional annual fee management system and method.

The current maintenance fee for the rights registered in the countries of the world is calculated based on the reminder list of the designated agent 10, and the reminder list sent to the customer 20 is also based on the information on the global rights of the customer. It is summarized. Therefore, there is a limit that the provision of information on administration costs, processing costs, and other rights is limited to events that occur during the period on a case-by-case basis.

In this case, it is difficult for the customer 20 to have a general view on the management status of the rights to be managed, and it is difficult to check the details of the expenses previously spent on maintenance or to collectively calculate the required costs in the future. .

In addition, the global annual payment agent 30 is also cumbersome because it is necessary to repeat the one-time calculation that calculates the cost by inputting the rights information for each country whenever necessary, and the fees of the agent 10 are also very different for each agent. Difficulties in calculating costs reflecting changes in the commission system of agents

Therefore, the customer 20 has difficulty in comprehensively inquiring and evaluating matters on industrial property rights, such as patent rights, registered in foreign countries, and establishing a reasonable maintenance policy for registration rights.

An object of the present invention is to provide a management system for industrial property rights, such as patent rights, registered throughout the world, by a unified system, and to improve the stability and efficiency of management. Implement a storage medium.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a global annual fee management system and method for enabling a customer to directly view the management status of industrial property rights, such as patent rights, registered throughout the world, and to establish a reasonable annual fee policy, and a computer. Implement a program storage medium.

An annual fee management system according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a calculation database for storing an annual fee calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of each country; A fee database that stores agency fees for each agent in each country; Invoke the annual fee calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of the country in which the right to the requested case occurred, from the formula database, and detect the agency fee of the agent representing the country in which the right occurred in the fee database, and then handle the case for the requested case. Characterized in that it comprises a cost calculation server to calculate and provide.

The cost calculation server is characterized in that it further comprises a selection means for designating a specific agent of the representative of the country in which the rights to the requested case occurred.

The cost calculation server is characterized in that it comprises a period cost calculation means for calculating and providing an estimated cost for a particular period of time required to maintain the rights to the requested event.

The cost calculation server is characterized in that it comprises a reminding means for checking the events to occur within a certain period of time for the requested event and generates them as a reminder list for each customer.

The annual fee management system is characterized in that it further comprises a payment cost database for storing the cost data paid for maintenance of the right to the requested case.

The cost calculation server may further include detailed information providing means for detecting and providing detailed information about the requested right from a rights database provided by an office of a country where a right to the requested case was generated. .

The cost calculation server is characterized in that it comprises a web service means for providing a result in a web service format including the calculated event processing costs for the requested event.

The right information on the newly commissioned event is characterized in that the cost calculation server is provided with a new request management means for enabling the customer to directly access and execute through the client computer.

The global annual fee management system according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises: a rights database for storing detailed information on rights to be managed; A calculation database for storing an annual fee calculation according to an annual fee policy of each country; A fee database in which agency fees for each agent are stored; Regarding the managed rights stored in the rights database, an annual fee calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of the country in which the respective rights occurred is called from the calculation database, and the agency fee of the state agent in which the right is generated is detected and maintained in the fee database. Characterized in that it comprises a cost calculation server for calculating and providing management costs.

The cost calculation server is characterized in that it comprises a cost calculation means for each customer to calculate and provide the expected cost for each customer.

The cost calculation server is characterized in that it comprises a period cost calculation means for calculating and providing an estimated cost for a particular period.

The cost calculation server includes a reminding means for checking a matter of each right in the rights database on a predetermined period basis and generating and providing a reminder list including event processing cost information on events scheduled within the period. It is characterized by.

The reminding means may generate and provide a reminder list for each customer including information on an event occurring within the period.

The annual fee management system further includes a reply management means for inputting a reply of whether or not the customer proceeds to the cost calculation server through a client computer to the reminder list provided by the reminding means. It features.

The cost calculation server is characterized by comprising a bill management means for creating a bill corresponding to the reply and providing it to the customer.

The cost calculation server is characterized in that it further comprises a download means for enabling a customer to download the bill containing the cost calculation results to the cost calculation server via a client computer.

The global annual fee management system is characterized in that it further comprises an expenditure cost management means for storing the information on the expenditure for the maintenance of the right to be managed to generate and provide as a list of expenses for each customer.

The global annual fee management system is characterized in that it further comprises a new request input means for allowing a customer to access the cost calculation server to input the right to manage.

The global annual fee management system is characterized in that it further comprises a new request confirmation means for allowing the customer to check the newly requested event with the right to be managed by accessing the cost calculation server.

The global annual fee management system is characterized in that it comprises a web service means for providing a customer with information including the cost calculated by the cost calculation server in the form of a web service.

The global annual fee management method according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of detecting whether there is a right of the event occurrence date by detecting data in the rights database that stores detailed information about the rights to be managed; ; Calculating a case processing cost including an annual fee and an agent fee by detecting calculation formulas and agent fee information according to the annual fee policy of the country in which the right occurred, if there is a right having an event date within a predetermined period of time; And generating a reminder list including information on management rights to which an event is scheduled to occur for each customer and event processing cost information on the rights.

The global annual fee management method may further include providing the reminder list to each customer.

When the reminder list is provided to each customer and a reply is input thereto, a bill generation step of generating and providing a bill corresponding to the reply is characterized in that it is configured.

Global annual fee management method according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of inputting a management period; Extracting the calculation formula and agent fee information according to the annual fee policy of the rights-generating country for the management period and calculating the event processing costs for the events occurring within the management period for each right; And generating and providing an estimated cost list including information on a right to occur an event and calculated event processing cost information within the management period.

Global annual fee management method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of inputting customer information; Extracting a calculation formula according to an annual fee policy of a country where the rights are generated and agent fee information of the country for the rights of the customer, and calculating an event processing cost for events that occur for the rights of the customer for each event; And generating and providing an estimated cost list including information on each of the rights and the calculated case processing cost information.

The global annual fee management method according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of inputting rights information; Calculating a processing cost for the right by extracting a calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of the country in which the right occurs and the fee information of the designated agent of the country; And providing the calculated processing cost as an expected cost list.

And after the step of inputting the right information, designating an agent among agents of the country in which the right has occurred.

After performing the step of inputting the right information, the step of accessing the database provided by the government office of the country where the right has occurred, the step of viewing the information on the right is selectively performed.

A computer program storage medium according to the present invention for achieving the above object is characterized in that the computer program for implementing the global annual fee management system on a computer system.

A computer program storage medium according to the present invention for achieving the above object is characterized in that it comprises a computer program for performing each step of the global annual fee management method on a computer system.

In the case of the global annual fee management system and method of the present invention, since the unified system provides management of rights such as patent rights registered throughout the world, the management cost can be predicted, the management status can be inquired, and the right can be obtained. Viewing of matters can be performed efficiently, so that it is possible to efficiently establish a global annual fee management policy for rights holders and managers, and to facilitate customer convenience.

Next, a configuration of a preferred embodiment of the global annual fee management system according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a global annual fee management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a cost calculation server of the global annual fee management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates a user interface in which a customer is logged in to a cost calculation server according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 illustrates a user interface screen for retrieving details of a delegated right, and FIGS. 6A to 6E respectively. Payment status inquiry user interface, estimated amount inquiry user interface, reminder list inquiry by the global annual fee management system of the embodiment of the present invention user interface, the user interface for querying the customer's reply to the reminder list, and view the bill Each illustrates a user interface for.

7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating a state in which a database of a domestic or foreign government office is inquired about a right to be managed, respectively.

The global annual fee management system 100 according to the present invention includes a calculation database 101 for storing an annual fee calculation formula according to an annual fee policy of each country, a fee database 103 for storing an agent fee for each agent of each country, and , The cost calculation server 110 for calculating and providing a case processing necessary cost for the requested rights, characterized in that configured to include.

The formula database 101 of the present embodiment reflects the policy on industrial property rights registered in various countries of the world, and stores a formula for annual fees to be paid to the bureaus of rights-generating countries 121 and 131 to maintain their rights.

In other words, even if the rights of the same substantive content are set, each country must be registered and registered in accordance with the secularism of industrial property rights. In many countries, the registration fee is calculated by dividing the fee paid at the time of establishment registration into the annual fee for maintaining the rights after the establishment registration. Therefore, in order to maintain the rights, the annual fee, which is the annual registration fee, is charged in addition to the establishment registration fee.

However, the standard for imposing registration fees differs depending on the ideology and purpose of each country's industrial policy, so the formula for calculating the annual fee also varies from country to country.

As such, the annual fee differs from country to country, and in the same country, the types of rights (for example, patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, etc.), the number of claims, and the costs calculated by the year of payment are all different. In order to ensure consistent and efficient maintenance of rights scattered throughout the country, it is required to have formulas based on industrial property systems and annual fee policies around the world.

Formula database 101 of the embodiment of the present invention stores the calculation formula for calculating the annual fee of the country in which the rights occurred for almost all rights entrusted to the payment agent, the cost calculation server 110 when the rights are entered The annual fee for that right is automatically calculated and provided.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the calculation formula for calculating the annual fee is the country in which the rights are generated for the entered rights, application number, application date, notification number, notification date, priority claim date, international application date, registration number, type of rights It is a formula for calculating the registration fee for the relevant year or round by using information such as the date of establishment of registration, the year of payment, the number of claims, the number of independent terms, and the number of dependent terms.

For example, when calculating the annual fee for a patent in Korea, the annual fee is calculated based on the base fee for the year of payment and the additional fee for additional claims, and the patent annual fee is premium every three years. The annual fee will be calculated.

For example, an annual fee for a patent registered in the United States is paid three times for the entire duration of the payment. Each payment is due three years, six months, seven years, six months, and 11 years, six months. Considering the matters, the annual fee is calculated by using the registration fee of each round as the annual fee for the year of payment.

In the fee database 103 of the embodiment of the present invention, the agent fee information for agents 122 and 133 for the annual payment in the country where the right to be managed is generated is stored, and in the same country, there are two or more agents for the payment. In this case, the agent fee information for each agent 122 and 133 is stored, and when the fee of the agent 122 and 133 differs according to the year of payment or the number of claims, information about the agent fee is also stored.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the incident processing cost is calculated by an amount including an annual fee, which is a current due fee calculated by the annual fee calculation formula of each country, and a fee of a payment agent of the country in which the rights for the event occurred.

The cost calculation server 110 of the present invention, when there is a request for cost calculation for the annual fee payment, calls the annual fee calculation formula of the country in which the right occurs and calculates the annual fee for the relevant year, and the agent agency fee in the calculated amount. Detect and add to calculate the required cost.

When the cost calculation server 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention calculates the requested incident processing cost, it is possible to selectively calculate the global payment agent's fees.

In addition, the result calculated by the cost calculation server 110 can be converted into US dollars to calculate the cost required on a single basis for rights generated in each country around the world.

The cost calculation server 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention can calculate the cost for the newly input right from the client computer, and can also calculate the necessary costs for the individual rights stored in the rights database 105 collectively. Do.

For example, the global annual fee management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention includes a rights database 105 which stores detailed information on the rights of various customers 150 registered in various countries of the world. When new data entry is detected, it is possible to calculate the current cost for the new input right, or to calculate the costs necessary for maintaining the current right for the rights of the rights database 105 at regular intervals.

The cost calculation server 110 calls the calculation formula that calculates the annual fee of the country where the right occurred in the calculation database 101 based on the information on the newly entered right or the detailed information of the rights database 105, and the right. The fee information of the representatives 122 and 133 designated for the management of the extracts is calculated to calculate the required expenses. For example, the cost calculation server 110 is configured to calculate the annual fee to be paid for the year, the agent cost, and the sum of the costs, etc., respectively, and provide them to the server manager or the customer 150.

The cost calculation server 110 of the present embodiment includes an estimated cost calculating means 113 for calculating and providing an estimated cost for the requested right, and the estimated cost calculating means 113 for calculating and providing an estimated cost for a specific period of time. It characterized in that it comprises a cost calculation means 113a for each period.

For example, the cost calculation means 113a of the present embodiment may calculate the cost required to maintain the rights until the expiration date of the requested right, and may calculate the cost for the next one or three years, respectively. It is possible to calculate costs on a quarterly or monthly basis.

In addition, the estimated cost calculating means 113 of the present embodiment further includes a cost calculating means 113b for calculating the estimated cost for a certain right and a cost calculating means 113c for each customer calculating an estimated cost for each customer. do.

The cost calculation means 113b for each of the rights of the present embodiment can calculate the cost required for each right, can calculate the cost for all rights to be managed, and can be calculated within a certain period based on the registration rights or the registration date of some countries. It is possible to estimate future expenses by varying the scope of the right to calculate costs, such as human rights.

The cost calculation means 113c for each customer of this embodiment generates cost calculation results for each of the rights registered worldwide for each customer and provides them in the form of a list. The cost calculation means 113c for each customer is a cost calculation condition. According to the input state, it is possible to selectively work together with the cost calculating means 113a and the cost calculating means 113b for each period.

In addition, the cost calculation server 110 of the embodiment of the present invention is further provided with a selection means for designating a particular agent (122,133) among the national agent in which the requested rights occurred on the premise of cost calculation for maintenance of the requested rights. do.

The designation of such agents 122 and 133 may be designated by a global annual payment agent, but may be directly selected by a customer 150 connected to the cost calculation server 110 using a client computer. According to the embodiment, the agents 122 and 133 may be designated by various methods and are not limited to the present embodiment.

The cost calculation server 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a reminding means 115 that checks an event to occur within a predetermined period for a requested right and generates and provides a reminder list for each customer.

The reminding means 115 of the present embodiment informs that the annual payment period for the rights registered in each country is due and provides an estimated cost, thereby providing the right for the invalidity rights or the excessive maintenance costs. The purpose of the present invention is to allow for the relinquishment of all or part of the plan, and to establish the maintenance costs early and pay the expenses within a reasonable period.

The reminding means 115 of the present embodiment can register the reminder list on the web so that the customer can download the reminder list, and at the same time or alternatively, the reminder list can be delivered to the customer on or offline to reply. It is possible to ask.

The global annual fee management system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives the reply of the customer 150 to the reminder list after the reminder list is generated and provided to the customer 150 by the reminding means 115. It further comprises a reply management means 116 to.

The reply management means 116 of the present embodiment may be configured so that the server administrator receives and registers the reply of the customer 150 with respect to the reminder list, or the customer 150 logs in and directly inputs the message on the web. It is possible to register a reply in different ways.

The reply from the customer 150 is preferably configured to include the customer's 150 choice of whether to retain, abandon, or partially abandon the rights contained in the reminder list, the matter contained in the reply of the customer 150. Since is accompanied by a change in the detailed information about the customer information and the rights database 105 of the customer information database 102, the careful selection and security of the customer 150 is required.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the customer 150 registers the reply on the web, the client 150 registers the reply by logging in using an official certificate which is highly secured.

In addition, the global annual fee management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention allows the customer 150 to directly check the registration status on the web with respect to the reply sent by the customer through online and offline. It is also possible to confirm the registration status of the reply by written notice.

Cost calculation server 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention, if the reply of the customer 150 is registered, the bill management means 117 for generating and providing a bill for recalculating the case processing costs in response to the content of the reply; Equipped. In this case, the bill management means 117 is configured to enable the customer 150 to log in on the web to view or download the bill, and in parallel with this, the server manager bills generated by the cost calculation server 110 It is possible to output and send it to the customer offline.

The global annual fee management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention is further characterized by further comprising a payment cost database 108 that stores cost data previously paid for the requested rights.

In FIG. 6A, the server manager or the customer 150 may access the cost calculation server 110 to search for a history of expenses that have been spent in the past, and the expenses previously spent for each country, for each individual right, and for each kind of right. It is possible to search by specifying a period of time for a range of rights specified by or. Therefore, it is possible to check whether the annual fee for the rights he has requested has been properly paid, and whether the rights remain valid as a result of payment. It can be used as a reference for the establishment.

The cost calculation server 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include the requested rights from the rights database 105 as shown in FIG. 7B or from a database provided by the national offices 121 and 131 having generated the requested rights as shown in FIG. 7A. It characterized in that it further comprises a detailed information providing means 119 for providing the detailed information for viewing.

Detailed information providing means 119 of the embodiment of the present invention, to provide the server administrator and the customer 150 with the appropriate information for establishing a reasonable annual payment policy for the rights registered in the government offices 121,131 of the world It is for. For example, the detailed information providing means 119 provides information on the registered right status, such as the duration of the right, the date of setting registration, the number of claims, the right holder, and the license, in the rights database of the government offices 121 and 131 of the corresponding country. Therefore, the right of the relevant right can be judged and used to refer to whether to pay the annual fee.

In addition, the detailed information providing means 119 allows the customer to read the publications, such as patent publications registered in the rights database of the office, to check the actual matters of the rights, and the right to give up and the right to give up partially. Make it easy to judge.

The annual fee management system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a new request management means 111 that manages information on a new request right, and the new request management means 111 is a cost calculation server 110 directly by the customer 150. It is further provided with a new request input means (not shown) for accessing and inputting the new request confirmation means (111b) to check the input information.

For example, when requesting management of a global payment agent for rights registered in each country of the world, when the customer 150 provides the payment agent with the details of a new request right, the global payment agent, that is, the server Although the administrator can enter the detailed information about the new entrusted right from the customer to form the rights database 105, the client 150 directly issues the new entrusted right through the client computer to facilitate the process. It is also configured to input.

In addition, since the information on the newly requested right is the most basic premise for the maintenance of the future right, the global annual fee management system 100 of the present embodiment includes the customer 150 to calculate the cost calculation server 110. It is further provided with a new request confirmation means to check the registration status of the newly requested case by connecting to.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the new request confirmation unit 111b may generate and display a list of newly requested rights as a list, and request the customer to output detailed information about the newly requested rights. ) Can be viewed on the web or offline.

The cost calculation server 110 may further include a web service means for providing a result including a calculated processing cost in a web service format.

Next will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, each step of the preferred embodiment of the global annual fee management method according to the global annual fee payment system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a maintenance state of rights by the global annual fee management method of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a regular maintenance state by the global annual fee management method of the embodiment of the present invention. to be.

Looking at the process of the management of industrial property rights registered in each country of the world by the global annual fee management method according to the present invention.

In the case of managing industrial property rights registered in each country of the world through the global annual fee management system 110 of the embodiment of the present invention, the customer 150 may directly input or newly request a list of newly requested rights on the web. Send the list of rights offline to the global payment agent for input.

When a new request list is input, the cost calculation server 110 generates a new transfer status list on the web as shown in FIG. 4, and outputs the new transfer status when the customer 150 logs in on the web. To help. In parallel, the global payment agent sends the new transfer status to the customer offline so that the customer can check it (steps 200 and 201).

When the new transfer status is confirmed, the cost management server 110 detects detailed information on each newly transferred right from the industrial property information database provided by the government offices of the respective rights.

The cost management server 110 stores the information on the newly transferred rights detected in the industrial property information database provided by the government office of each country in correspondence with each item constituting the rights database 105 to store the rights database 105. Create itself or update it.

Meanwhile, the process of creating and updating the rights database 105 may be automatically performed by the cost management server 110, or may be manually performed by the server administrator.

In the embodiment of Figure 5, the cost management server 110 is further provided with a delegation detection means 112 for viewing the detailed information about the events delegated from the customer 150. Therefore, the server manager or the customer 150 can search and view the information delegated to the management object at any time by the delegated matter detection means (step 204).

For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, the rights database 105 includes the rights generating country, the applicant, the registrant, the registration number, the reference number, the application number, the year of payment, the number of claims, the deadline, the expiration date, the final status, the name of the agent, Various information is included, including the name of the invention and the like. Accordingly, the server manager and the customer 150 may search for and search various range events to be viewed by inputting various search conditions through the values of the respective items (step 205).

On the other hand, look at the process of regularly managed by the global annual fee management system of the embodiment of the present invention as follows.

The server manager receives the reminder list and the annual policy information from designated agents 122 and 133 of the world and inputs the related information into the cost calculation server (step 210).

When the changed policy information is input by the server administrator, the cost calculation server detects whether there is a change in the annual fee policy and updates the formula database 101, and detects whether there is a change in the agent fee to detect the fee database 103. It updates (steps 211 to 215).

The reminding means 115 detects data in the rights database 105 in which detailed information on the rights to be managed are stored to detect whether there is a right within a predetermined period of the event occurrence date (steps 216 and 217). ).

If there is a right that the date of occurrence of the event is within a certain period of time, the current event handling costs including annual and agent fees are calculated directly, or the current event handling costs are detected and a reminder list is generated for each customer. It will be provided to (step 218 to step 220).

The period in which the reminder list is generated is determined according to the business policy of the global payment agent, and the time required for sending the reminder list to the customer 150 and registering the reply, and generating the invoice after the reply is registered. May be set for various periods, such as months, quarters, half-years, and the current year, in consideration of the time required for the designated agent (122,133) to proceed with the annual payment process according to the time and payment instructions for payment and payment. will be.

4 and 6C, in the embodiment of the present invention, the reminding means 115 generates a reminder list for each customer and registers them on the web, so that the customer 150 logged in on the web can view the corresponding information. (Step 220).

On the other hand, the reminder list generated by the reminding means 115 may be converted or outputted into a file of various formats and provided to the customer 150 through various routes such as a web service or the Internet or mail, and registered on the web. It is not limited to the method provided.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the reminder list is provided to each customer 150, a reply is input (step 231).

The input of the reply according to the present embodiment may be directly performed by the customer 150, but the server manager may receive the reply of the customer 150 offline and register the content of the reply.

In the present embodiment, the content of the reply indicates whether the action included in the reminder list will be taken to maintain the right in the current period, and whether the action will be retained for the entire claim for the right to take action. It may include a matter of whether or not to maintain the rights of the claims only.

In addition, the reply management means 116 of the embodiment of the present invention is further provided with a configuration to be able to query the reply to the reminder list on the web as shown in Figure 6d.

When the reply from the customer is input, the invoice management means 117 of the present embodiment creates an invoice that charges a fee corresponding to the content of the reply (step 232).

This invoice may include the current annual fee for the rights on the reminder list that are required to take action by reply, the payment fees for the country in which the rights occurred, and the fees for the global payment agent.

The cost calculation server 110 may register the invoice as shown in FIG. 6E to allow the customer 150 to view and download it on the web or to transmit the invoice to the customer 150 by webmail, and the server manager outputs the invoice. It is possible to send to customers offline.

While the invoice is sent and the payment is confirmed, a payment instruction is given to designated agents 122 and 133 of the country where each right is generated, and a procedure for maintaining the right is performed (step 233).

Upon completion of the payment by the designated representatives 122 and 133, the customer database 102, the rights database 105, and the payment cost database 108 are updated with the information (steps 235 and 240).

According to the global annual fee management system of the embodiment of the present invention of FIG. 6A, the server administrator or the customer 150 logged in on the web can view the situation where payment has been made in the past.

For example, the server administrator or the customer 150 may request a matter in which payment has been made in the past for a predetermined period or a range of rights through the payment status inquiry screen on the web. The payment cost management means 118 searches the payment cost database 108 according to the inputted conditional expression and pays the fees paid to maintain a range of rights to the annual fee, the representative cost of the country where the rights are generated, and the global payment agent. It is possible to provide in the form of a list containing the costs paid.

When searching for the matters paid for in the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to search by inputting the conditions, such as the country of rights generation, registration number, payment date, payment deadline, registration right holder, etc. For example, you can include information about total costs, annual fees, and designated agent fees for each payment date and due date.

The global payment agent or customer 150 can use the payment cost database 108 search results to review and confirm that the customer's annual policy is appropriate and can be used as a reference to establish future policy. .

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the server administrator or a customer logged on the web wants to calculate the expected cost, the user selects and inputs the target right and the calculation condition for which the expected cost is calculated, and the estimated cost calculating means 113 Calculates and provides the necessary cost in the future by extracting the rights country, registration date, deadline, number of claims, fee information of the agent of the country in which the rights are generated for the scope of rights (steps 241 to 245).

In an embodiment of the present invention, the estimated cost calculates the required cost for the period selected by the server manager or the customer 150, and the calculated cost may be provided by dividing the estimated cost for each right or for each item.

The estimated cost calculating means 113 determines whether the server manager or the customer 150 has requested the estimated cost, and if there is a request for calculating the estimated cost, extracts a matter from the rights database regarding the right to which the estimated cost is requested ( Step 241).

The cost calculation server 110 calls the calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of the country in which the right occurred in the calculation database 101, and detects the agent fee of the rights generating country.

In addition, the cost calculation server 110 calculates, for each right, an estimated cost required for an event to occur in a period in which an expected cost is calculated based on the information extracted from the rights database 105 (step 243).

The estimated cost calculating means 113 may provide the calculated result total cost, or may generate the estimated cost list by dividing the calculated result by each item and provide the estimated cost list to the server manager or the customer.

The estimated cost may be calculated as the estimated cost for each customer, the total cost for the entire customer may be calculated, or may be calculated only for the specific range requested by the server manager or the customer 150.

In addition, the calculation of the expected cost in one embodiment of the present invention is not calculated only for the previously requested rights registered in the rights database 105, but by directly inputting a matter about a range of rights, maintenance of these rights. It is also possible to calculate the cost required for.

In this case, the estimated cost calculating means 113 checks whether sufficient information has been input to calculate the cost, calls the annual fee calculation formula of the rights-generating country according to the input conditions, and detects the representative cost to calculate the estimated cost.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, the cost calculation server 110 may further include a step of designating an agent from the agent of the country where the right occurred after performing the step of inputting the right information to calculate the cost.

In addition, the cost calculation server 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention accesses a database provided by the office of the country where the rights are generated so as to check the input state of the right information for calculating the expected cost and confirm the state and validity of the right. Information on the right can be made available.

Accordingly, the server manager or the customer 150 may input detailed information required for estimating the estimated cost through the provided information, and may confirm the content of the input information, thereby increasing the validity of the calculation result.

The present invention contributes to the establishment of an annual fee management policy for the server administrator or the customer by calculating the estimated cost, and the right to be requested is also provided to calculate the estimated cost for future maintenance. Judgment as to management can also be reasonably performed.

The global annual fee management system 100 of the embodiment of the present invention can be produced as a computer program for implementing on a computer system including a cost management server 110 and a client computer, which computer program includes a hard disk of a PC. It is possible to be stored in various kinds of storage media.

On the other hand, the global annual fee management method of the embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program for performing each step on a computer system, which is stored in various types of storage media including a hard disk of a PC. It is possible.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, but is determined by the matters described in the claims, and it is obvious that the present invention includes various modifications and adaptations made by those skilled in the art in the claims and equivalents.

1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional global annual fee management system.

Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating a global annual fee management system of an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a cost calculation server of the global annual fee management system of the embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a user interface in which a customer is logged in to a cost calculation server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a user interface screen for retrieving matters for delegated rights.

6A, 6B, 6C, and 6D illustrate a payment status inquiry user interface, an estimated amount inquiry user interface, a reminder list inquiry user interface, and a reminder list according to the global annual fee management system of the embodiment of the present invention, respectively. Each illustrating a user interface for querying a reply.

7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating a state in which a database of domestic or foreign government offices is queried for respective rights to be managed, respectively.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a maintenance state of rights by the global annual fee management method of the embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a periodic maintenance state by the global annual fee management method of the embodiment of the present invention.

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Global Yearly Rate Management System 101 ...... Calculation Database

102 ..... Customer Information Database 103 ...... Fee Database

105 ..... Rights Database 108 ...... Spending Cost Database

110 ..... Expenditure database 150 ...... Customer

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A calculation database for storing an annual fee calculation according to an annual fee policy of each country; A fee database that stores agency fees for each agent in each country; Invoke the annual fee calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of the country in which the right to the requested case occurred, from the formula database, and detect the agency fee of the agent representing the country in which the right occurred in the fee database, and then handle the case for the requested case. Global annual fee management system, characterized in that configured to include a cost calculation server to provide. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost calculation server, And a selection means for designating a specific representative from among agents in the country in which the right to the requested case has occurred. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost calculation server, A global annual fee management system, characterized in that it comprises a period cost calculation means for calculating and providing an estimated cost for a particular period required for the maintenance of the right to the requested case. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost calculation server, And a reminder means for checking an event to occur within a predetermined period of time with respect to the requested event and generating the reminder list and providing the reminder list to each customer. The method of claim 1, wherein the annual fee management system, And a payment cost database for storing cost data paid for maintenance of the right to the requested event. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost calculation server, And a detailed information providing means for detecting and providing detailed information on the requested right from a rights database provided by an office of a country where the right to the requested case was generated. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost calculation server, And a web service means for providing a result including a calculated event processing cost for the requested event in a web service format. The global annual fee management system according to claim 1, wherein the right information on the newly requested case comprises a new request management means which enables the customer to directly access and execute the cost calculation server through a client computer. A rights database for storing detailed information on rights to be managed; A calculation database for storing an annual fee calculation according to an annual fee policy of each country; A fee database in which agency fees for each agent are stored; Regarding the managed rights stored in the rights database, the annual fee calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of the country in which the respective rights occurred is called from the calculation database, and the agency fee of the state agent who generated the rights is detected in the fee database. Global annual fee management system comprising a cost calculation server for calculating and providing maintenance costs. The method of claim 9, wherein the cost calculation server, Global annual fee management system, characterized in that it comprises a cost calculation means for each customer to calculate the estimated cost for each customer. The method of claim 9, wherein the cost calculation server, A global annual fee management system, characterized in that it comprises a period cost calculation means for calculating and providing an estimated cost for a particular period. The method of claim 9, wherein the cost calculation server, Global annual means comprising a reminder for generating a reminder list including the event processing cost information for the event scheduled within the period by checking the details of each right in the rights database on a regular basis Fee management system. The method according to claim 12, wherein the reminding means, Global annual fee management system, characterized in that to generate and provide a reminder list for each customer containing information on the events occurring within the period. The method of claim 13, wherein the annual fee management system, Global annual fee management system, characterized in that for the reminder list provided by the reminding means, a reply management means for inputting a reply of whether or not the case proceeds to the cost calculation server through a client computer . The method of claim 14, wherein the cost calculation server, And a bill management means for creating a bill corresponding to the reply and providing the bill to the customer. The method of claim 9, wherein the cost calculation server, And a download means for allowing a customer to download and download the invoice including the cost calculation result through the client computer. The method of claim 9, wherein the global annual fee management system, Global annual fee management system characterized in that it further comprises an expenditure cost management means for generating a list of expenditures for each customer by storing information about the expenditure for the maintenance of the right to be managed. The method of claim 9, wherein the global annual fee management system, The global annual fee management system, characterized in that it further comprises a new request input means for allowing the customer to access the cost calculation server to input the right to manage. The method of claim 9, wherein the global annual fee management system, And a new request confirmation means for allowing the customer to check the newly requested event with the right to be managed by accessing the cost calculation server. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 19, wherein the global annual fee management system, And a web service means for providing the customer with information in the form of a web service, the information including the cost calculated by the cost calculation server. Detecting whether there is a right in which a date of occurrence of an event is within a predetermined period by detecting data in a rights database in which detailed information on a right to be managed is stored; Calculating a case processing cost including an annual fee and an agent fee by detecting calculation formulas and agent fee information according to the annual fee policy of the country in which the right occurred, if there is a right having an event date within a predetermined period of time; And generating a reminder list including information on management rights to which an event is scheduled to occur for each customer and event processing cost information on the rights. The method of claim 21, wherein the global annual fee management method, And providing the reminder list to each customer. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the reminder list is provided to each customer, and if a reply is input thereto, the global annual fee management method is configured to include a bill generation step of generating and providing a bill corresponding to the reply. Inputting a management period; Extracting the calculation formula and agent fee information according to the annual fee policy of the rights-generating country for the management period and calculating the event processing costs for the events occurring within the management period for each right; And generating and providing an estimated cost list including information on a right to occur an event and calculated event processing cost information within the management period. Inputting customer information; Extracting a calculation formula according to an annual fee policy of a country where the rights are generated and agent fee information of the country for the rights of the customer, and calculating an event processing cost for events that occur for the rights of the customer for each event; And generating and providing an estimated cost list including information on each of the rights and calculated event processing cost information. Inputting right information; Calculating a processing cost for the right by extracting a calculation formula according to the annual fee policy of the country in which the right occurs and the fee information of the designated agent of the country; And providing the calculated processing cost as an estimated cost list. 27. The method of claim 26, further comprising the step of designating an agent among agents of the country in which the right occurred after performing the step of inputting the right information. 27. The method of claim 26, wherein after performing the step of inputting the right information, the step of accessing a database provided by the government office of the country where the right is generated, the step of viewing the information on the rights is selectively performed globally How to manage your annual fee. A storage medium storing a computer program, comprising a computer program for implementing the global annual fee management system according to any one of claims 1 to 19 on a computer system. 29. A storage medium storing a computer program, comprising a computer program for executing each step of the global annual fee management method according to any one of claims 21 to 28 on a computer system.

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