KR20190043914A - Rental asset monitoring service system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a rental asset monitoring service system and a method thereof. The rental asset monitoring service system comprises: a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent which is installed in each rental device and collects state information of a corresponding rental device in real time to transmit the same; an SNMP server which requests the state information of the rental device to the SNMP agent in real time and receives the state information of the rental device in real time to transmit the same; a rental asset state management server which receives the state information of the rental device from the SNMP server to store the same; and a rental asset remote monitoring terminal which displays and monitors the state information of the rental device stored in the rental asset state management server in real time. According to the present invention, the rental asset monitoring service system and the method thereof are configured to remotely monitor a rental asset and replace consumable products at a time or immediately receive after-sales service when a fault occurs, thereby increasing convenience of a user of the rental asset and management efficiency of the rental asset.

Description

[0001] RENTAL ASSET MONITORING SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD [0002]

The present invention relates to a rental asset, and more particularly, to a rental asset monitoring service system and method.

Currently, rental services for office equipment, vehicles and all other durables are under way.

Rental service is expanding to a wide range of products such as printers, fax machines, PCs, as well as water purifiers that have been widely used.

It is important for these rental devices to manage consumables or to manage equipment failure. Users of the rental service need to use the convenience of replacing the consumables or repairing the equipment. However, there is no service available to replace consumables in advance if these consumables need to be replaced. In other words, if the ink cartridge or laser toner of the printer or fax is exhausted, it is not possible to replace the ink cartridge or the laser toner in advance.

If you are using a printer or fax machine in your office, you will have to wait for a while before ordering the supplies by phone when you need to replace them. In the office right now, the work is temporarily paralyzed.

Accordingly, there is a demand for a rental service that can increase the convenience of use of a rental device in addition to a rental service limited to rental of a rental device.

2000-006013 10-1266983

It is an object of the present invention to provide a rental asset monitoring service system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a rental asset monitoring service method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rental asset monitoring service system, comprising: a simple network management protocol agent for collecting and transmitting status information of a rental device to a rental device in real time; A simple network management protocol server for receiving and transmitting status information of the rental device in real time; A rental asset management server for receiving and storing the status information of the rental device from the SNMP server; And a rental asset remote monitoring terminal for displaying and monitoring status information of rental devices stored in the rental asset status management server in real time.

Here, the SNMP agent may be configured to be installed in an ink printer, a laser printer, a fax, and a PC, respectively.

Specifically, the SNMP agent transmits model information, ink cartridge remaining amount, printing page count information, malfunction information, and proprietary information of the ink printer to a real time And transmit the collected information to the SNMP server.

The SNMP agent can be configured to collect model information, toner remaining amount, printing page count information, failure information, owner information, and the like of the laser printer in real time in response to a request of the SNMP server, and transmit the collected information to the SNMP server .

The SNMP agent can collect the model information of the fax, the remaining toner amount, the printing page count information, the failure information, and the owner information in real time according to the request of the SNMP server, and transmit the collected information to the SNMP server.

The SNMP agent can be configured to collect, in real time, the model information of the PC, the software license information, the failure information, and the owner information according to the request of the SNMP server, and transmit the collected information to the SNMP server.

On the other hand, referring to the remaining amount of ink cartridge of the ink printer, the remaining amount of toner of the laser printer, and the remaining amount of toner of the fax among the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server, And the automatic order delivery order of the paper cartridge and the laser toner and the paper is referenced by referring to the owner information when the replacement timing and the order timing are predicted and calculated, As shown in FIG.

Then, referring to the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server, the presence / absence information of the ink printer, the failure status information of the laser printer, the failure status information of the fax, And a rental asset A / S automatic order server for generating an automatic A / S order of the rental device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rental asset monitoring service method, wherein a simple network management protocol agent (SNMP agent) 110 collects status information of rental devices in real time and transmits them to the SNMP server 120 ; Receiving the status information of the corresponding rental device from the SNMP agent in real time and delivering the status information to the rental asset management server; Receiving the status information of the rental device from the SNMP server and storing the status information of the rental device; The rental asset remote monitoring terminal displays and monitors status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset status management server in real time.

Here, the step of the SNMP agent collecting the status information of the rental device in real time and transmitting the status information to the SNMP server may be performed when the rental device is an ink printer, information on the remaining number of ink cartridges, ink cartridge remaining amount, printing page coefficient information, malfunction information, and proprietary information, and transmits the information to the SNMP server.

The SNMP agent collects status information of the rental device in real time and transmits the information to the SNMP server when the rental device is a laser printer. The information includes model information of the laser printer, toner remaining amount, The printing page count information, the failure presence information, and the owner information in real time, and transmits the collected information to the SNMP server.

The step of the SNMP agent collecting the status information of the rental device in real time and transmitting the status information of the rental device to the SNMP server may include a step of receiving the fax model information, Presence information and owner information in real time and transmits the collected information to the SNMP server.

Here, if the rental device is a personal computer (PC), it may be configured to collect model information, software license information, fault information, and owner information of a PC in real time and transmit the information to the SNMP server.

On the other hand, referring to the remaining amount of the ink cartridge of the ink printer, the remaining amount of toner of the laser printer, and the remaining amount of toner of the fax among the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server, Estimating and calculating a replacement timing of the ink cartridge or the laser toner and a paper order timing, respectively; The rental asset supplies automatic delivery order server may generate the automatic delivery order of the ink cartridge or the laser toner and the paper by referring to the corresponding owner information.

On the other hand, when the rental asset A / S automatic order server receives information on the presence / absence of the ink printer, presence / absence information of the laser printer, fault information of the fax among the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server, And generating an automatic A / S order of the rental device by referring to the failure information and the corresponding owner information.

According to the above-described rental asset monitoring service system and method, it is possible to remotely monitor the rental asset to replace the consumable in a timely manner or to receive the A / S immediately in the event of a failure, thereby facilitating the convenience of the user of the rental asset And the management efficiency of rental assets can be improved.

1 is a block diagram of a rental asset monitoring service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of an SNMP agent according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a rental asset monitoring service system method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of SNMP protocol signaling according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail to the concrete inventive concept. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

The terms first, second, A, B, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a rental asset monitoring service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a rental asset monitoring service system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a simple network management protocol agent 110, an SNMP agent settop box 111, A rental asset management server 130, a rental asset remote monitoring terminal 140, a rental asset supply automatic goods ordering server 150, and a rental asset A / S automatic ordering server 160 .

The rental asset monitoring service system 100 is configured not only to simply rent a rental device but also to automatically provide maintenance / repair service and consumable replacement service for the rental device and to enhance convenience of use. The rental asset monitoring service system 100 is configured to facilitate the use of the rental user and to maintain the state of the rental equipment in good condition.

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration will be described.

The SNMP agent 110 is installed in a rental device, and an SNMP agent 110 may be installed for each rental device, or one SNMP agent 110 may be installed for a plurality of rental devices.

The SNMP agent 110 And may be configured to communicate with the SNMP server 120 using the SNMP protocol.

There is no limitation to the rental device, and there may be an ink printer, a laser printer, a facsimile, a PC (personal computer), a rent-a-car, an illumination lamp, and the like.

The SNMP agent 110 may collect the status information of the corresponding rental device in real time and transmit it to the SNMP server 120.

Here, the SNMP agent 110 may periodically collect status information of the rental device in real time and transmit it, and may collect the status information of the rental device in real time when the SNMP server 120 requests it.

The SNMP agent 110 may collect necessary status information in real time according to the characteristics of each rental device. For example, the SNMP agent 110 may include ink cartridge remaining amount information, laser toner remaining amount, car rental consumable replacement information, have.

The SNMP agent set-top box 111 is configured to be wirelessly connected to the SNMP agent 110 of various rental devices, and can be configured to be connected by mobile communication, short-range wireless communication, or the like.

The SNMP agent set top box 111 may be configured to receive and collect various status information from the SNMP agent 110 in a wireless communication manner and to transmit the collected status information to the SNMP server 120. The SNMP agent set-top box 111 can be usefully used for collecting status information of a rental device that is not connected to a wired Internet connection.

For example, when the rental device is a lighting device connected to only a power line, the SNMP agent set-top box 111 wirelessly collects on / off information and usage time information of respective surrounding lighting devices and transmits them to an SNMP server 120, < / RTI >

The SNMP server 120 may be configured to request status information and the like to the SNMP agent 110 installed in the rental device in real time according to the SNMP protocol.

The SNMP server 120 can receive the status information of the rental device from the SNMP agent 110 in real time and deliver it to the rental asset status management server 130.

The SNMP server 120 may receive status information in real time via an Ethernet hub and transmit the status information to the rental asset status management server 130 via the Internet.

The rental asset management server 130 may be configured to receive and store the status information of rental devices installed in various areas from the SNMP server 120. [ The rental asset management server 130 may be configured to receive and store information such as model information of the rental device, ink cartridge remaining amount, toner remaining amount, printing page coefficient information, fault presence information, and owner information.

The rental asset remote monitoring terminal 140 can be configured to display and monitor the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset status management server 130 in real time. The rental asset remote monitoring terminal 140 may be a PC or a smart phone of a remote manager as a wire / wireless terminal.

The rental asset consumables automatic order server 150 refers to the remaining amount of the ink cartridge of the ink printer, the remaining amount of toner of the laser printer, and the remaining amount of toner of the fax among the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server 130, The timing of replacement of the ink cartridge or the laser toner of the ink cartridge and the timing of ordering the paper, respectively.

The replacement timing of the ink cartridge and the laser toner can be predicted by counting the number of printing pages and anticipating the replacement timing. On the other hand, paper ordering time can also be used to count the number of printing pages and to predict when to order paper in comparison with the number of remaining paper sheets.

The rental asset supplies automatic goods delivery order server 150 may be configured to generate an automatic delivery order of ink cartridges, laser toners, and paper by referring to the corresponding owner information according to the supply replacement time and order timing predicted in the above manner. The rental asset supplies automatic goods dispatch order server 150 can be configured to send automatic order dispatches to the consumable goods terminal.

The rental asset A / S automatic ordering server 160 receives information on the presence / absence of an ink printer in the rental device status information stored in the rental asset management server 130, information on whether or not the laser printer is malfunctioning, And to generate an automatic A / S order of the rental device by referring to the information and the corresponding owner information. Accordingly, the user of the rental device can automatically receive the A / S by receiving the automatic A / S order from the rental device without recognizing the failure or ordering the A / S.

The automatic A / S order may include information on the failure of the rental device, detailed failure information on the failure, owner information, installation location information, contact information, and the like.

The user charging server 170 may be configured to charge the rental device according to the usage time of each user. The user can recognize the fingerprint in real time through the user's fingerprint recognition. It can be very useful in using public rental equipment for each user and paying rental cost for each user in a public space rental device, for example, a library, a dormitory, and a plurality of SOHO office spaces.

2 is a block diagram of an SNMP agent according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the SNMP agent 110 includes a model information collection module 110a, a printing page coefficient information collection module 110b, a consumables remaining amount recognition module 110c, a usage time count module 110d, An owner information collection module 110f, a user fingerprint recognition sensor 110g, and a transmission / reception module 110h.

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration will be described.

The model information collection module 110a may be configured to collect model information of the rental device at the request of the SNMP server 120. [ An ink printer, a laser printer, a fax machine, a PC, a rental car, a lighting lamp, and the like.

The printing page count information collection module 110b may be configured to count printing pages in an ink printer, a laser printer, and a fax to generate printing page count information. The printing page count information may be cumulative count information.

The consumable remaining amount recognition module 110c can be configured to recognize the remaining amount of the ink cartridge or the laser toner through the printing page coefficient information. The ink cartridges and laser toners have an approximate number of printing pages, which can be counted cumulatively to determine the printable pages of the ink cartridges and laser toners.

The usage time count module 110d may be configured to count the usage time of the rental device. Typical hours of use of rental devices to which this module can be applied are PC use time, use time of lighting equipment, and use time of rental car. The usage time count module 110d may be configured to count the usage time of the PC, the lighting device, and the rental car for each user.

The consumable remaining amount recognition module 110c can recognize the remaining amount of consumable even in accordance with the usage time. For example, it is possible to recognize the remaining use amount of the illumination lamp by comparing the use time of the illumination device with the life expectancy of the illumination device.

The failure information collection module 110e may be configured to collect failure information using various failure sensors provided in a printer, a facsimile, a PC, and the like.

The owner information collection module 110f may be configured to collect proprietary information of the rental device stored in advance in the rental device.

The user fingerprint recognition sensor 110g can be configured to recognize the rental user, i.e., the fingerprint of the user. The user's fingerprints may be stored in the rental asset status management server 130 in advance.

The user fingerprint recognition sensor 110g recognizes the user fingerprint through the user fingerprint recognition sensor 110g provided in the rental device and transmits the recognized fingerprint information to the rental asset status management server 130 through the SNMP server 120 . The rental asset status management server 130 may be configured to recognize the user by comparing the fingerprint information of the user with the registered fingerprint information.

Through the above process, the rental asset status management server 130 can recognize which user is currently trying to use which rental device. This can be utilized by the user charging server 170 for charging by user.

The transmission / reception module 110h can be configured to transmit status information of an ink printer, a laser printer, a facsimile, and the like to the SNMP server 120. [ In addition, it may be configured to receive the remote control command from the rental asset status management server 130 as needed and control the rental device. There may be an automatic power on / off command as a remote control command.

In the case of an office, there are many users who do not have a user in the middle of the night or in the early morning hours. In the case of an unused rental device, the power of the specific rental device is turned off according to a control command of the rental asset status management server 130 And may also be configured to turn-on as needed. It is possible to realize the power saving through the rental device and to control the rental device at the remote place.

In the case of a PC, if the virus infection is detected, the rental asset status management server 130 can receive the virus infection information in real time as failure information. And can be configured to remotely perform necessary actions. That is, the rental asset status management server 130 may be configured to perform network blocking control, virus isolation, and the like on the PC.

On the other hand, when the rental device is an ink printer, the transmission / reception module 110h stores model information of the ink printer, ink cartridge remaining amount, printing page coefficient information, malfunction information, and proprietary information And send the collected information to the SNMP server 120 in real time.

If the rental device is a laser printer, the transmission / reception module 110h collects model information, toner remaining amount, printing page count information, failure information and owner information of the laser printer in real time and transmits the same to the SNMP server 120 .

If the rental device is a facsimile machine, the transmission / reception module 110h may collect the model information of the fax, the remaining toner amount, the printing page count information, the failure information, and the owner information in real time and transmit the collected information to the SNMP server 120 .

When the rental device is a PC, the transmission / reception module 110h is configured to collect, in real time, the model information of the PC, the software license information, the failure information, and the owner information and transmits the information to the SNMP server 120 .

3 is a flowchart of a rental asset monitoring service system method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a simple network management protocol agent (SNMP) 110 collects status information of a rental device in real time and transmits it to the SNMP server 120 (S101).

At this time, the SNMP agent 110 periodically collects and transmits the status information of the rental device in real time, and may collect the status information of the rental device in real time when the SNMP server 120 requests it.

Here, when the rental device is an ink printer, model information of the ink printer, ink cartridge remaining amount, printing page coefficient information, malfunction information, and proprietary information ) To the SNMP server 120 in real time.

If the rental device is a laser printer, it is configured to collect, in real time, the model information of the laser printer, the remaining amount of toner, the printing page coefficient information, the failure information, and the owner information to the SNMP server 120 .

And if the rental device is a fax, the model information of the fax, the remaining toner amount, the printing page count information, the failure information, and the owner information may be collected in real time and transmitted to the SNMP server 120.

When the rental device is a personal computer (PC), it can be configured to collect, in real time, the model information of the PC, the software license information, the failure information and the owner information, and transmit the information to the SNMP server 120.

Next, the SNMP server 120 receives the status information of the corresponding rental device from the SNMP agent 110 in real time and transfers it to the rental asset management server 130 (S102).

Next, the rental asset management server 130 receives the status information of the rental device from the SNMP server 120 and stores it (S103).

Next, the rental asset remote monitoring terminal 140 displays and monitors the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset status management server 130 in real time (S104).

Next, the rental asset consumables automatic order server 150 refers to the remaining amount of the ink cartridge of the ink printer, the remaining amount of toner of the laser printer, and the remaining amount of toner of the fax among the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server 130 The replacement timing of the ink cartridge or the laser toner of the corresponding rental device and the timing of ordering the paper are respectively estimated and calculated (S105).

Next, the rental asset supplies automatic goods ordering server 150 generates an automatic delivery order of the ink cartridge or the laser toner and paper by referring to the corresponding owner information (S106).

Next, the rental asset A / S automatic order server 160 transmits information on the presence / absence of ink printer failure, information on the presence / absence of failure of the laser printer, (S107) by referring to the failure information of the rental device and the corresponding owner information.

4 is a flowchart of SNMP protocol signaling according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, there is shown a process of requesting and collecting model information of a rental device, printing page coefficient information, consumable remaining amount information, user fingerprint information, usage time information, and owner information by SNMP protocol signaling.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. There will be.

110: SNMP agent 110a: Model information collection module
110b: Printing page coefficient information collection module
110c: consumables remaining amount recognition module 110d: use time count module
110e: failure information collection module 110f: owner information collection module
110g: user fingerprint recognition sensor 110h: transmission / reception module
111: SNMP agent set-top box 120: SNMP server
130: Rental asset status management server 140: Rental asset remote monitoring terminal
150: Rental Asset Supplies Auto Delivery Order Server
160: rental asset A / S automatic order server 170: user billing server

Claims (6)

A simple network management protocol agent (110) installed in a rental device and collecting and transmitting status information of the rental device in real time;
A simple network management protocol server 120 for receiving and transmitting status information of the rental device in real time;
A rental asset management server 130 for receiving and storing the status information of the rental device from the SNMP server 120;
And a rental asset remote monitoring terminal 140 for displaying and monitoring the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset status management server 130 in real time. The rental asset remote monitoring terminal 140 is provided with a rental property management function Asset monitoring service system.
The method according to claim 1,
The SNMP agent (110)
A printer, an ink printer, a laser printer, a fax, and a personal computer (PC)
Information on the remaining amount of the ink cartridge, printing page count information, malfunction information, and proprietary information of the ink printer 120 in real time in response to a request from the SNMP server 120, To the SNMP server 120,
Collects in real time the model information of the laser printer, the remaining amount of toner, the printing page count information, the failure information, and the owner information in response to the request of the SNMP server 120, and transmits the collected information to the SNMP server 120,
Collects in real time the fax model information, the toner remaining amount, the printing page count information, the failure information, and the owner information in response to the request of the SNMP server 120, and transmits the collected information to the SNMP server 120,
And collects the model information, the software license information, the failure information, and the owner information of the PC in real time in response to the request of the SNMP server 120, and transmits the collected information to the SNMP server 120,
Referring to the remaining amount of the ink cartridge of the ink printer, the remaining amount of toner of the laser printer, and the remaining amount of toner of the fax among the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server 130, When a replacement asset and a paper order are predicted and calculated, and when a replacement period and an order time are predicted and calculated, a rental asset that automatically generates an ink delivery order of ink cartridges or laser toner and paper by referring to the corresponding owner information. And a server (150).
3. The method of claim 2,
Among the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server 130, information on the presence / absence of the ink printer, the failure status information of the laser printer, the failure status information of the fax, or the failure / And a rental asset A / S automatic order server (160) for generating an automatic A / S order of the rental device.
A simple network management protocol agent (SNMP agent) 110 collects status information of rental devices in real time and transmits them to the SNMP server 120;
Receiving the status information of the rental device from the SNMP agent 110 in real time and delivering the status information to the rental asset management server 130;
Receiving the status information of the rental device from the SNMP server 120 and storing the status information of the rental device;
The rental asset remote monitoring terminal (140) displays and monitors the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset status management server (130) in real time, thereby improving user convenience of the rental asset and improving the management efficiency of the rental asset A method of servicing rental asset monitoring.
5. The method of claim 4,
The SNMP agent 110 collects status information of the rental device in real time and transmits the collected status information to the SNMP server 120,
When the rental device is an ink printer, the model information of the ink printer, the ink cartridge remaining amount, the printing page count information, the failure information and the proprietary information, And transmits the collected information to the SNMP server 120,
If the rental device is a laser printer, it collects in real time the model information of the laser printer, the toner remaining amount, the printing page coefficient information, the failure information, and the owner information, and transmits the information to the SNMP server 120 Respectively,
When the rental device is a fax, collects in real time the fax model information, the toner remaining amount, the printing page count information, the failure information, and the owner information, and transmits the collected information to the SNMP server 120,
When the rental device is a personal computer (PC), it is configured to collect, in real time, the model information of the PC, the software license information, the failure information, and the owner information and transmit the information to the SNMP server 120,
The rental asset consumables automatic order server 150 refers to the ink cartridge remaining amount of the ink printer, the toner remaining amount of the laser printer, and the toner remaining amount of the fax among the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server 130 Estimating and calculating a replacement timing of the ink cartridge or the laser toner of the rental device and a paper ordering time, respectively;
Wherein the rental asset supplies automatic ordering server (150) is configured to generate an automatic delivery order of ink cartridges or laser toner and paper by referring to the owner information.
6. The method of claim 5,
The rental asset A / S automatic ordering server 160 transmits information on the presence / absence of the ink printer, presence / absence information of the laser printer, fault information of the fax, or the presence / absence information of the printer among the status information of the rental device stored in the rental asset management server 130 Further comprising the step of generating an automatic A / S order of the rental device by referring to the fault information of the PC and the owner information of the rental device.

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