JP3769508B2 - Telephone usage fee management system and telephone usage fee management device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a telephone usage fee management system and a telephone usage fee management apparatus for managing a telephone usage fee.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, telephone usage fee management systems that manage telephone usage fees have been developed (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 1-224361, 8-340394, 9-116651, (See JP-A-9-261339, JP-A-2000-278455, JP-A-2000-32170, JP-A-2001-223825, and Japanese Patent No. 2821291).
In particular, cost savings are an important issue for businesses, and telephone charges account for a large percentage of total expenses. Many companies use a button telephone system or a private branch exchange (PBX), and a plurality of people share a plurality of lines.
[0003]
In this type of telephone device, for example, as in the invention described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-224361, a charge is displayed on the telephone, a budget is set for each telephone, and the accumulated call charge is set to a specified value. Some of them provide a function of restricting outgoing calls from the telephone when it reaches the limit.
In addition, as in the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-223825, there is an invention in which a call charge for each group is set and a call charge is managed from a keyboard of the call charge limiting device.
Japanese Patent No. 2821291 also describes an invention that allows the usage fee of each telephone to be managed.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the inventions described in the above publications, since the usage fee of the telephone is set individually for each telephone or in units of groups, when there are a large number of telephones accommodated in the system, all telephones in the system There was a problem that it took a very long time to register the budget.
[0005]
In addition, the budget distribution depends on the system administrator. If the system administrator does not know the budget usage status of each phone, the budget cannot be distributed properly, and the budget is allocated to the unused phones. However, since the budget for telephones used frequently is small, there is a problem that outgoing calls are immediately restricted.
[0006]
An object of the present invention is to enable easy budget management of a plurality of telephones.
Another object of the present invention is to enable appropriate budget allocation to each telephone.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, a telephone usage fee management comprising a plurality of telephones and a control means for controlling connection of the plurality of telephones to a telephone line, wherein the usage charges of the plurality of telephones are managed by the control means. The system comprises storage means for storing the number of telephones, and budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone based on the number of telephones stored in the storage means and the total budget. A telephone usage fee management system is provided. The budget calculation means calculates a budget usage fee for each telephone based on the number of telephones stored in the storage means and the total budget.
Here, the budget calculation means may be configured to distribute the budget evenly to the telephones by dividing the total budget by the number of telephones.
[0008]
In addition, according to the present invention, the telephone usage includes a plurality of telephones and a control unit that controls connection of the plurality of telephones to a telephone line, and the usage fee of the plurality of telephones is managed by the control unit. In the fee management system, usage rate calculation means for calculating the usage rate of each telephone in a budget management period, storage means for storing the usage rate of each telephone calculated by the usage rate calculation means, and storage in the storage means There is provided a telephone usage fee management system comprising budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone in the next budget management period based on the usage rate and the total budget. The usage rate calculating means calculates the usage rate of each telephone during the budget management period. The storage means stores the usage rate of each telephone calculated by the usage rate calculation means. The budget calculation means calculates a budget usage fee for each telephone in the next budget management period based on the usage rate and total budget stored in the storage means.
Here, the budget calculation means may be configured to distribute the total budget as the budget for each telephone so as to be proportional to the usage rate of each telephone during the previous budget management period.
[0009]
Further, the total budget may be configured to be a total usage fee of the plurality of telephones in a previous budget management period.
In addition, a recommended budget calculation unit that calculates a recommended budget based on past usage records of the plurality of telephones may be provided, and the total budget may be the recommended budget.
The total budget may be transmitted from the telephone to the control means.
The telephone may be configured to be a predetermined telephone.
The budget calculation means may be configured to distribute the budget for each telephone in consideration of an adjustment value for adjusting the budget for each telephone.
In addition, when an additional budget is input to any one of the phones, the additional budget is added to the budget of the phone, and the remaining amount obtained by subtracting the additional budget from the total budget is redistributed as a budget for other phones. You may comprise so that the adjustment budget calculation means to perform may be provided.
[0010]
Further, according to the present invention, in the telephone usage fee management apparatus for accommodating a plurality of telephones and controlling connection to a telephone line, and managing a usage fee for the plurality of telephones, a storage means for storing the number of the telephones; There is provided a telephone usage fee management apparatus comprising budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone based on the number of telephones stored in the storage means and the total budget. The budget calculation means calculates a budget usage fee for each telephone based on the number of telephones stored in the storage means and the total budget.
Here, the budget calculation means may be configured to distribute the budget evenly to the telephones by dividing the total budget by the number of telephones.
[0011]
According to the present invention, in the telephone usage fee management apparatus that accommodates a plurality of telephones and controls connection to a telephone line, and manages the usage charges of the plurality of telephones, the usage rate of each telephone during a budget management period Based on the usage rate and the total budget stored in the storage means, the usage rate calculation means for calculating the usage rate, the storage means for storing the usage rate of each telephone calculated by the usage rate calculation means, and the next budget management period A telephone usage fee management device is provided, characterized by comprising budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone set. The usage rate calculating means calculates the usage rate of each telephone during the budget management period. The storage means stores the usage rate of each telephone calculated by the usage rate calculation means. The budget calculation means calculates a budget usage fee for each telephone in the next budget management period based on the usage rate and total budget stored in the storage means.
Here, the budget calculation means may be configured to distribute the total budget as the budget for each telephone so as to be proportional to the usage rate of each telephone during the previous budget management period.
[0012]
Further, the total budget may be configured to be a total usage fee of the plurality of telephones in a previous budget management period.
In addition, a recommended budget calculation unit that calculates a recommended budget based on past usage records of the plurality of telephones may be provided, and the total budget may be the recommended budget.
Further, the total budget may be transmitted from a predetermined telephone set among the plurality of telephone sets to the control means.
The budget calculation means may be configured to distribute the budget for each telephone in consideration of an adjustment value for adjusting the budget for each telephone.
When an additional budget is input to any of the phones, the additional budget is added to the phone budget, and the remaining amount obtained by subtracting the additional budget from the total budget is redistributed as a budget for other phones. You may comprise so that the adjustment budget calculation means to perform may be provided.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a telephone usage fee management system and a telephone usage fee management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a telephone usage fee management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and is a block diagram common to first and second embodiments to be described later. In the embodiment of the present invention, an example of a button telephone system that accommodates a plurality of telephones and manages the usage charges of the plurality of telephones is shown as a telephone usage fee management system.
[0014]
In FIG. 1, a key telephone apparatus 1 as a main apparatus includes a central control unit 2 as a control means for controlling the entire button telephone apparatus 1, a clock 3 for measuring date and call time, The office line interface unit 4 for performing the opening control, the telephone interface unit 6 for performing communication between the plurality of telephones 51, 52, 5n and the key telephone device 1, system data for determining the operation of the system, integrated charges, budget And a storage unit 7 as a storage unit for storing various information such as a usage ratio for the. The button telephone apparatus 1 constitutes a telephone usage fee management apparatus that manages usage charges for a plurality of telephones 51 to 5.
[0015]
The telephone 51 includes a control unit 511, a dial keypad 521, function keys 531, a handset 541, and a display unit 551. The other telephones 52 to 5n have the same configuration as the telephone 51. For example, the telephone 5n includes a control unit 51n, a dial keypad 52n, function keys 53n, a handset 54n, and a display unit 55n. ing.
[0016]
First, the outline of the telephone usage fee management system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The telephone usage fee management system is a telephone usage fee management system capable of budget management of telephone charges for a plurality of telephones. A function that allows the user to set the appropriate budget according to the usage rate of each phone by entering the budget for the entire system at the time of budget registration or according to the usage record of each phone To do.
[0017]
In FIG. 1, a budget management period is set to a monthly unit, and a user of the telephone 51 registers a charge by inputting a special number from a function key 531 and a dial keypad 521 in order to register a call charge for a certain month as a budget. After entering the mode and then inputting the fee to be registered (total budget of the entire system) from the dial keypad 521, the central control unit 2 adds the previous month for each telephone stored in the storage unit 7 to the input fee. Multiply by the charge usage rate calculated from the actual charge usage, and store this in the storage unit 7 as the budget for the corresponding month for each telephone.
[0018]
This makes it possible to appropriately distribute the budget by inputting the entire budget without manually setting the call charge available for each telephone as a budget. In this way, it is possible to set an appropriate budget for each telephone according to the actual usage of the call charge.
Further, as will be described later, the budget for each telephone set is determined by using the results of the previous budget management period as the total budget without inputting the total budget.
[0019]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a charge usage rate calculation process for each telephone in the telephone usage charge management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This is a process performed by executing a program stored in the storage unit 7 by the central control unit 2 configured by a central processing unit (CPU). The budget management period is monthly.
With reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the processing for calculating the charge usage rate for the entire budget for each telephone in the first embodiment will be described in detail.
[0020]
In FIG. 1, when the user of the telephone 51 returns the handset 541 to end the outgoing call (step 201), the call end information indicating that the telephone 51 has ended is sent from the control unit 511 to the telephone interface unit. 6 to the central control unit 2.
When the central control unit 2 receives the end-of-call information, the central control unit 2 instructs the office line interface unit 4 to release the office line, and refers to the charge table in the storage unit 7 from the dial information of the destination (destination telephone number). The charge for the corresponding call is calculated from the call charge per unit time (use charge per unit time) read out and the call time information of the clock 3 (step 202), and this is used for the corresponding telephone in the storage unit 7 for the current month. Add to the price. Step 202 constitutes a unit usage charge calculating means for calculating a call charge per time.
The storage device 7 stores in advance a charge table in which dialing information of a destination is associated with a call charge per unit time. Further, the storage device 7 stores the accumulated usage fee of each of the telephones 51 to 5n for the budget management period (current month).
[0021]
At the same time, the total call charge at the relevant point in time for the entire system is read from the storage unit 7 (step 203), and the current month's usage charge for the relevant phone is divided by the total call charge for the entire system, thereby obtaining the relevant telephone at the relevant point in time. Is calculated (step 204), and is stored in the storage unit 7 (step 205). Here, step 204 constitutes an intermediate usage rate calculating means. The storage device 7 stores the current month usage rate (intermediate usage rate) of each of the telephones 51 to 5n.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the call charge usage rate determination process and the automatic budget registration process for each telephone set in the telephone usage charge management system according to the first embodiment, which is executed by the central control unit 2. The
[0022]
With reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the process for determining the call charge usage rate for each telephone set for each month and the automatic budget registration process will be described in detail.
When the central control unit 2 reads the date of the day from the clock 3 (step 301) and detects that the month has been switched (step 302), the charge usage rate stored in the storage unit 7 for each of the telephones 51 to 5n. Is determined as the call charge usage rate of the previous month, stored as the final usage rate in the storage unit 7 (step 303), the total usage amount of the entire system for the previous month is calculated and stored in the storage unit 7 ( Step 304), the charge usage rate for the current month is initialized (Step 305). Here, step 303 constitutes a final usage rate calculating means, and constitutes a usage rate calculating means together with the intermediate usage rate calculating means. Step 304 constitutes a total usage fee calculating means.
[0023]
Next, the central control unit 2 checks whether or not automatic budget registration is set based on system data registered in advance in the storage unit 7 (step 306). Step 314). Here, step 306 constitutes an automatic registration determination means.
If automatic budget registration is set, it is checked whether budget adjustment is set next (step 307). If budget adjustment is set, the total amount used in the previous month is read from the storage device 7 (step 307). 308) Multiply this by the budget adjustment rate stored in advance in the storage unit 7 to calculate a new budget for the current budget management period (step 309). The budget adjustment rate includes, for example, a coefficient (less than 1) that is multiplied by the total budget in order to reduce expenses. Here, step 309 constitutes an adjusted budget calculation means.
[0024]
If the budget adjustment is not set, a budget preset in the storage unit 7 is read out and used as the total budget (step 310).
Next, the process moves to budget distribution processing. At this time, if it is the first budget registration after the system operation is started (step 311), the budget read from the storage unit 7 is divided by the number of telephones accommodated in the system, This is evenly distributed as a budget to each telephone (step 313). In other cases, the budget calculated in step 309 or 310 is multiplied by the previous month's budget usage rate of each telephone, and this is distributed as a budget to each telephone (step 312).
[0025]
Here, step 311 constitutes an operation status determination means for determining whether or not the budget is registered for the first time after the start of operation. Steps 313 and 312 constitute budget distribution means.
Whether or not it is the first budget registration after the start of operation may be determined as the first budget registration after the start of operation when the usage fee of the previous month is zero, or the system usage history is stored in the storage device 7. The system may be configured so that it is left, and the first budget registration after the start of operation may be determined based on the history.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a budget setting process in the telephone usage fee management system according to the first embodiment.
[0026]
The budget setting process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
The budget setting process is performed from a predetermined telephone (the telephone 51 in this embodiment) among the telephones 51 to 5n, and the user of the telephone 51 is a system administrator.
Now, in order for the user of the telephone 51 to register monthly telephone charges as a budget, information (for example, an identification code) indicating a special number and a system administrator instructing budget registration from the function key 531 and the dial keypad 521 is provided. When entered, a budget registration request is made from the control unit 511 to the central control unit 2 via the telephone interface unit 6 (step 401). The budget registration request includes the special number, information indicating the telephone 51, and information indicating the system administrator.
If the telephone set that can make a budget record request is only the predetermined telephone 51 and is configured so that only the system administrator can use it, the telephone on the key telephone apparatus 1 side can Since it is sufficient to determine from 51 that a budget registration request has been made, it is not always necessary to transmit information indicating the system administrator to the key telephone apparatus 1.
[0027]
Here, in order to check whether or not a budget registration operation has been performed by a person other than the system administrator, the central control unit 2 determines whether the budget registration request is made from the telephone 51 and performs system management. The system administrator information in the storage unit 7 is read to determine whether the information has been made by the user and is compared with the information indicating the system administrator received from the telephone 51 (step 402). Here, Step 402 constitutes a budget registration request suitability determination unit.
As a result, when determining that the request is not a budget registration request from the system administrator, the central control unit 2 ignores the operation (charge registration request) from the telephone 51 and forcibly terminates the process (step 407).
[0028]
Otherwise, it is determined that the budget registration request has been made properly, and the budget registration mode is entered. The user of the telephone 51 inputs the budget value of the call charge for the entire system for the current month from the dial keypad 521, Confirm by pressing the key 531. The control unit 511 sends the budget value data to the central control unit 2 via the telephone interface unit 6 (step 403).
The central control unit 2 receives the budget value data and determines whether it is the first budget registration after the start of operation (step 404). In the case of the first budget registration, the inputted budget is accommodated in the system. A budget for each telephone is calculated by dividing by the total number of telephones (step 408), and this is stored in the storage device 7 as a budget for each telephone (step 409). Here, step 404 constitutes an operation status discrimination means. Steps 408 and 409 constitute budget calculation means.
[0029]
If it is determined in step 404 that the budget is not registered for the first time after the start of operation, the charge usage rate for the budget management period (previous month) of the telephone stored in the storage unit 7 is read, and the inputted budget for the entire system Is stored in the storage unit 7 as the budget for the corresponding month of the telephone (step 405). Similarly, budgets are calculated for all telephones in the system and stored in the storage unit 7 (step 406). Here, steps 405 and 406 constitute budget calculation means.
This makes it possible to appropriately distribute an individual budget for each of the telephones 51 to 5n by inputting the entire budget without setting a telephone charge that can be used for each telephone as a budget.
[0030]
Next, the budget adjustment method according to the first embodiment will be described. If it is predicted that the telephone charge for a certain phone will be higher or lower than the previous month in advance, the system administrator will modify the charge usage rate before registering the overall system budget. The budget allocated to the phone can be adjusted.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing budget adjustment processing in the telephone usage fee management system according to the first embodiment. Hereinafter, a case where the budget of the telephone set of the telephone set 5n is adjusted will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 5 as an example. It should be noted that even when the user of the telephone 5n desires to increase or decrease the call budget, the operation is performed from the telephone 51 for the system administrator.
[0031]
When a user of the telephone 51 inputs a special number for instructing budget adjustment from the function keys 531 and the dial keypad 521 and information indicating a system administrator (for example, an identification code), the control unit 511 passes the telephone interface unit 6. Thus, a budget adjustment request is sent to the central control unit 2 (step 501). The budget adjustment request includes the special number, information indicating the telephone 51, and information indicating the system administrator.
When the central control unit 2 receives the budget adjustment request, the central control unit 2 determines whether the budget adjustment request is made from the telephone 51 and determines whether the budget adjustment request is made by the system administrator. (Step 502). If not, the operation is invalidated and the process is terminated (step 505). Here, step 502 constitutes a budget adjustment request suitability determining means.
[0032]
Next, when the extension number and adjustment amount of the telephone to be changed are input from the dial keypad 521 and the operation is confirmed by pressing the function key 531, the extension number and adjustment fee data are transferred from the control unit 511 to the telephone interface unit. 6 and sent to the central control unit 2 (step 503). Upon receiving this, the central control unit 2 stores the input adjustment amount and telephone number in the storage unit 7 (step 504).
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the budget adjustment process in the first embodiment, which is a process performed when the budget management period (month) is switched following the process of FIG.
[0033]
Hereinafter, the usage rate adjustment processing will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 6.
It is assumed that the usage rate adjustment processing is performed prior to the call rate usage rate determination and the automatic budget registration operation for each telephone in FIG.
When the central control unit 2 refers to the clock 3 and determines that the month has changed (step 506), the central control unit 2 reads the charge usage rate of the previous month for the phone that requested the budget adjustment, changes the usage rate according to the adjustment amount, This is stored in the storage unit 7 as the charge usage rate of the previous month (step 507). This operation is performed for all target telephones (step 508). Step 506 constitutes a budget management period switching discrimination means.
[0034]
For phones without budget adjustment requests, the central control unit 2 subtracts the change in usage rate that occurred this time from the total usage rates of phones without budget adjustment requests (total usage rate-change amount), and uses this as a coefficient (step 509), the previous month's usage rate of each telephone that is not subject to adjustment is multiplied by a coefficient, and this is stored in the storage unit 7 as a charge usage rate (step 510). This operation is performed on all the telephones to be adjusted (step 511). Steps 507, 508, 510, and 511 constitute usage rate adjusting means.
When the above processing is completed, the call rate usage rate determination and the automatic budget registration for each telephone shown in FIG. 3 are performed (step 512).
[0035]
Next, a description will be given of a budget redistribution method in the middle of operation when a situation occurs in which the budget of a certain telephone is lost during operation and the transmission becomes impossible.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a budget redistribution process according to the first embodiment.
Hereinafter, the budget reallocation process will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 7.
[0036]
When the telephone user uses up the allocated budget, the central control unit 2 determines that the budget balance of the telephone stored in the storage device 7 has become zero, and prohibits the telephone from making an external call. It becomes impossible to make an outside line call from the telephone.
For example, when the user of the telephone set 5n uses up the budget allocated to the telephone set 5n, the central control unit 2 prohibits the telephone line 5n from making an external line call, and therefore cannot make an external line call from the telephone set 5n. Here, the user of the telephone 5n needs to request an increase in the budget from the user of the telephone 51, which is a system administrator.
[0037]
When the user (system administrator) of the telephone 51 receives this and inputs a special number for instructing budget adjustment from the function key 531 and the dial keypad 521 and information (for example, an identification code) indicating the system administrator, the control unit A budget adjustment request is sent from 511 to central control unit 2 via telephone interface unit 6 (step 601). The budget adjustment request includes the special number, information indicating the telephone 51, and information indicating the system administrator.
[0038]
When the central control unit 2 receives the budget adjustment request, the central control unit 2 determines whether the budget adjustment request is made from the telephone 51 and determines whether the budget adjustment request is made by a system administrator. The information is compared with the user information (step 602). If not, the operation is invalidated and the process is terminated (step 610). Here, step 602 constitutes a budget adjustment request suitability determining means.
When the central control unit 2 determines that it is a system administrator, it inputs the extension number and additional charge of the telephone 5n to which the budget is added from the dial keypad 521, and confirms the operation by pressing the function key 531. The extension number and additional charge data of the budget adjustment target telephone 5n are sent from the control section 511 to the central control section 2 via the telephone interface section 6 (step 603).
[0039]
Upon receiving this, the central control unit 2 adds a charge to the budget of the corresponding telephone 5n (step 604), and adds the additional charge to the current month's budget (budget + additional) as a new budget for the telephone. The data is stored in the storage unit 7 (step 605). The telephone 5n can be used only for the additional fee for the remaining period of the budget management period. Step 605 constitutes an adjustment budget calculation means.
The central control unit 2 reads the total usage fee of the telephone of the entire system from the storage unit 7, and obtains the current balance from the difference from the original budget (step 606). The balance budget is obtained by subtracting the additional fee from the balance.
[0040]
If the balance budget is not negative (step 607), the central control unit 2 uses the previous month's charge for each phone stored in the storage unit 7 in order to redistribute the budget for other phones. The rate is read, multiplied by the balance budget, and stored in the storage unit 7 as the balance budget for the corresponding month for each telephone (step 608). Thereafter, the balance budget is calculated for all remaining telephones and stored in the storage unit 7 (step 609).
[0041]
Telephones other than the telephone 5n that has made an additional budget can be used within the range of the balance budget for the remaining period of the budget management period. Here, Steps 605, 608, and 609 constitute an adjustment budget calculation unit.
If the balance budget is a negative value, that is, if the overall budget exceeds the total budget due to the additional fee (step 607), the redistribution is not performed and the process is terminated (step 610). As described above, if a budget for the entire system is input at the time of budget registration, an appropriate budget is allocated to each telephone.
[0042]
As described above, according to the first embodiment, the telephone charge usage amount for each telephone is aggregated, and the function of setting the telephone budget from the charge usage rate with respect to the total budget is provided. When setting a telephone budget, an appropriate budget can be set for all telephones in the system.
Also, by dividing the total budget by the number of telephones, the budget is evenly distributed to each telephone. Therefore, even when the usage rate of each telephone is unknown, it is possible to effectively distribute the budget.
In addition, since a function for registering and adjusting the budget of the entire system with a single operation from a single telephone is provided, the call charge budget for all telephones can be centrally managed.
[0043]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
First, processing for calculating a charge usage rate for the entire budget for each telephone will be described.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing of the second embodiment of the present invention, and is a flowchart showing charge usage rate calculation processing for each telephone.
Also in the second embodiment, the block diagram is the same as FIG. 1 and will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[0044]
When the user of the telephone 51 returns the handset 541 to end the outgoing call (step 701), the end information is sent from the control unit 511 to the central control unit 2 via the telephone interface unit 6.
Upon receiving this, the central control unit 2 instructs the office line interface unit 4 to release the office line, and refers to the unit call charge obtained by referring to the charge table in the storage unit 7 from the dial information of the call destination, and the clock 3. The charge for the corresponding call is calculated from the call time information of the call, and this is added to the accumulated usage charge for a predetermined period of time for the corresponding telephone in the storage unit 7 (step 702).
[0045]
Here, the predetermined fixed period means a period (budget management period) to be a budget management target, and is determined by system data. For example, the button telephone device 1 can be used for one week or three months. The setting information can be freely set, and the setting information is stored in the storage unit 7.
At the same time, the central control unit 2 reads the total call charge at the corresponding time of the entire system from the storage unit 7 (step 703), and divides the call charge of the corresponding call of the corresponding telephone by the total call charge of the entire system. The charge usage rate of the corresponding telephone is calculated (step 704) and stored in the storage unit 7 (step 705). Here, step 704 constitutes an intermediate usage rate calculation means.
[0046]
Next, in the second embodiment, a method for determining the call charge usage rate for each telephone set for a predetermined period will be described.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing operations of call charge usage rate determination and automatic budget registration for each telephone set for a predetermined period in the second embodiment, which are executed by the central control unit 2. Here, the predetermined fixed period is a period to be a budget management target, which is determined by system data and can be freely set by the key telephone device 1 such as one week or three months. Information is stored in the storage unit 7.
[0047]
In the following, a process for performing call charge usage rate determination and automatic budget registration for each telephone set for a predetermined period will be described with reference to FIGS.
When the central control unit 2 reads the date from the clock 3 (step 801) and detects that the predetermined period (budget management period) has ended and switched to the next period (step 802), the central control unit 2 stores it for each telephone. The charge usage rate stored in the unit 7 is read out and stored in the storage unit 7 as the total usage rate for each telephone in the previous fixed period (previous budget management period) (step 803), and for the predetermined period The call charge usage rate in this budget management period is initialized (step 804). Step 803 constitutes a final usage rate calculating means, and also constitutes a usage rate calculating means together with the intermediate usage rate calculating means.
[0048]
Next, the total usage amount of the call charge in the previous fixed period is calculated (step 805), and this is compared with the previous total usage amount (step 806). Here, step 805 constitutes a total usage fee calculation means. Step 806 constitutes a total fee comparison means.
It is determined whether or not the difference between the total usage amount of the call charge in the previous fixed period and the previous total usage amount is within a predetermined specified value set in advance in the storage unit 7 (step 807). In other cases, a warning display request at the time of budget registration is set in the storage unit 7 (step 808), and when the usage amount tends to increase (step 809), the predetermined rule is set as the charge for a certain period of time in advance. The fee for the upper limit of the value is added, and the upper limit of a predetermined increment is further added to it to calculate the recommended budget for the fixed period (step 810). In step 810, a recommended budget is calculated by adding the previous total amount to twice the increment specified value. Step 808 constitutes warning display request means.
[0049]
If the usage amount tends to decrease, the recommended budget for the certain period is calculated by subtracting the upper limit of the specified value from the charge for a certain period of time last time, and further subtracting the upper limit for the decrease (step 811). ). In step 811, an amount obtained by subtracting twice the increment specified value from the previous total is calculated as a recommended budget. Steps 809, 810, and 811 constitute recommended budget calculation means.
When the confirmation of the difference is completed, the central control unit 2 confirms the system data in the storage unit 7 and confirms whether automatic budget registration is set (step 812). If not set, the process ends (step 816). Step 812 constitutes automatic registration determination means.
[0050]
If the central control unit 2 determines that automatic budget registration is set, the central control unit 2 checks whether a recommended budget is set (step 813), and if so, a recommended budget value is set. If not (for example, for the first time budget registration), a budget preset in the storage unit 7 is read (step 814), and this is distributed as a system-wide budget according to the usage rate of each telephone. (Step 815). Here, in the case of the first budget registration after the start of operation, the budget is equally distributed to each of the telephones 51 to 5n as in the first embodiment.
[0051]
Next, the budget setting process in the second embodiment will be described.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing budget setting processing in the second embodiment. Hereinafter, the budget setting process will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 10.
Now, in order for the user of the telephone 51 to register a telephone charge for a certain period as a budget, information indicating a special number and a system administrator instructing budget registration from the function key 531 and the dial keypad 521 (for example, an identification code) ) Is entered, the budget registration request is made to the central control unit 2 from the control unit 511 via the telephone interface unit 6 (step 901). Here, the certain period is a period to be budgeted and is determined by system data and can be freely set in each system such as one week or three months. Shall be preserved. The budget registration request includes the special number, information indicating the telephone 51, and information indicating the system administrator.
[0052]
At this time, the central control unit 2 determines whether the fee registration request is made from the telephone 51 in order to check whether or not the fee registration operation is performed by a person other than the system administrator, and the system administrator The system administrator information in the storage unit 7 is read out to determine whether it has been made or not and compared with the information indicating the system administrator received from the telephone 51 (step 902). Here, step 902 constitutes a budget registration request suitability determining means.
As a result, when the operated telephone 51 is not a system administrator, the central control unit 2 waits for a password input from the telephone 51.
[0053]
When the user of the telephone 51 inputs a password from the dial keypad 521 (step 911), the password is sent from the control unit 511 to the central control unit 2 via the telephone interface unit 6.
The central control unit 2 determines whether or not the received password is correct by comparing it with the password stored in the storage unit 7 (step 912). Here, step 912 constitutes a password discrimination means.
[0054]
In step 912, if the password is correct, the charge registration request from the telephone 51 is considered to have been made by a system administrator, and budget input processing can be performed. On the other hand, in step 912, if the input password is not correct (step 912), or if no password is input for a certain period of time (step 913), the process is terminated (step 914).
When an appropriate budget registration request is made by the system administrator using the telephone 51 or when a correct password is entered otherwise, the budget registration mode is set. At this time, the central control unit 2 checks the storage unit 7 to confirm whether or not there is a warning display request at the time of budget registration. If there is a display request, the central control unit 2 passes the telephone interface unit 6. Then, a warning display instruction is given to the control unit 511 of the telephone 51 (step 903). Here, step 903 constitutes a warning display instruction means.
[0055]
Receiving the warning display instruction, the control unit 511 sends warning display data to the display unit 551, and the display unit 551 displays a warning (step 904).
Next, the central control unit 2 reads the recommended budget from the storage unit 7 and sets it as a system budget (step 905). Here, step 905 constitutes a recommended budget setting means.
When there is no warning display request, the user of the telephone 51 inputs the total budget of the entire system during the budget management period from the dial keypad 521 and confirms it by pressing the function key 531.
[0056]
The total budget information is sent from the control unit 511 via the telephone interface unit 6 and received by the central control unit 2 (step 906). When the central control unit 2 receives the information on the total budget, the central control unit 2 checks whether or not it falls within a predetermined budget range stored in the storage unit 7 (step 907), and if the budget is outside the predetermined range, Via the interface unit 6, a re-input instruction display instruction is given to the control unit 511 of the telephone 51. Here, Step 907 constitutes a budget suitability judging means.
[0057]
Upon receiving the re-input instruction display instruction, the control unit 511 sends re-input instruction display data to the display unit 551, and the display unit 551 displays the re-input instruction (step 908), and the process ends (step 914). ).
When the budget is within the predetermined range, the central control unit 2 reads the usage ratio of a predetermined previous fixed period (previous budget management period) for each telephone stored in the storage unit 7 and uses the input budget. By multiplying this, a budget for the next fixed period (current budget management period) of the telephone is calculated, and the budget is stored in the storage unit 7 (step 909).
[0058]
Similarly, budgets are calculated for all telephones in the system and stored in the storage unit 7 (step 910).
Thereby, even if a telephone charge that can be used for each telephone is not set as a budget, an appropriate budget can be distributed by inputting the entire total budget. Steps 909 and 910 constitute budget calculation means.
[0059]
Next, a budget adjustment method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
If it is known in advance that the telephone charge for a given period will be greater or less than the previous period for a given phone, the charge rate will be corrected before the system administrator registers the budget. By doing so, the budget allocated to the corresponding telephone can be adjusted. Here, the predetermined fixed period is a period to be budgeted and is determined by system data, and can be freely set in each system such as one week or three months. The setting information regarding is assumed to be stored in the storage unit 7.
[0060]
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the process of the budget adjustment method according to the second embodiment. Hereinafter, the budget adjustment process according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 11. Here, the budget adjustment process of the telephone 5n will be described.
Now, in order for the user of the telephone 51 to perform the budget adjustment process for a predetermined period, information (for example, an identification code) indicating a special number and a system administrator instructing the budget adjustment process from the function key 531 and the dial keypad 521 Is input from the control unit 511 to the central control unit 2 via the telephone interface unit 6 (step 1001). The budget adjustment request includes the special number, information indicating the telephone 51, and information indicating the system administrator.
[0061]
Upon receiving the adjustment processing request, the central control unit 2 determines whether the adjustment processing request is made from the telephone 51 in order to check whether or not the adjustment processing request is operated by a person other than the system administrator. In addition, the system administrator information in the storage unit 7 is read to determine whether the information has been made by the system administrator or not and is compared with the information indicating the system administrator received from the telephone 51 (step 1002). Here, step 902 constitutes a budget adjustment request suitability determining means.
When the central control unit 2 determines that it is not an adjustment processing request from the system administrator, the central control unit 2 waits for a password input from the telephone 51.
[0062]
Here, when the user of the telephone 51 inputs a password from the dial keypad 521 (step 1013), the password is sent from the control unit 511 to the central control unit 2 via the telephone interface unit 6. The central control unit 2 checks whether this is correct by comparing it with a password stored in advance in the storage unit 7 (step 1014). Here, step 1014 constitutes a password discrimination means.
[0063]
If the password is correct, the adjustment processing request is considered to have been made by a person equivalent to the system administrator, and budget adjustment processing can be performed.
In step 1014, if the input password is not correct or if no password is input for a certain period of time (step 1015), the process is terminated (step 1005).
[0064]
After the central control unit 2 determines that the adjustment processing request has been made properly, the extension number and the adjustment amount of the telephone 5n for which budget adjustment is desired are input from the dial keypad 521, and the operation is confirmed by pressing the function key 531. Then, the extension number and adjustment fee information of the telephone 5n are transmitted from the control section 511 to the central control section 2 via the telephone interface section 6 (step 1003).
When the central control unit 2 receives the extension number and adjustment fee data, the central control unit 2 stores the extension number and the input adjustment amount in the storage unit 7 (step 1004). Since the adjustment of the usage rate is executed when the charge management target period is switched, the processing is temporarily ended here (step 1005).
[0065]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the usage rate adjustment processing in the second embodiment. Following the processing in FIG. 11, a predetermined fixed period (budget management period) is the next predetermined fixed period (budget management period). This process is performed when switching to. Hereinafter, the usage rate adjustment processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 12.
When the budget management period is switched, the usage rate adjustment process is performed prior to the call rate usage rate determination and automatic budget registration processing for each telephone set for a certain period of time in FIG. To do.
[0066]
When the central control unit 2 detects that the budget management period to be budgeted is switched based on the date information of the clock 3 (step 1006), the central control unit 2 charges the telephone 5n for which a budget adjustment request has been made in the previous charge management period. The usage rate is read, the usage rate is changed according to the usage rate adjustment amount, and is stored in the storage unit 7 as the usage rate of the charge management period (previous charge usage rate) (step 1007). Here, step 1006 constitutes a budget management period switching determining means.
The above processing is performed for all the telephones that have requested adjustment (step 1008).
[0067]
For telephones that do not have a budget adjustment request, the central control unit 2 subtracts the increase in the usage rate generated this time by the usage rate adjustment process from the total usage rate as a coefficient (step 1009), and prepaid each phone. The usage rate in the management target period is multiplied by a coefficient, and the obtained value is stored in the storage unit 7 as the charge usage rate in the previous charge management target period (step 1010). The above processing is performed for the remaining telephones (step 1011). Steps 1007 to 1010 constitute usage rate adjusting means.
[0068]
Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the central control unit 2 performs a call charge usage rate determination and automatic budget registration for each telephone during the budget management period (step 1012).
Next, a description will be given of a budget redistribution method in the middle of operation when a situation occurs in which the budget of a certain telephone is lost during operation and the transmission becomes impossible.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a budget redistribution process in the second embodiment.
[0069]
Hereinafter, the budget redistribution process according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 13.
When the telephone user uses up the allocated budget, the central control unit 2 determines that the budget balance of the telephone stored in the storage device 7 has become zero, and prohibits the telephone from making an external call. It becomes impossible to make an outside line call from the telephone.
[0070]
For example, when the user of the telephone 51 uses up the budget allocated to the telephone 51, the central control unit 2 prohibits the telephone 51 from making an external line transmission, and thus cannot make an external line transmission from the telephone 51. Here, when the user of the telephone 51, that is, the system administrator, inputs a special number for instructing budget adjustment from the function key 531 and the dial keypad 521 and information (for example, an identification code) indicating the system administrator, the control unit A budget adjustment request is sent from 511 to central control unit 2 via telephone interface unit 6 (step 1101). The budget adjustment request includes information indicating transmission from the telephone 51, a special number for instructing budget adjustment, and information indicating a system administrator.
[0071]
When the central control unit 2 receives the budget adjustment request, the central control unit 2 determines whether the budget adjustment request is made from the telephone 51 in order to check whether or not the budget adjustment request is operated by a person other than the system administrator. The system administrator information in the storage unit 7 is read out and compared with the information indicating the system administrator received from the telephone 51 to confirm whether the information has been made by the system administrator (step 1102). . Here, step 1102 constitutes a budget adjustment request suitability determining means.
[0072]
If it is not a system administrator, the central control unit 2 waits for a password input from the telephone 51. Here, when the user of the telephone 51 inputs a password from the dial keypad 521 (step 1111), the password is sent from the control unit 511 to the central control unit 2 via the telephone interface unit 6.
The central control unit 2 confirms whether or not the received password is authentic by comparing it with the password stored in the storage unit 7 (step 1112). Here, step 1112 constitutes a password discrimination means.
[0073]
If the password is correct, the telephone 51 is considered to be equivalent to a system administrator, and budget input processing can be performed. If the entered password is not correct (step 1112), or if the password has not been entered for a certain period of time (step 1113), the process is terminated (step 1114).
If the user of the telephone 51 is a system administrator or is deemed to be equivalent to a system administrator, then the extension number and additional charge of the telephone to which the budget is added are entered from the dial keypad 521, and the function key When the operation is confirmed by pressing 531, the extension number and additional charge information are sent from the control unit 511 to the central control unit 2 via the telephone interface unit 6 (step 1103).
[0074]
When the central control unit 2 receives the extension number and the additional charge information, the central control unit 2 adds the additional charge to the budget of the telephone 5n for the predetermined period in the storage unit 7 (step 1104). A fee added (budget + added amount) is newly stored in the storage unit 7 as a budget (step 1105). The telephone set 5n to which the budget is added can be used for the additional fee.
The central control unit 2 reads the total usage fee of the telephones of the entire system from the storage unit 7, obtains the difference from the original budget, and sets it as the current balance (step 1106). The balance budget is calculated by subtracting the additional charge from the balance.
[0075]
When the balance budget is not negative (step 1107), the central control unit 2 redistributes the budget for other than the corresponding phone, so that the central control unit 2 performs a predetermined predetermined period for each phone stored in the storage unit 7. The charge usage rate is read out, multiplied by the balance budget, and stored in the storage unit 7 as a balance budget for a predetermined period for each telephone (step 1108). Thereafter, a new budget is calculated for all the remaining telephones and stored in the storage unit 7 (step 1109).
[0076]
The telephones other than the telephone 5n that has made the additional budget can be used within the range of the balance budget for the remaining period of the budget management period. Here, steps 1105, 1109, and 1010 constitute an adjustment budget calculation means.
Here, the predetermined fixed period is a period to be budgeted and is determined by system data and can be freely set in each system, for example, for one week or three months. Is stored in the storage unit 7.
[0077]
On the other hand, when the balance budget is a negative value, that is, when the total budget exceeds the additional fee (step 1107), the redistribution is not performed and the process is terminated (step 1110). In this way, if a budget for the entire system is input at the time of budget registration, an appropriate budget can be allocated to each telephone for a certain period.
Also in the second embodiment, an appropriate budget can be set for all the telephones in the system when setting the telephone budget. In addition, since it has a function that allows the budget registration and adjustment of the entire system to be performed with a single operation from a single telephone, it is possible to centrally manage the call charge budget of all telephones.
In addition, since the recommended budget calculation means for calculating the recommended budget based on the past usage records of the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n is provided, appropriate budget allocation is possible.
[0078]
As described above, the telephone usage fee management system according to the embodiment of the present invention accommodates the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n and the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n to connect the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n to the office line. And the number of the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n is stored. The key telephone apparatus 1 is configured to manage the usage fees of the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n. The storage unit 7 includes budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each of the telephones 51 to 5n based on the information on the number of telephones stored in the storage unit 7 and the total budget.
Here, the budget calculation means is configured to distribute the budget evenly to the telephones 51 to 5n by dividing the total budget by the number of telephones.
[0079]
The telephone usage fee management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of telephones 51 to 5n, and a button telephone device 1 that controls connection of the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n to a telephone line. In the telephone usage fee management system configured to manage usage fees of the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n by the telephone device 1, usage rate calculating means for calculating usage rates of the telephones 51 to 5n in a budget management period; A storage unit 7 that stores the usage rates of the telephones 51 to 5n calculated by the usage rate calculation unit, and the telephones 51 in the next budget management period based on the usage rate and the total budget stored in the storage unit 7. And a budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee of ˜5n.
Here, the budget calculation means is configured to distribute the total budget as a budget for each telephone so as to be proportional to the usage rate of each telephone during the previous budget management period.
[0080]
Further, the total budget is configured to be the total usage fee of the plurality of telephones in the previous budget management period, or to be transmitted from the specific telephone 51 to the button telephone apparatus 1.
Further, the budget calculation means is configured to distribute the budget for each telephone in consideration of an adjustment value for adjusting the budget for each telephone.
When an additional budget is input to any of the phones, the additional budget is added to the phone budget, and the remaining amount obtained by subtracting the additional budget from the total budget is redistributed as a budget for other phones. It is comprised so that the adjustment budget calculation means to perform may be provided.
[0081]
Accordingly, a simple operation can be performed by making a budget registration request from the predetermined telephone 51 to the key telephone apparatus 1 or by transmitting the total budget from the predetermined telephone 51 to the key telephone apparatus 1 at the time of the budget registration request. Thus, it is possible to set an appropriate budget for all telephones in the system.
In addition, since the total budget is divided by the number of phones, the budget is evenly distributed to each phone. Therefore, when the budget is set for the system for the first time at the start of system operation, the pre-budget management period for each phone is used. Even when the rate is unknown, it is possible to effectively distribute the budget.
In addition, since a function for registering and adjusting the budget of the entire system with a single operation from a single telephone is provided, the call charge budget for all telephones can be centrally managed.
In addition, since it has a budget adjustment function, appropriate budget allocation becomes possible.
In addition, since the recommended budget calculation means for calculating the recommended budget based on the past usage records of the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n is provided, appropriate budget allocation is possible.
[0082]
The telephone usage fee management apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention accommodates a plurality of telephones 51 to 5n, controls connection to a telephone line, and manages telephone usage charges for the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n. In the charge management device 1, the storage unit 7 for storing the number of the telephones 51 to 5n, and the budget usage fee for each of the telephones 51 to 5n are calculated based on the number of telephones stored in the storage unit 7 and the total budget. And a budget calculation means.
[0083]
The telephone usage fee management apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention accommodates a plurality of telephones 51 to 5n, controls connection to a telephone line, and manages telephone usage charges for the plurality of telephones 51 to 5n. In the fee management apparatus 1, a usage rate calculating means for calculating the usage rate of each of the telephones 51 to 5n in a budget management period, and a storage unit for storing the usage rate of each of the telephones 51 to 5n calculated by the usage rate calculating means 7 and budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each of the telephones 51 to 5n in the next budget management period based on the usage rate and the total budget stored in the storage unit 7. Yes.
Therefore, it is possible to construct a telephone usage fee management system as described above.
[0084]
In addition, by using the set individual budgets and usage charges of the respective telephones 51 to 5n on the display units 551 to 55n of the respective telephones 51 to 5n, the used telephone calls for the budget call charges of the respective telephones 51 to 5n. It becomes possible to grasp the ratio of charges visually. In addition, when the usage fee reaches the specified value, the terminal automatically sends out the terminal and stops the local line transmission, and by displaying on the display unit of the telephone that the outgoing call is restricted, It is possible to grasp visually that it is regulated. As a result, the user can use the telephone while always being aware of the budget call charge, and can save money.
[0085]
【The invention's effect】
According to the telephone usage fee management system of the present invention, an appropriate budget can be set for all the telephones in the system with a simple operation when setting the budget for the telephone. In addition, it is possible to centrally manage the call charge budget for all telephones. Furthermore, appropriate budget allocation is possible by adjusting the budget.
In addition, according to the telephone usage fee management apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to construct a telephone usage fee management system capable of setting an appropriate budget for all the telephones accommodated by a simple operation when setting a budget for the telephone. . In addition, it is possible to build a telephone usage fee management system capable of centrally managing the budget of call charges for all telephones and a telephone usage fee management system capable of appropriate budget allocation by budget adjustment.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone usage fee management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing of the telephone usage fee management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing of the telephone usage fee management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of the telephone usage fee management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing of the telephone usage fee management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing of the telephone usage fee management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing of the telephone usage fee management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing of a telephone usage fee management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing of a telephone usage fee management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing of a telephone usage fee management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing of a telephone usage fee management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing of a telephone usage fee management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing processing of a telephone usage fee management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... Button telephone device constituting control means
2 Central control unit
3 ... Clock
4 ... Office line interface
6 ... Telephone interface part
7: Storage section constituting storage means
51, 52, 5n ... Telephone
511, 51n... Control unit
521, 52n ... Dial keypad
531, 53n ... Function keys
541, 54n ... Handset
551, 55n ... display section

Claims (6)

Use of a telephone having a plurality of telephones and a main apparatus that accommodates the plurality of telephones and controls connection of the plurality of telephones to a telephone line, wherein the main apparatus manages usage charges for the plurality of telephones In the fee management system,
The main unit is
Storage means;
A recommended budget calculating means for calculating a recommended budget based on past usage records of the plurality of telephones;
Budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone based on the number of telephones stored in the storage means and the recommended budget;
With reference to the charge table that associates the dialing information of the call destination and the call charge per unit time stored in the storage means, receiving the call end information indicating that the telephone has ended the call, Unit usage fee calculation means for calculating the charge of the corresponding call from the usage fee per unit time read from the fee table and the call time information;
A total usage charge calculating means for accumulating the call charges calculated by the unit usage charge calculating means and calculating a total usage amount of the call charges in a budget management period;
A total usage charge comparing means for comparing the total usage amount of the call charge in the previous budget management period and the total usage amount of the call charge in the previous budget management period;
Automatic registration determination means for determining whether or not automatic budget registration is set in the storage means,
The recommended budget calculation means, when the total usage fee comparison means compares, when the usage amount tends to increase, an amount obtained by adding twice the increment specified value to the total usage amount in the previous budget management period Is calculated as the recommended budget for the current budget management period, and if the usage amount is decreasing, the total usage amount for the budget management period is subtracted twice the specified increment value from the previous budget management period. Calculated as the recommended budget,
When the automatic registration determination unit determines that automatic budget registration is set in the storage unit, the budget usage fee of each telephone set calculated by the budget calculation unit is stored in the storage unit, A telephone usage fee management system characterized by managing usage fees for telephones. Use of a telephone having a plurality of telephones and a main apparatus that accommodates the plurality of telephones and controls connection of the plurality of telephones to a telephone line, wherein the main apparatus manages usage charges for the plurality of telephones In the fee management system,
A predetermined telephone set in the plurality of telephones makes a budget adjustment request for requesting a budget adjustment of any one of the plurality of telephones to the main unit, and the adjustment amount and Send the extension of the phone that you want to adjust the budget for,
The main unit is
Usage rate calculating means for calculating the usage rate of each telephone in a budget management period;
Storage means for storing the usage rate of each telephone calculated by the usage rate calculating means;
Budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone in the next budget management period based on the usage rate and total budget stored in the storage means,
For a telephone for which a budget adjustment request has been made from the predetermined telephone, the usage rate of the previous budget management period of the telephone stored in the storage unit is changed according to the adjustment amount and stored in the storage unit as a usage rate, and budget adjustment For unrequested phones, subtract the change in usage that occurred this time from the total usage of phones without budget adjustment requests, and use that as a factor to multiply the usage rate of each phone that is not subject to adjustment. As a rate stored in the storage means,
The budget calculation unit calculates a budget usage fee for each telephone during the budget management period by multiplying the total budget by the usage rate of each telephone stored in the storage unit. system. Use of a telephone having a plurality of telephones and a main apparatus that accommodates the plurality of telephones and controls connection of the plurality of telephones to a telephone line, wherein the main apparatus manages usage charges for the plurality of telephones In the fee management system,
The predetermined telephone set in the plurality of telephones makes a budget adjustment request for adding a budget for any one of the plurality of telephones to the main unit, and the additional fee and the budget Send the extension number of the phone to be adjusted,
The main unit is
Storage means;
Budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone based on the number of telephones stored in the storage means and the total budget;
With reference to the charge table that associates the dialing information of the call destination and the call charge per unit time stored in the storage means, receiving the call end information indicating that the telephone has ended the call, Unit usage fee calculation means for calculating the charge of the corresponding call from the usage fee per unit time read from the fee table and the call time information;
The additional fee and the extension number of the budget adjustment target phone are received from the predetermined phone, the additional budget is added to the budget of the phone, and the remaining amount obtained by subtracting the additional budget from the total budget is used as the budget of the other phones. An adjustment budget calculation means for redistributing and storing in the storage means,
Calculate the cumulative usage fee for the corresponding telephone in the budget management period by adding the charge for the corresponding call calculated by the unit usage fee calculation means to the usage fee for the current telephone budget management period stored in the storage means. The telephone usage fee management system is characterized in that the usage fee of the plurality of telephones is stored in the storage means . In the telephone usage fee management apparatus for accommodating a plurality of telephones and controlling the connection of the plurality of telephones to a telephone line, and managing the usage charges of the plurality of telephones,
Storage means;
A recommended budget calculating means for calculating a recommended budget based on past usage records of the plurality of telephones;
Budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone based on the number of telephones stored in the storage means and the recommended budget;
With reference to the charge table that associates the dialing information of the call destination and the call charge per unit time stored in the storage means, receiving the call end information indicating that the telephone has ended the call, Unit usage fee calculation means for calculating the charge of the corresponding call from the usage fee per unit time read from the fee table and the call time information;
A total usage charge calculating means for accumulating the call charges calculated by the unit usage charge calculating means and calculating a total usage amount of the call charges in a budget management period;
A total usage charge comparing means for comparing the total usage amount of the call charge in the previous budget management period and the total usage amount of the call charge in the previous budget management period;
Automatic registration determination means for determining whether or not automatic budget registration is set in the storage means,
The recommended budget calculation means, when the total usage fee comparison means compares, when the usage amount tends to increase, an amount obtained by adding twice the increment specified value to the total usage amount in the previous budget management period Is calculated as the recommended budget for the current budget management period, and if the usage amount is decreasing, the total usage amount for the budget management period is subtracted twice the specified increment value from the previous budget management period. Calculated as the recommended budget,
When the automatic registration determination unit determines that automatic budget registration is set in the storage unit, the budget usage fee of each telephone set calculated by the budget calculation unit is stored in the storage unit, A telephone usage fee management apparatus for managing usage fees for telephones. As well as the connection control said plurality of telephones to a telephone line accommodates a plurality of telephone, the telephone fee management apparatus for managing fees of the plurality of telephones,
Usage rate calculating means for calculating the usage rate of each telephone in a budget management period;
Storage means for storing the usage rate of each telephone calculated by the usage rate calculating means;
Budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone in the next budget management period based on the usage rate and total budget stored in the storage means,
An extension of a telephone that performs adjustment and budget adjustment in response to a budget adjustment request for requesting budget adjustment of any of the plurality of telephones from a predetermined telephone set in the plurality of telephones Receive the number,
For a telephone for which a budget adjustment request has been made from the predetermined telephone, the usage rate of the previous budget management period of the telephone stored in the storage unit is changed according to the adjustment amount and stored in the storage unit as a usage rate, and budget adjustment For unrequested phones, subtract the change in usage that occurred this time from the total usage of phones without budget adjustment requests, and use that as a factor to multiply the usage rate of each phone that is not subject to adjustment. As a rate stored in the storage means,
The budget calculation unit calculates a budget usage fee for each telephone during the budget management period by multiplying the total budget by the usage rate of each telephone stored in the storage unit. apparatus. In the telephone usage fee management apparatus for accommodating a plurality of telephones and controlling the connection of the plurality of telephones to a telephone line, and managing the usage charges of the plurality of telephones,
Storage means;
Budget calculation means for calculating a budget usage fee for each telephone based on the number of telephones stored in the storage means and the total budget;
With reference to the charge table that associates the dialing information of the call destination and the call charge per unit time stored in the storage means, receiving the call end information indicating that the telephone has ended the call, Unit usage fee calculation means for calculating the charge of the corresponding call from the usage fee per unit time read from the fee table and the call time information;
The additional fee and the extension number of the budget adjustment target phone are received from the predetermined phone, the additional budget is added to the budget of the phone, and the remaining amount obtained by subtracting the additional budget from the total budget is used as the budget of the other phones. An adjustment budget calculation means for redistributing and storing in the storage means,
An extension of a telephone that performs adjustment and budget adjustment in response to a budget adjustment request for requesting budget adjustment of any of the plurality of telephones from a predetermined telephone set in the plurality of telephones Receive the number,
Calculate the cumulative usage fee for the corresponding telephone in the budget management period by adding the charge for the corresponding call calculated by the unit usage fee calculation means to the usage fee for the current telephone budget management period stored in the storage means. Then, the telephone usage fee management apparatus stores the usage charges for the plurality of telephones .

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