JP6185028B2 - Benefit grant system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a privilege granting system that grants privileges according to a plurality of usage situations of a mobile terminal.

  The fee management system disclosed in Patent Document 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In the charge management system shown in FIG. 5, in a so-called flat-rate charge form in which the communication charge of the mobile terminal 1 pays a fixed charge every month regardless of the communication amount, the management device 4 passes through the base station 2 of the mobile terminal 1. The amount of communication using the wireless communication network 3 is managed and the wireless communication network 3 is used via the base station 2 of the portable terminal 1 in one month within a range that is lower than the communication fee of the flat-rate plan that is a flat rate system. The management device 4 gives a privilege corresponding to the communication amount to the owner of the mobile terminal 1 so that the privilege becomes higher as the communication amount is smaller.

  However, the fee management system of FIG. 5 does not consider the use of the mobile terminal 1 for proper use, such as prevention of the mobile terminal 1 while it is walking and usage of the mobile terminal 1 that is unlikely to break down.

JP 2013-126229 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described background art, and provides a privilege according to a plurality of usage statuses of the mobile terminal, and encourages the owner of the mobile terminal to properly use the mobile terminal. The purpose is to provide a system.

The present invention relates to the use condition detecting means provided in the portable terminal detects a plurality of use condition information of the portable terminal, a plurality of usage information transmitting and receiving unit provided in the portable terminal is pre-Symbol Detection and sends the terminal identification information to the management apparatus by wireless communication, the management device with the respective evaluation rank of the plurality of usage information transmitted from the transmitting and receiving unit of the portable terminal, the management device a plurality of with the overall evaluation by the number of the Tagged evaluation rank, the management device with the benefits of each of the terminal identification information transmitted from the mobile terminal on the basis of the comprehensive evaluation, the management device of this Tagged benefits It transmits to the said portable terminal based on the said terminal identification information by radio | wireless communication.

  According to the present invention, the management device determines a privilege based on a comprehensive evaluation for a plurality of usage status information transmitted from the mobile terminal, and the management device transmits the determined privilege to the mobile terminal. Can see the privilege transmitted to the mobile terminal and encourage the owner of the mobile terminal to use the mobile terminal appropriately so that the privilege is improved.

The block diagram which showed the privilege provision system which concerns on the form 1 for implementing invention. The figure which showed the evaluation rank information which concerns on the form 1 for implementing invention. The figure which showed the comprehensive evaluation information which concerns on the form 1 for implementing invention. The flowchart which showed operation | movement of the privilege provision system which concerns on the form 1 for implementing invention. The block diagram which showed the charge management system of patent document 1. FIG.

  The privilege provision system which concerns on the form 1 for implementing invention is demonstrated using FIG. Note that the owner of the mobile terminal 10 has a contract regarding communication that pays a fee for communication (communication fee) by communicating with a communication carrier that operates and manages the wireless communication network 26, and the owner of the mobile terminal 10 Is a contractor who has a communication contract with a telecommunications carrier, but in the privilege grant system according to the first embodiment for carrying out the invention, the owner of the mobile terminal 10 and the contractor of the mobile terminal 10 are different persons. But it is applicable. The privilege grant system shown in FIG. 1 is in a standby state or wirelessly with power from a power source (not shown) installed in the mobile terminal 10 by the application software for privilege grant system in which the mobile terminal 10 is set in the control unit 18. In an operating state such as during communication, the usage status detection unit 21 detects a plurality of usage statuses of the mobile terminal 10 and stores the detected usage statuses as a plurality of usage status information 24 in the storage unit 22. . In addition, the transmission time of a use condition is set by the application software for privilege provision systems of the portable terminal 10.

  When the portable terminal 10 is in a standby state with power from a power source (not shown) and is in a wireless communicable state in which wireless communication with the base station 25 is not performed, the control unit 18 stores a storage unit 22 extracts terminal identification information 23 and a plurality of usage status information 24 and controls the transmission / reception unit 11. The transmission / reception unit 11 extracts the terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usage status information 24 extracted from the storage unit 22. Is transmitted to the management device 27 via the base station 25 and the wireless communication network 26. Next, when the transmitting / receiving unit 28 of the management device 27 receives the terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usage status information 24, the received terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usage status information 24 are based on the terminal identification information 23. The data is divided and stored in the storage unit 37. Thereafter, the management device 27 uses the privilege granting system application software set in the control unit 29 on behalf of the telecommunications carrier who has made a communication contract with the contractor of the mobile terminal 10, and a plurality of usage status information 24 of the mobile terminal 10. A privilege 40 according to the above is given to the contractor of the mobile terminal 10. As the privilege 40, monthly billing, that is, discounts on communication charges, discounts on charges for guarantee of the mobile terminal 10, valuable points, and the like can be considered. Possible types of guarantees include battery replacement, recovery of memory data, and provision of a new portable terminal 10 in case of theft or loss. Moreover, as a valuable point, for example, 1 point is converted into 1 yen and can be used for payment of the communication fee of the mobile terminal 10. The evaluation time, management period, and evaluation time are set by the privilege grant system application software of the management device 27.

  As a method of determining the privilege 40 in the management device 27, the following processing is exemplified. The management device 27 assigns an evaluation rank value 38 to each of the plurality of usage status information 24 received according to a plurality of evaluation axes for each predetermined management period, and the overall evaluation value is determined by the plurality of evaluation rank values 38. 39, and a privilege 40 is determined based on the comprehensive evaluation value 39. Specifically, the evaluation server 30 of the management device 27 collates a plurality of usage status information 24 with evaluation rank information 31 having a plurality of evaluation axes, and each of the plurality of usage status information 24 from the evaluation rank information 31. The evaluation rank value 38 corresponding to is acquired, the acquired evaluation rank value 38 is collated with the comprehensive evaluation information 32, the comprehensive evaluation value 39 corresponding to the evaluation rank value 38 is acquired from the comprehensive evaluation information 32, and the acquired comprehensive evaluation is obtained. The privilege 40 is determined based on the value 39.

  Then, the transmitting / receiving unit 28 transmits the determined privilege 40 to the mobile terminal 10 via the wireless communication network 26 and the base station 25 according to the received terminal identification information 23. Thereby, the mobile terminal 10 displays the privilege 40 transmitted from the management device 27 on the output device such as the earphone 13 and the display 14, and the owner of the mobile terminal 10 receives the privilege 40 displayed on the mobile terminal 10. It can be confirmed that it was given to the contractor. The management period may be, for example, a billing period for a communication fee determined in a communication contract for the mobile terminal 10 exchanged between the contractor of the mobile terminal 10 and the communication carrier.

  In FIG. 1, the configuration of the mobile terminal 10 will be described in detail. The mobile terminal 10 includes, as components, a transmission / reception unit 11, a microphone 12, an earphone 13, a display 14, a keyboard 15, a vibrator 16, an external device insertion port 17, A control unit 18, a terminal diagnosis unit 19, an optimization unit 20, a usage state detection unit 21, and a storage unit 22 are provided. These components operate with power from a power source (not shown) provided in the mobile terminal 10. The transmission / reception unit 11 communicates information such as voice, text, and images wirelessly with the base station 25. The microphone 12 is an audio input device. The earphone 13 is an output device that displays sound. The display 14 is an output device that displays characters and images. The keyboard 15 is an input device operated by a person. The vibrator 16 is an output device that displays by vibration. The external device insertion portion 17 is an insertion port for connecting an external device such as a power plug, a USB plug, and an SD card to the mobile terminal 10. The control unit 18 controls components other than the control unit 18 of the mobile terminal 10. The terminal diagnosis unit 19 diagnoses the function of the mobile terminal 10 using the privilege grant system application software. For example, the GPS function for acquiring the position information of the mobile terminal 10, the WiFi function for performing wireless communication, and the functions of the microphone 12 and the earphone 13 are exemplified as the diagnostic object. The optimization unit 20 deletes fragmentary information stored in the storage unit 22 by the operation of the input device by the owner of the mobile terminal 10 and burdens on processing by the operating system, application software, and the like installed in the mobile terminal 10 Reduce.

  The usage status detection unit 21 detects the usage status of the mobile terminal 10 and stores the detected usage statuses in the storage unit 22 as the usage status information 24. For example, an event as an operation of a program in which the usage status detection unit 21 performs processing in response to a request from an input device such as a microphone 12 and a keyboard 15 by the owner of the mobile terminal 10 or from an operating system or the like. The case where it detects as a usage condition of is illustrated. As an event, a motion event when a motion sensor (not shown) mounted on the mobile terminal 10 is used, a temperature detection event when a temperature sensor (not shown) mounted on the mobile terminal 10 is used, Call event for call communication, packet event for packet communication, microphone event for use of microphone 12, lighting event for use of display 14, and use of SD card Card insertion / removal event, earphone insertion / removal event for use of earphone 13, inefficiency charging event for inefficient charging, optimization event for optimization process performed by optimization means 20, terminal Diagnosis Diagnostic event for the diagnostic process by stage 19 is performed, vibrator 16 and vibrator event seems against used.

  Therefore, when the motion event and the call event, the packet event, or the lighting event occur in duplicate, the usage status detection unit 21 detects “use while walking” of the mobile terminal 10, and the motion sensor detects the motion event. When a numerical value equal to or greater than a predetermined value is indicated, the “terminal falling” of the mobile terminal 10 is detected, and when a temperature measurement event is detected in which the temperature sensor detects the low temperature burn prevention temperature set in the mobile terminal 10, the mobile terminal 10. When “terminal is hot” is detected, and “overuse” of the mobile terminal 10 is detected when at least one of a call event, a vibration event, or a microphone event continues for a predetermined time stored in advance in the storage unit 22 When a call event occurs continuously for a predetermined time, an “excessive call” of the mobile terminal 10 is detected, and a packet event When it occurs, the amount of data for each “packet communication” of the mobile terminal 10 is detected. When a lighting event occurs continuously for a predetermined time, the “display for a long time” of the mobile terminal 10 is detected. When an insertion / removal event occurs, “excessive SD card insertion / removal” of the mobile terminal 10 is detected. When an earphone insertion / removal event occurs, an “excessive earphone insertion / removal” of the mobile terminal 10 is detected, and an inefficient charging event occurs. The mobile terminal 10 detects “inefficient charging”. When an optimization event occurs, the mobile terminal 10 detects “optimization processing”. When a diagnostic event occurs, the mobile terminal 10 Diagnostic process "is detected, and each time it is detected in a certain management period, the usage status information is counted up one by one except for" packet communication " 4 is updated to the storage unit 22, “packet communication” is updated to the storage unit 22 as usage status information 24 in which the amount of data is counted up, and “display long time lighting” is used to count up the usage status information 24 in which the lighting continuous time is counted up To the storage unit 22.

  At the usage status transmission time, the control unit 18 extracts the terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usage status information 24 from the storage unit 22, and extracts the extracted terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usage status information 24. Are output to the transmission / reception unit 11, and a plurality of usage status information 24 stored in the storage unit 22 is reset to “0”. Call for use state transmission stored in the storage unit 22 in advance when the transmission / reception unit 11 is in the communication area of the base station 25 and the transmission / reception unit 11 and the base station 25 are capable of wireless communication with each other. When the signal is transmitted and the base station 25 receives the calling signal, the transmission / reception unit 11 and the base station 25 are connected to each other. In this state, the transmission / reception unit 11 transmits the terminal identification information 23 extracted from the storage unit 22 and a plurality of usage status information 24 to the management device 27 via the base station 25 and the wireless communication network 26. The plurality of usage status information 24 transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 11 to the management device 27 includes the use of the total number of detections, the total amount of detection data, and the total detection time stored in the storage unit 22 before the extraction. It is status information. If the base station 25 cannot receive the call signal even if the transmission / reception unit 11 transmits a call signal for use state transmission stored in the storage unit 22 in advance, the transmission / reception unit 11 and the base station 25 are connected to each other. Therefore, when a predetermined calling time has elapsed since the calling signal is transmitted, the transmission / reception unit 11 stops transmitting the calling signal, and then transmits the calling signal again. This retransmission is executed until the transmission / reception unit 11 and the base station 25 are connected to each other.

  The call signal can be transmitted from the management device 27. In the case where the calling signal is transmitted from the management device 27, the control unit 29 of the mobile terminal 10 preset in the storage unit 37 is set to the storage unit 37 at the transmission time of the use situation (not shown) preset in the storage unit 37. The telephone number is extracted from the storage unit 37 as a calling signal for use status transmission and output to the transmission / reception unit 28. The transmission / reception unit 28 outputs the telephone number of the mobile terminal 10 to the base station 25, and the base station 25 receives the mobile terminal 10. Are output to the communication area of the base station 25. When the transmission / reception unit 11 of the mobile terminal 10 receives the telephone number of the mobile terminal 10 output from the base station 25, the transmission / reception unit 11 is extracted from the storage unit 22 after the transmission / reception unit 11 and the base station 25 are connected to each other. The terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usage status information 24 thus transmitted are transmitted to the management device 27 via the base station 25 and the wireless communication network 26.

  The management device 27 includes a transmission / reception unit 28, a control unit 29, an evaluation server 30, an accounting server 33, a guarantee server 35, and a storage unit 37 as components. In a state where these components are operated by supplying power from a power source (not shown), when the transmission / reception unit 28 receives the terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usage status information 24 transmitted from the mobile terminal 10, The control unit 29 controls the transmission / reception unit 28. Thus, the terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usage status information 24 received by the transmission / reception unit 28 are classified based on the terminal identification information 23 and stored in the storage unit 37.

  Then, for each management period, the evaluation server 30 extracts and extracts a plurality of usage status information 24 from the storage unit 37 for each terminal identification information 23, and a plurality of usage status information classified for each terminal identification information 23. 24 is collated with the evaluation rank information 31 provided in the evaluation server 30, the evaluation rank value 38 corresponding to each of the plurality of usage status information 24 is acquired from the evaluation rank information 31, and the plurality of acquired evaluation rank values 38 is stored in a storage area related to the terminal identification information 23 of the storage unit 37. Further, the evaluation server 30 collates the plurality of obtained evaluation rank values 38 with the comprehensive evaluation information 32 provided in the evaluation server 30, and the comprehensive evaluation values corresponding to the plurality of evaluation rank values 38 from the comprehensive evaluation information 32. 39 is acquired, and the acquired comprehensive evaluation value 39 is stored in a storage area related to the terminal identification information 23 of the storage unit 37.

  Next, at the evaluation time, the evaluation server 30 extracts the comprehensive evaluation value 39 from the storage unit 37, determines the privilege 40 based on the extracted comprehensive evaluation value 39, and uses the determined privilege 40 as the terminal identification information of the storage unit. 23 is stored in a storage area related to 23. Thereafter, the control unit 29 controls the transmission / reception unit 28, and the transmission / reception unit 28 transmits the privilege 40 extracted from the storage unit 37 to the mobile terminal 10 via the wireless communication network 26 and the base station 25. In the mobile terminal 10, the received privilege 40 is displayed on an output device such as the earphone 13 and the display 14. Thereby, the owner of the mobile terminal 10 can confirm that the privilege 40 displayed on the mobile terminal 10 is given to the contractor of the mobile terminal 10. The evaluation rank information 31 will be described with reference to FIG. 2, and the comprehensive evaluation information 32 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The billing server 33 provided in the management device 27 is based on the communication fee calculation method determined according to the communication contract between the contractor of the mobile terminal 10 and the communication carrier based on the terminal identification information 23. The communication fee is calculated monthly as charging information 34, and the calculated charging information 34 is stored. The billing information 34 stores guarantee items and guarantee fees as guarantee information 36, which are determined according to a communication contract between the contractor of the mobile terminal 10 and the communication carrier. The guarantee server 35 of the portable terminal 10 provided in the management device 27 is based on the terminal identification information 23 and the contents of the guarantee determined in accordance with the communication contract between the contractor of the portable terminal 10 and the communication carrier. Is stored. The billing information 34 stores guarantee items and guarantee fees as guarantee information 36, which are determined according to a communication contract between the contractor of the mobile terminal 10 and the communication carrier.

  The evaluation rank information 31 will be described with reference to FIG. The evaluation rank information 31 shown in FIG. 2 is a table in which items indicating a plurality of usage statuses for the mobile terminal 10 and evaluation rank values 38 indicating a plurality of usage statuses indicating low, medium and high ranks are set. It is. A plurality of usage statuses of items and how to classify the evaluation rank value 38 into low, medium, and high are not limited to those illustrated in FIG.

  The comprehensive evaluation information 32 will be described with reference to FIG. The comprehensive evaluation information 32 shown in FIG. 3 is a table that determines a comprehensive evaluation value 39 based on the number of low, medium, and high evaluations. As shown in FIG. 3, the method is not limited to five levels, ie, how to divide the number of low, medium, and high evaluations in items and the overall evaluation value 39.

  The operation of the privilege grant system according to the first embodiment for carrying out the invention will be described with reference to FIG. In step 401, the usage status detection means 21 of the portable terminal 10 detects the usage status information 24 in both a standby state or during wireless communication with power from a power source not shown, and the detected usage status information 24 is stored in the storage unit. 22 to store.

  Next, in step 402, when the usage status transmission time comes, the control unit 18 of the mobile terminal 10 extracts the usage status information 24 and the terminal identification information 23 from the storage unit 22 and controls the transmission / reception unit 11 to transmit / receive the transmission / reception unit. 11 is transmitted to the management apparatus 27 via the base station 25 and the wireless communication network 26.

  In step 403, when the transmission / reception unit 28 of the management device 27 receives the terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usage status information 24, the control unit 29 of the management device 27 receives the terminal identification information 23 and the plurality of usages. The status information 24 is classified based on the terminal identification information 23 and stored in the storage unit 37.

  Thereafter, in step 404, the evaluation server 30 acquires the evaluation rank value 38 for each of the plurality of usage status information 24 from the storage unit 37 for each terminal identification information 23 from the evaluation rank information 31 at the management time. A corresponding comprehensive evaluation value 39 for each evaluation rank value 38 is acquired from the comprehensive evaluation information 32 and stored in the storage unit 37.

  For example, during the management period, if the item “use while walking and dropping the terminal” of the evaluation rank information 31 in FIG. 2 is five times or more, the evaluation server 30 determines the evaluation rank value 38 from the evaluation rank information 31 in FIG. As the “low rank” is acquired and stored in the storage unit 37, if the item “use while walking and the terminal falls” of the evaluation rank information 31 in FIG. “Middle rank” is acquired as the evaluation rank value 38 from the evaluation rank information 31 and stored in the storage unit 37, and the item “use while walking and dropping the terminal” of the evaluation rank information 31 in FIG. For example, the evaluation server 30 acquires “high rank” as the evaluation rank value 38 from the evaluation rank information 31 of FIG. 2 and stores it in the storage unit 37, so that the evaluation server 30 evaluates each item of the evaluation rank information 31. Rank 38 acquired by and stored in the storage unit 37. Further, if the item of the comprehensive evaluation information 32 in FIG. 3 is “low / high evaluation rank 0, high evaluation rank 6 or more” at the evaluation time, the evaluation server 30 performs the comprehensive evaluation of the comprehensive evaluation information 32 in FIG. The evaluation server 30 acquires the comprehensive evaluation value 39 for each item of the comprehensive evaluation information 32 and stores it in the storage unit 37 so that “A” is acquired as the value 39 and stored in the storage unit 37.

  Next, in step 405, at the evaluation time, the control unit 29 controls the evaluation server 30, and the evaluation server 30 extracts and extracts a plurality of comprehensive evaluation values 39 for each terminal identification information 23 from the storage unit 37. The privilege 40 is determined based on the plurality of comprehensive evaluation values 39, and the determined privilege 40 is stored in the storage unit 37.

  In step 406, when the transmission time of the privilege 40 is reached, the control unit 29 extracts the terminal identification information 23 and the privilege 40 from the storage unit 37, and outputs the extracted terminal identification information 23 and the privilege 40 to the transmission / reception unit 28. Then, the transmission / reception unit 28 divides the privilege 40 for each terminal identification information 23 and transmits the privilege 40 to the mobile terminal 10 via the wireless communication network 26 and the base station 25, and the mobile terminal 10 displays the privilege 40 on the output device.

  As described above, according to the privilege grant system according to the first embodiment for carrying out the invention, the plurality of usage status information 24 of the mobile terminal 10 is transmitted to the management device 27, and the management device 27 is updated for each management period. The privilege 40 based on the plurality of usage status information 24 is determined, the management device 27 transmits the determined privilege 40 to the mobile terminal 10, and the mobile terminal 10 displays the privilege 40 on the output device. The owner of the mobile terminal 10 can confirm that the privilege 40 according to the situation has been given to the contractor of the mobile terminal 10 from the telecommunications carrier, and the owner of the mobile terminal 10 can increase the benefit 40 so that the owner of the mobile terminal 10 increases. Come to devise how to use.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile terminal 11 Transmission / reception part 12 Microphone 13 Earphone 14 Display 15 Keyboard 16 Vibrator 17 External apparatus insertion part 18 Control part 19 Terminal diagnostic means 20 Optimization means 21 Usage condition detection means 22 Storage part 23 Terminal identification information 24 Usage condition information 25 base station 26 wireless communication network 27 management device 28 transmission / reception unit 29 control unit 30 evaluation server 31 evaluation rank information 32 comprehensive evaluation information 33 charging server 34 charging information 35 guarantee server 36 guarantee information 37 storage unit 38 evaluation rank value 39 comprehensive evaluation value 40 benefits

Claims (2)

Usage detecting means provided in the portable terminal detects a plurality of use condition information of the portable terminal, a plurality of usage information and the terminal identification information receiving unit provided in the portable terminal is pre-Symbol Detection send the door to the management apparatus by wireless communication, the management device with the respective evaluation rank of the plurality of usage information transmitted from the transmitting and receiving unit of the portable terminal, the management device is attached a plurality of the with the overall evaluation by the number of evaluation rank, with the benefits of each of the terminal identification information transmitted from the portable terminal the management device based on the comprehensive evaluation, said terminal identification information the management device of this Tagged benefits The privilege granting system according to use characterized by transmitting by radio | wireless communication to the said portable terminal based on.   The privilege granting system according to use according to claim 1, wherein the management device includes an evaluation server, a billing server, and a guarantee server.

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