SERVICE SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USED FOR THE SAME

• Main Authors: OTAKI TADANOBU, HUANG CHUNMAO, HOTTA JIRO, KAMI MASAHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 04.06.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

To provide a service system capable of appropriately controlling a service device in association with profit distribution among entrepreneurs even in the environment where the system is not connected to a network.SOLUTION: In a service system which includes a service device 2 providing a user with services in exchange for charge collection from the user and in which first entrepreneurs OP1, OP2 running businesses by using the service device 2 control provision of services via the service device 2 in accordance with a charge for use prepaid to a second entrepreneur MO in association with the business, information reading means 25 which can read/write information about a storage medium 3 recording a set value in accordance with the prepaid charge for use is provided for the service device 2, the information reading means 25 is controlled so that the set value of the storage medium 3 is subtracted in accordance with the charge collected from the user, and the service device 2 is controlled so that there occurs restriction on services in accordance with the residual set value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】ネットワークに接続されていない環境下でも事業者間の収益分配と関連付けてサービス装置を適切に制御することが可能なサービスシステムを提供する。【解決手段】ユーザからの料金の徴収と引き換えにユーザにサービスを提供するサービス装置２を含み、サービス装置２を用いて事業を営む第１の事業者ＯＰ１、ＯＰ２が、その事業に関連して第２の事業者ＭＯに前払いした利用料に応じてサービス装置２を介したサービスの提供を制御するサービスシステムにおいて、前払いされた利用料に応じた設定値が記録された記憶媒体３に対する情報の読み取り及び書き込みが可能な情報読取手段２５をサービス装置２に設け、ユーザから徴収した料金に対応して記憶媒体３の設定値が減算されるように情報読取手段２５を制御し、設定値の残量に応じたサービスの制限が生じるようにサービス装置２を制御する。【選択図】図１