Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmission system, participation fee management method, computer program product, and maintenance system
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Application No.: US15337709Application Date: 2016-10-28
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Publication No.: US10592940B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Tetsuya Miida , Yuuta Hamada , Yoichi Kanai , Naoki Umehara
- Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2011-217053 20110930
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08 ; G06Q30/04 ; H04M15/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04M3/56

Abstract:
A transmission system includes: a transmission management system and a fee management system. The transmission management system manages participation time information using a given transmission terminal. The fee management system manages participation fee information. The transmission management system includes a transmission unit that transmits the participation time information to the fee management system. The fee management system includes: a user management unit that manages user identification information and terminal identification information in a manner linked; a reception unit that receives the participation time information transmitted from the transmission management system; a participation time calculation unit that calculates a total participation time of conversation; a participation fee calculation unit that calculates a participation fee; and a participation fee summing unit that refers to the user management unit, sums up participation fees of each transmission terminal, and calculates a total participation fee for each user.
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