Billing system
    2.
    发明授权
    Billing system 失效
    帐单系统

    公开(公告)号:US5287270A

    公开(公告)日:1994-02-15

    申请号:US984374

    申请日:1992-12-02

    摘要: Telecommunications or similar bills are prepared on diskette in an optimal format for further processing, display, and analysis on popularly-available, inexpensive personal computers. A telecommunications carrier provides, for participating customers, appropriately selected billing records at the stage in the carrier's ordinary billing process after the carrier has completed all billing activities except actually printing a paper bill. This ensures that the information ultimately supplied on diskette will exactly correspond to that on the paper bill. In a first step, preferably performed on a large computer, the records are sorted, edited and reformatted into an optimal organization for further processing on a personal computer. In addition, a variety of preprocessed summary reports and graphs are prepared for rapid retrieval on the customer's computer. In a second step, preferably performed on a network of smaller computers, the reorganized records and summary reports for each customer are separated, compressed, and recorded on diskettes compatible with each customer's personal computer. A user application program on the customer's computer displays and analyzes the billing information supplied on diskette, including the billing records, preprocessed summary reports and graphs, and prepares new summary reports on demand.

    摘要翻译: 电信或类似票据以最佳格式在磁盘上准备,用于在普遍可用的廉价个人计算机上的进一步处理,显示和分析。 电信运营商在运营商完成所有计费活动之后,除了实际打印纸币之外,还在运营商的普通帐单处理阶段为参与客户提供适当选择的结算记录。 这样可以确保最终在软盘上提供的信息将完全对应于纸币上的信息。 在第一步中,优选地在大型计算机上执行,将记录分类,编辑并重新格式化为最佳组织以便在个人计算机上进一步处理。 此外,还准备了各种预处理的摘要报告和图表,以便在客户的计算机上快速检索。 在第二步中,优选在较小计算机的网络上执行,每个客户的重组记录和摘要报告被分离,压缩并记录在与每个客户的个人计算机兼容的磁盘上。 客户计算机上的用户应用程序显示和分析软盘上提供的计费信息,包括计费记录,预处理的总结报告和图表,并根据需要准备新的汇总报告。