公开(公告)号：US10592940B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-17

申请号：US15337709

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED

Inventor： Tetsuya Miida ,  Yuuta Hamada ,  Yoichi Kanai ,  Naoki Umehara

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.