Patent ID: 9230248
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A physical-quantity receiving device, comprising an accounting unit including: a receiving section receiving a predetermined physical quantity from a physical-quantity supplying device, the physical quantity allowing the physical-quantity receiving device to be driven; a notification section providing, during receipt of the physical quantity, a user with a notification that the user is under obligation to make payment for the received physical quantity, and providing the user with an inquiry about whether to continue receiving the physical quantity; an input section receiving a user's input that indicates whether to receive the physical quantity, and whether to continue receiving the physical quantity; a display section displaying the notification from the notification section and the user's input to the input section; and a payment section making payment for the physical quantity per a unit time by electronic money after a lapse of the unit time, or making payment for a unit physical quantity by electronic money after receipt of the unit physical quantity, wherein the physical quantity is electric power.