Patent ID: 7617155
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. A billing system applied to a billing scheme of determining a bill on the basis of entry into and exit from a billing zone, and comprising a billing server provided on a mobile communication network, a mobile terminal for transmitting billing information through the mobile communication network to the billing server, an entry point terminal located at an entry point into the billing zone and configured to communicate with the mobile terminal by short-range wireless, and an exit point terminal located at an exit point out of the billing zone and configured to communicate with the mobile terminal by short-range wireless, wherein said entry point terminal comprises: entry point information transmitting means for transmitting entry point information about the entry point along with a service code specifying a service of a billing object, to the mobile terminal, wherein said exit point terminal comprises: entry point information request transmitting means for transmitting an entry point information request to request entry point information, along with a service code specifying a service of a billing object to the mobile terminal; bill determining means for determining a bill on the basis of the entry point information transmitted according to the entry point information request from the mobile terminal; and billing information transmitting means for transmitting billing information including the bill determined by the bill determining means, to the mobile terminal, and wherein said mobile terminal comprises: service code storing means storing a service code of a service for which the mobile terminal is allowed to perform a billing process; service code determining means for determining whether the service specified by the service code transmitted from the entry point terminal or from the exit point terminal is a service for which the mobile terminal is allowed to perform the billing process, on the basis of the service code stored in the service code storing means; entry point information storing means for storing the entry point information about the entry point into the billing zone; entry point information receiving means for receiving the entry point information transmitted from the entry point terminal and for, when the service code determining means determines that the service code transmitted along with the entry point information is a service code for which the mobile terminal is allowed to perform the billing process, storing the entry point information received, in the entry point information storing means; entry point information request receiving means for receiving the entry point information request and the service code transmitted from the exit point terminal; entry point information transmitting means for, when the service code determining means determines that the service code received by the entry point information request receiving means is a service code for which the mobile terminal is allowed to perform the billing process, retrieving the entry point information stored in the entry point information storing means and transmitting the entry point information to the exit point terminal; billing information receiving means for receiving the billing information transmitted from the exit point terminal; and billing information transmitting means for transmitting the billing information received by the billing information receiving means, through the mobile communication network to the billing server.