Patent ID: 6862496
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A laundry system comprising laundry equipment which comprises a plurality of laundry machines, a laundry managing server for managing the laundry equipment, and a carrier server capable of communicating with the laundry managing server wherein: the laundry equipment comes into an operable state by receiving a signal for permitting operation thereof from the laundry managing server, and transmits operational information to the laundry managing server in response to operation of the laundry equipment which has become operable; the laundry managing server comprises means for confirming validity of customer identification data when receiving the customer identification data along with specific information for identifying laundry equipment that the customer desires to use from a portable communication tool of the customer and transmitting a signal to the laundry equipment that has been identified by the specific information so as to permit operation of the laundry equipment, and means for receiving the operational information from the laundry equipment and creating bill data for charging the customer based on the customer identification data and the operational information; and the carrier server comprises: