Transportation fee payment system

Abstract

To provide a traffic price settlement system which solves problems for example, in settlement of traffic price, a user has to possess and manage various kinds of information storage medium such as, a medical card of a medical institution in addition to a settlement IC card for means of transportation.SOLUTION: A traffic price settlement system is configured so that, information storage media 15, 16 for settlement of a traffic price hold individual information of a user of means of transportation, for example, a name or a prepaid money value, and store management information for supporting medical treatment, individual information on a medical institution of a medical examinee, for example, reservation of remote medical care on a remote medical care booth 13. The user who is the medical examinee can perform settlement of the traffic price for the means of transportation and also can perform, reservation of medical treatment on a medical institution for example, by the one information storage medium 15 or 16. Therefore management of the information storage media can be facilitated. In addition a management facility of the transport mode is provided near a user who is the medical examinee, therefore the medical examinee can easily receive reservation of medical examination, without going to the medical institution.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a transportation fare settlement system, and more particularly to a transportation fare settlement system that can be used for both settlement of transportation fares and management of medical support. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, as a transportation fare payment system, an automatic ticket gate system that allows unmanned payment of transportation fares, such as railway fares, is known. In this automatic ticket gate system, a user records personal information that identifies the user on an IC card, and notifies a fare payment server of a prepaid amount that can be used to electronically pay the fare in advance using the IC card. When using a railway, the user brings the IC card close to the automatic ticket gate device when boarding and disembarking, providing railway usage information to the automatic ticket gate, which is then sent to the fare payment server to settle the fare. (Patent Document 1)

[0003] Meanwhile, medical institutions use a medical appointment system, and patients' consultation schedules are managed by this system. Specifically, a medical card is issued for each patient, and appointments for patients' consultation dates and times are scheduled, changed, or canceled on a reservation server connected to a terminal. (Patent Document 2) [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2021-064173 [Patent Document 2] Patent Publication No. 2013-206238 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In conventional transportation fare payment systems, in order to automatically pay for transportation fares, dedicated hardware for the automatic ticket gate and the fare payment server, software to run on the hardware, and an IC card for transportation fare payment had to be prepared for each user. On the other hand, in medical appointment systems, in addition to a dedicated terminal and reservation server, a medical card was issued for each patient, the patient's personal information was read from the medical card, and the reservation server managed the date and time of the medical appointment. Therefore, each person had to carry and manage a different information storage medium for each purpose of use. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In the transportation fare payment system of the present invention, the personal information of patients at medical institutions is further stored in a payment information storage medium that stores the personal information of transportation users, and the patients (users) send and receive the patients' personal information, support information, and management information between the information processing device and the patient information processing device.

[0007] The transportation fare payment system according to the present invention may include applications for multiple medical departments.

[0008] The medical professional in the present invention may be a doctor, or may be a person other than a doctor who has a license to engage in medical care.

[0009] The fee for use at the remote medical facility is determined by the patient's information processing device, which sends management information indicating the fee to the information processing device to have the patient pay the fee. The patient may pay the fee for use at the remote medical facility using the fee payment information processing device.

[0010] The patient information processing device may also be used for reservation management for use in facilities other than medical facilities. Effect of the Invention

[0011] In the transportation fare payment system described in claim 1, the patient's personal information is also stored in the payment information storage medium, so that conventional IC cards and conventional medical cards can be consolidated into a single payment information storage medium, making it easier to manage the information storage media of both users and patients.

[0012] In the transportation fee payment system according to the present invention, even in an online medical facility where patients are often absent, applications, changes, cancellations, etc. for remote medical treatment can be easily performed using an information processing device in the remote medical facility, using a frequently used information processing storage medium for transportation fee payment, such as an IC card, etc. .

[0013] The present invention With the transportation fee payment system, patients can make their own reservations to use remote medical facilities, eliminating the need for administrative staff to manage reservations at the remote medical facilities and reducing labor costs for medical institutions. Since there are many remote medical facilities, they are located closer to patients than manned medical institutions, making it easier for patients to receive treatment.

[0014] The present invention In the transportation fee payment system, facility usage information of the remote medical facility is transmitted to the patient's information processing device, so the facility usage fee can be determined without bothering the office staff, further reducing the labor costs of the medical institution. In addition, the facility usage fee is notified to the patient from the patient's information processing device via the information processing device, so the patient can pay the facility usage fee early.

[0015] The present invention In the transportation fee payment system, the fee for using remote medical facilities is price Payment may be made using a payment information processing device, eliminating the need to install a new payment system for the fees charged at remote medical facilities, thereby reducing system construction costs.

[0016] The present invention In the transportation payment system, The patient information processing device is used for reservation management at facilities other than medical facilities. Furthermore Since the system is used, the system construction costs can be further reduced. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0017] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure for reserving a remote medical examination booth in one embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure for settling a usage fee for a remote medical examination booth in one embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0018] Please refer to FIG. 1. In this embodiment, the present invention is configured based on a payment system for the use fee of a railway network, that is, a fare. Reference symbol 1 indicates a management area of ​​a railway company set in one of a plurality of stations in the railway network, and an automatic ticket gate 11, an automatic ticket vending machine 12, and a remote medical treatment booth 13 are installed in this management area 1. In this embodiment, the automatic ticket gate 11 functions as a user-side information processing terminal. A railway user 14 pays the fare using an IC card 15 or a smartphone 16 (hereinafter referred to as an IC card, etc.). The IC card, etc. 15, 16 is equipped with an IC chip and an internal antenna, and the memory area of ​​the IC chip has a memory area for storing personal information that identifies the user 14, such as the name of the user 14, a user number assigned to the user, a mobile phone number, an email address, etc., and transportation use information required for fare payment, such as the amount prepaid for fare payment, boarding and alighting stations, and the date and time of use, and another memory area stores an application program for automatic fare payment. The information processing area of ​​the IC cards 15, 16 reads, changes, and writes information in the memory area, and further controls communication between the internal antenna of the IC cards 15, 16 and the information reader of the automatic ticket gate 11. The user 14 may use the IC cards 15, 16 to buy a ticket at the automatic ticket vending machine 12, pass through the automatic ticket gate 11 at the boarding station with the ticket, and collect the ticket at the automatic ticket gate 11 at the disembarking station. The smartphone 16 may be used not only for payment of the rail fare, but also for commonly used wireless calls, sending and receiving emails, using credit companies, and other applications. If a credit company use application program is installed, the fee for using the remote medical treatment booth 13 may be paid via the credit company.

[0019] When a user 14 uses a train and pays for a fare, the user touches an IC card or the like 15, 16 to an automatic ticket gate to enter the platform, and when the user arrives at a destination by train 17, the user touches the IC card or the like 15, 16 to an automatic ticket gate 11 at the station where the user arrived to exit. The automatic ticket gate 11 is connected to a fare payment server 3 via an information and communication network 2, and personal information and transportation usage information of the user 14 are transmitted to the fare payment server 3 via the information and communication network 2, and the fare is paid. The fare payment server 3 has a central processing unit 31, a peripheral processor 32, a program memory 33, a working memory 34, an input / output device 35, and a large-capacity memory system 36, and the large-capacity memory system 36 is provided with a memory area assigned to each user 14. The IC cards or the like 15, 16, the automatic ticket gate 11, the automatic ticket vending machine 12, the hardware of the fare payment server 3, and the fare payment application program executed by these are known, so further explanation will be omitted.

[0020] The information and communications network 2 comprises an internal information and communications network 21 exclusively for the railway company and an external information and communications network 22 available for public use, and the internal information and communications network 21 can be connected to the external information and communications network 22. The external information and communications network 22 also includes a wireless telephone base station 23, and the smartphone 16 can also be connected to the external information and communications network 22 via the base station 23. In addition to the automatic ticket gates 11, automatic ticket vending machines 12, and payment server 3, the remote medical treatment booth 13 is also connected to the internal information and communications network 21 in this embodiment.

[0021] A plurality of remote medical examination booths 13 are provided in the main management areas of the railway network. In the remote medical examination booth 13, a booth 130 that defines an internal space, a personal computer 131, a medical examination device 132, and a Wi-Fi communication device 133 that are stored in the internal space are provided. The personal computer 131 transmits the image and voice of the user 5 to a manned medical facility 6, such as a clinic or a hospital, via the Wi-Fi communication device 133 and the information and communication network 2, and the image and voice of a medical worker, such as a doctor, in the manned medical facility 6 are also transmitted to a personal computer (not shown) in the manned medical facility 6 via the information and communication network 2, and the patient 5 receives medical treatment by talking with the medical worker via images and voice. During treatment, the patient 5 can also use the medical examination device 32 at the instruction of the medical worker to send test data to the personal computer of the medical worker. A personal computer provided in a manned medical facility not shown in the figure functions as a first communication device, and the personal computer 131 and the Wi-Fi communication device 133 function as a second communication device. Since the applicant has already filed a patent application for this type of remote medical treatment booth (patent application number is Patent Application No. 2020-192823), further detailed explanation will be omitted.

[0022] The fare payment system of this embodiment further includes a patient server 7, which can be mutually connected to an information processing device 8 via an information communication network 2. In this embodiment, the automatic ticket vending machine 12, the smartphone 16, and the personal computer 72 equipped with an information reader 71 function as the information processing device 8.

[0023] The patient server 7 has a program memory 73, working memory 74, a peripheral processor 75, input / output devices 76, a large-capacity storage system 77, and a central processing unit 78, which are all connectable to one another via a bus system. The central processing unit 78 executes a patient application program, which will be described later, and manages management information based on the patient's wishes regarding the remote medical examination booth 13, such as the location of the desired remote medical examination booth 13, the desired appointment date and time, the desired staffed medical institution 6, and support information indicating the desired medical department, such as information identifying the determined remote medical examination booth 13 to be used by the patient 5, information regarding the acquisition, change, and cancellation of the determined appointment date and time, the determined staffed medical institution 6 and its medical department, and information required for calculating the usage fee.

[0024] In this embodiment, the patient server 7 is also used for making reservations for facilities other than medical facilities, such as rental conference rooms 91, rental offices, hotels 92, restaurants 93, etc., but it may be used only as the patient server 7, or may share the same hardware as the payment server 3.

[0025] The IC cards 15, 16 store personal information of the patient 5 in their storage areas, such as the name, telephone number, email address, and medical record number of the medical institution 6. The name, telephone number, email address, and other information of the patient 5 may be used in common with the corresponding information of the user 14.

[0026] The automatic ticket vending machine 12 has an application program for the patient in addition to the application program for automatic payment of the fare in the memory, and the information processing system of the automatic ticket vending machine 12 branches to either the application program for automatic payment of the fare or the application program for the patient depending on the selection of the user 14 or the patient 5. For example, when an IC card or the like 15, 16 is inserted into the slot of the automatic ticket vending machine 12 or touched to the reading device, it judges whether the personal information of the user 14 as well as the personal information of the patient 5 is stored in the memory area, and if only the personal information of the user 14 is stored, the application program for automatic payment of the fare is immediately executed and a ticket is issued. On the other hand, if the personal information of the patient 5 is stored, an icon is displayed on the image display of the automatic ticket vending machine 12 as shown in FIG. 1, and the user or patient 14, 5 is asked to select whether they wish to receive medical support, for example, a procedure for using the remote medical treatment booth 13 (displayed as "pre-payment" in FIG. 1) or to receive a ticket (displayed as "ticket" in FIG. 1), and in response to the selection, the system branches to the application program corresponding to the selection.

[0027] The following describes the application program for patients, in which the patient reserves the remote medical treatment booth 13 using the personal computer 72 and pays for the use of the booth 13 using the smartphone 16 after the remote medical treatment is performed. The central processing unit, program memory, working memory, peripheral processors, and input / output devices within the personal computers 72 and 131 are designated by reference numerals 81, 82, 83, 84, and 85, respectively.

[0028] FIG. 2 shows the procedure of information processing executed by the central processing unit 81 of the personal computer 72 and the central processing unit 78 of the patient server 7 when a reservation for use of the remote medical examination booth 13 is made.

[0029] First, the patient 5 starts up the personal computer 72 and selects the patient application program. The central processing unit 81 reads out the personal information of the patient 5 from the IC card or the like 15, 16 on the information reader 71 and sends the personal information to the patient server 7 via the information communication network 2 (S2). In the patient server 7, the personal information of the patient 5 is temporarily stored in the working memory 74, and the central processing unit 78 compares the personal information in the working memory 74 with the personal information in the storage area assigned to the patient 5 in the large-capacity memory system 77, and permits or prohibits information processing (S3). If not permitted, the patient server 7 sends information indicating that it is not permitted to the personal computer 72 via the information communication network 2, and the central processing unit 81 displays "not permitted" on the image display to inform the patient.

[0030] On the other hand, if permission is granted, the patient's server 7 sends a menu of support contents, which allows the patient to select what kind of medical support he or she desires, to the personal computer 72 via the information and communication network 2, and the central processing unit 81 displays the menu of support contents on the image display S4. The menu includes options such as reserving the use of the unmanned examination booth 13, reserving treatment at the manned medical facility 6, checking the availability of hospital wards at the manned medical institution 6, and managing prescriptions.

[0031] Here, it is assumed that the patient 5 selects to make a reservation to use the remote medical examination booth 13. The patient 5 makes the reservation by repeatedly exchanging questions and answers with the patient server 7 via the information and communication network 2 and the personal computer 72 (S5, S6). When the patient selects to make a reservation for the remote medical examination booth 13, the questions and answers between the patient server 7 and the patient 5 are exchanged as shown in the next paragraph, for example.

[0032] "Which area's remote medical treatment booth would you like to use?", "Shibuya Ward, Tokyo", "There are remote medical treatment booths in **, **, and ** in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. Please select", "I would like to use the booth in **", "Please select the date you would like to use", "It is ** / ** / 2021", "Please select the time period you would like to use", "A 15-minute slot from **:00 AM and the following 15-minute slot from **:15 AM", "Is there a medical department you would like to receive from?", "** department", "Do you have a preference for a staffed medical institution that can provide remote medical treatment? If so, please enter the name of the medical institution. You may select from a list of staffed medical institutions that can provide remote medical treatment in the selected medical department", "Select the ** medical department of the ** hospital". In this embodiment, the answer sent from the patient 5 to the patient server 7 becomes support information. Note that when the patient 5 cannot select a medical department, the initial outpatient visit is selected as the default.

[0033] Next, the patient server 7 asks the patient 5 to confirm the contents already selected (S7). For example, the following message is sent to the personal computer 72 via the information and communication network 2: "I would like to make a reservation for a remote medical treatment booth in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, for 30 minutes from ** a.m. on ** / ** / 2021 to receive remote medical treatment at the ** department of the hospital. Is this OK?" The patient 5 sends a confirmation "Yes" or a change request "No" to the patient server 7 from the personal computer 72 (S8). If the patient server 7 receives the confirmation, it stores the confirmed reservation contents together with the personal information in the memory area of ​​the large-scale memory system 77 assigned to the patient 5 and notifies the personal computer 72 of the completion of the reservation (S9). The patient server 7 also notifies the ** hospital that a reservation has been made together with the reservation contents. The ** hospital can also access the patient server 7 to confirm the reservation contents.

[0034] On the other hand, if a change request is received, the personal computer 72 and the patient server 7 return to step S5 S9, and repeat steps S5 to S9 to confirm the reservation contents. When the reservation contents are confirmed, the patient server 7 stores the confirmed reservation contents in the large-scale memory system 77 as described above, and sends the confirmed reservation contents to the personal computer 72 via the information communication network 2 S10. The personal computer 72 displays the confirmed reservation contents on an image display to inform the patient 5 of the confirmed reservation contents, and stores the confirmed reservation contents in the internal storage area of ​​the personal computer 72 and the storage area of ​​the smartphone 16 S11. The confirmed reservation contents are management information. When a remote medical examination is performed, the personal computer 131 reads out the reservation contents from the smartphone 16 or the patient server 7, and automatically connects to the remote medical examination personal computer of the selected hospital.

[0035] Next, the procedure for settling the fee for use of the remote medical examination booth 13 by the fee settlement server 3 will be described with reference to Fig. 3. When the remote medical examination is completed in the remote medical examination booth 13, the personal computer 131 notifies the patient's server 7 of the end of the remote medical examination and the fee for use of the remote medical examination booth 13 via the information and communication network 2. When the patient's server 7 receives the notification from the personal computer 131 S31, the central processing unit 78 sends a message to the information processing device 8, in this embodiment the smartphone 16, asking the patient 5 how to settle the fee, and writes the completion of use in a memory area allocated to the patient 5 in the large-scale memory system 77 S32. The end of the remote medical examination and the fee for use of the remote medical examination booth 13 correspond to facility use information.

[0036] The information processing system of the smartphone 16 starts an application program for payment of the usage fee, and the patient 5 notifies the patient's server 7 via the smartphone 16 and the information and communication network 2 whether he / she wishes to pay through the payment server 3 or another method, such as through a credit company or bank S33. The patient's server 7 sends a message to the smartphone 16 asking for personal information required for payment of the usage fee, such as the number and password assigned to the patient 5, S34. The patient 5 sends the requested personal information to the patient's server 3 S35.

[0037] In this embodiment, since the patient selects payment via the payment server 3, the patient server 7 sends the patient 5's personal information and facility usage information to the payment server 3 and inquires whether payment is possible S36.

[0038] If payment of the usage fee is impossible, for example because the prepayment amount is insufficient, the payment server 3 notifies the patient server 7 that payment is impossible and asks the patient 5 to increase the prepayment or select another payment method (S37). The information processing system of the smartphone 16 returns to step S33, and the patient 5 increases the prepayment or selects a payment method other than the rejected payment method. In this way, steps S33 to S37 are repeated to search for an available payment method.

[0039] When the patient's server 7 receives notification from the payment agency, which in this embodiment is the payment server 3, that payment is possible, the patient's server 7 requests the payment server 3 to settle the fee for using the remote medical treatment booth 13 S38, and writes information about the payment agency and that payment has been completed in the memory area allocated to the patient 5 in the large-scale memory system 77, and also sends information that payment has been completed to the smartphone 16 via the information and communications network 2, notifying the patient 5.

[0040] The transportation fare payment system according to the present invention can be configured as follows in addition to the above embodiment. First, a medical institution's existing appointment server may be used instead of the patient's server 7, and as already mentioned, the support information and management information may be used to make appointments with staffed medical institutions, and the support information may be used to manage hospital wards and patients' prescribed medicines. The support information and management information may also be used to manage the health of users of IC cards, etc. 15, 16 through their diet, exercise, etc.

[0041] If the medical professional recognizes the need for medication during remote medical consultation, the medical professional may send pharmaceutical information representing a prescription to the personal computer 131 in the remote medical consultation booth 13 and print it out on a printer (not shown) connected to the personal computer 131. The patient server 7 may include the usage fee in the confirmed reservation details and inform the patient of the usage fee in advance. In addition, the patient 5 may extend the remote medical consultation on the condition that there are no other reservations in the time slot following the reserved time slot. [Explanation of symbols]

[0042] The means of transportation is not limited to railroads, but may be a bus network, a regular ferry network, or an airplane network. The remote medical treatment booth may be set up in a public space outside the area controlled by the railroad company.

[0042] 1 is a transportation management area, 2 is the information and communication network (information transmission route), 3 is a payment information processing device (payment server); 5 is the patient, 6 is a hospital (staffed medical institution), 7 is a patient server (patient information processing device), 8 is an information processing device, 13 is a remote medical treatment booth (remote medical treatment facility), 91 is for rental conference rooms, rental offices (facilities other than medical institutions), 92 is hotels (facilities other than medical institutions), 93 is a restaurant (a facility other than a medical institution).

Claims

1. a user-side information processing terminal that receives personal information of a user from a payment information storage medium on the user's side of the transportation facility and transmits the personal information to an information transmission path together with transportation usage information required for calculating the transportation usage fee of the transportation facility; a transportation fare payment information processing device connected to the information transmission path, determining the transportation fare of the user from the transportation usage information, sending transportation fare payment information representing payment of the transportation usage fee to the user's information processing terminal, notifying the user of the transportation usage fee and settling the transportation usage fee, a patient information processing device connected to the information transmission path, receiving support information representing at least the medical treatment wishes of the medical institution based on the patient's personal information and a request for a medical department at the medical institution related to the implementation of medical treatment, a request for a reservation, a request for a desired date and time of treatment, a request for a change in medical treatment, and a request for a cancellation of medical treatment, and creating management information representing a medical treatment implementation schedule by taking the support information into consideration, and managing the implementation of medical treatment, Further storing at least the personal information of the patient in the payment information storage medium; A transportation fare payment system comprising an information processing device connected to the information transmission path and operable by the patient, the information processing device reading the personal information of the patient from the payment information storage medium, transmitting the information together with the support information based on the input request to the patient information processing device via the information transmission path, and receiving management information from the patient information processing device and informing the patient of the management information.

2. a user-side information processing terminal that receives personal information of a user from a payment information storage medium on the user's side of the transportation facility and transmits the personal information to an information transmission path together with transportation usage information required for calculating the transportation usage fee of the transportation facility; a transportation fare payment information processing device connected to the information transmission path, determining the transportation fare of the user from the transportation usage information, sending transportation fare payment information representing payment of the transportation usage fee to the user's information processing terminal, notifying the user of the transportation usage fee and settling the transportation usage fee, an online medical facility including a remote medical facility where no medical staff is present and a second communication device installed in the remote medical facility and connected to a first communication device in a manned medical facility where a medical staff is present via the information transmission path, wherein the medical staff in the manned medical facility and patients in the remote medical facility perform remote medical treatment via the first communication device, the information transmission path, and the second communication device; and a patient information processing device that is connected to the information transmission path and determines management information representing at least the remote medical treatment reservation based on the patient's personal information and support information based on the patient's request for the remote medical treatment subject, the patient's request for the desired medical treatment date and time, the request for a change in the medical treatment date and time, and the request for cancellation of the medical treatment, and manages the implementation of medical care based on the management information. Further storing at least the personal information of the patient in the payment information storage medium; A transportation fare payment system comprising an information processing device connected to the information transmission path and operable by the patient, the information processing device reading the personal information of the patient from the payment information storage medium, transmitting the information together with the support information based on the input request to the patient information processing device via the information transmission path, and receiving the management information and informing the patient of the management information.

Images