Facility Management Device Linking Terminal Data for Cashless Settlement
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing mechanisms for linking fee billing systems at facilities with mobile terminals are not well-established, limiting the availability of mobile settlement options for users.
Innovation Solution
A facility management device and system that links facility information with terminal information using a linkage table, enabling fee data to be transmitted to a mobile terminal for payment processing and updating the use status of the facility after payment confirmation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If mobile settlement is introduced to enhance user convenience and reduce payment congestion, then user convenience and payment efficiency are improved, but the complexity of the system increases due to the need to link facility billing systems with mobile terminals
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a terminal information management table as an intermediary data structure that bridges the facility billing system and mobile terminals. This table stores terminal identifiers (such as smartphone IDs) and links them to facility user information, enabling mobile settlement without requiring direct complex integration between billing systems and various mobile devices. The intermediary table simplifies the connection process while maintaining system functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a linkage mechanism between facility billing system and mobile terminal is established to enable mobile settlement, then mobile payment availability is improved, but the device complexity and implementation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal information management table is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate different types of mobile terminals and facility types. The table stores general terminal identification information that can be applied across various smartphone models and facility billing systems, making the mobile settlement mechanism broadly adaptable without requiring device-specific customization. This universal approach enhances versatility while controlling complexity.
3Device complexity
If traditional payment terminals are used at facilities, then the system structure is simple and easy to implement, but payment congestion occurs and user convenience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to perform settlement operations independently using their own mobile terminals without requiring physical interaction with facility payment terminals. Users can complete payments by presenting their terminal identifiers (such as smartphone IDs) which are automatically verified against the terminal information management table. This self-service approach eliminates payment congestion at facility terminals while maintaining simple system structure through the use of existing mobile devices.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments enable a user of a facility to make settlement of fees associated with using the facility by using a mobile terminal. In one example, a management device includes a storage device, a communication interface to connect a store server, and a processor. The processor links, in a linkage table in the storage device, facility information to the user's mobile terminal information, fee receives data indicating fees associated with use of the facility by the user, provides the fee data to the mobile terminal linked to the facility information f the facility in the linkage table, receives a payment notification indicating that a payment of the fees has been executed at the mobile terminal, and executes processing for changing a use status of the facility after the payment notification is received.