Mobile Payment Activation for Document Processing Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current document-processing equipment systems, especially in public and shared environments, face inefficiencies due to inconvenient payment methods, such as cash or stored-value cards, which increase labor costs and restrict access, and managing multiple equipment types from different providers leads to higher management costs.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing mobile payment with networking techniques to generate pictogram authentication information, allowing users to pay via mobile devices and instantly activate privileges for document-processing devices, simplifying operations and reducing management costs by standardizing payment and billing across different equipment types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If cash or stored-value cards are used for payment, then payment can be processed, but labor costs increase and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to complete payment independently through mobile devices by scanning QR codes displayed on the document-processing equipment. The payment is automatically processed through the payment gateway without requiring cashiers or manual intervention, thus eliminating labor costs while improving user convenience
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical cash-handling system with an electronic digital payment system. Mobile payment applications substitute for physical cash and stored-value cards, enabling contactless transactions through QR code scanning and automatic electronic verification, thereby reducing labor-intensive cash management operations
2Ease of operation
If dedicated accounts are required for payment, then payment can be processed, but account-opening time increases and accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a payment gateway as an intermediary between the user's mobile device and the billing system. This gateway handles authentication and payment processing without requiring users to create dedicated accounts, using instead temporary session-based verification through mobile payment applications, thus eliminating account-opening time while maintaining payment security
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses QR codes as digital copies of payment information that can be instantly generated and scanned. Instead of requiring users to access dedicated accounts, the system creates temporary payment tokens in the form of QR codes that encode all necessary billing information, allowing immediate payment without account creation
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple document-processing equipment types from different providers are managed, then service variety increases, but management cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal billing platform that can handle multiple types of document-processing equipment from different providers through a single interface. The standardized QR code payment system and unified billing gateway enable consistent payment processing across diverse equipment types, eliminating the need for separate management systems for each provider and reducing overall management costs
Data Source
AI summary
A system and a method for processing documents using mobile payment to instantly activate privilege are provided with a mobile device, a cloud server, a proxy server and a document-processing device connected to a network. Users can hold the mobile device to approach the document-processing device to perform corresponding operation in generation of a setting of parameters. The cloud server acquires the setting of parameters through the network and transmits the setting of parameters to the proxy server in exchange for dedicated pictogram authentication information. The document-processing device provides pictogram information according to the pictogram authentication information. The mobile device performs and completes a payment procedure according to the pictogram information. The cloud server then instantly transmits an execution command to drive the document-processing device so as to enhance operational convenience and efficiency.