Network Billing System Using Intuitive Usage Units
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users find it difficult to understand and manage network usage billing, which is often based on unclear units such as data volume or time, leading to inefficiencies and wastefulness, especially when using multiple communication networks.
Innovation Solution
A system that converts network usage into intuitive units like connection minutes, number of books, or connections, using a user interface and database management to display remaining time and apply coefficients based on usage conditions, allowing users to select networks for optimal cost savings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If network usage billing is based on data volume or time, then billing can be implemented, but users find it difficult to understand and manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the billing parameter from abstract units (data volume, time) to concrete, intuitive units (number of books, connection minutes). This parameter transformation makes billing information easily understandable for users while maintaining accurate cost tracking, resolving the contradiction between billing implementability and user comprehension.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple communication networks are used, then network versatility is improved, but billing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal billing system that handles multiple communication networks (wireless, fixed, mobile) through a single unified interface. The system converts various network usage types into a common unit (number of books or connection minutes), allowing users to manage diverse networks without increasing billing complexity, thus resolving the contradiction between network versatility and billing simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If connection service agreements are concluded with multiple service providers, then service options increase, but cost management becomes inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism that displays remaining balance information in intuitive units to users. This feedback allows users to understand their consumption patterns and make informed decisions about network usage, improving cost management efficiency while maintaining multiple service provider options. The system provides continuous information about usage status, enabling users to optimize their spending across different providers.
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AI summary
Provided is a technology that makes it possible for billing and balance management in the form of units that are difficult to understand for a user, to be expressed and managed in the form of units that are easy to understand from the viewpoint of the actual purpose of use. The network connection communication system is provided with means for expressing the unit price of network usage in terms of units that a user can understand more intuitively in the light of the purpose for which the network is used. For instance, the number of connection minutes (time), the number of books purchased and downloaded over the network, or the number of connections to a communicating partner can be used depending on the purpose of use of a service.