Server device for evaluating quality of service, service providing method and medium
First Claim
1. A server device comprising:
- a communication module performing communications with a client device;
a service providing module providing a service to said client device via said communication module;
an evaluation module evaluating a quality of the service provided; and
a fee calculation module calculating a fee charged for the service in a way that reflects a result of the evaluation in the calculation.
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Abstract
A technology of the present invention takes not a method of determining a usage fee by a conventional charge-by-quantity system of an ASP (Application Service Provider) but a method of reflecting an evaluation of a quality of provided service in a fee calculation. A server device (1) of the present invention comprises a communication module (8) for performing communications with a client device (21, 21A, 21B), a service providing module (2) for providing a service to the client device via the communication module, an evaluation module (2) for evaluating a quality of the service provided, and a fee calculation module (13) for calculating a fee charged for the service in a way that reflects a result of the evaluation in the calculation.
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21 Claims
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1. A server device comprising:
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a communication module performing communications with a client device;
a service providing module providing a service to said client device via said communication module;
an evaluation module evaluating a quality of the service provided; and
a fee calculation module calculating a fee charged for the service in a way that reflects a result of the evaluation in the calculation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A server device comprising:
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a communication module performing communications with a client device;
a service providing module providing a service to said client device via said communication module; and
a usage knowledge accumulation module accumulating pieces of usage knowledge for using the service, wherein said service providing module, when completing the service for said client device, makes a request for an approval for accumulating pieces of information on the service as the usage knowledge in said usage knowledge accumulation module, and said usage knowledge accumulation module, if obtaining the approval from said client device, accumulates the information on the service, and provides said client device or other client device with the information. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A service providing method of providing a service to a client device connected to a network, comprising:
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receiving a request from said client device;
providing the service corresponding to the request;
evaluating a quality of the service provided; and
calculating a fee charged for the service in a way that reflects a result of the evaluation in the calculation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21)
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12. A service providing method of providing a service to a client device connected to a network, comprising:
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receiving a request from said client device;
providing the service corresponding to the request;
evaluating a quality of the service provided;
making a request for an approval for accumulating pieces of information on the service as usage knowledge when completing the service for said client device;
accumulating the information on the service as the usage knowledge if obtaining the approval from said client device; and
providing said client device or other client device with the information on the service.
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15. A readable-by-computer recording medium recorded with a program, for providing a service to a client device connected to a network, executed by a computer, said program comprising:
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receiving a request from said client device;
providing the service corresponding to the request;
evaluating a quality of the service provided; and
calculating a fee charged for the service in a way that reflects a result of the evaluation in the calculation.
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19. A readable-by-computer recording medium recorded with a program, for providing a service to a client device connected to a network, executed by a computer, said program comprising:
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receiving a request from said client device;
providing the service corresponding to the request;
evaluating a quality of the service provided;
making a request for an approval for accumulating pieces of information on the service as usage knowledge when completing the service for said client device;
accumulating the information on the service as the usage knowledge if obtaining the approval from said client device; and
providing said client device or other client device with the information on the service.
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