SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION AND FOR BILLING ACCORDING TO DISTRIBUTION TIMES

• US 20070278304A1
• Filed: 05/30/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gmedia Corp.
• Original Assignee: Gmedia Corp.
• Inventors: Shen, Wei
• Application Number:
  US11/755,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20070278304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for collecting information for distribution and billing based on distribution times. The method comprises collecting barcode information and information for distribution for an information distributing server via an information inputting terminal; associating the barcode information with the information for distribution according to a predetermined associating mechanism; reading the barcode information on an information carrier with a mobile terminal and sending the read barcode information to the information distributing server; distributing the information for distribution to the mobile terminal in response to a matching between the received barcode information and the pre-stored barcode information which is associated with the information for distribution; and performing statistic on the distribution times of the information for distribution, and billing according to a predetermined charging mechanism, wherein the information distributing server, the mobile terminal and information inputting terminal are coupled in a network. By using the method provided in this invention, the charging for information distribution may be more efficient and flexible.

Claims

1. A method for collecting information for distribution and billing based on distribution times, the method comprising:

collecting barcode information and information for distribution for an information distributing server via an information inputting terminal;

associating the barcode information with the information for distribution according to a predetermined associating mechanism;

reading the barcode information on an information carrier with a mobile terminal and sending the read barcode information to the information distributing server;

distributing the information for distribution to the mobile terminal in response to a matching between the received barcode information and the pre-stored barcode information which is associated with the information for distribution; and

performing statistic on the distribution times of the information for distribution, and billing according to a predetermined charging mechanism,

wherein the information distributing server, the mobile terminal and information inputting terminal are coupled in a network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation of associating the barcode information with the information for distribution is performed by an associating block within a barcode manage module in the information distributing server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation of performing statistic on the distribution times of the information for distribution is performed by a statistic block within a barcode manage module in the information distributing server;

and the operation of billing is performed by a charging block within the barcode manage module in the information distributing server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined associating mechanism comprises one-to-one relationship.

5. The method of claim 1, the predetermined charging mechanism comprises one of charging by unequal payments, charging by descending payments, charging by incremental payments, charging by progressive descending payments, charging by progressive incremental payments, charging by a fixed total payment and any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the barcode is at least one of one dimensional code, two dimensional code, multi-dimensional code and colorful barcode.

7. A system for collecting information for distribution and billing based on distribution times, the system comprising:

an information carrier for carrying barcode information;

a mobile terminal for reading and sending the barcode information on the information carrier;

an information inputting terminal for collecting barcode information and information for distribution for an information distributing serve;

an information distributing server for associating the collected barcode information with the information for distribution according to a predetermined associating mechanism, for distributing the information for distribution to the mobile terminal in response to a matching between the received barcode information and the pre-stored barcode information which is associated with the information for distribution, and for performing statistic on the distribution times of the information for distribution, and billing according to a predetermined charging mechanism,

wherein the information distributing server, the mobile terminal and the information inputting terminal are coupled in a network.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the information distributing server further comprises an associating block within a barcode manage module for associating the collected barcode information with the information for distribution.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the information distributing server further comprises a statistic block within a barcode manage module for performing statistic on the distribution times of the information for distribution.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the information distributing server further comprises a charging block within a barcode manage module for performing the billing operation.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the predetermined charging mechanism comprises one of charging by unequal payments, charging by descending payments, charging by incremental payments, charging by progressive descending payments, charging by progressive incremental payments, charging by a fixed total payment and any combination thereof.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the predetermined associating mechanism comprises one-to-one relationship.