Service control and management system
First Claim
1. A control and management system comprisingservice beneficiaries'"'"' and/or service providers'"'"' smart cards, smart card readers at service sites, and a central server capable of communicating with the readers, each reader comprises means for initializing a service transaction when the beneficiary'"'"'s and/or provider'"'"'s card is inserted therein, means for initializing a service time count after initialization of the transaction and until a service ending time, means for recording, periodically on a non-volatile memory, information relating to the performance of the services, and means for transmitting the information from the reader to the central server.
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Abstract
A service control and management systems, and more specifically a system to manage hourly working services, that has service beneficiaries'"'"' and/or service providers'"'"' smart cards, smart card readers at service sites, and a central server capable of communicating with the readers. In the system each reader has means for initializing a service time count after initialization of the transaction until a service ending time. Also, there are means for recording, periodically on a non-volatile memory, information relating to the performance of the services, and means for transmitting the information from the reader to the central server.
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1. A control and management system comprising
service beneficiaries'"'"' and/or service providers'"'"' smart cards, smart card readers at service sites, and a central server capable of communicating with the readers, each reader comprises means for initializing a service transaction when the beneficiary'"'"'s and/or provider'"'"'s card is inserted therein, means for initializing a service time count after initialization of the transaction and until a service ending time, means for recording, periodically on a non-volatile memory, information relating to the performance of the services, and means for transmitting the information from the reader to the central server.
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