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US 12,749,050 B2Granted
Management device and management program
AssigneeLIXIL Corporation
InventorsShoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Toshiki Hashida, Yusuke Namai, Masanori Makihara
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Abstract
A management device includes a controller that acquires information on a toilet bowl device or the installation location of the toilet bowl device and manages at least one of inspection, repair, and replacement of the toilet bowl device based on information acquired.
Claims6
A management device comprising:
- a controller that
- acquires information on a toilet bowl device or an installation location of the toilet bowl device, wherein the controller acquires information comprising at least one of a type, number, size, position, and usage status of the installation location, an attribute and number of users of the toilet bowl device, a manufacturer, model, functions, features, installation time, number of installations, usage status, cleaning results, inspection results, repair results, and replacement results of the toilet bowl device,
- manages at least one of inspection, repair, and replacement of the toilet bowl device based on the information acquired:
- manages billing for a service comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of the following:
- inspection, repair, replacement, and cleaning of the toilet bowl device at a fixed fee for a predetermined period of time;
- determines details of at least one selected from the group consisting of the following:
- inspection, repair, replacement, and cleaning of the toilet bowl device to be performed in the predetermined period of time based on the information;
- calculates a billing amount for the service based on the information or for the details determined;
- and
- updates the billing amount for the service based on at least one selected from the group consisting of the following:
- results of the inspection, repair, replacement, or cleaning of the toilet bowl device in the service;
- a continuous period of time for providing the service;
- the predetermined period of time;
- and the usage status of the toilet bowl device.
11 more elements
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a management program causing a computer to implement a controller that
- acquires information on a toilet bowl device or an installation location of the toilet bowl device, wherein the controller acquires information comprising at least one of a type, number, size, position, and usage status of the installation location, an attribute and number of users of the toilet bowl device, a manufacturer, model, functions, features, installation time, number of installations, usage status, cleaning results, inspection results, repair results, and replacement results of the toilet bowl device,
- manages at least one of inspection, repair, and replacement of the toilet bowl device based on the information acquired;
- manages billing for a service comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of the following:
- inspection, repair, replacement, and cleaning of the toilet bowl device at a fixed fee for a predetermined period of time;
- determines details of at least one selected from the group consisting of the following:
- inspection, repair, replacement, and cleaning of the toilet bowl device to be performed in the predetermined period of time based on the information;
- calculates a billing amount for the service based on the information or for the details determined;
- and
- updates the billing amount for the service based on at least one selected from the group consisting of the following:
- results of the inspection, repair, replacement, or cleaning of the toilet bowl device in the service;
- a continuous period of time for providing the service;
- the predetermined period of time;
- and the usage status of the toilet bowl device.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.