APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER(ASP) ARCHITECTURE FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND CALL ACCOUNTING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for centralizing property management and/or call accounting services of a hotel through a network-based service provider. SOLUTION: This architecture enables hotels transfer to a centralized system from existing premise-based systems for PMS and call accounting without the used for an replacing existing PBX system at each hotel premise. The Internet work for providing a property management service includes a client network and a service provider network. The client network transmits a call parameter concerning a completed call to the service provider network. It is desirable that the service provider network decide the cost for the completed call, based on the call parameter and retransmits call cost information to the client network to charge the cost to an account.