STAR Internet Prepayment Power-selling Management

STAR Internet Prepayment Power-selling Management System

I. Explanation of Nouns

CC: Client Service Center
SC: Service Center
BU: Business Unit
DR: Distribution Region
DC: Data Center
PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network

II. Brief of System

Star Internet Prepayment Power-selling Management System is a new power-selling and
power-buying system facing to Internet/Intranet and combined with B/S and C/S structures.
It completely settles the problem of data fragmentary and manages the clients’ data
concentrative with analyses. It brings convenience, celerity and security for clients to buy
electricity. It makes the clients to feel the convenience of "One card in hand, Buy power
everywhere". Diversified output of reports supplies the entire data analysis.
The System is established according to the specialty of prepayment meters. It provides
strong management function of power-selling and power-purchasing. It not only has the
predominance of platform and system configuration, but also provides the standard client
service terminal. Clients can know the condition of power-purchasing in the most ordinary
way, and they do not have to go-off for electricity purchase. This System is an internet
power-selling management application for utilities as well as the client service center
platform.

III. Characteristics of System

1. CC (Client Service Center) is the WEB application based on IE.
Using the ideology of "Client Service" as the guidance, the NET exploitive technology and
WEB technology as foundation, exerting B/S structure, assure the clients can use this
system in the best way. If the clients have the IC Card reading equipment, they can do the
power-purchasing in internet at home. This really realizes the client service center flat roof
for clients to search information buy power and ask questions in Internet.

2. Supplying power-selling in many places
Each Service Center can sell the power to clients through two methods: in the region of
better network condition, SC can sell the power through Web service center which supplied
by IE to DC. If the network is cut, they still can sell power by SC special formality. Then they
can send the data to the data center and download data in the form of PSTN dial-up. In this
case, the missionaries can work under any conditions.

3. Unite management of business data
All business data send expel class. BU can get all of the business data of SC in this
business unite; DR can get all data of all BU; DC can get all data of all DR.

4. Security of data communication
Data communication adopts SSL security agreement and AES encryption techniques. AES
is a standard of using a safety code to encrypt information, and it sustains the cipher key of
128 digits, 192digits, and 256digits. This insures security and dependability of power-buying
in the internet.

IV. Flowing of Data
Clients can query and buy power through internet, and mimeograph corrective bills of
documents.
Clients can buy power through each SC
SC can link the data center to sell power through internet, and mimeograph corrective bills
of documents.
BU can sell power to clients through special procedure, and mimeograph corrective bills of
documents. Then it impresses data to reciprocal BU through PSTN.
BU process every business such as opening an account, buying power, reissuing card,
card maintenance, meter reading, and it can also build various report forms.
BU transfers the business data to DR through PSTN.
DR can do the statistic analysis of various report forms, and transfer the business data to
DC through PSTN.
DC can do the statistic analysis of various report forms

V. Network Structure Picture

VI. Requirements of System Hardware

The system demand of customer terminal:
Intel Pentium II processor and higher
EMS memory 64M or higher
10/100M Ethernet card
Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP Chinese
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
Customer terminal procedure of relevant prepayment
The System Demand of Service:
Intel Pentium III processor or higher
EMS memory 512M or higher
CD-ROM or DVD Driver
Minimum 30G usable disk space
100M or 1000M Ethernet car