PayTracker — billing system designed to account for services consumed by subscribers, calculation, and cancellation of funds in accordance with the tariffs of the company, as well as statistical information.

Appointment

Using the functionality of billing system can be realized by access to various information, interactive and entertainment services, such as:

• Satellite High Definition TV
  High-definition television
  High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
  
  ;
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
  ;
• Telephony
  Telephony
  In telecommunications, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other....
  
  .

Features

System is used for the following tasks:

• Location of equipment (receiver
  Receiver (radio)
  A radio receiver converts signals from a radio antenna to a usable form. It uses electronic filters to separate a wanted radio frequency signal from all other signals, the electronic amplifier increases the level suitable for further processing, and finally recovers the desired information through...
  
  s);
• Registration of incoming payments;
• Subscriber accounts registration;
• Transfer funds between accounts of the subscriber;
• Accounting consumed services;
• Calculation and transfer funds for services rendered;
• Collection of statistical information on service quality.

System components

System kernel includes the following set of components:

Main:

• Billing Subsystem — provides accounting services to the subscriber the amount consumed, calculate and debit the account in accordance with the tariff plan.
• Module of customers and dealers — provides profiles of subscribers and registered dealers.
• Accounts subsystem — provides processing of credit and debit accounts of the subscriber, keeps a record of funds from external payment systems.
• Reference services subsystem — provides accounting services to the subscriber.
• Reference tariffs subsystem — ensures the formation of tariff profiles used in the provision of services.
• Contract Manager subsystem — used to store templates of contracts.
• Commissions module — is used for the calculation of compensations to dealers.

Additional:

• Payments module — enables the processing of payments received from internal and external payment systems.
• Issue module subsystem — is used to create and monitor status of pre-paid cards (Scratchcard
  Scratchcard
  A scratchcard is a small card, often made of thin paper-based card for competitions and plastic to conceal PINs, where one or more areas contain concealed information which can...
  
  ).
• Reporting Module — provides system reports.

Interact with external systems:

• Payment systems gateway — provides interaction with payment terminals, collects data on payment transactions.
• System services gateway — accounts for services provided to subscribers.

Management Interfaces

• Subscriber web interface.
• Web user interface of operator.
• Dealer web interface.
• Manager web interface.

An add-on system

• Integration with external accounting system 1C: Accounting.
• Integration with payment systems.

Technical information

• Current version of the program is implemented under Microsoft Windows
  Microsoft Windows
  Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
  
   2003/2008 Server
• Database used: SQL Server 2005
  Microsoft SQL Server
  Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft: It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network...
  
  , SQL Server 2008 R2
  Microsoft SQL Server
  Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft: It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network...
  
  .
• Certificate by the Ministry of Communication of Russian Federation.

Links

• http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000006844Implementation of the billing system at the company Tricolor TV
  Tricolor TV
  Tricolor TV the biggest Russian satellite television operator. It broadcasts a pack of TV channels in the European part of Russia and most of Siberian, Ural and Far East regions. Broadcasting in the European part has been held since December 2005 from esv Eutelsat W4...
  
  ]
• BSS