ARRANGEMENT FOR THE PRICE MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNICATION FACILITIES IN HOSPITALS, HOTELS OR THE LIKE.

摘要

1. An arrangement for administering the charges of communications devices in hospitals, hotels or the like, with a central data processing unit (19) which comprises a memory (23) with memory locations allocated separately to the respective communications devices (3, 9, 11) and to which the communications devices (3, 9, 11) are connected via terminals (5) which detect the startup of the communications devices (3, 9, 11), characterised in that, to the data processing unit (19), there is connected at least one data input device (25, 39) by means of which the memory locations can be addressed selectively and by means of which data for a selectable number of service units of the communications devices (3, 9, 11) can be input into the addressed memory locations before startup of the communications device, in that the terminals (5) have lockout circuits which can be controlled by the data processing unit (19) for blocking the respectively allocated communications devices (3, 9, 11), in that the data processing unit (19) monitors whether the data stored in the memory locations exceeds the selected number of service units and, if the selected number is exceeded, blocks the communications devices (3, 9, 11) for further startup and in that a data output device (35, 37), which allows the output of the data stored in the memory locations, is connected to the data processing unit (19).