CN101005384A - Processing method, system and device in charging process - Google Patents
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In the disclosed method, after receiving service request from terminal user, service net element requests online charging system to carry out authenticating charging for terminal user. Based on stored information, the online charging system ensures paying mode of terminal user, and provides the mode of terminal user to net element. Thus, net element does not need to store coincidence relation between user's number segments and paying mode of terminal user like current technique does so as to reduce memory spending of service net element. Moreover, it is also not necessary to determine whether paying mode of terminal user initiating service request is in prepaying mode or after payment so as to raise handling property of service net element, and reduce maintenance cost of charging system.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the charging field, be meant processing method, system and device in a kind of charging process especially.
Background technology
Present way of paying mainly comprise prepayment mode and back way of paying.The business that can use communication system to provide after the functional expenses that prestore, this way of paying are called prepayment mode; The business of using communication system to provide, and then payment transaction expense earlier, this way of paying are called the back way of paying.Online Charging System is passed through in the charging of prepayment mode usually, and (Online Charging System OCS) realizes.When the terminal use asks to use business, the traffic carrying capacity that Online Charging System can use according to this service request of this terminal use of account balance budget of this terminal use, for example, GPRS (the General Packet Radio Service that air time length that allows or permission are used, GPRS) can flow or this short message send, or the like; The professional use when finishing, Online Charging System be this professional expense of deduction from terminal use's account balance immediately.Off-line accounting system is passed through in the charging of back way of paying usually, and (Offline Charging System OFCS) realizes.Off-line accounting system carries out wholesale price according to the ticket that business network element generates, and regularly exports bill; The terminal use is according to this bill payment transaction expense.Business network element can be switch, short message service center, Service Gateway etc.
In the information series business, need distinguish different way of paying by different Subscriber Number sections, divide the Subscriber Number section as the first seven position to Subscriber Number, the terminal use of some Subscriber Number sections adopts prepayment mode to pay, and the terminal use of other Subscriber Number sections adopts the back way of paying to pay.Information series business is meant with the business of chargeing according to number of times, as short message service, multimedia short message service etc.Fig. 1 is a charge system structural representation in the prior art, as shown in Figure 1, accounting system synchronously to information series business network element and off-line accounting system, all stores complete Subscriber Number section and the corresponding relation between the way of paying with the corresponding relation between Subscriber Number section and the way of paying in information series business network element, the off-line accounting system.Accounting system according to the terminal use who adopts prepayment mode to pay, be prepaid user's subscription and unsubscription situation, the Subscriber Number of storing in the Online Charging System is upgraded, and corresponding terminal use adopts prepayment mode with the Subscriber Number of storing in the Online Charging System.
After the information series business network element is received service request, determine Subscriber Number place Subscriber Number section, according to the Subscriber Number section and the way of paying of determining the terminal use of the corresponding relation between the way of paying of storage.If the terminal use adopts the back way of paying, is that the terminal use is the postpaid service user that then the information series business network element is directly handled terminal use's service request, the professional operating position according to this terminal use generates ticket then.If the terminal use adopts prepayment mode, be that the terminal use is the prepaid user, then the information series business network element sends the authenticating and charging request to the Online Charging System corresponding to Subscriber Number place Subscriber Number section; After Online Charging System is received the authenticating and charging request, the terminal use is carried out authenticating and charging, when the terminal use's of prepayment mode account balance was sufficient, this professional expense of deduction was returned the authenticating and charging result to the information series business network element then from terminal use's account balance; The information series business network element is handled service request according to the authenticating and charging result who receives; The professional use when finishing, the information series business network element generates ticket according to professional use amount.Can comprise authentication among the authenticating and charging result and the whether success of deducting fees, account state, remaining sum information such as abundance whether whether effectively.The information series business network element is managed business when request, no matter is that terminal use's way of paying are prepayment mode or back way of paying, all needs the terminal use is generated ticket, to be used for checking and disbursement and sattlement etc. of follow-up bill.
Owing to comprise a plurality of Online Charging Systems in the charge system, therefore, Subscriber Number is divided into multistage, a Subscriber Number Duan Yuyi Online Charging System is corresponding, and is corresponding one by one between Subscriber Number section and the Online Charging System.Store the corresponding relation between Subscriber Number section and the Online Charging System in the information series business network element.After the information series business network element determines that the terminal use of initiation service request adopts prepayment mode, according to the Subscriber Number section of storage and the corresponding relation between the Online Charging System, determine and the corresponding Online Charging System of Subscriber Number place Subscriber Number section, send the authenticating and charging request to this Online Charging System.
Owing to comprise a plurality of information series business network elements in the communication system, therefore the ticket that each information series business network element generates is gathered by the bill record collection unit, the bill record collection unit reports the ticket that collects to off-line accounting system then.Off-line accounting system is according to the Subscriber Number section of storage and the corresponding relation between the way of paying, in the ticket of receiving, determine the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket, terminal use's ticket to the back way of paying carries out wholesale price, the output bill, the terminal use is according to this bill payment transaction expense.
According to above description as seen, all need to store complete Subscriber Number section and the corresponding relation between the way of paying in information series business network element and the off-line accounting system, storage overhead is bigger, though,, only need limited storage overhead as No. ten thousand sections, ten No. ten thousand sections for the whole section, but for diffusing number section, storage overhead is very huge, and this will inevitably reduce the handling property of information series business network element and off-line accounting system, and increases the maintenance cost of charge system greatly.
In addition, in the relevant treatment of charging process, after the information series business network element is received each service request that the terminal use initiates, all need to determine that according to stored relation this terminal use's way of paying are prepayment mode or back way of paying, off-line accounting system also needs to determine in the ticket of receiving according to stored relation the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket, increase the processing load of information series business network element and off-line accounting system greatly, had a strong impact on the handling property of information series business network element and off-line accounting system.
In sum, need to pay very large overhead in the processing of chargeing, make that the economy of charge system is very bad.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the embodiment of the invention provides processing method, system and the device in a kind of charging process, reduces the overhead that charges and handle.
The charge processing system that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises: business network element and Online Charging System, and wherein, described business network element is used for the receiving terminal service request from user, and the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging; Described Online Charging System is used to receive the request of authenticating and charging, determines terminal use's way of paying according to canned data, and terminal use's way of paying are provided to business network element.
The business network element device that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises: authenticating unit, be used for service request according to the terminal use, and the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging, and receives the terminal use's that Online Charging System provides way of paying.
The online charging processing unit that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises: memory cell and authentication process unit, described authentication process unit is used for determining according to the memory cell canned data terminal use's way of paying, and terminal use's way of paying are provided to business network element.
The Online Charging System that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises: the online charging processing unit is used for determining according to canned data terminal use's way of paying, and terminal use's way of paying is provided to business network element.
The offline charging processing unit that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises: the offline charging processing unit, be used for way of paying indication according to the ticket received, and the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket is handled; Perhaps, be used for whole tickets of receiving are handled.
Processing method in the charging process that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises: after business network element is received terminal use's service request, the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging to this terminal use, Online Charging System is determined terminal use's way of paying according to canned data, and terminal use's way of paying are provided to business network element.
In the scheme that various embodiments of the present invention provide, after business network element is received terminal use's service request, the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging to this terminal use, Online Charging System is determined terminal use's way of paying according to canned data, and provide terminal use's way of paying to business network element, make and need not as prior art, the corresponding relation between Subscriber Number section and the way of paying to be stored in the business network element, reduced the storage overhead of business network element, and the way of paying that also need not again the terminal use that initiates service request are that prepayment mode or back way of paying are determined, improve the handling property of business network element greatly, reduced the maintenance cost of charge system.
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Fig. 1 is a charge processing system structural representation in the prior art;
Fig. 2 is a charge processing system structural representation in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 A is first kind of structural representation of business network element in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 B is second kind of structural representation of business network element in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 C is the third structural representation of business network element in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is an online charging processing unit structural representation in the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the process chart that charges in the embodiment of the invention.
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In the scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides, after business network element is received terminal use's service request, the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging to this terminal use, Online Charging System is determined terminal use's way of paying according to canned data, and terminal use's way of paying are provided to business network element.Further, business network element is handled according to the terminal use's that Online Charging System provides way of paying, for example, the terminal use's that business network element provides according to Online Charging System way of paying increase the way of paying indication in the ticket that the terminal use is generated.Business network element can report whole tickets of generation to the bill record collection unit; After off-line accounting system is received the ticket that the bill record collection unit reports, only the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket is handled according to the corresponding indication in the ticket; Business network element also can be only after the bill record collection unit report the ticket that the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket, off-line accounting system receive that the bill record collection unit reports, whole tickets of receiving are handled.
Fig. 2 is a charge processing system structural representation in the embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figure 2, this charge processing system comprises at least: business network element and Online Charging System, wherein, business network element is used for the receiving terminal service request from user, and the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging; Online Charging System is used to receive the request of authenticating and charging, determines terminal use's way of paying according to canned data, and terminal use's way of paying are provided to business network element.Can comprise one or more business network element in the charge processing system in the embodiment of the invention.Charge system in the embodiment of the invention can comprise a plurality of Online Charging Systems, and a Subscriber Number Duan Yuyi Online Charging System is corresponding, and is corresponding one by one between Subscriber Number section and the Online Charging System.Further store the corresponding relation between Subscriber Number section and the Online Charging System in the business network element.Business network element is determined and the corresponding Online Charging System of Subscriber Number place Subscriber Number section according to the Subscriber Number section and the corresponding relation between the Online Charging System of storage, is asked this Online Charging System to carry out authenticating and charging.
When the way of paying that Online Charging System is determined the terminal use are prepayment mode, be further used for the terminal use of prepayment mode is carried out authenticating and charging, provide the authenticating and charging result to business network element, and from terminal use's account balance, deduct this professional expense according to professional use amount.The type of the information series business that this business use amount provides in the time of can be according to business network element request authenticating and charging determines that also the end-user service of prepayment mode is used when finishing, and is provided to Online Charging System by business network element.When terminal use's way of paying are prepayment mode, the authenticating and charging result that business network element is further used for providing according to Online Charging System handles the terminal use's of prepayment mode service request, the end-user service of prepayment mode is used when finishing, according to the professional use amount generation ticket of this business; When terminal use's charging way is the back way of paying, business network element is further used for the terminal use's of back way of paying service request is handled, the end-user service of back way of paying is used when finishing, according to the professional use amount generation ticket of this business.No matter terminal use's charging way is prepayment mode or back way of paying, and business network element all needs to generate ticket according to the professional use amount of this business, and stores this ticket, handle to be used for follow-up charging, as bill check, disbursement and sattlement etc.In the practical application, the way of paying no matter Online Charging System is determined are prepayment mode or back way of paying, all way of paying can be included among the authenticating and charging result, the authenticating and charging result that to be Online Charging System carry out the terminal use of back way of paying is set to failure, and the back way of paying are carried among this authenticating and charging result.
The charge processing system of forming based on business network element and Online Charging System may further include accounting system, is used for providing to Online Charging System terminal use's CAMEL-Subscription-Information, comprises terminal use's way of paying in this CAMEL-Subscription-Information at least.Accounting system can only provide the terminal use's of prepayment mode CAMEL-Subscription-Information to Online Charging System; Also can be when Online Charging System provides terminal use's the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of prepayment mode, the terminal use's of back way of paying CAMEL-Subscription-Information further is provided to Online Charging System, can only comprises the corresponding relation between Subscriber Number and the back paying in the terminal use's of back way of paying the CAMEL-Subscription-Information.Like this, whether the Online Charging System way of paying that can determine the terminal use who initiates service request according to canned data are prepayment mode.
The terminal use's that provides according to Online Charging System way of paying are provided business network element, in the ticket that the terminal use is generated, increase the way of paying indication, concrete processing can be: increase back paying indication in the ticket that the terminal use to the back way of paying generates, or in the ticket that the terminal use to prepayment mode generates, increase the pre-payment indication, or in the ticket that all terminal uses are generated, increase and the corresponding way of paying indication of terminal use's way of paying.The charge processing system of forming based on business network element and Online Charging System may further include bill record collection unit and off-line accounting system.Wherein, business network element is further used for reporting to the bill record collection unit whole tickets of generation, the bill record collection unit is used for reporting the ticket that collects, generated by business network element to off-line accounting system, off-line accounting system is used for the way of paying indication according to the ticket received, and the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket is handled; Perhaps, business network element is further used for reporting to the bill record collection unit terminal use's the ticket of the back way of paying of generation, the bill record collection unit be used for to off-line accounting system report collect, by the ticket that business network element generates, off-line accounting system is used for whole tickets of receiving are handled.
In addition, if in ticket that the bill record collection unit collects from business network element and the prior art without any difference, be that the ticket that the bill record collection unit collects is the ticket that all terminal uses are generated, and there is not the way of paying indication in the ticket, can store the terminal use's of back way of paying Subscriber Number this moment in the off-line accounting system at least, for example, store the terminal use's of back way of paying Subscriber Number in the off-line accounting system, or store corresponding relation between all Subscriber Numbers and the way of paying in the off-line accounting system, like this, whether the way of paying that can determine corresponding to the terminal use of ticket according to canned data of off-line accounting system are the back way of paying.
The charge processing system of forming based on business network element and Online Charging System may further include accounting system, bill record collection unit and off-line accounting system, and effect separately is identical with above description, repeats no more.
Business network element in the embodiment of the invention comprises authenticating unit at least, be used for service request according to the terminal use, the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging, and receives the terminal use's that Online Charging System provides way of paying or terminal use's charging way and authenticating and charging result.
Fig. 3 A is first kind of structural representation of business network element in the embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figure 3A, this business network element comprises authenticating unit and Service Processing Unit, wherein, authenticating unit is further used for providing terminal use's way of paying or terminal use's charging way and authenticating and charging result to Service Processing Unit, and respective handling can be finished by first authenticating unit that comprises in the authenticating unit or second authenticating unit; When terminal use's way of paying are prepayment mode, the authenticating and charging result that Service Processing Unit is used for providing according to authenticating unit handles the terminal use's of prepayment mode service request, the end-user service of prepayment mode is used when finishing, professional use amount according to this business generates ticket, for not being the non-information series business that charges according to number of times, this processing can be finished by the online processing unit that comprises in the Service Processing Unit, and Service Processing Unit is further used for to Online Charging System reporting service use amount; When terminal use's way of paying are the back way of paying, Service Processing Unit is used for the terminal use's of back way of paying service request is handled, the end-user service of back way of paying is used when finishing, professional use amount according to this business generates ticket, and this processing can be finished by the processed offline unit that comprises in the Service Processing Unit.
Structure based on the business network element shown in Fig. 3 A, this business network element may further include: indication extra cell and ticket memory cell, shown in Fig. 3 B, wherein, authenticating unit is further used for providing to the indication extra cell terminal use's way of paying, and this processing can be finished by the Tip element that comprises in the authenticating unit; Service Processing Unit is further used for providing to the indication extra cell ticket of generation, and this processing can be finished by the ticket transmitting element that comprises in the Service Processing Unit; The terminal use's that provides according to authenticating unit way of paying are provided the indication extra cell, increase the way of paying indication in the ticket of receiving, and the ticket that will increase the way of paying indications is stored in the ticket memory cell.The concrete processing of indicating extra cell to increase the way of paying indication in ticket can be: the indication of paying after increasing in the ticket that the terminal use to the back way of paying generates, or in the ticket that the terminal use to prepayment mode generates, increase the pre-payment indication, or in the ticket that all terminal uses are generated, increase and the corresponding way of paying indication of terminal use's way of paying.
Structure based on the business network element shown in Fig. 3 B, this business network element may further include: the bill report unit, shown in Fig. 3 C, the bill report unit is used for reporting to the bill record collection unit to off-line accounting system the terminal use's of whole tickets that the ticket memory cell stores or back way of paying ticket.
Fig. 4 is an online charging processing unit structural representation in the embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figure 4, the online charging processing unit comprises memory cell and authentication process unit at least, wherein, the authentication process unit is used for determining according to the memory cell canned data terminal use's way of paying, and terminal use's way of paying are provided to business network element.When the way of paying of determining the terminal use are prepayment mode, the authentication process unit is further used for the terminal use of prepayment mode is carried out authenticating and charging, and providing the authenticating and charging result to business network element, this processing can be finished by the first authentication process unit that comprises in the authentication process unit.Further comprise in the online charging processing unit: the online charging unit is used for deducting this professional expense according to the professional use amount of this business from the terminal use's of prepayment mode account balance.The type of the information series business when this business use amount can be according to authenticating and charging determines that also the end-user service of prepayment mode is used when finishing, and is provided by business network element.
Offline charging processing unit in the embodiment of the invention comprises the offline charging processing unit at least, is used for the way of paying indication according to the ticket received, and the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket is handled; Perhaps, be used for whole tickets of receiving are handled.
Fig. 5 is the process chart that charges in the embodiment of the invention, and as shown in Figure 5, the detailed process of handling of chargeing in the present embodiment may further comprise the steps:
Step 501: accounting system provides terminal use's CAMEL-Subscription-Information to Online Charging System, comprises terminal use's way of paying in this CAMEL-Subscription-Information at least.Accounting system can only provide the terminal use's of prepayment mode CAMEL-Subscription-Information to Online Charging System; Also can be when Online Charging System provides terminal use's the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of prepayment mode, the terminal use's of back way of paying CAMEL-Subscription-Information further is provided to Online Charging System, can only comprises the corresponding relation between Subscriber Number and the back paying in the terminal use's of back way of paying the CAMEL-Subscription-Information.Accounting system is by in time providing terminal use's CAMEL-Subscription-Information to upgrade canned data in the Online Charging System to Online Charging System.
Step 502～step 503: the service request that business network element receiving terminal user sends, send the authenticating and charging request to Online Charging System then, the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging to the terminal use.If there are a plurality of Online Charging Systems, business network element can be determined and the corresponding Online Charging System of Subscriber Number place Subscriber Number section according to the Subscriber Number section and the corresponding relation between the Online Charging System of storage, send the authenticating and charging request to this Online Charging System.
Step 504～step 505: after Online Charging System is received the authenticating and charging request, determine terminal use's way of paying, and terminal use's way of paying are provided to business network element according to canned data.When the way of paying that Online Charging System is determined the terminal use are prepayment mode, can be further the terminal use of prepayment mode be carried out authenticating and charging, and provide the authenticating and charging result to business network element.The way of paying no matter Online Charging System is determined are prepayment mode or back way of paying, all way of paying can be included among the authenticating and charging result, the authenticating and charging result that to be Online Charging System carry out the terminal use of back way of paying is set to failure, and the back way of paying are carried among this authenticating and charging result.
Step 506: after business network element is received the way of paying that Online Charging System provides, the service request that the terminal use initiates is carried out respective handling, if terminal use's charging way is the back way of paying, business network element is handled the service request of terminal use's initiation of back way of paying, the end-user service of back way of paying is used when finishing, and business network element generates ticket according to the professional use amount of this business; If terminal use's charging way is a prepayment mode, business network element is handled the service request of terminal use's initiation of prepayment mode according to the authenticating and charging result that Online Charging System provides, the end-user service of prepayment mode is used when finishing, according to the professional use amount generation ticket of this business.The terminal use's that business network element further provides according to Online Charging System way of paying, in the ticket that the terminal use is generated, increase the way of paying indication, concrete processing can be: increase back paying indication in the ticket that the terminal use to the back way of paying generates, or in the ticket that the terminal use to prepayment mode generates, increase the pre-payment indication, or in the ticket that all terminal uses are generated, increase and the corresponding way of paying indication of terminal use's way of paying.
After Online Charging System determines that terminal use's way of paying are prepayment mode, the business of chargeing according to number of times for classes of messages etc., will directly from terminal use's account balance, deduct this professional expense, like this, the end-user service of prepayment mode is used when finishing, and business network element need not to report this professional use amount to Online Charging System; For other is not the non-information series business that charges according to number of times, for example, the speech business of chargeing according to air time length, the data service of chargeing according to data traffic, because after Online Charging System determines that terminal use's way of paying are prepayment mode, can't determine this professional use amount of terminal use, therefore, the end-user service of prepayment mode is used when finishing, business network element need report this professional use amount to Online Charging System, and Online Charging System is deducted this professional expense from the terminal use's of prepayment mode account balance.
Step 507～step 509: business network element reports whole tickets of generation to the bill record collection unit, the bill record collection unit reports the ticket that collects, generated by business network element to off-line accounting system, off-line accounting system is according to the indication of the way of paying in the ticket of receiving, the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket is handled; Perhaps, business network element reports the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket to the bill record collection unit, the bill record collection unit to off-line accounting system report collect, by the ticket that business network element generates, off-line accounting system is used for whole tickets of receiving are handled.
In addition, if in ticket that the bill record collection unit collects from business network element and the prior art without any difference, be that the ticket that the bill record collection unit collects is the ticket that all terminal uses are generated, and there is not the way of paying indication in the ticket, can store the terminal use's of back way of paying Subscriber Number this moment in the off-line accounting system at least, for example, store the terminal use's of back way of paying Subscriber Number in the off-line accounting system, or store corresponding relation between all Subscriber Numbers and the way of paying in the off-line accounting system, like this, whether the way of paying that can determine corresponding to the terminal use of ticket according to canned data of off-line accounting system are the back way of paying.
In more than describing, can store the corresponding relation between all Subscriber Numbers and the way of paying in the Online Charging System, like this, Online Charging System is determined terminal use's specifically being treated to of way of paying according to canned data: Online Charging System is determined terminal use's way of paying according to stored relation.In addition, also can only store the terminal use's of prepayment mode Subscriber Number in the Online Charging System, like this, Online Charging System is determined terminal use's specifically being treated to of way of paying according to canned data: Online Charging System judges whether to store terminal use's Subscriber Number, if determine that then terminal use's charging way is the prepaid user; Otherwise, determine that terminal use's charging way is the postpaid service user.Because the signatory situation of terminal use can change, when the terminal use changes between prepayment mode and back way of paying, there is an entry-into-force time, Online Charging System may be stored some redundant datas in the entry-into-force time, for example, though applied for prepayment mode with the corresponding terminal use of the Subscriber Number of storing in the Online Charging System but gone back Pending The Entry Into Force, or with Online Charging System in the corresponding terminal use of Subscriber Number that stores be converted to the back way of paying, therefore, Online Charging System is after determining to store terminal use's Subscriber Number, whether the Subscriber Number that can continue to judge the terminal use of storage has special identifier, if determine that then terminal use's charging way is the postpaid service user; Otherwise, determine that terminal use's charging way is the prepaid user.In conjunction with previously described certain situation, the concrete the processing whether terminal use's of judgement storage Subscriber Number has special identifier can be: whether the terminal use's of judgement storage Subscriber Number has has been applied for prepayment mode but also unenforced special identifier, if, the charging way of then determining the terminal use is the postpaid service user, otherwise, determine that terminal use's charging way is the prepaid user; Perhaps, judge whether the terminal use's of storage Subscriber Number has the special identifier that is converted to the back way of paying, if, determine that then terminal use's charging way is the postpaid service user, otherwise, determine that terminal use's charging way is the prepaid user.
The above Subscriber Number can comprise various differentiation users' sign.The scheme that the embodiment of the invention provides goes for miscellaneous service, as information series business, speech business, data service etc.
In the scheme that various embodiments of the present invention provide, after business network element is received terminal use's service request, the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging to this terminal use, Online Charging System is determined terminal use's way of paying according to canned data, and provide terminal use's way of paying to business network element, make and need not as prior art, the corresponding relation between Subscriber Number section and the way of paying to be stored in the business network element, reduced the storage overhead of business network element, and the way of paying that business network element also need not the terminal use who initiates service request again are that prepayment mode or back way of paying are determined, improve the handling property of business network element greatly, reduced the maintenance cost of charge system.
In addition, business network element includes corresponding way of paying indication in the ticket that the bill record collection unit reports, perhaps the ticket that reports to the bill record collection unit of business network element only is the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket, like this, off-line accounting system does not need as prior art the corresponding relation between Subscriber Number section and the way of paying to be stored again, reduced the storage overhead of off-line accounting system, improve the handling property of off-line accounting system, reduced the maintenance cost of charge system.
In sum,, can reduce required overhead in the processing of chargeing, having reduced the maintenance cost of charge system, making charge system have good and economic according to the scheme that various embodiments of the present invention provide.
In addition, in the scheme that various embodiments of the present invention provide, all do not need to be provided with the corresponding relation between Subscriber Number section and the way of paying, therefore, for the terminal use, after having a Subscriber Number, own desirable way of paying can arbitrarily be set, and need not in the picture prior art, if the terminal use wishes to change way of paying, must change Subscriber Number, be very easy to user's use.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification to the present invention and not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention.Like this, if of the present invention these are revised and modification belongs within the scope of claim of the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, then the present invention also is intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.
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1, a kind of charge processing system is characterized in that, this system comprises: business network element and Online Charging System, wherein,
Described business network element is used for the receiving terminal service request from user, and the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging;
Described Online Charging System is used to receive the request of authenticating and charging, determines terminal use's way of paying according to canned data, and terminal use's way of paying are provided to business network element.
2, system according to claim 1 is characterized in that,
Described Online Charging System is further used for the terminal use of prepayment mode is carried out authenticating and charging, and provide the authenticating and charging result, and from the terminal use's of prepayment mode account balance, deduct this professional expense according to professional use amount to business network element;
Described business network element is further used for according to the authenticating and charging result who receives the terminal use's of prepayment mode service request being handled, and this end-user service is used when finishing, according to the professional use amount generation ticket of this business.
3, system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described business network element is further used for the terminal use's of back way of paying service request is handled, and this end-user service is used when finishing, according to the professional use amount generation ticket of this business.
According to claim 2 or 3 described systems, it is characterized in that 4, described business network element is further used for the way of paying according to the terminal use who receives, in the ticket that the terminal use is generated, increase the way of paying indication.
5, system according to claim 4 is characterized in that, described system further comprises: bill record collection unit and off-line accounting system, wherein,
Described business network element is further used for reporting to the bill record collection unit whole tickets of generation, described bill record collection unit is used for reporting the ticket that collects, generated by described business network element to off-line accounting system, described off-line accounting system is used for the way of paying indication according to the ticket received, and the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket is handled; Perhaps,
Described business network element is further used for reporting to the bill record collection unit terminal uses' generation, the back way of paying ticket, described bill record collection unit be used for to off-line accounting system report collect, by the ticket that described business network element generates, described off-line accounting system is used for whole tickets of receiving are handled.
6, according to claim 2 or 3 described systems, it is characterized in that described system further comprises: bill record collection unit and off-line accounting system, wherein,
Described business network element is further used for reporting to the bill record collection unit whole tickets of generation;
Described bill record collection unit is used for reporting the ticket that collects, generated by described business network element to off-line accounting system;
Described off-line accounting system is used for according to the Subscriber Number of storage and the corresponding relation between the way of paying, and terminal use's the ticket of back way of paying is handled.
7, according to the arbitrary described system of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that this system further comprises: accounting system, be used for providing terminal use's CAMEL-Subscription-Information to Online Charging System, comprise terminal use's way of paying in this CAMEL-Subscription-Information at least.
8, according to the arbitrary described system of claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, when described system comprises a plurality of charge system, when described business network element is further used for receiving service request, determine and the corresponding Online Charging System of Subscriber Number place Subscriber Number section according to the Subscriber Number section and the corresponding relation between the Online Charging System of storage.
9, a kind of business network element device is characterized in that, this device comprises: authenticating unit, be used for service request according to the terminal use, and the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging, and receives the terminal use's that Online Charging System provides way of paying.
10, device according to claim 9 is characterized in that, this device further comprises Service Processing Unit, wherein,
Described authenticating unit further comprises first authenticating unit, and described first authenticating unit is used to receive the authenticating and charging result that Online Charging System provides, and the terminal use's of prepayment mode way of paying and authenticating and charging result is provided to Service Processing Unit;
Described Service Processing Unit comprises online processing unit, described online processing unit is used for according to the authenticating and charging result who receives the terminal use's of prepayment mode service request being handled, this end-user service is used when finishing, according to the professional use amount generation ticket of this business.
11, device according to claim 9 is characterized in that, this device further comprises Service Processing Unit, wherein,
Described authenticating unit further comprises second authenticating unit, and described second authenticating unit is used for providing to Service Processing Unit the terminal use's of back way of paying charging way;
Described Service Processing Unit comprises the processed offline unit, and described processed offline unit is used for the terminal use's of back way of paying service request is handled, and this end-user service is used when finishing, according to the professional use amount generation ticket of this business.
12, according to claim 10 or 11 described devices, it is characterized in that this device further comprises: indication extra cell and ticket memory cell, wherein,
Described authenticating unit further comprises Tip element, and described Tip element is used for providing to the indication extra cell terminal use's way of paying;
Described Service Processing Unit further comprises the ticket transmitting element, and described ticket transmitting element is used for providing to the indication extra cell ticket of generation;
Described indication extra cell is used for the way of paying according to the terminal use that receives, increases the way of paying indication in the ticket of receiving, and the ticket that will increase the way of paying indications is stored in the ticket memory cell.
13, device according to claim 12 is characterized in that, this device further comprises: the bill report unit is used for reporting the terminal use's of whole tickets that the ticket memory cell stores or back way of paying ticket.
14, a kind of online charging processing unit, it is characterized in that, this device comprises: memory cell and authentication process unit, described authentication process unit is used for determining according to the memory cell canned data terminal use's way of paying, and terminal use's way of paying are provided to business network element.
15, device according to claim 14 is characterized in that,
Described authentication process unit further comprises the first authentication process unit, and the described first authentication process unit is used for the terminal use of prepayment mode is carried out authenticating and charging, and provides the authenticating and charging result to business network element.
16, according to claim 14 or 15 described devices, it is characterized in that this device further comprises: the online charging unit is used for according to professional use amount this professional expense of account balance deduction from the terminal use of prepayment mode.
17, a kind of Online Charging System is characterized in that, this Online Charging System comprises: the online charging processing unit is used for determining according to canned data terminal use's way of paying, and terminal use's way of paying is provided to business network element.
18, a kind of offline charging processing unit is characterized in that, this device comprises: the offline charging processing unit, be used for way of paying indication according to the ticket received, and the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket is handled; Perhaps, be used for whole tickets of receiving are handled.
19, the processing method in a kind of charging process, it is characterized in that, this method comprises: after business network element is received terminal use's service request, the request Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging to this terminal use, receives the way of paying that the terminal use that provides after terminal use's the way of paying is provided according to canned data Online Charging System.
20, method according to claim 19, it is characterized in that, described definite terminal use's way of paying are after the prepayment mode, further comprise: Online Charging System carries out authenticating and charging to the terminal use of prepayment mode, and provide the authenticating and charging result to business network element, from the terminal use's of prepayment mode account balance, deduct this professional expense according to professional use amount; Business network element is handled the terminal use's of prepayment mode service request according to the authenticating and charging result who receives, this end-user service is used when finishing, according to the professional use amount generation ticket of this business.
21, method according to claim 19, it is characterized in that, after the described way of paying that the terminal use is provided, further comprise: business network element is handled the terminal use's of back way of paying service request, this end-user service is used when finishing, according to the professional use amount generation ticket of this business.
22, according to claim 20 or 21 described methods, it is characterized in that, after the described generation ticket, further comprise: business network element increases the way of paying indication according to the terminal use's who receives way of paying in the ticket that the terminal use is generated.
23, method according to claim 22 is characterized in that, described increasing in the ticket that the terminal use is generated after the way of paying indication further comprises:
Business network element reports whole tickets by the bill record collection unit to off-line accounting system, and off-line accounting system is according to the indication of the way of paying in the ticket of receiving, the terminal use's of back way of paying ticket is handled; Perhaps,
Business network element is by bill record collection unit terminal use's of way of paying after off-line accounting system reports ticket, and off-line accounting system is handled whole tickets of receiving.
24, according to claim 20 or 21 described methods, it is characterized in that, after the described generation ticket, further comprise: business network element reports whole tickets by the bill record collection unit to off-line accounting system, off-line accounting system is handled terminal use's the ticket of back way of paying according to the Subscriber Number of storage and the corresponding relation between the way of paying.
25, according to the arbitrary described method of claim 19 to 21, it is characterized in that, this method further comprises: accounting system provides terminal use's CAMEL-Subscription-Information to Online Charging System, at least comprise terminal use's way of paying in this CAMEL-Subscription-Information, Online Charging System is stored the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of receiving.
26, according to the arbitrary described method of claim 19 to 21, it is characterized in that, when comprising a plurality of charge system in the charge system, the described request Online Charging System carries out this terminal use further comprising before the authenticating and charging: business network element is determined and the corresponding Online Charging System of Subscriber Number place Subscriber Number section according to the Subscriber Number section and the corresponding relation between the Online Charging System of storage.
27, according to the arbitrary described method of claim 19 to 21, it is characterized in that, describedly determine to comprise terminal use's way of paying according to canned data:
Subscriber Number and the way of paying of determining the terminal use of the corresponding relation between the way of paying according to storage; Perhaps,
Judge whether to store terminal use's Subscriber Number, if determine that then terminal use's charging way is the prepaid user; Otherwise, determine that terminal use's charging way is the postpaid service user.
28, method according to claim 27, it is characterized in that, described definite terminal use's charging way is after the prepaid user, further comprise: whether the Subscriber Number of judging the terminal use of storage has special identifier, if determine that then terminal use's charging way is the postpaid service user; Otherwise, determine that terminal use's charging way is the prepaid user.
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