JP2001325543A - Charged content providing system, information charging device, and recording medium with charging program recorded thereon in information charging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charged content providing system which can charge information without repeating troublesome operation such as the input of a password and guarantee the security of the information. SOLUTION: This charged content providing system 1 comprises a user's telephone 2, a telephone network 3, a content server 4 which provides contents, an information charging device 5 which charges the information of charged contents, a point information DB 6 which stores information regarding point data, a store 7 which sells prepaid cards, a CSV data center 8 which transfers sale data of a prepaid card, and a credit card company 10 which is connected through a credit network 9, and is characterized by that the telephone number of the user is recognized from its voice and points corresponding to the information charge of charged contents are subtracted from effective points related to the telephone number to settle the charge.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pay content providing system for providing pay content to a user via a mobile phone, and more particularly to a pay content providing system for authenticating a user by using a mobile phone telephone number. The present invention relates to an information charge apparatus for charging an information charge, a recording medium storing a charge program in the information charge apparatus, and a pay content providing system using the information charge apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a service of providing various contents such as video and music to a mobile phone has been provided.

[0003] In such a service, there is a prepaid card type settlement method as a method for directly charging a user for an information fee for paid contents.

In this prepaid card type settlement method, a user purchases a fixed amount of prepaid card in advance,
When a user receives paid content, the information fee is deducted from the amount purchased with a prepaid card.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional prepaid card type billing system, the user is authenticated based on the password written on the prepaid card, so that the user is not allowed to pay for the paid content. There is a problem that a password must be entered every time the user tries to receive the provision, and a complicated operation must be repeated.

[0006] Conventionally, user authentication and information provision have been performed through an open network such as the Internet, so there is a danger of entry from outside, crimes such as information leakage, falsification, and impersonation. However, there is a problem that security cannot be ensured.

Further, in the conventional prepaid card type billing system, the prepaid card is stolen by others,
If it is lost, there is also a problem that the password written on the card can be misused to allow others to receive paid information.

[0008] Therefore, due to such a problem, conventionally, even if the content server tries to provide paid content, there is no effective method for directly charging the user for the information fee of the paid content. The content server must indirectly collect information charges for paid contents by receiving a part of the call charge from a communication carrier such as NTT.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide an information fee that can be charged without repeatedly performing complicated operations such as inputting a password and that can further ensure security. Billing device,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium in which a charging program is recorded in the information fee charging device, and a pay content providing system using the information fee charging device.

[0010]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pay content providing system for providing pay content to a user via a mobile phone. A mobile phone for the user to receive the provision of the content, a telephone network connected to the mobile phone, a content server for providing the content to the mobile phone via the telephone network,
A point data selling means for selling point data used for payment of an information fee for paid content provided by the content server; a point information database for storing information on the point data sold by the point data selling means; Point data storage means for storing the point data and authentication information associated with the point data in the point information database; and the authentication information stored in the point data storage means is stored in the mobile phone of the user. When input from a telephone, the authentication information and the telephone number of the mobile phone are voice-recognized and associated with each other and registered in the point information database. Providing paid content from mobile phones with numbers An information fee settlement means for recognizing the telephone number by voice when receiving the request, and deducting the number of points corresponding to the information fee of the pay content from the point data associated with the telephone number, When the number of points corresponding to the information fee of the pay content is deducted by the information fee settlement means, a pay content providing means for providing the pay content to the user via the mobile phone is included. I do.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to charge the user for the information fee of the pay content and to ensure security without repeatedly performing a complicated operation.

[0012] The point data storage means of the pay content providing system according to the second aspect of the present invention stores sales data relating to the date and time when the user purchased the point data in the point information database, and stores the sales data in the point data database. The telephone number registration means registers the telephone number of the mobile phone of the user only within a predetermined time from the date and time of purchase of the point data.

[0013] According to the second aspect of the present invention, even if the user loses or stolen the purchased prepaid card, it is possible to prevent misuse by another person.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information fee charging apparatus for charging an information fee of a pay content from a user who receives a pay content via a mobile phone, Point data selling means for selling point data used for paying the information fee for paid content, the point data sold by the point data selling means, and authentication information associated with the point data. Point data storage means to be stored in a database, and when the authentication information stored in the point data storage means is input from the user's mobile phone via a telephone network, the authentication information and the telephone of the mobile phone Telephone number registration means for recognizing a number and associating it with the number and registering it in the point information database When there is a request to provide the pay content from the mobile phone of the telephone number registered by the telephone number registration means, the telephone number is recognized by voice and the point data associated with the telephone number is obtained. An information fee settlement unit for deducting a point number corresponding to the information fee of the pay content for settlement.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to charge the user for the information fee of the pay content without repeatedly performing a complicated operation, and to ensure security.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the point data storage means of the information charge apparatus stores sales data relating to the date and time when the user purchased the point data in the point information database, and stores the sales data in the point data database. The telephone number registration means registers the telephone number of the mobile phone of the user only within a predetermined time from the date and time of purchase of the point data.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, even if the user loses or stolen the purchased prepaid card, it is possible to prevent misuse by another person.

In the information charge accounting apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the recording medium storing the charge program charges the information charge of the pay content from a user who receives the pay content via a mobile phone. A recording medium recording a charging program in an information fee charging apparatus, wherein the point data sales processing for selling point data used for payment of an information fee for pay content, and the point data sold in the point data sales processing. And point data storage processing for storing authentication information associated with the point data in a database;
When the authentication information stored in the point data storage processing is input from the user's mobile phone via a telephone network, the authentication information and the telephone number of the mobile phone are voice-recognized and associated with each other. A telephone number registration process for registering in the database, and when there is a request for providing the pay content from a mobile phone having the telephone number registered in the telephone number registration process, the telephone number is recognized by voice and the telephone number is And an information fee settlement process for deducting the number of points corresponding to the information fee of the pay content from the point data associated therewith.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to charge the user for the information fee of the paid content without repeatedly performing a complicated operation, and to secure security.

[0020] In the point data storage processing of the recording medium storing the charging program in the information fee charging apparatus according to the invention of claim 6, the sales data relating to the date and time when the user purchased the point data is stored in the database. In the telephone number registration process based on the sales data, the telephone number of the mobile phone of the user is registered only within a predetermined time from the date and time of purchase of the point data.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, even if the user loses or stolen the purchased prepaid card, it is possible to prevent misuse by another person.

[0022]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information fee charging apparatus and a pay content providing system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pay content providing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a mobile phone 2 to which a user is provided with a content, a telephone network 3 connected to the mobile phone 2, and a telephone network. 3, a content server 4 that provides contents via the Internet server 3, an information fee charging device 5 that charges the information fee when the user is provided with the paid content from the content server 4, and a transaction with the information fee charging device 5. A point information database 6 for storing information on point data to be provided, a store 7 such as a convenience store for selling prepaid cards for purchasing point data, and a CSV data center for transferring sales data of sold prepaid cards. 8 and CAFIS etc. in order for the user to purchase point data with a credit card And it is configured from the credit card company 10 Metropolitan, which is connected via a signal network 9.

In particular, the information fee charging device 5 includes a point data selling means 21 for selling point data used for paying an information fee for pay contents, the point data sold by the point data selling means 21, Point data storage means 22 for storing the authentication information associated with the point data in the point information database 6, and the authentication information stored in the point data storage means 22 transmits the authentication information from the user's mobile phone 2 to the telephone network 3. When input through the telephone number registration means 23, the authentication information and the telephone number of the mobile phone 2 are voice-recognized and associated with each other and registered in the point information database 6. When there is a request to provide paid content from the mobile phone 2 of the telephone number,
And an information fee settlement means 24 for recognizing the telephone number by voice and deducting the number of points corresponding to the information fee of the pay content from the point data associated with the telephone number.

The information fee charging device 5 is a CTI (Computer Telephony Integrati) that integrates a computer and a telephone using a voice response device or a telephony board.
on) It is configured by a computer system using technology. Then, the information fee charging device 5 performs voice recognition of a caller ID notification transmitted from the user's mobile phone 2 by CTI and authentication information transmitted from the mobile phone 2.

The contents server 4 provides contents such as audio and video, and includes a pay contents providing means 25. The pay contents providing means 25 uses the information charge settlement means 24 to reduce the information charge of the pay contents. When the corresponding number of points is deducted, the pay content is provided to the user via the mobile phone 2.

The CSV data center 8 carries out the task of transferring various data such as utility bills paid at stores such as convenience stores nationwide to companies and the like. In the content providing system 1, the password of the prepaid card sold at the store 7, point data such as the number of valid points, and the sales data such as the date and time when the prepaid card was purchased and the store where the prepaid card was purchased are transferred to the information fee charging device 5. ing.

Then, the point information database 6
Stores the credit card number of the credit card, the user's mobile phone number, etc. along with the password, point data, and sales data of the prepaid card transferred to the information fee charging device 5, and particularly stores the password of the prepaid card or the credit card The card number, the point data and the telephone number of the mobile phone are stored in association with each other.

Next, a description will be given of a pay content providing process by the paid content providing system 1 according to the present embodiment and a billing process by the information fee billing device 5.

The charging method by the information fee charging device 5 according to the present embodiment includes charging by a prepaid card and charging by a credit card. Here, first, when charging by the prepaid card, points by purchasing the prepaid card are used. Registration will be described. On the prepaid card sold here, for example, a password represented by a 12-digit number or the like is described in a state in which the password cannot be seen from the outside due to scratches or the like. Also, this prepaid card is designed to be able to purchase points corresponding to a predetermined amount such as 1000 yen or 3000 yen. For example, 100 points or 300 points can be purchased with 1 point being 10 yen.

When the user purchases such a prepaid card at the store 7, points of the prepaid card are registered. This registration process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, first, when the user pays the price at the store 7 such as a convenience store and purchases a prepaid card (S201), at the store 7, the password written on the prepaid card and the validity Along with the number of points, sales data such as the sales date and time and the sales store are transmitted (S202).

Then, these data are transmitted to the CSV data center 8, where data from dealers nationwide are transferred to the information fee charging device 5 (S203). The information fee billing device 5 that has received the transferred data accesses the point information database 6 and registers data such as the password of the purchased prepaid card, the number of valid points, the date and time of sale, and the store at which the prepaid card was purchased (S204). The data registration process by purchasing the card ends.

Next, the pay information providing process by the pay information providing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

First, the user accesses the content server 4 from the mobile phone 2 via the telephone network 3 in order to receive provision of the content desired by the user (S301). Here, when the user selects the provision of the paid content from the contents provided by the content server 4, (S3
02, S401), the content server 4 accesses the information fee charging device 5 and requests confirmation of whether or not the user has valid points (S303, S402).

When this confirmation request is received, the information fee charging device 5
The user accesses the point information database 6 by voice-recognizing the telephone number of the mobile phone 2 and determines whether a valid point is registered in the telephone number of the user. It is determined whether or not the access is (S304, S403).

As described above, since the information fee accounting device 5 recognizes the telephone number of the mobile phone 2 via the telephone network 3, it can transmit and receive information without using an open network such as the Internet. . Therefore,
Information security can be easily ensured.

If no point is registered in the telephone number (S404), the information fee charging device 5 determines that this access is the first access and prepaid the user with a method of charging. It is inquired whether to charge by card or by credit card (S305, S405).

In response to this inquiry, the user selects whether to charge by a prepaid card or a credit card (S306).

First, a description will be given of a case where charging by the prepaid card is selected. The user inputs a password as authentication information described on the prepaid card (S307, S406). And the information fee charging device 5
Accesses the point information database 6 by voice-recognizing the input password, checks whether the password and the valid point have been registered by the registration processing shown in FIG. 2, and checks the point, the password, and the user's password. The mobile phone 2 is registered in the point information database 6 in association with the telephone number of the mobile phone 2 (S308, S40).
7).

As described above, since the information fee accounting device 5 recognizes the password by voice via the telephone network 3, information can be transmitted and received without using an open network such as the Internet. Therefore, security of information can be easily ensured.

At this time, the information fee charging device 5 accesses the sales data registered in the point information database 6 to search for the date and time when the prepaid card was sold, and the prepaid card for which the telephone number is to be registered is stored in advance. If it is sold before the set predetermined time, the telephone number is not registered.
Therefore, the user must register the telephone number within a predetermined time such as 30 minutes or 1 hour after purchasing the prepaid card at the store.

Thus, even if the purchased prepaid card is lost or stolen, the telephone number is not registered after a lapse of a predetermined time, thereby preventing misuse by another person. be able to.

The registration of the telephone number is performed in this manner, and it is confirmed that the registration has been made by the information fee charging device 5 (S40).
8), the information fee charging device 5 approves that points can be used (S309, S409).

If the user selects credit card charging in step S306, the user first inputs a credit card number, card expiration date, and the like as authentication information (S310, S406). Then, the information fee billing device 5 recognizes information such as a credit card number by voice, and accesses the credit card company 10 via the credit network 9 to inquire whether payment by a card is possible (S311 and S410). ).

As described above, since the information fee billing device 5 recognizes information such as a credit card number by voice via the telephone network 3, it is possible to transmit and receive information without using an open network such as the Internet. it can. Therefore, security of information can be easily ensured.

Here, when the payment by the card is not permitted, the provision of the pay content is terminated, and when the payment by the card is permitted (S411), the information fee charging device 5 points to the point information database 6. In addition to writing the data, the points and the credit card number, and the telephone number of the mobile phone 2 used by the user are associated with each other and registered in the point information database 6 (S312, S412). Upon confirming that this registration has been performed (S408), the information fee charging device 5 approves that points can be used (S309, S40).
9).

When the use of the points is approved by the information charge accounting device 5 in this way, the user gives permission to use the points (S313, S413), and the information charge accounting device 5 receiving this gives the point information. Access the database 6 and deduct the number of points required for providing the paid content (S314, S414). When the information fee charging device 5 confirms that the points have been deducted (S415), the content server 4 is given permission to provide paid content (S315, S416).
Upon receiving this permission, the content server 4 distributes the pay content (S316, S417), and the user receives the pay information with the mobile phone 2 and receives the provision of the pay content (S317).

On the other hand, in step S304, it is determined whether or not a valid point is registered in the telephone number of the user. If the current access by the user is not the first access (S418), the information charge The billing device 5 recognizes the telephone number of the mobile phone 2 used by the user by voice, accesses the point information database 6 based on the telephone number, and determines whether a point corresponding to the telephone number remains. Is determined (S318, S41)
9).

Here, when there are no remaining points, or when the number of points required for providing the paid content is insufficient, the provision of the paid information is terminated. If points necessary for providing the paid content remain (S408), the information fee charging device 5 approves that the points can be used (S309, S409).

At this time, since the information fee charging device 5 searches for the point data based on the telephone number, the user can use the valid points without inputting authentication information such as a password and a credit card number. .

Therefore, the user does not need to repeatedly input the password or the like every time the pay content is provided, so that the pay content can be provided without repeatedly performing complicated operations.

When the use of the points is approved by the information charge accounting device 5 in this way, the user gives permission to use the points (S313, S413), and the information charge accounting device 5
Receives the permission, accesses the point information database 6 and deducts the number of points required for providing the paid content (S314, S414). When the information fee charging device 5 confirms that the points have been deducted (S415), the content server 4 is given permission to provide paid content (S315, S416). Upon receiving the permission, the content server 4 distributes the pay content (S316, S417), and the user receives the pay content with the mobile phone 2 and receives the provision of the pay content (S317).

As described above, according to the paid content providing system, the information fee billing device, and the recording medium in which the billing program is recorded in the information fee billing device of the present embodiment, the effective points are based on the telephone number of the user's mobile phone. Since there is a search for whether or not there is any remaining information, the user can be charged an information fee without repeatedly performing complicated operations such as inputting a password every time paid content is provided.

Further, since information from a user is recognized by voice via a telephone network, information can be transmitted and received without using an open network such as the Internet, and therefore security of information can be ensured. Can be.

Further, since the telephone number is registered only before the predetermined time has elapsed since the user purchased the prepaid card at the store, the user lost or stolen the purchased prepaid card. Can be prevented from being misused by others.

A program for realizing each processing of the information charge accounting apparatus described above can be stored in a recording medium, and by reading this recording medium by a computer system, the program is executed to execute the computer. It is possible to realize each processing of the information fee charging device described above while controlling. Here, the recording medium includes a device capable of recording a program, such as a memory device, a magnetic disk device, and an optical disk device.

[0058]

As described above, the pay content providing system, the information fee billing device, and the recording medium in which the billing program is recorded in the information fee billing device of the present invention can be used to repeatedly perform complicated operations such as inputting a password. In addition, it is possible to charge the user for the information fee of the paid content and to ensure the security of the information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a pay content providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a point registration process in the pay content providing system 1 shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a pay content providing process in the pay content providing system 1 shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a pay content providing process in the pay content providing system 1 shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 paid content providing system 2 mobile phone 3 telephone network 4 content server 5 information billing device 6 point information database 7 dealer 8 CSV data center 9 credit network 10 credit card company 21 point data sales means 22 point data storage means 23 telephone number Registration means 24 Information fee settlement means 25 Paid content providing means

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A pay content providing system for providing pay content to a user via a mobile phone, comprising: a mobile phone for the user to receive the content; a telephone network connected to the mobile phone; A content server for providing content to the mobile phone via the telephone network, point data selling means for selling point data used for payment of an information fee for paid content provided by the content server, A point information database that stores information on the point data sold by the data selling unit; a point data storage unit that stores the point data and authentication information associated with the point data in the point information database; The authentication stored in the point data storage means Telephone number registration means for recognizing the authentication information and the telephone number of the mobile phone by voice and registering the information in the point information database when the information is input from the user's mobile phone; When there is a request to provide paid content from the mobile phone of the telephone number registered by the registration means,
An information fee settlement means for recognizing the telephone number by voice and deducting a point number corresponding to the information fee of the pay content from the point data associated with the telephone number for settlement; A pay content providing means for providing the pay content to the user via the mobile phone when a point corresponding to the information fee of the pay content is deducted. 2. The point data storage means stores sales data relating to the date and time when the user purchased the point data in the point information database, and based on the sales data, the telephone number registration means stores 2. The pay content providing system according to claim 1, wherein the registration of the mobile phone number of the user is performed only within a predetermined time from the date and time when the data was purchased. 3. An information fee billing apparatus for billing an information fee of a pay content from a user who receives a pay content via a mobile phone, wherein the point data is used to pay the information fee of the pay content. Point data selling means for selling, the point data sold by the point data selling means, and authentication information associated with the point data in a point information database; When the authentication information stored in the storage means is input from the user's mobile phone via a telephone network, the authentication information and the telephone number of the mobile phone are voice-recognized and associated, and the point information is obtained. Telephone number registration means to be registered in the database; and When there is a request to provide the pay content from the mobile phone of the talk number, the phone number is recognized by voice and the number of points corresponding to the information charge of the pay content is obtained from the point data associated with the phone number. And an information charge settlement means for making a settlement by debiting the information charge. 4. The point data storage means stores sales data on the date and time when the user purchased the point data in the point information database, and based on the sales data, the telephone number registration means stores 4. The information charge accounting device according to claim 3, wherein the registration of the telephone number of the user's mobile phone is performed only within a predetermined time from the date and time when the data was purchased. 5. A recording medium recording a charging program in an information charge accounting device for charging an information charge of said pay content from a user who receives provision of said pay content via a mobile phone, comprising: Point data sales processing for selling point data used for payment of the above, point data storage for storing the point data sold in the point data sales processing and authentication information associated with the point data in a database When the authentication information stored in the point data storage process is input from the user's mobile phone via a telephone network, the authentication information and the telephone number of the mobile phone are voice-recognized. A telephone number registration process for associating and registering in the database; and a telephone number registration process When there is a request to provide the pay content from the mobile phone of the registered phone number, the phone number is voice-recognized, and the point data associated with the phone number is reduced to the information fee of the pay content. A recording medium for recording a billing program in an information billing device, comprising: an information fee settlement process for performing settlement by deducting a corresponding number of points. 6. In the point data storing process, sales data relating to the date and time when the user purchased the point data is stored in the database, and based on the sales data, in the telephone number registration process, the point data is stored. The recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the registration of the telephone number of the mobile phone of the user is performed only within a predetermined time from the date of purchase.