JP2006173682A - Device and system for communication line connection - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication line connection device for performing the transit connection of only a connection request for business in connection requests from a cellular phone network with a call from a cellular communication terminal as a trigger, and to provide a communication line connection system for charging communication charges related to the transit connection to a third party. <P>SOLUTION: When a connection request receiver 12 receives a connection request signal from the cellular phone network 31, a translator 13 translates an arrival number by the connection request signal. An arrival number verification determination section 13 determines whether relay connection service peculiar to a communication line connection device 10 is made from the arrival number. A caller number verification determination section 17 determines whether a caller number has been registered at a subscriber database 15. Only when both the determinations are affirmative, a number converter 18 converts the arrival number to a new arrival number to connect a line through a specific communication network, and a command transmitter 19 transmits a command for routing toward the new arrival number to the specific communication network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is a communication that can make a line connection separately for private communication and business communication for a call from one mobile communication terminal, and performs relay connection for business communication. The present invention relates to a line connection device and a communication line connection system that performs this relay connection and charges for business communication to a third party different from the owner of the portable communication terminal.

  Currently, various communication connection services are provided by various communication carriers. For example, a service is provided in which a call charge to a user is reduced for a call from a fixed phone to a mobile phone. In addition, as a technology for such a communication connection service, there is a technology for establishing a communication line by selecting a communication carrier with the lowest call charge among a plurality of communication carriers (for example, Patent Document 1).

On the other hand, for example, a user may have a mobile phone lent by a company for business use in addition to a personal mobile phone, and carry two mobile phones. Apart from this, there are companies that use their mobile phones for business calls and perform post-payment processing for the call charges incurred for business calls.
JP 2001-45187 A

However, it is inconvenient for users to carry two mobile phones for private use and for business use, and each mobile phone is charged with a basic monthly fee in addition to the call charge, so it can be used as an individual user or as a company. There is a problem that the cost increases.
In addition, if the user's personal mobile phone is used for business use, it is troublesome for both the user and the company to post-settlement the call charges incurred for business calls for each call. There is a problem.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention provides a communication that performs a relay connection service only for a business connection request among connection requests from a mobile phone network triggered by a call from one mobile communication terminal. It is an object of the present invention to provide a line connection device and a communication line connection system that can charge a communication fee related to the relay connection service to a third party other than the right holder of the portable communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the communication line connection device of the present invention receives a connection request signal from a mobile phone network triggered by a call from a mobile communication terminal, and receives an incoming call to a destination communication terminal. A communication line connection device that performs a relay connection service by making a connection request toward a communication network that performs processing, and a subscriber database in which the telephone numbers of mobile communication terminals that can receive the relay connection service are registered; A connection operator that receives a connection request signal from the mobile phone network, a translation unit that translates the called number from the connection request signal received by the connection request receiving unit, and a specific operator for the called number translated by the translation unit The caller ID of the mobile communication terminal received together with the connection request signal in the connection request receiving unit is received in the subscriber database. When a positive determination is made by the caller number confirmation determination unit, the called number confirmation determination unit, and the caller number confirmation determination unit that determines whether or not the call is recorded, the call is transmitted from a specific communication network to the destination communication terminal. A specific number and service additional number are replaced with a transit number so that a connection request signal is sent to a number conversion unit that converts the called number into a new arrival number, and a new arrival number converted by the number conversion unit. A command sending unit that sends a command to the specific communication network so as to make a connection request, and a response to the command from the command sending unit is received from the specific communication network, and the mobile phone network and the specific communication network And a line connection unit for performing line connection with each of them.
Preferably, a relay connection service is provided for a call having a specific business number assigned to the head of the telephone number of the communication terminal by setting the transit number to “81” which is the country code of Japan. It is characterized by doing.
More preferably, the connection request receiving unit receives a connection request signal from a mobile phone network via a relay network, and the line connection unit is connected to each of a specific communication network and a relay network, A relay connection between the cellular phone network and the destination communication terminal is performed.
More preferably, the subscriber database includes a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal that can receive the relay connection service, and a billing destination number that indicates a billing destination related to the relay connection service by a call from the mobile communication terminal. The caller number received by the connection request accepting unit is stored in the subscriber database, and the billing number corresponding to the caller number is stored in the subscriber database. Is determined by the caller ID confirmation determination unit.

According to the communication line connection apparatus of the present invention, the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal that can receive the relay connection service is registered in advance in the subscriber database, and “0” is calculated from the telephone number of the destination communication terminal. When a call is made from a mobile communication terminal with a specific carrier number and a service additional number removed, the called number confirmation judgment unit adds a specific business number and a service additional number. Make sure that it is. Therefore, in order for the communication line connection apparatus to perform the relay connection service, the number conversion unit converts the called number into a new number and performs route selection control so as to pass through a specific communication network.
Therefore, it can be recognized from the number dialed when the call is made, for example, that it is a connection request for business line connection.
In addition, when the service additional number is set to “0”, when a user makes a call for business use, if a specific business operator number is added to the other party's telephone number and dialed, the relay connection service is established. Since it will be received, it is convenient for the user. Further, by setting the transit number to the country code of Japan, it is possible to pass through the overseas carrier network as a specific communication network.
The connection request accepting unit accepts a connection request from the mobile phone network via the relay network, so that it can cope with any network.
In addition, the telephone number and the billing number on the caller side are registered in the subscriber database, and the caller number confirmation determination unit determines the telephone number and the billing number on the caller side in response to a connection request from the mobile phone network. By confirming, it is possible to correctly determine that the connection request from the mobile phone network is a request to use the relay connection service.

  The communication line connection system according to the present invention is directed to a communication network that receives a connection request signal from a mobile telephone network upon receiving a call from a mobile communication terminal and performs incoming call processing on the destination communication terminal. A communication line connection system comprising: a communication line connection device that performs a relay connection service by making a connection request; and a charging processing device that performs a charging process related to the relay connection service by the communication line connection device. A subscriber database in which the telephone number of a mobile communication terminal that can receive a relay connection service is registered by the device, a connection request receiving unit that receives a connection request signal from the mobile phone network, and a connection received by the connection request receiving unit A translation unit that translates the called party number from the request signal, and a called party that determines whether a specific operator number and service additional number are added to the called party number translated by the translation unit. Number confirmation determination unit, caller number confirmation determination unit for determining whether the caller number of the mobile communication terminal received together with the connection request signal at the connection request reception unit is registered in the subscriber database, and called number confirmation determination A specific operator number and service addition so that a connection request signal is sent from a specific communication network to the destination communication terminal when a positive determination is made by the communication unit and the caller ID confirmation determination unit. Sends a command to a specific communication network so as to make a connection request to a new arrival number converted by the number conversion unit that replaces the number with a transit number and converts the called number into a new arrival number. The command sending unit, the line connection unit that receives a response to the command from the command sending unit from the specific communication network, and connects the line to the mobile phone network and the specific communication network, and the line connection by the line connection unit A call information storage unit that stores information, the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal that made the call, and the telephone number of the communication terminal that is the destination of the call as call information. Service charge database storing a charge table related to relay connection service, call information receiving part for receiving call information stored in the call information storage part, and call information to be charged from call information received by the call information receiving part The billing record created by the billing record creation unit by referring to the charge table stored in the service charge database and the billing record creation unit that creates the billing record by organizing the call information for each billing destination Based on the communication fee calculated by the fee calculation unit and the charge record created by the charge record. A billing data creation unit for creating a data, and the mobile communication terminal makes a call with a specific business number and a service additional number, so that the line connection unit is a mobile phone network and a specific communication network. While establishing a communication line between the mobile communication terminal and the destination communication terminal, the billing processing device sets the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal registered in the subscriber database. The billing destination is charged by a relay connection service.

  According to the communication line connection system of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal simply places a call with a specific carrier number and a service additional number, and the line connection unit is connected to each of the mobile phone network and the specific communication network. Relay connection is established by line connection. Therefore, the communication line connection device can provide a relay connection service and establish a communication line between the mobile communication terminal and the destination communication terminal. Further, the billing processing device can perform billing processing related to the relay service by the communication line connection device with respect to the billing destination registered in the subscriber database. Therefore, it is possible to charge only the communication fee incurred when the relay connection service is performed by the communication line connection device.

  In the communication line connection apparatus of the present invention, only the connection request for business use can be confirmed by confirming that the called company number and the service additional number are included in the called number received by the connection request from the cellular phone network. On the other hand, a relay connection service can be provided.

  Further, in the communication line connection system of the present invention, when a relay connection service is provided by the communication line connection device, a third party other than the right holder of the mobile communication terminal calling the communication fee related to the relay connection service is provided. Billing can be performed. As a result, for example, charging by private communication and charging by business communication are automatically differentiated, and conventionally, complicated post-settlement processing becomes unnecessary. Further, since the user does not have to carry a portable communication terminal for business calls and a personal portable communication terminal, convenience is improved.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(First form)
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a network in which a communication line connection device 10 of the present invention is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the communication line connection device 10 of the present invention receives a connection request signal from the mobile telephone network 31 when a call is made from the mobile communication terminal 1 as a transmission source, and serves as a communication terminal as a destination. This is a device that performs a relay connection service by making a connection request to the fixed communication terminal 2 toward a communication network that performs an incoming call process. FIG. 1 shows the case where the fixed telephone network 32 is a communication network that performs an incoming call process for the fixed communication terminal 2 that is the destination.

  Here, the mobile communication terminal 1 includes not only a mobile phone and a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) terminal but also a mobile terminal that can be connected to other computers via dial-up connection. In addition to the fixed communication terminal 2, various mobile communication terminals can be cited as destination communication terminals.

Next, as a premise for explaining the configuration of the communication line connection device 10 of the present invention, a network in which the communication line connection device 10 is provided will be described with reference to FIG.
A communication line connection system 100 in which the communication line connection device 10 of the present invention is provided is a communication carrier network operated by a communication carrier that performs a relay connection service, which will be described later, and other domestic communication carrier networks 30. The network is configured with an overseas communication carrier network 40 through a gateway exchange (not shown). In the case shown in FIG. 1, the communication line connection system 100 is connected to the mobile phone network 31 without going through the relay network. In the domestic telecommunications carrier network 30, a relay network may be interposed between the communication line connection system 100 and the mobile phone network 31.

  Further, the exchange provided in the overseas telecommunications carrier network 40 is configured to receive a command related to a connection request from the communication line connection device 10 of the present invention and perform routing according to a connection request signal related to this command. Has been. In the network shown in FIG. 1, when the exchange installed in the overseas telecommunications carrier network 40 selects a route for the communication line connection system 100 according to a command related to a connection request from the communication line connection device 10 by routing. However, the same applies to the case where a route is selected for another domestic telecommunications carrier network 30 as will be described in a later-described usage example.

  Here, the routing refers to the destination fixed communication terminal 2 or the portable communication terminal (from the exchange receiving the call from the portable communication terminal 1 as the caller (hereinafter referred to as “calling exchange”) ( Each exchange intervening between the originating side exchange and the terminating side exchange selects a route toward the exchange (hereinafter referred to as “incoming side exchange”) that performs the incoming call processing on (not shown in FIG. 1). Say. In some cases, this refers to making a connection request to the exchange on the selected route. In the exchange corresponding to the node on the network connecting the originating exchange and the terminating exchange, from the originating exchange This means that a route is sequentially selected aiming at the destination exchange and a connection request is made to the exchange at the selected route destination. This routing is performed by a common line signal system for controlling the exchange. Therefore, in the path connecting the originating side exchange and the terminating side exchange, in addition to the communication line connection device 10 of the present invention, various exchanges such as gateway exchanges and relay exchanges connecting each network in the domestic telecommunications carrier network 30. Is included.

Next, the configuration of the communication line connection device 10 of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the communication line connection device 10 of the present invention. The communication line connection device 10 includes a line connection unit 11 that performs an actual inter-network connection with the domestic telecommunications carrier network 30 and the overseas telecommunications carrier network 40, and a control unit that controls the line connection unit 11. Is done. The control unit of the communication line connection apparatus 10 exchanges various control signals with each exchange constituting each of the domestic telecommunications carrier network 30 and the overseas telecommunications carrier network 40 by using, for example, a common line signal system. The connection unit 11 is controlled. For this purpose, the control unit includes a connection request receiving unit 12 that receives a connection request signal from the mobile telephone network 31, a translation unit 13 that translates the called number from the connection request signal received by the connection request receiving unit 12, and a translation And a connection request command unit 14 for making a connection request to the called party number translated by the unit 13. These are provided in a conventional exchange. The connection request signal is also called an address signal.

The present invention further provides a relay connection service that cannot be performed by a normal exchange. This relay connection service is a service for relay connection between the mobile telephone network 31 that receives a call from the mobile communication terminal 1 and the overseas carrier network 40 as a predetermined specific communication network. From the viewpoint of a customer who uses this relay connection, it can be said that this is a service in which a line connection is always established between the mobile communication terminal 1 and the destination fixed communication terminal 2 via the overseas carrier network 40.
Therefore, the communication line connection device 10 includes a subscriber database (subscriber DB) 15. In the subscriber database 15, information of customers who can receive the relay connection service, specifically, the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1 is registered. This registered telephone number corresponds to the caller number. The subscriber database 15 stores a pair of a telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1 that can receive the relay connection service and a telephone number of a billing destination of the charge generated by the relay connection service. Is preferred. Here, the generated fee is a fee generated when a line connection is made between the mobile communication terminal 1 and the fixed communication terminal 2, and other communication for the communication line established by the line connection is made. A line usage fee for the operator's network such as the mobile phone network 31 and the fixed phone network 32 is also included.

  In order to perform this relay connection service, the control unit further includes a called number confirmation determination unit 16, a caller number confirmation determination unit 17, a number conversion unit 18, and a command transmission unit 19. The called number confirmation determination unit 16 confirms and determines whether a specific business number and a specific service additional number are added to the called number translated by the translation unit 13. Here, the specific company number is the number of the company that operates the communication line connection system 100. For example, if the called number translated by the translation unit 13 is “00XY0ABCDEFGHJ” (X, Y, A to J are arbitrary natural numbers from 0 to 9. The same applies hereinafter). The first four digits of “00XY” correspond to a specific business number, and “0” following the specific business number is a service additional number. “0ABCDEFGHJ” is the telephone number of the fixed communication terminal 2 that is the destination. Thus, it is preferable that the number “0” at the head of the telephone number is designated as the service additional number. By setting the service additional number to “0” in this way, when a user makes a call for business use, if the user is dialed with a specific operator number added to the other party's telephone number, the relay connection service is provided. This is convenient for the user. In other cases, a specific operator number and a service additional number are assigned to “ABCDEFGHJ” obtained by removing the leading “0” from the telephone number of the destination fixed communication terminal 2, and the mobile communication terminal A call is made from the machine 1.

  When the five-digit number from the beginning of the called number is a specific “00XY0”, the called number confirmation determination unit 16 performs the relay connection service unique to the communication line connecting device 10 described above. Otherwise, for example, the connection request command unit 14 selects a route based on the destination number translated by the translation unit 13, or the communication line connection device 10 relays the above-mentioned relay to the mobile phone network 31. It may be possible to instruct the portable communication terminal 1 to announce that the connection service cannot be accepted.

The caller number confirmation determination unit 17 determines whether or not the caller number received at the time of the connection request by the connection request reception unit 12 is registered in the subscriber database 15. At the time of this confirmation, if the telephone number of the billing destination that is paired with the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1 is registered in the subscriber database 15, it is received at the time of the connection request by the connection request receiving unit 12. It is also preferable to confirm that the billing telephone number is registered corresponding to the caller ID.
If the caller number confirmation determination unit 17 determines that the caller number is not registered in the subscriber database 15 and therefore cannot be confirmed to be registered in the subscriber database 15, the caller number confirmation determination unit 17 carries it from the communication line connection device 10. It may be possible to instruct the telephone network 31 to make an announcement to the mobile communication terminal 1 that the relay connection service cannot be accepted.

  The number conversion unit 18 replaces a specific company number and service additional number among the called numbers with a predetermined via number, and converts the called number into a new arrival number. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the via number is a country code “81” indicating Japan. The conversion by the number conversion unit 18 is performed only when both the called number confirmation determination unit 16 and the caller number confirmation determination unit 17 make a positive determination, that is, the predetermined number of digits of the called number is a specific business number. And the service additional number and the caller number is registered only in the subscriber database 15.

The command sending unit 19 sends a new number converted by the number conversion unit 18 to the overseas telecommunications carrier network 40 as a specific communication network, specifically to the exchange constituting the overseas telecommunications carrier network 40. Sends a command to make a connection request toward.
As described above, the number conversion unit 18 converts the called number into a new arrival number, and the command sending unit 19 makes a connection request from the overseas carrier network 40 to the destination fixed communication terminal 2.

  Note that the communication line connection device 10 includes a call information storage unit 20, and the call information storage unit 20 includes time information related to line connection by the connection line unit 11 and the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1 that made the call. Then, the telephone number of the fixed communication terminal 2 as the destination communication terminal for this call is stored as call information. Here, the time information may include line connection start date / time, line disconnection date / time, time during line connection, and the like.

  The line connection device 10 of the present invention is configured as described above. As will be described below, the communication line connection device 10 provides the relay connection service for a call from the mobile communication terminal 1. . As a premise, it is assumed that the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1 and the telephone number of the billing destination are registered in the subscriber database 15 of the communication line connection device 10. Further, it is assumed that the service additional number is set to “0”.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, a specific carrier number (“00XY”) is dialed from the mobile communication terminal 1 at the head of the telephone number (“0ABCDEFGHJ”) of the destination fixed communication terminal 2. As a result, a call is made to the mobile phone network 31.
Then, the receiving side exchange of the cellular phone network 31 that has received this call performs routing, that is, selects a route with “00XY0ABCDEFGHJ” as the called number, and the cellular phone network 31 finally makes a connection request to the communication line connection device 10. Send a signal. At this time, a connection request signal may be transmitted to the communication line connection device 10 via a relay network not shown in FIG.

  When the connection request accepting unit 12 of the communication line connecting apparatus 10 receives the connection request signal from the cellular phone network 31, the translating unit 13 translates the called number from the connection request signal, and the called number confirmation determining unit 16 is translated. It is confirmed that the predetermined number of the called number is “00XY0”. Before and after the confirmation of the called number confirmation determination unit 16, the caller number confirmation determination unit 17 registers the caller number received together with the connection request signal by the connection request reception unit 12 in the subscriber database 15. Make sure.

When confirmation is made by the called number confirmation determination unit 16 and the caller number confirmation determination unit 17 and affirmative determination is made, the number replacement unit 18 sets the first five digits of the called number “00XY0ABCDEFGHJ” to “81”. And “81ABCDEFGHJ” is created as the new arrival number.
Then, the command sending unit 19 sends a command to the overseas communication carrier network 40 which is a specific communication network so as to route “81ABCDEFGHJ” as a called number.
In response to the command from the command sending unit 19, the overseas communication business network 40 that has received this command identifies “81”, which is the first country code among “81ABCDEFGHJ”. Then, the identified “81” is deleted, and “ABCDEFGHJ” is used as a called number, and a connection request is made by selecting a route in the Japanese network, that is, the communication line connection system 100 or the domestic telecommunications carrier network 30. . In the example shown in FIG. 1, a case where the route of the communication line connection system 100 is selected is shown.

In the communication line connection system 100 that has received the connection request signal from the overseas carrier network 40, the communication line connection device 10 receives the connection request signal at the connection request receiving unit 12, and the translation unit 13 receives the called number “ “ABCDEFGHJ” is translated, and the connection request command unit 14 makes a connection request to the fixed telephone network 32 with “ABCDEFGHJ” as a called number.
Upon receiving this connection request, the fixed telephone network 32 finally selects the receiving side exchange as a result of the routing and issues a connection request, and the incoming call processing from the receiving side exchange to the destination fixed communication terminal 2 is processed. I do.

As described above, in response to a call from the mobile communication terminal 1 on the calling side, the communication line connection device 10, the overseas communication carrier network 40, the communication line connection device 10, and the fixed telephone network 32 are sequentially provided from the mobile phone network 31. In addition, since control for line connection is performed, line connection is performed between them. At that time, in the communication line connection device 10 on the mobile communication terminal 1 side, the line connection unit 11 performs line connection between the mobile phone network 31 and the overseas carrier network 40. With these line connections, a communication line is established between the mobile communication terminal 1 and the fixed communication terminal 2.
The communication line is disconnected by a normal exchange, for example, a disconnect signal from the mobile communication terminal 1 is transmitted to the originating exchange, and an end-call signal from the fixed communication terminal 2 is transmitted to the terminating exchange. Is realized.

  As described above, according to the communication line connecting apparatus 10 of the present invention, the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1 is registered in the subscriber database 15 and specified as the telephone number of the fixed communication terminal 2 as the destination. When a call is made from the mobile communication terminal 1 to the originating exchange with the carrier number assigned, the communication line connection device 10 makes a connection request to the overseas carrier network 40 as a specific communication network. . Therefore, the communication line connection apparatus 10 can provide a specific relay connection service. In addition, since the sender number and the billing number are registered in the subscriber database 15, the number of line connection requests can be estimated in advance, and network resources can be constructed without waste.

(Second form)
Next, as a second mode, a communication line connection system 100 capable of performing billing processing for the relay connection service of the communication line connection apparatus 10 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a network constructed by the communication line connection system 100 that can also perform billing processing for the relay connection service by the communication line connection apparatus 10 of FIG. A difference from FIG. 1 is that in a communication line connection system 100, a charging processing apparatus 110 that performs charging processing related to a relay connection service by the communication line connection apparatus 10 and registration processing in the subscriber database 15 of the communication line connection apparatus 10 is provided. This is a point where wiring connection is made via the interface device 120.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the billing processing apparatus 110 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the billing processing apparatus 110 includes a service charge database 111 that stores a charge connection service charge table by the communication line connection apparatus 10 in advance. This charge table shows, for example, charge data per unit time such as one minute for each type of mobile communication terminal 1 that has made a call and the communication terminal that is the destination, that is, for each mobile phone, PHS, and fixed phone. Has been. The fee data is set for each time zone such as a normal time zone and a discount time zone, and different unit prices may be set according to the length of the line connection time.
The billing processing apparatus 110 includes a customer management database (customer management DB) 112, which stores customer information necessary for billing related to the relay connection service. The customer information includes, for example, the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1 that can receive the relay connection service by the communication line connection device 10, the telephone number of the charging destination, the address and name of the charging destination, and the account number of the charging destination. And so on.

The billing processing apparatus 110 includes a customer registration unit 113 composed of a keyboard or the like so that customer information written in the application form can be registered in the customer management database 112 when applying for a relay connection service from a customer. It has become. The customer registration unit 113 can also correct or delete customer information stored in the customer management database 112.
Therefore, the customer information stored in the customer management database 112 is newly registered or rewritten. Therefore, customer information stored in the customer management database 112 is not reflected in the subscriber database 15. In order to solve this, the billing processing apparatus 110 includes a service order transmission unit 114. The service order transmission unit 114 causes the customer information stored in the customer management database 112 to be reflected in the subscriber database 15 at a predetermined date and time, for example, at midnight of each business day. For example, when a pair of a telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1 (corresponding to “caller telephone number”) and a billing telephone number is newly registered in the customer management database 112, it is separately registered as change information in advance. In addition, this can be realized by transmitting the separately registered change information to the communication line connection device 10 via the interface device 120 at a predetermined date and time.

  The billing processing apparatus 110 includes a call information receiving unit 115, a billing record creating unit 116, a charge calculating unit 117, a billing data creating unit 118, and a bill creating unit 119 as follows for billing processing. The call information reception unit 115 instructs the call information stored in the call information storage unit 20 of the communication line connection device 10 via the interface device 120 to be transmitted. Then, the call information storage unit 20 transmits the stored call information via the interface device 120. Therefore, the call information accepting unit 115 accepts the call information transmitted from the call information accumulating unit 20. Note that a storage unit equivalent to the call information storage unit 115 may be provided in the interface device 120 and may be acquired from this storage unit.

The billing record creation unit 116 extracts call information related to the line connection to be billed from the call information accepted by the call information acceptance unit 115, organizes the call information for each billing destination, and creates a billing record. When creating the billing record, it is also checked whether there are any omissions in each data item of the call information. Examples of data items include a billing destination number, a telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1, a telephone number of a destination, a line connection date and time, and a line connection time.
Here, the call information related to the line connection to be charged is actually extracted to the call information storage unit 20 because the other party of the destination does not respond, and the non-response call whose line connection time is 0 seconds, The connection request command unit 14 performs routing without performing number conversion by the number conversion unit 18, and calls other than the relay connection service such as a call in which the line connection unit 11 is connected to the line and a call for performing billing calculation in another communication network. This is because call information created by line connection by the line connection unit 11 is accumulated.
The fee calculation unit 117 calculates a communication fee based on the charging record created by the charging record creation unit 116 while referring to the fee table stored in the service fee database 111. At this time, the calculation is made based on the line connection date and time and the line connection time of the billing record.

The billing data creation unit 118 creates predetermined billing data based on the billing record created by the billing record creation unit 116 and the communication charge calculated by the charge calculation unit 117. At this time, the customer information, in particular, the name and address of the billing destination is obtained from the customer management database 112 and created.
The invoice creation unit 119 creates an invoice by printing the invoice data based on the invoice data created by the invoice data creation unit 118 so that it can be sent to the invoice destination.

  The communication line connection system 100 of the present invention is configured as described above, and as will be described below, a mobile communication terminal that can receive a relay connection service from the charging processing device 110 to the subscriber database 15 of the communication line connection device 10. The telephone number of the machine 1 is registered, and billing processing by the relay connection service is performed.

First, registration in the subscriber database 15 will be described.
When a communication carrier operating the communication line connection device 10 receives an application form in which necessary information is written from a customer, the operator operates the customer registration unit 113 to register customer information in the customer management database 112. To. Then, the service order transmission unit 114 transmits the billing number and caller number of the customer newly registered in the customer management database 112 to the communication line connection device 10 via the interface device 120. Receiving this transmission, the communication line connecting apparatus 10 registers the pair of the transmitted sender number and billing number in the subscriber database 15.
As described above, the customer can receive the relay connection service by the communication line connection device 10 and, as will be described later, established for the billing destination registered in the customer management database 112 by the relay connection service. You will be charged for the communication line.

Next, the accounting process will be described. The billing process is performed periodically such as every month.
The call information receiving unit 115 receives call information from the communication line connection device 10. At this time, the call information includes a billing number and a caller number.
Next, billing record creating section 116 creates a billing record based on the call information accepted by call information accepting section 115. At the time of creation, each data item of the call information is confirmed and only the call information generated by the call by the relay connection service is extracted. The accounting record created by the accounting record creation unit 116 is sent to the fee calculation unit 117.
Upon receiving the transmission of the billing record, the fee calculation unit 117 calculates the communication fee while accessing the service fee database 111 based on the billing record and referring to the fee table. The calculated result and the billing record are transmitted to the billing data creation unit 118.

Upon receiving this transmission, the billing data creation unit 118 accesses the customer management database 112 using the data item of the billing record as an index and the billing destination number as a reference, and acquires information related to the billing destination, for example, customer name and address To create billing data.
The created billing data is printed as a bill by the bill creation unit 119 and sent to the billing destination.

As described above, according to the communication line connection system 100, in order to provide the relay connection service by the communication line connection device 10, the caller number and the billing number can be registered in the subscriber database 15, and the relay Call charges generated by the connection service can be billed to a billing party different from the caller.
Here, the billing processing apparatus 110 shown in FIG. 4 shows a case in which the bill printed by the bill creation unit 119 is mailed to the billing destination. For example, billing data can be registered in the customer management database 112, and the billing amount can be withdrawn from a billing account in cooperation with an account withdrawal system (not shown). In this case, instead of creating billing data by the billing data creation unit 118, receipt data is created, and instead of printing the bill by the bill creation unit 119, a receipt is printed and sent to the billing destination. May be.

  As described above, as described in the first and second embodiments, in the communication line connection system 100 of the present invention, a specific carrier number and service additional number are attached to the destination telephone number from the mobile communication terminal 1. Thus, a relay connection service can be performed so as to pass through a specific communication network. At this time, the prefix number “0” is removed from the destination telephone number. As a result, with respect to a connection request from the mobile phone network 31 triggered by a call from one mobile communication terminal 1, the communication line connection device 10 relays and connects only the connection request for business use. With the network shown in FIG. 3, the source mobile communication terminal 1 and the destination communication terminal can be connected to each other via a line.

(Example of usage)
Next, an example of how the communication line connection system 100 is used will be described.
FIG. 5 shows a utilization form of the communication line connection system of the present invention. (A) shows a case where a communication line is established via the communication line connection system 100, and (b) shows a case where the communication line connection system 100 is established. This shows a case where a communication line is established without going through. In the following description, it is assumed that the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal 1 and the billing destination number are stored in the subscriber database 15 of the communication line connection device 10. The service additional number is “0”.

First, when the mobile communication terminal 1 of the transmission source makes a call by adding a specific carrier number “00XY” to the head of the telephone number “0ABCDEFGHJ” of the fixed communication terminal 2 as the communication terminal of the destination Will be explained.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 5A, the transmission side exchange in the mobile telephone network 31 selects a route with “00XY0ABCDEFGHJ” as the called number. As a result, since “00XY” is added as the called number, the mobile phone network 31 finally transmits a connection request signal to the communication line connection system 100.

The communication line connection system 100 receives the connection request signal, and first determines the called number and caller number by the called number confirmation determination unit 16 and the caller number confirmation determination unit 17, respectively. The conversion unit 18 converts the called number into a new arrival number “81ABCDEFGHJ”, and the command sending unit 19 instructs the overseas communication carrier network 40 to route “81ABCDEFGHJ” as the called number.
As a result, the overseas carrier network 40 instructs the fixed telephone network 32 to perform routing using “ABCDEFGHJ” as the called number after selecting the fixed telephone network 32, for example. As a result, the terminating exchange is finally selected. Then, the terminating exchange performs an incoming call process on the fixed communication terminal 2.

As described above, the control system of the terminating exchange is connected from the transmitting exchange, and the communication line L1 is established between the portable communication terminal 1 and the fixed communication terminal 2 as shown in FIG.
The mobile communication terminal 1 makes a call by adding “00XY” to the telephone number “0A0CDEFGHJK” (A, C to K are arbitrary natural numbers from 0 to 9) of the mobile communication terminal 3 as a destination. In this case, the communication line L2 is established between the portable communication terminal 1 and the portable communication terminal 3 as shown in FIG.
In this case, even if a call is made with the telephone number of the fixed communication terminal 2 or the portable communication terminal 3 as an incoming call destination, as described above, the charge processing device 110 of the communication line connection system 100 sends the mobile phone of the transmission source. The person who owns the communication terminal 1 is not charged for the communication fee for the relay connection service, but is charged to the billing destination stored in the customer management database 112.

Next, a case will be described in which the mobile communication terminal 1 of the transmission source makes a call only with the telephone number “0ABCDEFGHJ” of the fixed communication terminal 2 as the communication terminal of the destination.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 5B, the transmission side exchange in the mobile telephone network 31 selects the route with “0ABCDEFGHJ” as the called number. As a result, since “00XY” is not added to the called party number, the mobile telephone network 31 finally transmits a connection request signal to the fixed telephone network 32 as in the prior art. At this time, a relay network may be interposed between the mobile telephone network 31 and the fixed telephone network 32. When the fixed telephone network 32 receives the connection request signal, it finally selects the terminating exchange. The terminating exchange performs an incoming call process on the fixed communication terminal 2.

As described above, the control system of the terminating exchange is connected from the transmitting exchange, and the communication line L3 is established between the portable communication terminal 1 and the fixed communication terminal 2 as shown in FIG. Note that even when a call is made from the mobile communication terminal 1 only with the telephone number “0A0CDEFGHJK” of the mobile communication terminal 3 as a destination, the same procedure is followed, as shown in FIG. A communication line L4 is established between the mobile communication terminal 1 and the destination mobile communication terminal 3.
As described above, when a call is made with the fixed communication terminal 2 or the mobile communication terminal 3 as a destination, a specific carrier number is not attached, so the relay connection service by the communication line connection device 10 is not used. Therefore, the communication fee is charged to the person who owns the transmission source mobile communication terminal 1 as in the conventional case.

  As described above, the mobile communication terminal 1 makes a call with a specific business operator number so that the relay connection service by the communication line connection device 10 is used when the communication line is established. Therefore, a communication fee for the above-mentioned relay connection service is charged from the communication carrier operating the communication line connection device 10 to the billing destination registered in the customer management database 112 in advance. This communication charge is only a call charge and does not include a so-called monthly basic charge.

  On the other hand, when the mobile communication terminal 1 makes a call without attaching a specific business operator number, the relay connection service by the communication line connection device 10 is not used when the communication line is established. Therefore, a normal communication fee is charged to the user from the communication carrier contracted by the user using the mobile communication terminal 1. This communication charge includes a so-called basic charge in addition to the call charge.

  Therefore, for example, the company does not need to pay the basic monthly fee for the mobile phone terminal as compared with the conventional case where the company lent the mobile phone terminal to the employee for business use. Further, only a call charge generated only for business calls is billed by the communication carrier operating the communication line connection device 10. Therefore, communication costs can be greatly reduced for the company. On the other hand, there is no need for employees to carry two personal mobile communication terminals and mobile phone terminals lent by the company.

  In addition, compared to the conventional case where the company does not lend a mobile phone terminal to the employee, only the business call charge is charged for the company by the telecommunications carrier operating the communication line connection device 10. Therefore, it is not necessary to deal with the post-payment process from the employee as in the past. Thereby, it is possible to automatically clarify the communication cost. Therefore, it is possible to reduce only expenses for business calls that are actually occurring as expenses. On the other hand, employees do not need to pay for the company. Therefore, it is not necessary for the company and employees to perform any complicated settlement work.

It is a figure which shows typically the network by which the communication line connection apparatus of this invention was arrange | positioned. It is a functional block diagram of the communication line connection apparatus of the present invention. It is a figure which shows typically the network constructed | assembled by the communication line connection system which can also perform an accounting process with respect to the relay connection service by the communication line connection apparatus of FIG. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the billing processing apparatus of FIG. 3. 1 shows a utilization form of a communication line connection system according to the present invention, where (a) shows a case where a line connection is made via a communication line connection apparatus, and (b) shows a case where no connection is made via a communication line connection apparatus. It is.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile communication terminal 2 Fixed communication terminal (communication terminal)
3 Mobile communication terminal (communication terminal)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Communication line connection apparatus 11 Line connection part 12 Connection request reception part 13 Translation part 14 Connection request command part 15 Subscriber database 16 Called number confirmation judgment part 17 Caller number confirmation judgment part 18 Number conversion part 19 Command transmission part 20 Call information Storage unit 30 Domestic telecommunications carrier network 31 Mobile phone network 32 Fixed telephone network 40 Overseas telecommunications carrier network (specific communication network)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Communication line connection system 110 Charge processing apparatus 111 Service charge database 112 Customer management database 113 Customer registration part 114 Service order transmission part 115 Call information reception part 116 Charge record preparation part 117 Charge calculation part 118 Claim data preparation part 119 Invoice preparation part 120 Interface device

Claims (5)

Relay connection by receiving a connection request signal from the mobile phone network triggered by a call from the mobile communication terminal and making a connection request to the communication network that performs incoming call processing to the destination communication terminal A communication line connection device for providing a service,
A subscriber database in which the telephone numbers of mobile communication terminals that can receive the relay connection service are registered;
A connection request receiving unit for receiving a connection request signal from the mobile phone network;
A translation unit for translating the called number from the connection request signal received by the connection request receiving unit;
A called number confirmation determination unit for determining whether a specific business number and a service additional number are added to the called number translated by the translation unit;
A caller number confirmation determination unit for determining whether the caller number of the mobile communication terminal received together with the connection request signal in the connection request reception unit is registered in the subscriber database;
When a positive determination is made by the called number confirmation determination unit and the caller number confirmation determination unit, a connection request signal is transmitted from a specific communication network toward the destination communication terminal. A number conversion unit that converts a specific carrier number and service additional number to a transit number and converts the called number into a new arrival number;
A command sending unit for sending a command to the specific communication network so as to make a connection request toward a new arrival number converted by the number conversion unit;
A line connection unit for receiving a response to the command from the command sending unit from the specific communication network and performing line connection with each of the mobile phone network and the specific communication network;
A communication line connection device comprising:   Providing the relay connection service for calls where the specific carrier number is added to the head of the telephone number of the communication terminal by setting the transit number to “81” which is the country code of Japan The communication line connection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:   The connection request accepting unit accepts a connection request signal from the mobile phone network via a relay network, and the line connection unit makes a line connection with each of the specific communication network and the relay network. The communication line connection apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a relay connection is established between a mobile phone network and the communication terminal at the destination. The subscriber database includes a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal that can receive the relay connection service and a billing destination number that indicates a billing destination for the relay connection service by a call from the mobile communication terminal. And store
The caller number received by the connection request accepting unit is stored in the subscriber database, and the billing number corresponding to the caller number is stored in the subscriber database. The communication line connection device according to claim 1, wherein the person number confirmation determination unit determines. Relay connection by receiving a connection request signal from the mobile phone network triggered by a call from the mobile communication terminal and making a connection request to the communication network that performs incoming call processing to the destination communication terminal A communication line connection system comprising: a communication line connection device that performs a service; and a billing processing device that performs a billing process related to the relay connection service by the communication line connection device,
The communication line connecting device is
A subscriber database in which the telephone numbers of mobile communication terminals that can receive the relay connection service are registered;
A connection request receiving unit for receiving a connection request signal from the mobile phone network;
A translation unit for translating the called number from the connection request signal received by the connection request receiving unit;
A called number confirmation determination unit for determining whether a specific business number and a service additional number are added to the called number translated by the translation unit;
A caller number confirmation determination unit for determining whether the caller number of the mobile communication terminal received together with the connection request signal in the connection request reception unit is registered in the subscriber database;
When a positive determination is made by the called number confirmation determination unit and the caller number confirmation determination unit, a connection request signal is transmitted from a specific communication network toward the destination communication terminal. A number conversion unit that converts a specific carrier number and service additional number to a transit number and converts the called number into a new arrival number;
A command sending unit that sends a command to the specific communication network so as to make a connection request toward a new arrival number converted by the number conversion unit;
A line connection unit for receiving a response to the command from the command sending unit from the specific communication network and performing line connection with each of the mobile phone network and the specific communication network;
A time information relating to line connection by the line connection unit, a telephone number of a mobile communication terminal that has made a call, and a call information storage unit that stores, as call information, the telephone number of a destination communication terminal for the call; With
The billing processing device is
A service charge database storing a charge table related to the relay connection service, a call information receiving unit for receiving call information stored in the call information storage unit,
A billing record creating unit that extracts billing information to be billed from call information received by the call information receiving unit, organizes the call information for each billing destination, and creates a billing record;
A charge calculation unit that calculates a communication charge based on the charge record created by the charge record creation unit with reference to the charge table stored in the service charge database;
A billing data creation unit that creates billing data for each billing destination based on the communication fee calculated by the fee calculation unit and the billing record created by the billing record;
When the mobile communication terminal makes a call with the specific operator number and the service additional number, the line connection unit relay connects with each of the mobile phone network and the specific communication network, While establishing a communication line between the mobile communication terminal and the destination communication terminal, the billing processing device is used to charge the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal registered in the subscriber database. A communication line connection system for performing billing processing by the relay connection service.

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