JP3463709B2 - Billing address notification system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention bills a user who uses a public PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal in a premises communication system for collecting charges from the premises communication system. Prior notification method and system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A local communication system is a system for providing communication services by using a communication network provided for communication within a specific narrow range, and as a specific example, an extension line in an underpass or a facility. A telephone etc. are mentioned. In this type of local communication system, communication from a terminal connected to the local communication network via a public network (public communication network) (outside line transmission)
Many things are possible. In this case, at least one line of the public network is assigned to the local communication system, and the entire local communication system is regarded as one subscriber of the public network.

Therefore, when a terminal connected to the local communication network communicates through the public network, the public network operator charges the public network usage fee to the local communication network owner. I was billing collectively. Of course, it is necessary to use the local communication network when making the outside line,
When it is necessary to calculate the charge individually for each terminal, the charge is charged to the user of each terminal in a unique way based on the information that is managed by the local communication system. Will be. For example, at a hotel, at the time of check-out, the usage fee of the internal communication network is added to the usage fee of the public network, and this is charged to the user of the terminal (guest).

[0004] By the way, some of the above-mentioned in-house communication systems are provided with a wireless base station that covers communication with terminals in a predetermined area (wireless communication area) by wireless communication. In a communication system,
Cordless terminals existing in the wireless communication area can communicate with each other via the wireless base station. In addition to the cordless terminal used in the above-mentioned private communication system, the PHS terminal used in the public network (hereinafter,
There is also a public PHS terminal). This public PHS terminal can enjoy the PHS service only in the service area provided by the facility installed by the public network operator.

[0005]

By the way, public PHS
If the terminal can use the existing wireless base station of the local communication network and the local communication network is connected to the public network, the public network operator does not have to install a new wireless base station. The PHS service can be physically provided to the public PHS terminal within the wireless communication area covered by the local communication system.

However, as is clear from the above description, conventionally, only the public network operator (telecommunication operator) manages the information about the billing as the contractor information, and the ownership of the local communication system. I did not cooperate with the person. In other words, the owner of the local communication system was only in charge of billing and payment as one contractor of the telecommunications carrier. Therefore, when the owner of the local communication system wants to allow a third party to make an outside line call and to charge a fee for the corresponding communication, the owner of the local communication system uses the information in advance. It was necessary to identify the person, determine the means for collecting the charges, and then bill the user directly based on the charge calculation of the local communication system and collect the charges.

For this reason, the owner of the local communication system cannot permit communication to users whose charge collection means are unknown, and therefore, an unspecified number of users from the local communication system premises. Was unable to communicate. Therefore, even if it is physically possible for a user of a public PHS terminal to enter the wireless communication area of the private network and enjoy the PHS service of the public network through the private communication system, Since there is no means for the owner to identify the user and to charge the user for the usage fee of the private network, the public PHS terminal is eventually used in the wireless communication area of the private network. I couldn't.

[0008] Of course, it is possible that the owner of the local communication system arranges the information for identifying the owner of the public PHS terminal in its own equipment in advance, like the public network operator. However, the amount of information is enormous, and a great deal of labor is required to maintain and manage it. Therefore, its operation was virtually impossible. Further, since part of the communication line is wireless, it is difficult to identify the owner of the public PHS terminal in the local communication system.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is different from the owner of the public PHS terminal used in the wireless communication area of the private communication system with respect to the owner of the private communication system. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for notifying a charging party to notify the charging system of the owner of a public PHS terminal to the local communication system so that the customer can directly collect the charging fee.

[0010]

[0011]

A billing-destination notification system according to claim 1 comprises a public network for providing a personal handyphone system service, and a standardized wireless system, which is provided with an exchange and a billing information management device. On a communication network composed of a wireless base station that communicates with a mobile terminal in a local wireless communication area and a local communication network including a local communication system, a public personal handy device existing in the local wireless communication area. A billing destination notifying system for notifying the private network communication system of a billing destination of a communication charge by the terminal / phone system terminal when using the public network, wherein the exchange is the private network communication system. A signal processing unit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from, and a first storage unit storing a line information table including information on the owner of the local area communication network. And information based on the information in the line information table, which is capable of identifying the terminal and is supplied from the local communication system, and is supplied from the charge information management device. A first control unit which notifies the billing destination information to the local communication system, and the charge information management device,
A local communication system authentication table including authentication information for performing authentication of the local communication system, and a contract information table including permission / non-permission of billing destination notification to the local communication system and fee charging destination information. And a second control unit that operates based on the information supplied from the first control unit and the tables stored in the second storage unit. Is trying to use the personal handyphone system service via the local communication system and the billing destination notification request is supplied from the local communication system to the first control unit, The control unit of No. 1 determines whether or not to permit the billing destination notification request from the local system based on the information in the line information table, and the billing destination notification request is permitted. If there is a billing destination notification request, the terminal number capable of specifying the terminal and the identification information capable of specifying the local communication system are supplied to the second control unit, The second control unit authenticates the local communication system, and only when the notification of the charging destination to the local communication system for the terminal is permitted, the charging destination information for the terminal is set to the first charging information. 1 is supplied to the control unit. The billing destination notification system according to claim 2 includes a switchboard and a billing information management device, a public network that provides a personal handyphone system service, and a standardized wireless system within a local wireless communication area. On a communication network composed of a wireless base station for communicating with a mobile terminal and a local communication network including a local communication system, a public personal handyphone system terminal existing in the local wireless communication area is A billing destination notifying system for notifying the private branch communication system of a billing destination of a communication charge by the terminal when using a network, wherein the exchange sends and receives a signal to and from the private branch communication system. A signal processing unit, a first storage unit that stores a line information table including information about the owner of the local area communication network, and the local area communication system. Information which can identify the terminal supplied from the system and information based on the information in the line information table is supplied to the charge information management device, and the charge billing destination information supplied from the charge information management device is stored in the premises. A first control unit for notifying a local communication system, and the charge information management device includes a local communication system authentication information table including authentication information for authenticating the local communication system, and the local communication. Second storage means for storing whether or not the terminal can be called in the system, information indicating whether or not the billing destination notification to the local communication system is permitted, and a contract information table including the billing destination information A second control unit that operates based on the information supplied from the first control unit and the tables stored in the second storage unit. When the terminal attempts to use the personal handyphone system service via the local communication system and the billing destination notification request is supplied from the local communication system to the first control unit, The first control unit determines, based on the line information table, whether or not the billing-destination notification request is permitted for the line that has received the billing-destination notification request. The fact that a notification request has been made and the information supplied from the local area communication system that can identify the terminal and the information based on the information in the line information table are supplied to the second control unit, and the second control is performed. The department determines whether or not the call origination of the terminal in the local communication system and the billing destination notification to the local communication system regarding the terminal are permitted, and then the local communication system. The authentication information necessary for the authentication work of the local communication system is transmitted from the authentication information table to the first control unit, and the first control unit uses the authentication information to perform the authentication of the local communication system, 2 to the second control unit, the second control unit provides the billing destination information to the first control unit based on the authentication result, and the first control unit transmits the provided billing destination information to the local system. It is characterized by supplying to.

[0012]

According to the above method and system, when the public personal handyphone system terminal attempts to use the personal handyphone system service via the local communication system, the public network side provides Whether or not to notify the billing destination to the local communication system is determined based on the information stored in advance. Then, when the billing destination notification to the terminal is permitted, the billing destination information corresponding to the terminal is notified to the local communication system.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The billing destination notification system according to the present embodiment is a public P in the wireless area of the local communication system.
In order for the owner of the on-premises communication system to directly bill for the communication made using the HS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal, the billing destination information is sent from the public network operator on the in-house communication system. The system will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of a billing destination notifying system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a public PHS terminal used in a public network. It is called 1. Basically, the above PS
-The PHS service is provided through 1, the local communication network and the public network. In the premises communication network, 2 is a wireless base station that transmits and receives signals between the PS.1 and the premises communication network, and 3 is a premises communication system, which transmits signals between the premises communication network and the public network. It has a function as an interface unit for transmitting and receiving.

On the other hand, the public network is provided with an automatic exchange (hereinafter referred to as an exchange) and a charge information management device. In the exchange, 4 is a signal processing unit for transmitting and receiving signals between the private network and the public network, and has a function as an interface unit between them. In the exchange,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a control unit (first control unit) that controls each part of the exchange as a central part of the exchange, and 6 relates to an owner of a local area communication network that has a contract with a public network operator to use a billing destination notification function. It is a line information table including information, and the control unit 5
It is stored in the first storage means (not shown) controlled by the.

In the charge information management device, reference numeral 7 is a control unit (second control unit) for controlling each part of the charge information management device as a central part, and also has a function as an interface part with the exchange. . Further, in the charge information management device, 8 is contract information of PS / 1, in the present embodiment, at least P in the local communication system 3
A contract information table including information indicating whether or not to permit S1 external line transmission and notification of the billing destination to the local communication system 3 related to the PS / 1, and 9 is an authentication required for the authentication work for the local communication system 3. This is a local communication system authentication information table consisting of information, and each table 8, 9
Are stored in a second storage unit (not shown) controlled by the control unit 7.

The operation of the billing destination notification system having the above-mentioned configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. 2 and 3 are process diagrams for explaining the operation of the billing destination notifying system according to the present embodiment. PS ・ 1,
When existing in the wireless communication area of the wireless base station 2 and using the PHS service of the public network via the private network, in step SA1 of FIG. A request for notification of the charge request to PS-1 is made. Specifically, a charge request destination notification request signal is sent from the local communication system 3 to the signal processing unit 4.

The signal processing unit 4, which has received the request signal for requesting notification of billing destination, notifies the control unit 5 in step SA2 that there is a request requesting notification of billing destination for the PS-1 from the local communication system 3. To do. Upon receiving this notification, the control unit 5 requests the first storage means (not shown) for information as to whether or not to permit the billing destination notification request from the local communication system 3. Specifically, the line information table 6 stored in the first storage means is searched,
The line information corresponding to the local communication system 3 is supplied to the control unit 5. That is, the control unit 5 obtains information (charge billing party notification permission information) as to whether or not the billing party notification request from the local communication system 3 should be permitted.

Next, in step SA3, the controller 5
Determines whether the billing destination notification function can be provided based on the billing destination notification permission information. If the result of this determination is "NO", then the billing destination is not notified to PS-1 and PS-1 cannot use the PHS service. On the contrary, if the determination result is “YES”, the process proceeds to step SA4. In step SA4, the control unit 5 notifies the control unit 7 that there is a billing destination notification request for PS / 1 from the local communication system 3, the terminal number of PS / 1 and the local communication system 3.
Transfer identification information.

The information transferred here is received by the control unit 7 of the charge information management device in step SB1 of FIG. Next, in step SB2, the control unit 5 refers to the contract information table 8 stored in the second storage means (not shown) based on the information transferred from the exchange,
Information (payment / destination notification permission information) indicating whether or not the PS-1 transmission in the local communication system 3 and the billing destination notification to the local communication system 3 is permitted is acquired.

Next, in step SB3, the control section 5
Based on the information acquired in step SB2, it is determined whether or not the billing destination notification to the local area communication system 3 regarding PS-1 is permitted. This judgment result is "NO"
If so, the process proceeds to step SB4, where the fact that the billing destination notification is not permitted is notified to the local area communication system 3 via the exchange. Therefore, in this case, PS-1 cannot use the PHS service.

On the contrary, if the determination result is "YES", the process proceeds to step SB5. In step SB5, the control unit 7 refers to the local area communication system authentication information table 9 stored in the second storage means (not shown), and confirms the legitimacy of the local area communication system 3 requesting the billing destination notification. Acquire the authentication information required to confirm. next,
In step SB6, the control unit 7 requests the control unit 5 of the exchange to carry out the authentication work of the local area communication system 3 based on the authentication information acquired in step SB5.

As a result, the control unit 5 of the exchange carries out the authentication work of the local communication system 3 via the signal processing unit 4 and sends the authentication result to the control unit 7. During this period, the control unit 7 of the fee information management device prepares to receive the authentication result. Then, when the authentication result is received, the control unit 7 determines in step SB8 whether the authentication is normally performed, that is, whether the local area communication system 3 is a legitimate system. If the result of this determination is "NO", then the procedure goes to step SB9, where the fact that the local area communication system 3 is not valid, that is, the fact that the authentication result is "NG", is transferred to the control unit 5 of the exchange. . Therefore, in this case, not only PS / 1 but also any public PHS terminal cannot use the PHS service via the local communication system 3.

On the contrary, if the above determination result is "YES", the process proceeds to step SB10. Step SB10
Then, the control unit 7 of the charge information management device refers to the contract information table 8 and acquires the charge billing destination information of the PS-1 that intends to use the PHS service. Then, in step SB11, the control unit 7 sends the billing destination information acquired in step SB10 to the control unit 5 of the exchange. This billing destination information is notified to the local communication system 3 via the signal processing unit 4, whereby the private communication system 3 can directly bill the owner of the PS-1. It will be possible. After that, outside line transmission by PS.1 from the wireless communication area of the local communication system 3 is permitted.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, whether or not the billing destination communication request from the local communication system 3 can be permitted when the PS-1 makes an external call from the local communication system 3. Is determined by the exchange and the charge information management device, and the charge request destination notification request is permitted, and the charge request destination information of the PS 1 concerned is transferred to the private communication system only when the private communication system 3 is a legitimate system. Since the system 3 is notified and thereafter the outside line transmission by the PS. 1 is permitted, the wireless communication area of the local area communication system 3 that does not hold the charge billing information for an unspecified number of PS 1. It is possible for the owner of the local communication system 3 to directly bill for the outside line transmission.

Therefore, it becomes possible to use the PS.1, which was conventionally connectable only to the public network, in the wireless communication area of the local communication system 3. For this reason,
It is not necessary to provide a radio base station for PHS service in the service area of a local communication system having a radio base station capable of physically communicating with PS.1, and PHS can be easily performed.
The service area of the service can be expanded.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When a public personal handyphone system terminal attempts to use a personal handyphone system service via a local communication system, the public network side sends a billing destination notification to the terminal to the local communication system. Whether to accept is determined based on the information stored in advance. Then, when the billing destination notification to the terminal is permitted, the billing destination information corresponding to the terminal is notified to the local communication system. Therefore, even in the case of billing for communication in a specific local communication system in which users having unspecified large numbers of public PHS terminals gather, the local communication system owner directly bills and collects the charges to the billing destination. There is an effect that it becomes possible to carry out work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a billing destination notifying system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a processing diagram for explaining the operation of the system.

FIG. 3 is a processing diagram for explaining the operation of the system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... PS (Public Personal Handyphone System Terminal), 2 ... Wireless base station, 3 ... In-house communication system, 4 ...
Signal processing unit, 5 ... Control unit (first control unit), 6 ... Line information table, 7 ... Control unit (second control unit), 8 ... Contract information table, 10 ... Local communication system authentication information table.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shinya Ayukawa 1-1-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Inside Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (56) Reference JP-A-5-300093 (JP, A) JP-A 3-91356 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04M 15/00-15/38

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An exchange and a charge information management device are provided,
Consists of a public network that provides personal handyphone system services, and a premises communication network equipped with a wireless base station and a premises communication system that communicate with mobile terminals within the premises wireless communication area by a standardized wireless system. When a public personal handyphone system terminal existing in the local wireless communication area uses the public network, the destination of the communication fee charged by the terminal is notified to the local communication system. Is a billing destination notification system for storing the line information table including information of a signal processing unit that transmits and receives a signal to and from the local area communication system, and the owner of the local area communication network. The first storage means, the information capable of specifying the terminal supplied from the local area communication system, and the information of the line information table. With the Zui information supplied to the charge information managing device,
A first control unit for notifying the local communication system of the charge billing destination information supplied from the charge information management device, wherein the charge information management device performs authentication for authenticating the local communication system. Second storage means for storing a local communication system authentication table including information, and a contract information table including permission / non-permission of a billing destination notification to the local communication system and a billing destination information; A second control unit that operates based on the information supplied from the control unit and the tables stored in the second storage unit, wherein the terminal is configured to operate the personal computer via the local communication system. When the charge request destination notification request is supplied from the local communication system to the first controller, the first controller is attempted to use the handyphone system service. Judges whether or not the billing destination notification request from the local system is permitted based on the information in the line information table. If the billing destination notification request is permitted, the billing destination notification request is issued. Is supplied, a terminal number that can identify the terminal, and identification information that can identify the local communication system are supplied to the second control unit, and the second control unit controls the local communication system. Authentication information is provided and the billing destination information for the terminal is supplied to the first control unit only when the billing destination notification for the terminal to the local communication system is permitted. Billing destination notification system. 2. An exchange and a charge information management device are provided,
Consists of a public network that provides personal handyphone system services, and a premises communication network equipped with a wireless base station and a premises communication system that communicate with mobile terminals within the premises wireless communication area by a standardized wireless system. When a public personal handyphone system terminal existing in the local wireless communication area uses the public network, the destination of the communication fee charged by the terminal is notified to the local communication system. Is a billing destination notification system for storing the line information table including a signal processing unit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from the local area communication system, and a line information table including information of an owner of the local area communication network. Based on the information for identifying the terminal supplied from the local communication system, and the information in the line information table. The charge information management device, and a first control unit for notifying the premises communication system of the charge billing destination information supplied from the charge information management device. A local communication system authentication information table including authentication information for authenticating the local communication system, whether or not a terminal in the local communication system can make a call, and a billing destination notification to the local communication system is allowed. Second storage means for storing information indicating whether or not the information is charged, and a contract information table including billing destination information, and information stored from the first control section and the second storage means. A second control unit that operates based on each of the tables stored in the personal handyphone system via the local area communication system. When the charge billing destination notification request is supplied from the local area communication system to the first control unit, the first control unit notifies the charge billing destination based on the line information table. It is determined whether or not the billing destination notification request is permitted for the line that has received the request, and if it is permitted, the fact that the billing destination notification request is made and the terminal supplied from the local communication system And information based on the information in the line information table are supplied to the second control unit, and the second control unit originates the call in the local communication system of the terminal and the local communication related to the terminal. After determining whether the billing destination notification to the system is permitted or not, the first control of the authentication information required for the authentication work of the local communication system from the local communication system authentication information table is performed. The first control unit authenticates the local communication system using the authentication information, and sends the result to the second control unit. The second control unit performs the first authentication based on the authentication result. The billing destination notification system, wherein the billing destination information is provided to the control unit, and the first control unit supplies the provided billing destination information to the local system.