JPH01206767A - Credit call system for mobile telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To give a credit call service without a special register operation by determining the mobile telephone, to which a mobile telephone number is given, as the charging object of the credit service in accordance with this mobile telephone number and a password number which a calling subscriber sends. CONSTITUTION:When a special number discriminating means 100 discriminates the special number which is sent from a calling subscriber 5 and is preliminarily determined for mobile telephone credit call a number sending request means 200 request said subscriber 5 to send a mobile telephone number(MDN), a password number(CDN), and a connection destination telephone number(DDN). A charging object determining means 300 determines the mobile telephone, to which said MDN is given, as the charging object of the credit call in accordance with the MDN and the CDN sent from the subscriber 5. A credit charging means 500 charges the charge for the service of the call, which is connected by a connection setting means 400, to said mobile telephone. Consequently, the credit call with the mobile telephone as the charging object is executed without a special register operation.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a credit calling system for car phones, the present invention aims to enable credit calling services for car phones to be charged without performing special registration operations. special number identification means for identifying a special number predetermined for a car telephone credit call sent by a calling subscriber;
A number sending request means for requesting the calling subscriber who has sent the special number to send the car phone number, PIN number and connection destination phone number; billing target determining means for determining the billing target as a car telephone to which a car telephone number has been assigned; connection setting means for connecting the calling subscriber to the called party using a connection destination telephone number sent by the calling subscriber; The system is configured to provide a credit charging means for charging a call fee for a call connected by a connection setting means to a car telephone without charging a calling subscriber.

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a Fresiso I call system, and particularly to a credit call system for car phones intended for car phones.

2. Description of the Related Art A so-called credit calling system is in use as one method of charging charges when making a call, in which calls made from any telephone are charged to a specific pre-registered subscriber.

It is desired that this type of Talesino l-call system be easily applicable to car telephones as well.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional credit calling system.

In FIG. 4, the telephone network 1 includes a credit card line.
A credit telephone exchange 2 that provides services and a car telephone network 3 that provides car phone services are provided.

When a subscriber 5 who wishes to use the credit call service dials a special number predetermined for credit call registration, the subscriber 5 is connected to the Freshiso I call exchange 2 via the telephone network 1.

The credit telephone exchange 2 is connected to a network (NW 2).
1 to the calling subscriber 5 via an automatic answering trunk (ART
) 22 and sends back to the calling subscriber 5 guidance requesting transmission of the registered telephone number RDN to be charged for the credit phone call and the password CDN for confirming the caller of the credit phone call.

The calling subscriber 5 follows the guidance to register the phone for half a month RD.
When N and password CDN are sent by operating the pushbutton dial A/L, the watercress I telephone exchange 2 transmits the registered telephone number RDN received via the PB receiver (PBR) 23.
and the password CDN are registered in the processing system (CP) 24.

Thereafter, subscriber 5 makes a call from any telephone accommodated in telephone network 1 in order to make a credit call to subscriber 6,
When the special number for credit call connection is dialed, the calling subscriber 5 is connected to the credit call exchange 2 via the telephone network 1.

The credit telephone exchange 2 connects the calling subscriber 5 to the automatic answering trunk 22 via the network 21, and registers the registered telephone number RDN=PIN code CDN and the connected telephone number D.
A guidance requesting transmission of the DN is sent back to the calling subscriber 5.

Calling subscriber 5 or follow the guidance to register phone number RD
N. When you press the PIN code CDN and the connection destination phone number DDN and send it by operating the button dial, the watercress I call exchange m2 transmits the registered phone number RDN and PIN code CDN received via the PB receiver 23 to the processing system. Check the registered phone number RDN and PIN code CDN registered within 24 days and receive the registered phone number RDN and PIN code C.
When it is determined that the DN has been registered, the calling subscriber 5 is connected to the called subscriber 6 determined by the received connection destination telephone number DDN, and a call is made possible.

The regisoto telephone exchange 2 charges the credit call charge CDK between the calling subscriber 5 and the called subscriber 6 to the registered telephone number RDN without charging the calling subscriber 5.

On the other hand, mobile phones (MS) subscribed to car phone network 3
S) When registering 7 as a billing target for credit phone calls, it is necessary to perform the same registration operation as described above with the phone number of car phone 7 as the registered phone number RDN.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As is clear from the explanation in Part 2, the conventional watercress I.
In the call system, if the car phone 7 is to be charged for the Freciso l-call service, it is necessary to register the car phone number as the registered phone number RDN.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to make it possible to implement a credit call service that charges automobile telephones without performing any special registration operations.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, numeral 4 is a mobile telephone exchange to which the present invention is applied, 5 is a calling subscriber, and 6 is a called subscriber.

100 is a special number identification means provided in the mobile telephone exchange 4 according to the present invention.

Reference numeral 200 denotes a number sending request means installed in the car telephone exchange 4 according to the present invention.

Reference numeral 300 denotes billing target determining means provided in the mobile telephone exchange 4 according to the present invention.

400 is a connection setting means provided in the mobile telephone exchange 4 according to the present invention.

Reference numeral 500 denotes a credit charging means provided in the mobile telephone exchange 4 according to the present invention.

[Effect]

The special number identification means 100 identifies a special number sent by the calling subscriber 5 and predetermined for use in car telephone credit calls.

The number transmission request means 200 requests the calling subscriber 5 who has transmitted the special number to transmit the mobile phone number MDN, the personal identification number CDN, and the destination telephone number DDN.

The billing target one talk determining unit 300 determines that the billing target for the credit call is the car phone to which the car phone number MDN is assigned, based on the car phone number MDN and the personal identification number CDN sent by the calling subscriber 5.

The connection setting means 400 connects the calling subscriber 5 to the calling subscriber 5.
Connect to the connection destination telephone number DDN sent by .

The credit card billing means 500 charges the mobile telephone for the call connected by the connection setting means 400 without charging the calling subscriber 5.

Therefore, it becomes possible to perform a telephony call for which the mobile phone is charged without performing a new registration operation, thereby improving convenience for the owner of the mobile phone.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a mobile phone exchange according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the credit call billing process in FIG. 2. Note that the same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures.

In FIG. 2, special number identification means 1 in FIG.
00 by the special number identification section 471, and the number transmission requesting section 472 as the number transmission requesting means 200 in FIG.
However, the charging object determining section 473 is used as the charging object determining means 300 in FIG. 1, the connection setting section 474 is used as the connection setting means 400 in FIG. 1, and the credit charging section 4 is used as the credit charging means 500 in FIG.
75 is provided within the central processing unit (CPU) 47.

In Figures 2 and 3, car telephone exchange @ 4
C. In the storage device (MEM) 4B, a password CDN is pre-registered as car phone subscriber information MSD indicating the attributes of the car phone, in addition to the car phone number MDN and area number L■.

In this state, subscriber 5 who owns mobile phone (MSS) 7 assigned a mobile phone number MDN makes a call from any telephone accommodated in telephone network 1 in order to make a credit call to subscriber 6. special number for car phone credit call connection (e.g. car phone identification number 030)
+ Area number LI + Special number for credit card calls 1427)
When dialing , the calling subscriber 5 is connected via the telephone network 1 to the incoming trunk (ICT) 42 of the mobile telephone exchange 4 determined by the local number LI.

In the car telephone exchange 4, a special number identification unit 471 in the central processing unit 47 transmits the called party's trunk 42 to the PB receiver (PBR) 44 via the network (NW) 41.
When the special number for credit calls (1427) sent from the calling subscriber 5 is received and analyzed via the PB receiver 44 and identified as the special number for credit calls (14, 27) (the third Figure step S1), number transmission request section 4
Start up 72.

The activated number sending request unit 472 sends the number to the network 41
The automatic answering trunk (ART) 45 is connected to the called party trunk 42 via the automatic answering trunk 45, and guidance is generated from the automatic answering trunk 45 to request transmission of the mobile phone number MDN to be charged for the credit call. (Step S2).

The calling subscriber 5 enters the car phone number M according to the guidance.
Press DN and operate the jζ dial to send.
After receiving the car telephone number MDN arriving at the incoming trunk 42 via the PB receiver (PBR) 44 (step S3), the number transmission requesting unit 472 subsequently requests the automatic response I-rank 45 to transmit the PIN number CDN. Generate the requested guidance and send it back to the calling subscriber 5 (Step 7)
4. ).

When the calling subscriber 5 presses the PIN CDN according to the guidance and operates the button dial to send it, the PIN CD arrives at the rank 42 in the number sending request section 472.
Step S5) to receive N via the PB receiver 44;
The billing target determining unit 473 is activated.

The activated billing target determining unit 473 stores the received mobile phone number MDN and password CDN in the storage device (ME).
M) Car phone subscriber information 9 [jMSD registered car phone number MDN and PIN code CD]
When it is confirmed that it has been registered by checking with N (step S6),
The mobile phone 7 to which the mobile phone number MDN has been assigned is determined as the subject of billing for the credit call requested by the calling subscriber 5 (Step Nobu S9).

Next, the number sending request unit 472 sends the automatic response trunk 45
A guidance requesting transmission of the connection destination telephone number DDN is generated and returned to the calling subscriber 5 (step S9).
).

The calling subscriber 5 follows the guidance to connect to the telephone number D.
When the user presses DN and operates the button dial to send it, the number sending request unit 472 starts the connection setting unit 474 in order to receive the connection destination telephone number DDN arriving at the incoming trunk 42 via the PB receiver 44 (step 510). do.

The activated connection setting unit 474 sets an outgoing trunk (OC) to the called subscriber 6 based on the received connection destination telephone number DDN.
T) 43 is selectively captured and output via the network 41.
- An incoming connection that connects the incoming I-rank 42 and outgoing trunk 43 via the network 41 after connecting the rank 43 and the multi-frequency transmitter (MFS) 4.6 and transmitting the received connection destination telephone number DDN. At the same time as executing the process (step 311), the credit call billing trunk memory CGM in the record a device 48 is captured, and the automobile telephone number MDN, PIN code CDN, and connection destination telephone number DDN received from the calling subscriber 5 are captured. The credit call charge is stored in the trunk memory CGM, and the credit charge unit 475 is activated.

The activated Cresso I/charging unit 475 calculates the charging index KTX determined by the connected telephone number DDN and stores it in the credit call charging trunk memory CGM, and further transmits the response signal from the called subscriber 6 to the outgoing trunk 43. Upon arrival, the response time TA is credited to the call charging trunk memory C.
It is stored in the GM (step 513).

The registration billing unit 475 prevents the answer signal that has arrived at the outgoing rank 43 from being relayed to the incoming trunk 42, thereby preventing the imposition of call charges on the calling subscriber 5 (step 514).

When the call between the calling subscriber 5 and the called subscriber 6 ends, the credit charging unit 475 stores the call end time TR in the credit call charging trunk memory CGM, and then stores it in the credit call charging trunk memory CGM. Step 515
, credit call charging 1-Charging is performed on the mobile phone number MDN stored in the rank memory C0M (step 816).

As is clear from the above description, according to the present embodiment, the subscriber 5 who owns the car phone 7 can make calls from any phone subscribed to the telephone network 1 without having to register the car phone 7 for credit card calls. special number for car phone credit call connection (in the previous example, car phone identification number 030+
Dial (local area number Ll + special number for credit card calls 1427), then follow the guidance sent back from the car telephone exchange 4 to enter the car phone number MDN and PIN code CD.
By dialing N and the destination phone number DDN, the car telephone exchange 4 connects the car phone 7 to Cresso!
The telephone charge CDK is charged to the telephone set used by the subscriber 5, and charging to the telephone set used by the subscriber 5 is prevented.

Note that FIGS. 2 and 3 are only one embodiment of the present invention, and for example, the car phone subscriber information MSD is limited to that stored in the car phone exchange 4 to which the calling subscriber 5 is connected. It is considered that the data is stored in other mobile telephone exchanges (e.g. home memory stations) without being stored in
In such a case, the effect of the present invention remains unchanged by transferring the billing data to the home memory station using the known remote file access control provided in the mobile telephone exchange 4. In addition, the determination of the car phone 7 to be charged is not limited to checking only the car phone number MDN and PIN code CDN, but also includes the local area number LI, which is known only to the car phone owner. Many other modifications may be considered, such as, but the effects of the present invention remain the same in any case.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned car telephone exchange, it is possible to make a credit call for which the car phone is to be charged without performing a new registration operation, thereby improving convenience for the car phone owner.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a car telephone exchange according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the credit call billing process in FIG. 2, and FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional credit calling system. In the figure, ■ is the telephone network, 2 is the credit card exchange,
3 is a mobile phone network, 4 is a mobile phone exchange, 5 is a calling subscriber, 6 is a called subscriber, 7 is a mobile phone (MSS), 2
1 and 41 are network (NW), 22 and 45
is an automatic response trunk (ART>, 23 and 44 are P
B receiver (PBR), 24 is a processing system device (CP), 42
43 is the incoming trunk (ICT), and 43 is the outgoing trunk (OCT)
, 46 is a multi-frequency transmitter (MFS), 47 is a central processing unit (CPU), 4B is a storage device (MEM), 100 is a special number identification means, 200 is a number sending request means, 300
400 is a charging target fi determining means; 400 is a connection setting means; 47
1 is a special number identification section, 472 is a number transmission request section, 473
is the billing target determination section, 474 is the connection setting section, 475 is the credit billing section, 6.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a car telephone exchange (4), special number identification means (100) for identifying a special number predetermined for car phone credit calls sent by a calling subscriber (5); a number sending request means (200) for requesting the calling subscriber (5) who sent the number to send a mobile telephone number (MDN), a personal identification number (CDN), and a destination telephone number (DDN); The above-mentioned automobile telephone number (
Billing target determining means (300) for determining the billing target for credit phone calls to be the car phone to which the mobile phone number (MDN) is assigned, based on the mobile phone number (MDN) and the personal identification number (CDN).
and connection setting means (400) for connecting the calling subscriber (5) to the called subscriber (6) using a destination telephone number (DDN) sent by the calling subscriber (5); A car telephone characterized in that it is provided with a credit charging means (500) for charging the car telephone a call fee for a call connected by the connection setting means (400) without charging the calling subscriber (5). Credit calling method.