KR100260082B1 - Method for recording call charge rate in a switching system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A charging service recording method in an exchanger is provided to improve a stability of a system and a charging data as well as a general stability of an exchanger as extending a capacity of a charging recording by using the first and the second portable disk units having a plurality of portable disks as a charging service recording device. CONSTITUTION: When a command is inputted through an input and output unit from an operator, it is determined whether the command is for performing a charging service recording(302). If it is a command for performing a service in a charging mode, the first disk controller determines whether the first portable disk unit is recording the charging service(304). If the first portable disk unit is not recording a charging service, the first disk controller determines whether an error has occurred in the first portable disk unit(306). If there is no error in the first portable disk unit, the first disk controller determines whether the first portable disk unit is in a block state(308). If the first portable disk unit is not in a block state, the first disk controller determines whether the first portable disk unit is in a non-mounted state(310). If the first portable disk part is not in a non-mounted state, the first disk controller determines whether the first portable disk unit is in testing(312). If the first portable disk unit is not in text, the first disk controller opens the first portable disk unit set for recording a charging service(314). The first disk controller determines whether there are charging data in the first portable disk unit(316). If no charging data exists in the first portable disk unit, the first disk controller tests the first portable disk unit to determine whether the first portable disk unit is normally operated(318). If the first portable disk unit is normally operated, the first disk controller formats the first portable disk unit to create a file, inputs header information for initialization(322). The first disk controller detects completion of the charging service recording and transmits a command that a message informing a command processor of the completion to the input and output unit. Then, the input and output unit displays the completion to inform the operator of it(324).

Description

How to record the billing service at the exchange

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a charging service recording method at an exchange in an electronic switch, and in particular, charging data and system data generated at the electronic switchboard are transferred to a removable disk made of a fixed disk and a portable disk. The present invention relates to a charging service recording method in an exchange.

As is well known in the art, all of the data that occurs in an all-electronic exchange system is stored on a magnetic tape.

The use of magnetic tape in an electronic switching system serves as a recording of billing data, a back-up of package data, a dump of package data, and a package data backup.

However, in the prior art, the billing data is an important data, but the conventional magnetic tape is difficult to recognize in the computer, and even if the analysis is normal, the billing data is less accurate, so the reliability of the billing data is lower and the capacity is smaller than the size. There was a fault that was inconvenient to carry.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and in order to restore the reliability of the stored data, the recording medium of the stored data is duplicated into an erasable disk, which simplifies the processing of data storage and speeds up the system. The objective is to provide a charging service recording method in an exchange that activates and reliably preserves data.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention receives an instruction from an operator, connects it to an exchange, finds out the state of the exchange, and operates the exchange. A command processing unit that translates the machine language into a machine language and provides the necessary information to the input / output unit and displays it to the operator, and stores the changed number and operation mode of the disk, receives the charging data under the control of the command processing unit, and stores the charging data, respectively. Billing data storage unit that provides information to the disk unit, a disk state management unit that detects abnormal state information in the event of hardware failure, a portable disk unit for easy backup, removable disk unit, disk-to-disk copy and file copy Perform backups, perform backups, and In a switch system comprising a disk control unit which checks and controls capacity during write and backup operations, determining whether the command is a charging service recording execution command when a command is inputted through an input / output unit from an operator; In the case where a command to perform service in the mode is input, the charging service recording execution command is input to the corresponding disk controller, the first judging step of judging whether the charging service is possible, and the judging of the first judging step. And if the charging data does not exist in the portable disk device, the second determining step of determining whether the charging data is present in the portable disk device, and if the charging data does not exist in the portable disk device. Test the portable disk unit to In the third judging step of judging, and in the case of operating normally by judging in the third judging step, the disk control unit initializes the portable disk device and releases an alarm, and the disk control unit detects that the charging service recording is terminated and input / output. The department provides a charging service recording method in the exchange, comprising the step of displaying that the execution is completed.

1 is a block diagram of an exchange suitable for recording a disk charging service according to the present invention;

2 is a flow chart illustrating the steps of recording a charging service at an exchange in accordance with the present invention.

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200: subscriber call processing unit 202: call processing unit

204: billing data generation unit 210: input and output unit

220: instruction processing unit 230, 270: first and second operating holding unit

232, 272: first and second billing data storage unit

234 and 274: first and second disk state management unit

236 and 276: first and second disk control unit

240, 280: first and second fixed disk portions

250, 290: first and second portable disk portions

The above and other objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

Referring to the configuration of the present invention with reference to Figure 1, the subscriber's call processing unit 200 for receiving the subscriber's call to connect the call, additional services to the subscriber with various service information, collecting information such as billing, subscribers Receiving a call request from the originating subscriber in the call processing unit 200 and the call processing unit 202 for connecting the call to the called party and the billing data for receiving the charging information from the call processing unit 202 to generate the billing data of the subscriber The generation unit 204 receives the command from the operator and connects it to the exchanger to find out the state of the exchange and operates the exchange, and receives the command from the input / output unit 210 to receive the command. A command processing unit 220 for translating the machine language that can be understood and providing the necessary information to the input / output unit 210 and displaying it to the operator; The billing data stores the changed number and operation mode of the disk, receives the billing data under the control of the command processor 220, stores the billing data, and provides information to each of the disk units 240, 250, 280, and 290. Storage unit 232 and 272, disk state management unit 234 and 274 for detecting abnormal state information when hardware error occurs, and a plurality of erasable disks are gathered, and are capable of reading and writing to temporarily store data. Fixed disk unit 240, 280 to facilitate backup, removable disk unit 250, 290 that can be removable, and disk-to-disk copying and file copying, performing backup and erasable disk Disk control units 236 and 276 for checking and controlling the capacity during write and backup.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail, Figure 1 is a block diagram of a switch for recording and operating the disk, the subscriber call processing unit 200 and the call processing unit 202 and , Billing data generation unit 204, and the call processing unit 202 receives the call request from the calling subscriber, and receives the call request from the calling subscriber to connect and control the call with the called party and the call connection time and The type of call is recognized and the billing content is transmitted to the billing data generator 204.

The billing data generator 204 receives billing information from the call processor 202 and generates billing data of the subscriber.

The input / output unit 210 receives a command from an operator and connects it to an exchange to find out the state of the exchange and operates the exchange. Information such as alarm information from the exchange can be output without input of a command. I can grasp the condition.

In addition, the command processor 220 receives a command from the input / output unit 210 and translates the command into a machine language that the machine can understand, and receives the machine language information necessary for the input / output unit 210 and then understands it again by the operator. Graphic or language information to be displayed to the operator.

The command processor 220 processes a man machine communication (MMC) command input from the input / output unit 210.

The first billing data storage unit 232 stores the billing data generated by the billing data generator 204. That is, the changed number and operation mode of the disk are stored, and the changed data is transmitted to the operation maintenance unit 250.

The first billing data storage unit 232 receives and stores the subscriber number and mode information received through the call processing unit 202 and the billing data generation unit 204, and each of the disk state managers 234 and 274, respectively. Information is shared with the disk control units 236 and 276.

The disk state management unit 234 or 274 indicates that an error such as a failure has occurred in the disk control unit 236 or 276 when an error such as a failure occurs in the fixed disk unit 240 or 280 or the portable disk unit 250 or 290. Notify.

The disk state managers 234 and 274 receive abnormal state information diagnosed by the operating system from the operating system when a hardware abnormality such as power off occurs.

The disk state management unit 234, 274 notifies the disk control unit 236, 276 that an error, such as a failure, has occurred when an error such as a failure occurs, and the fixed disk unit 240, 280 and the portable disk are periodically Error checks such as check sums of units 250 and 290 are performed to correct errors when an error occurs.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 receive the mode of the disk from the disk state managers 234 and 274 and notify the operator and update the current mode item of the database.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 control the disk status managers 234 and 274, the fixed disk units 240 and 280, and the portable disk units 250 and 290, respectively, to write and back up billing statistics data, to back up and to dump the billing data. And the capacity and the like, and update the respective disc information in the database in the disc controllers 236 and 276.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 receive the disk-to-disk copy and file copy function commands from the input / output unit 210 and perform the input desired by the operator under the control of the disk controllers 236 and 276.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 receive the mode of the disk from the disk state managers 234 and 274 and notify the operator terminal and update the current mode item of the disk database 268.

The fixed disks 240 and 280 are made of a plurality of disks, and can be read and written. The fixed disks 240 and 280 are designed to give stability to the fixed disk, so that they are used as temporary storage devices such as buffers due to no disk movement.

For example, a hard drive may be employed to increase the stability and reliability of data recording.

Each of the fixed disk units 240 and 280 is duplicated into a first fixed disk unit 240 and a second fixed disk unit 280, and the first fixed disk unit 240 is a first disk unit 242. The second fixed disk unit 280 is dualized with the third disk device 282 and the fourth disk device 284.

The portable disk units 250 and 290 are made up of a plurality of disks, and may be stored only or read and written. However, the portable disk unit 250 or 290 preferably uses a read / write disk for data reuse. Make it easy to move and backup your disks.

Each of the portable disk units 250 and 290 is duplicated into the first portable disk unit 250 and the second portable disk unit. In addition, the first portable disk unit 250 is the first portable disk unit 252. ), And the second portable disk unit 290 is duplexed by the third portable disk unit 292 and the fourth portable disk unit 294.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 and the disk units 240, 250, 280, and 290 are connected to each other by a small computer system interface (SCSI) bus, which is a connection standard between peripheral devices and a computer.

Examples of the disc include a hard drive, a disc employing a Jaz drive, a disc employing a MO drive, and a rewritable CD. ZIP drives, power drives, and the like are available, and preferably, it is also possible to use MO drives or hard drives whose stability has been proven and reusable, and use them in combination.

Since the operation description of the second operation holding unit 270 described above is similar to the first operation holding unit 230 described above, the second operation holding unit 270, the second fixed disk unit, and the second portable disk unit described above are described. Description of operation 290 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 2, the charging service recording step in the exchange is described in detail. When a command is input from the operator through the input / output unit 210, it is determined whether the corresponding command is a charging service recording performing command (step 302).

If it is determined in step 302 that the first portable disk device 252 is not a charging service recording execution command, the first portable disk device 252 transmits an error message to the input / output unit 210 through the command processing unit 220. Prompt the operator to inform the operator that the charging service record perform command has been entered incorrectly (step 320).

When a command to perform service in the charging mode is input, the first operation maintenance unit 230 and the second operation maintenance unit 270 will be described in the case of operating in the standby mode, the billing service recording execution command Is input to the first disk controller 236 through the command processor 220 and the first disk state manager 234.

As an example, a case where the charging service recording is recorded in the first portable disk device 252 will be described. The first disk control unit 236 determines whether the first portable disk device 252 is recording the charging service (step 304).

If it is determined in step 304 that the first portable disk device 252 is not recording the charging service, the first portable disk device 252 transmits an error message to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220. Inform the operator that the billing service is being recorded (step 320).

If it is determined in step 304 that the billing service is not being recorded, the first disk control unit 236 determines whether an error has occurred in the inputted first portable disk device 252 (step 306).

If an error occurs in the first portable disk device 252 as determined in step 306, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220 and an error occurs in the first portable disk device 252. The operator is notified (step 320).

If it is determined in step 306 that the first portable disk device 252 is not in an error state, the first disk controller 236 determines whether the first portable disk device 252 is in a blocked state (step 308). ).

The isolation state is write-protected and is set by the operator to prevent the loss of data in the presence of important data.

If it is determined in step 308 that the first portable disk device 252 is in an isolated state, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processing unit 220 to indicate that the first portable disk device 252 is in an isolated state. Inform the operator (step 320).

If it is determined in step 308 that the first portable disk device 252 is not in an isolated state, the first disk controller 236 determines whether the first portable disk device 252 is in an unmounted state (step 310).

If it is determined in step 310 that the first portable disk device 252 is in an unmounted state, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processing unit 220 so that the first portable disk device 252 is not mounted. Inform the operator of the status (step 320).

If it is determined in step 310 and not in the unmounted state, the first disk control unit 236 determines whether the first portable disk device 252 is under test (step 312).

If it is determined in step 312 that the first portable disk device 252 is under test, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processing unit 220 to indicate that the first portable disk device 252 is under test. Inform the user (step 320).

If it is determined in step 312 that the first portable disk device 252 is not under test, the first disk control unit 236 opens the first portable disk device 250 which is determined to record the charging service (step 314). .

The first disk controller 236 determines whether charging data exists in the first portable disk device 252 (step 316).

If it is determined in step 316 that charging data exists in the first portable disk device 252, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220 to the first portable disk device 252. Inform the operator that the charging data is present (step 320).

If it is determined in step 316 that charging data does not exist in the first portable disk device 252, the first disk control unit 236 tests the first portable disk device 252 to determine the first portable disk device 252. Is determined to operate normally (step 318).

If it is determined in step 318 that the first portable disk device 252 does not operate normally, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220 to operate the first portable disk device 252 normally. The operator is notified (step 320).

If it is determined in step 318 that the first portable disk device 252 operates normally, the first disk controller 236 formats the first portable disk device 252 to create a file, inputs header information, and initializes the file. (Step 322).

The first disk controller 236 detects the end of the charging service recording and transmits a command to the input / output unit 210 to output a message indicating that the command processing unit 220 is completed to the first disk state management unit 234. In operation 324, the input / output unit 210 that recognizes this is displayed to indicate that the execution is completed.

The principles of the invention have been described above in connection with specific devices, which are described by way of example only, and are not limited to the spirit of the invention as described in the appended claims.

As described above, the present invention provides a billing service method using the first and second portable disk units 250 and 290 including the plurality of portable disk devices 252, 254, 292, and 294 as a billing service recording apparatus. By providing, the stability of the system and billing data is improved, and the capacity of the billing record is expanded to improve the overall stability of the exchanger.

Claims (2)

Receives a command from the operator and connects it to the exchanger to find out the state of the exchange and operates the exchanger, and receives a command from the input / output unit 210 and receives a command from the machine language that the machine can understand the command. The command processing unit 220 translates and provides the necessary information to the input / output unit 210 and displays the information to the operator, and stores the changed number and operation mode of the disk, and receives the charging data under the control of the command processing unit 220. Charging data storage units 232 and 272 for receiving and storing charging data and providing information, and disk state management units 234 and 274 for detecting abnormal status information when a hardware error occurs, and making backup easy, Portable disk units 250 and 290, and disk control units 236 and 276 that check and control the capacity of the disk and the like in writing and backing up to an erasable disk. In a system configured exchange, Determining whether the command is a billing service recording execution command when a command is input from an operator through the input / output unit 210; If a command to perform service in a charging mode is input, inputting a corresponding charging service recording execution command to a corresponding disk controller; A first determining step of determining whether the charging service is available; If the charging service is determined in the first determination step, opening the portable disk unit; A second judging step of judging whether charging data exists in the portable disk device; A third determination step of determining whether the portable disk device is operating normally by testing the portable disk device when the charging data does not exist in the portable disk device as determined in the second determination step; If it is determined in the third determination step to operate normally, the disk control unit initializes the portable disk device and releases an alarm; And the disk control unit detects that the charging service recording is ended and causes the input / output unit 210 to display that the completion of the charging service is completed. The method of claim 1, The first judging step; A fourth determination step of determining, by the disk control unit 236, whether the corresponding portable disk device currently inputted with the command is recording a charging service; A fifth determination step of determining whether the input device is one of the portable disk apparatuses under the control of the disk control unit when the charging unit is not recording the charging service if it is determined in the fourth determination step; A sixth judging step of judging in the fifth judging step whether the portable disc device being input is in an error state if it is determined that the device is one of the corresponding portable disc devices under the control of the disc controller; A seventh judging step of judging in the sixth judging step, if the portable disc device is in an error state, the disc controller determining whether the portable disc device is in a blocked state; An eighth judgment step of determining whether the portable disk device is in an unmounted state when the portable disk device is not in an isolated state as determined in the seventh determination step; And a ninth judgment step of judging at the eighth judgment step to determine whether the portable disk device is under test.

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