KR100380972B1 - Real-Time Accounting Report Method In Telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention counts the actual talk time provided by the call service in real time on the phone itself, and calculates the call charge according to the charging policy based on the real time, thereby real-time charging in the phone so that the user can be informed of the charging information in real time. In the related art, there was no way for a telephone user to check the billing details in real time as billing is performed by the exchange system and billing equipment. There was an inconvenience to be done.

Therefore, in the present invention, when a call control task of a telephone detects a connection time and a disconnection time of a call that is actually provided with a call service, and reports it as a billing task, the call processing task actually provides a call time for the talk time. By calculating the telephone bill, it is possible to calculate the exact telephone bill on the telephone itself regardless of the switching system, thereby enabling the telephone user to be informed of the exact telephone bill in real time.

In addition, by storing the telephone charge calculated for the actual call time in the internal memory, it is possible to check the detailed billing details, such as the total amount of the telephone charges used by them or the telephone charges used during a predetermined period.

Description

Real-Time Accounting Report Method In Telephone}

The present invention relates to a real-time billing notification method in a telephone, and in particular, the telephone itself is counted in real time by the call service provided with the call service, and based on the calculation of the telephone bill according to the billing policy based on the billing information to the telephone user The present invention relates to a real-time billing notification method in one phone so as to be notified in real time.

With the recent development of communication technology, the penetration rate of telephony has increased rapidly, enabling users to communicate smoothly using telephones without direct contact with remote objects. Of course, this could bring about many economic benefits.

The telephone fee in telephony is composed of depreciation cost, investment cost, maintenance cost and operating cost of the telephone facility. To adopt an efficient billing system according to the type of call, the distance between the exchange system and the place where the telephone is installed, The charges should be different depending on the distance of the call (distance between the caller and the called party), the call duration, and the type of communication network providing the service.

In the current exchange system, the billing data of the call distance and the length and duration of the call are increased in the database when the call is established, and then stored on disk once a day or at the request of the operator. At the time when a certain time has elapsed or at the request of the operator, the frequency climbing system stores the billing data on a disk in units of predetermined calls (e.g., 100), and then when a certain time has elapsed or a certain amount of time. In the case where billing data is stored or at the request of the operator, a detailed recording method of storing on magnetic tape is adopted.

Thus, for the telephones for home and office, the above billing data is analyzed using billing equipment, and then a telephone bill is charged for a certain period of time, for example, on a monthly basis.

In addition, for the telephones installed in public facilities, the users of the telephones change frequently, so that a charge guide service is provided so that the telephone charges can be checked for each call in order to collect telephone charges for calls used by a specific user. In order to check the telephone charges for a particular call, it is inconvenient to check the telephone charges by calling a telephone company having a corresponding exchange system at the end of each call.

Meanwhile, conventional mobile communication service providers generally charge based on billing data including the talked-in time, and display the talked time on the mobile phone itself so that users can check their billing status. In this case, the call time displayed on the display of the mobile phone simply displays the time regardless of whether the call is made at the end of the dialing by the user. It was difficult to calculate the details, especially in the case of using paid supplementary services.

As described above, in the related art, since the billing for the call of the telephone user is made by the exchange system and the billing equipment, there is no way for the user to check the billing history of the call used by the user in real time. If you want to check, there was an inconvenience to ask the telephone station separately.

In addition, the talk time display function provided in some phones is not only different from the actual talk time, but also the call time display is not performed for the paid additional service that is charged according to the talk time. There was no way to check his billing details in real time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is that a call control task of a telephone detects a connection point and a disconnection point of a call that is actually provided with a call service, reports it as a billing processing task, and processes the billing. In this task, the telephone charge is calculated for the actual talk time provided by the call service, so that the telephone itself can be accurately calculated, regardless of the switching system, so that the telephone user can be notified in real time of the correct telephone charge. .

Another object of the present invention is to store the telephone charges calculated for the actual talk time in the internal memory, so that the billing details such as the total amount of telephone charges used by the user or telephone charges used for a predetermined period can be checked if necessary. have.

1 is a flow chart showing a call processing operation in a typical telephone.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a real time charging notification operation in a telephone according to the present invention.

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is the process of generating a charging processing task during the initial operation in the telephone to maintain the standby state; Detecting when a call is connected to a call by the call control task and reporting the charge processing task to the billing task; Calculating a call rate in real time according to a predetermined billing policy by counting a corresponding talk time in a billing task that has reported the time of connection to the call; To provide a real-time billing notification method in a telephone comprising the step of notifying the telephone user of the billing information corresponding to the calculated telephone bill.

Here, the process of detecting the time of connection with the call and reporting to the billing processing task, when receiving the setup confirmation message from the receiving side in the state of processing the outgoing call detects this as the time of connection to the call, and the incoming call In the processing state, when the setup completion instruction message is received, it is detected as a connection point in the call and is reported to the billing processing task.

In addition, the process of calculating the telephone charge in real time according to the predetermined charging policy may include: checking whether the current time falls within a discounted time zone when receiving a report on a call connection time point; If the current time falls within the discount time period, the method further includes recalculating a telephone fee for notification according to the corresponding discount rate.

In addition, the process of notifying the billing information corresponding to the calculated telephone bill to the telephone user, characterized in that the billing information corresponding to the telephone bill calculated periodically until the time to disconnect from the call control task is reported. However, when the call user disconnects the call first, the time for disconnecting the call is a time when a recovery instruction message is received from the other party, and when the caller first disconnects the call, a disconnection instruction message is received from the other party. It is characterized by one point of time.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the telephone according to the present invention, a software structure for real-time billing notification without additional hardware is defined for a user's call in addition to a call control task that controls call processing common to a start-up program at first boot. According to the billing policy, it has a structure to create a billing task that performs billing processing in real time. In this case, the billing task should remain in standby state as long as the phone is not powered off. By counting the call duration from the time of actually connecting the call to the time of disconnection, the phone charge is calculated in real time according to the relevant billing policy and then notified to the user.

By the software having such a structure, the telephone according to the present invention generates the charging processing task at the first boot and performs the charging processing in real time according to the charging policy defined for the user's call. In this case, the charging processing task is performed. The call duration task is continued from the time when the call control task reports that the call is connected to the specific network to which the user attempted to connect and the call was connected. By counting, the phone charge is calculated according to the charging policy corresponding to the currently provided call service, and the phone user is notified of the call charge through a display unit such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a speaker.

Here, when the call path is connected (charge start point) and when the call is released (charge end point) are detected by a call control task, and the call point is a general caller toll call (call origination). The case where the real-time billing process is to be performed on the side phone) and the toll-bearing call (the real-time billing process must be performed on the receiving side phone). That is, in case of caller toll call, the call control task of the calling party receives the setup confirmation (SETUP_CONFIRM) message from the called party. When the control task receives the setup complete indication (SETUP_COMPLETE_INDICATION) message, it is time to connect to the call.

In addition, when the call user disconnects the call first depends on which side the user of the call hangs up. When the calling party first hangs up, the time when the RELEASE_INDICATION message is received from the other party is connected to the call. When it is released and the receiving telephone hangs up first, the time when receiving the DISCONNECT_INDICATION message from the counterpart is the disconnection timing.

Meanwhile, in order to explain the real-time charging notification operation in the telephone according to the present invention as described above, the call processing operation in the general telephone will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

First, when the calling user hooks off to attempt an outgoing call (step S11a), the calling user sends a setup request (SETUP_REQUEST) message to the switching system side (step S11a). S12a), when receiving a call instruction (ALERT_INDICATION) message from the receiving side (step S13a), and then receiving a setup confirmation message indicating that a call path is connected to the receiving telephone (step S14a), the state transitions to a state where voice calls are possible. Then, the corresponding call service is provided (step S15).

On the contrary, the receiving telephone receives a setup instruction (SETUP_INDICATION) message indicating that an incoming call has arrived (step S11b), and subsequently receives a call request (ALERT_REQUEST) message (step S12b) and finally instructs setup completion. When the message (SETUP_COMPLETE_INDICATION) is received (step S13b), a call path is connected to the calling telephone and a corresponding call service is provided (step S15).

In this process, when the call user is hooked up to receive a call service and hangs up the phone by hooking on, the call service is terminated by disconnecting the call. If the user first hangs up the phone by sending a disconnect request (DISCONNECT_REQUEST) message to the called party (step S16a), and receiving a recovery instruction message (step S17a), the user disconnects the call and performs the corresponding call service. End (step S18), if the receiving telephone user first hooks up and ends the call, after transmitting a disconnection instruction message to the calling telephone (step S16b), and receiving a recovery completion (RELEASE_COMPLETE) message (step S16b). Step S17b) The connection is terminated by the call and the corresponding call service is terminated (step S18).

On the other hand, with reference to Figure 2 attached to the real-time charging notification operation in the phone performing the above-described call processing operation as follows.

After adding the charging processing task generation function for real time charging notification to the startup program of the corresponding telephone, when the first booting is performed, the charging processing task is created in the startup program to maintain the standby state (step S21).

In this state, when the telephone user hooks off the telephone for originating or receiving (step S22), the call control task detects the time of connection to the call for real time charging notification and reports it to the charging processing task (step S23).

In this case, the call control task will report the time of connection to the call as a billing task only when the telephone user has to pay for the outgoing or incoming call. Will be described as the subject.

Therefore, the call control task detects the time of connection to the call and reports the charge processing task according to whether the call control task is in the state of handling the outgoing call or the incoming call. When the setup confirmation message is received from the receiver, it is detected as the time to connect to the call. If the incoming call is being processed, the setup completion indication message is detected as the time to connect to the call processing task. do.

Accordingly, the billing processing task that has reported the time of connection to the call from the call control task counts the call time to process the billing for the corresponding call, calculates the telephone fee according to the predetermined billing policy (step S24), and calculates the calculated phone call. The user is notified of the billing information corresponding to the charge. To this end, when a call is reported to the user, the call time is started, the counting value is increased every predetermined period, and then the counting value is increased. Each hour, the phone bill is calculated and notified by the LCD or the speaker so that the telephone user can check visually or audibly.

At this time, the billing task checks whether the current time falls within the billing discount window in calculating the phone bill (step S25), and if it falls within the billing discount window, the phone bill for notification is recalculated according to the corresponding discount rate. (Step S26).

For example, suppose a call service costs $ 20 in 10 seconds. The user is told that the phone charge for the current call is $ 20 when the counted talk time reaches 10 seconds, the cycle time determined by the billing policy. When the call time reaches 20 seconds, the user is notified that the phone charge is 40 won, that is, 20 won + 20 won as the billing count value increases.

In this way, if the 'X' value is a phone charge that notifies the telephone user, 'X = X' + 20 (where 'X' 'is calculated and notified before, increasing the billing count value every 10 seconds. You will be notified by calculating the telephone charges through the formula.

In addition, assuming that the current time belongs to a billing discount period specified by a telecommunications company and the corresponding discount rate is 30%, the telephone charge, i.e., the discount rate obtained by multiplying the telephone rate 'X' calculated by the above formula by '0.7' The phone user will be notified of the applied phone charge.

On the other hand, in the billing task, the billing information (call time, phone call) corresponding to the phone charge periodically calculated according to the above-described operation until the disconnection time is reported from the call control task, that is, until the disconnection is made. Charges, etc.) in real time (steps S27, S28), when the call control task is notified of the disconnection time of the call, the corresponding billing processing function is terminated, and after the transition to the initial standby state ( In step S29), the process returns to step S22 to wait for the billing processing for the next call. At this time, if the call control task receives a recovery instruction message or a disconnection instruction message, it detects this as a disconnection time point and processes the billing process. By reporting to the task, the billing processing function is terminated in the billing processing task.

When the call control task of the corresponding telephone detects a disconnection time by a call, when the user first hangs up the call, the time when the recovery instruction message is received from the other party becomes the disconnection time by the call, and the other party first calls the telephone. In the case of disconnection, the point in time at which the disconnection instruction message is received from the other party is the disconnection point in the call.

In addition, in the present invention, even when using a paid additional service in which the service fee is calculated according to the call time, if the charging policy is known in the billing processing task of the telephone, the user of the paid additional service in real time may be provided to the telephone user according to the above-described operation. It is possible to notify the billing in real time. In this case, whether the paid additional service is detected by the call control task and reported to the billing task.

Furthermore, the embodiment according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various alternatives, modifications, and changes can be made within the scope apparent to those skilled in the art in connection with the present invention. , You can notify the billing information only when the call is terminated without the billing information in the middle of the call, and the billing information can be stored in the phone's internal memory and retrieved when the call is called. It can also provide

As described above, the present invention, when the call control task of the phone detects the connection time and disconnection time to the call that is actually provided with the call service and report to the billing processing task, the call time actually provided with the call service in the billing task By calculating the telephone bill for, it is possible to calculate the exact telephone bill on the phone itself regardless of the switching system, thereby enabling the telephone user to be informed of the exact telephone bill in real time.

In addition, by storing the telephone charge calculated for the actual call time in the internal memory, it is possible to check the detailed billing details, such as the total amount of the telephone charges used by them or the telephone charges used during a predetermined period.

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Generating a charging processing task during initial startup in the telephone and maintaining the standby status; Detecting when a call is connected to a call by the call control task and reporting the charge processing task to the billing task; Calculating a call rate in real time according to a predetermined billing policy by counting a corresponding talk time in a billing task that has reported the time of connection to the call; And informing a telephone user of the charging information corresponding to the calculated telephone bill. The method of claim 1, The process of detecting the time of connection with the call and reporting to the billing processing task, when receiving the setup confirmation message from the receiving side in the case of processing the outgoing call, detects it as the time of connection with the call and processes the incoming call. In the case of a status, when receiving the setup completion instruction message is detected by the time of connection to the call and reports to the charging processing task, characterized in that the real time charging notification method in the phone. The method of claim 1, The process of calculating a telephone charge in real time according to the predetermined charging policy may include: checking whether a current time falls within a discounted time zone when receiving a report on a call connection time point; And recalculating a telephone fee for notification according to the corresponding discount rate if the current time belongs to a discount time period. The method of claim 3, wherein The telephone bill is calculated, the telephone call, characterized in that to start the counting of the talk time to receive a report of the time of connection to the call to increase the billing count value every predetermined period, and then to calculate the phone bill for each increase of the billing count value Real-time billing notification method in. The method of claim 1, The step of notifying the telephone user of the charging information corresponding to the calculated telephone bill, characterized in that the billing information corresponding to the telephone bill calculated periodically until the time of disconnection from the call control task to the call is reported. How to notify real time billing on your phone. The method of claim 5, The disconnection time point of the call is a point in time when the telephone user first hangs up a call for receiving a recovery instruction message from the other party, and when the other end telephone user first hangs up a call, a time point for receiving a disconnection instruction message from the other party. Real time billing notification method in the phone, characterized in that. delete