KR100784304B1 - Common packet offer system and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A common packet supply system and a method are provided to additionally allocate free packet data by a user's selection if a packet data amount allocated to the first user is excessively used, thereby reducing a cost burden for packet data service usage. A portable terminal(110) is equipped with a dedicated modem(112) for supporting a high-speed packet data service. A common packet supply server(120) checks a packet data amount used in the portable terminal(110) to decide whether the first allocated packet data amount is exceeded, and selectively allocates an additional packet data amount according to the decided results. A mobile communication server(130) provides a mobile communication network(140) which supports wireless Internet and communication between the portable terminal(110) and the common packet supply server(120).

Description

Common packet offer system and method

1 is a block diagram of a common packet providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a joint packet providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: joint packet providing system 110: mobile terminal

112: dedicated modem 120: common packet providing server

130: mobile communication server 140: mobile communication network

The present invention relates to a joint packet providing system and method, and more particularly to a joint packet providing system and method for selectively providing additional packets for the excess of the amount of packet data allocated to a user receiving a packet data service in a mobile communication network will be.

As the electronic and communication technologies are rapidly developed, various wireless communication services using a mobile communication network are provided. The most basic wireless communication service is a wireless voice call service that provides voice communication to mobile terminal users regardless of time and place. In addition, while providing a text message service to complement the voice call service, a wireless Internet service has recently emerged to provide an Internet communication service to a user of a mobile communication terminal through a wireless communication network.

As such, the services provided by the mobile communication system are being expanded not only to voice services but also to multimedia communication services that transmit circuit data, packet data, and the like.

In order to provide such a service, a mobile communication service is an analog cellular advanced mobile phone system (AMPS) of a first generation mobile communication service, a digital cellular system of GSM (Global System for Mobile) and a CDMA of a second generation mobile communication service. Code Division Multiple Access (PCD), which has developed into a Personal Communication Service (PCS), a 2.5th generation mobile communication service, and recently, IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000), a third generation mobile communication service that has been standardized by ITU-R. ) Is commercially available.

IMT-2000 is proposed by the 3GPP (Generation Partnership Project) as the main asynchronous WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) system and 3GPP2 as the main axis of the proposed synchronous CDMA-2000 (for example, CDMA 2000 1X, 3X, EV-DO, etc.) The system is classified and provided.

The wireless access technology and mobile communication technology of the CDMA-2000 system are based on the CDMA method. Therefore, since it has backward compatibility with the existing second-generation IS-95 network, it is possible to provide a mobile communication service using both second and third generation communication networks.

In addition, a mobile Internet Protocol (IP) function similar to a handoff of a voice call may be supported, and a roaming service using a removable user identity module (R-UIM) card may be provided.

WCDMA system uses the CDMA method for wireless access technology, but mobile communication network technology is based on GSM network technology. The WCDMA communication method is suitable for high speed data transmission because it widens the frequency bandwidth to 5 MHz and has a data transmission rate of 2 Mbps, and the diversity according to the backward call quality that the conventional IS-95 and GSM methods cannot provide Diversity provides good call and data transmission performance even in poor communication environments. As WCDMA communication is adopted by most countries and continues to develop technical specifications for WCDMA in 3GPP, WCDMA is also available in countries such as Korea, the United States, and China, which basically provide CDMA-2000 services. The network began to provide WCDMA services.

On the other hand, as the wireless Internet service is activated, the demand for using the high-speed wireless Internet service is increasing rapidly in the mobile communication environment. However, the existing mobile communication system has a limitation in providing high-speed wireless Internet due to a high base station construction cost and high usage rate of the wireless Internet, and a small screen of the terminal, which limits the available content. As a result, a wireless broadband (WiBro) system, which guarantees portability and mobility and can use a wireless Internet service at a low price, has emerged.

The portable internet system uses various types of portable communication terminals such as laptops, PDAs, and handheld PCs to access the Internet in indoor and outdoor stationary environments and in mobile environments with walking speeds and low to medium speeds. It is a possible service. In addition, the portable Internet system provides mobility of 60 km / h per hour, a downlink transmission rate of 24.8 Mbps, but an uplink transmission rate of 5.2 Mbps, which is an IP (Internet Protocol) based wireless data communication system having asymmetric transmission characteristics.

In addition, 3GPP standard Rel'5 supports High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) to transmit high speed packet data in the downlink. HSDPA is a technology for supporting high-speed downlink data service in the same frequency band as the existing UMTS Rel'99 and Rel'4, and the existing dedicated channel (DCH) and forward common channel ( It is expected to replace the Downlink Shared Channel (hereinafter referred to as "DSCH").

HSDPA, which provides such a high-speed packet data service, can be used by attaching a USB type modem to notebooks and various portable electronic products (PMP, PDA, etc.), and has recently been commercialized.

However, in order to receive such a high-speed packet data service, along with the installation of the USB-type modem and the download of a dedicated program, the user must join a mobile carrier that provides the service as a member and pay a certain fee for data use. The disadvantage of using the service is quite large.

According to the present invention, when using a packet data service in a mobile communication network provided by a mobile communication company, when the amount of packet data allocated to an initial user is exceeded, additional free packet data is allocated by the user's selection, thereby providing the packet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing a common packet that can reduce the cost of using a data service.

In order to achieve the above object, there is provided a common packet providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a portable terminal provided with a dedicated modem supporting high-speed packet data service; A joint packet providing server that checks the amount of packet data used in the portable terminal to determine whether the first allocated packet data amount is exceeded, and selectively allocates an additional packet data amount correspondingly; And a mobile communication server providing a mobile communication network supporting communication between the portable terminal and the common packet providing server and wireless internet.

In addition, the portable terminal is a communication device that can access the common packet providing server and the mobile communication server through the mobile communication network, the mobile communication network is an HSDPA network or WIBRO network supporting high-speed packet data service.

In addition, the allocation of the additional packet data amount by the common packet providing server may be made by requesting the mobile communication server, and the allocation of the additional packet data amount is whether a predetermined condition (for example, a click of a specific banner advertisement) is satisfied. It is characterized by whether it is performed after the determination.

In addition, the joint packet providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of downloading a dedicated program for real time to determine the packet data usage in accordance with the use of a high-speed packet data service is stored in the mobile terminal; When the mobile terminal receives a high speed packet data service through a mobile communication network according to the execution of the dedicated program, the used packet data amount is checked in real time, and the used packet data amount information is transmitted to the common packet providing server. ; Confirming, by the common packet providing server, that the user of the mobile terminal uses the service in excess of the initially allocated packet data amount; Notifying whether the additional packet data amount is allocated by the common packet providing server at a time point when the first allocated packet data amount is exceeded through the dedicated program; And allocating a predetermined amount of additional usable packet data amount to the user's portable terminal.

At this time, the additional packet data amount is allocated by the common packet providing server, or the common packet providing server is characterized in that the request is made to the mobile communication server providing the mobile communication network.

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

1 is a block diagram of a common packet providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a joint packet providing system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a portable terminal 110 having a dedicated modem 112 supporting high-speed packet data service; A joint packet providing server (120) for checking the amount of packet data used in the portable terminal to determine whether the first allocated packet data amount is exceeded, and selectively allocating an additional packet data amount accordingly; And a mobile communication server 130 for providing a mobile communication network 140 supporting communication between the portable terminal and the common packet providing server and wireless internet.

The mobile terminal 110 is a communication device that can be connected to the common packet providing server 120 and the mobile communication server 130 through the mobile communication network 140, for example, a personal mobile communication terminal (PCS), personal A digital terminal (PDA), a smart phone, a next-generation mobile communication terminal (IMT-2000), a wireless LAN terminal, a laptop, and the like, such as a terminal capable of wireless communication while being carried by an individual.

In addition, the mobile terminal 110 is equipped with a USB-type dedicated modem (for example, SKY IM-H100) 112 that supports a high-speed packet data service, as described above, to a USB port, thereby providing an HSDPA network or a WIBRO network. By accessing the same mobile communication network 140, the user can download the data by accessing the Internet even during a high-speed movement outdoors.

However, in order to use such a high-speed packet data service, a predetermined fee must be paid after joining the mobile communication server 130 that provides the mobile communication network 140 such as the HSDPA network or the WIBRO network.

In general, the fee is paid in a fixed amount each month, the amount of available data packets is determined according to the amount paid. In other words, when the amount of data packet set above the initial amount is used, an additional cost is paid or no more high-speed packet data service is received.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a common packet providing server 120 in addition to the mobile communication server 130, through which the packet data service in the mobile communication network 140 provided by the mobile communication server 130, If the amount of packet data allocated to the user is exceeded, the user may select the predetermined amount of the common packet data stored in the common packet providing server 130 without the additional cost. It is done.

That is, the common packet providing server 120 checks the amount of packet data used in the mobile terminal 110 to determine whether the first allocated packet data amount is exceeded, and selectively allocates additional packet data amount correspondingly. It plays a role. At this time, the allocation of the additional packet data amount may be made by requesting the mobile communication server 130.

However, the common packet providing server 120 determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied because the additional available packet data amount is allocated to the user's portable terminal 110, and the predetermined condition is clicked on a specific banner advertisement. And so on.

Accordingly, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the common packet providing server 120 requests the mobile communication server 130 to increase a portion of the packet data amount initially allocated by the mobile communication server 130. The mobile communication server 130 allocates the packet data amount increased from the initially set packet data amount so that the user can use the high speed packet data service at no additional cost.

To this end, the user should download and install a dedicated program provided by the common packet providing server 120 to the portable terminal 110, and by executing the program, the packet of the portable terminal 110 used by the user The data usage can be checked.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a joint packet providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A method of providing a joint packet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 as follows.

However, the mobile terminal 110 to which the present invention is applied is equipped with a USB-type dedicated modem (for example, SKY IM-H100) 112 that supports high-speed packet data service and is installed in a USB port, such as an HSDPA network or a WIBRO network. It is assumed that the mobile terminal is connected to the communication network 140 and uses a certain amount of packet data service by paying a predetermined fee after joining the mobile communication server 130 providing the mobile communication network.

First, a dedicated program for grasping packet data usage according to a high speed packet data service using a portable terminal 110 in real time is downloaded and stored in the portable terminal. (ST 200)

At this time, the dedicated program can be downloaded to the web site or mobile communication server 130 linked with the joint packet providing server 120 through a predetermined membership registration procedure and downloaded in the same manner as a typical application.

Next, when the mobile terminal 110 receives the high speed packet data service through the mobile communication network 140 according to the execution of the dedicated program, the packet data amount used is checked in real time, and the used packet data amount information is jointly checked. The packet is delivered to the server 120. (ST 210)

Accordingly, the joint packet providing server 120 checks whether the user of the mobile terminal 110 uses the service in excess of the initially allocated packet data amount, and causes the user to exceed the initially allocated packet data amount. At some point before, the user is informed of the possibility of exceeding the packet data amount. (ST 220)

This is done through a dedicated program downloaded and executed on the portable terminal 110. For example, the dedicated program is automatically displayed on the screen of the portable terminal before the user runs out of allotted packet data while using a high speed packet data service. Pops up to let you know the current packet data usage.

Next, when it is time to exceed the first allocated packet data amount, the joint packet providing server 120 informs the user whether to receive an additional packet data amount (ST 230).

This is done through a dedicated program downloaded and executed in the mobile terminal as described above. For example, when the user uses a high-speed packet data service and the allocated packet data amount is exhausted, the dedicated program is stored in the portable terminal. It automatically pops up on the screen to let you know if you need to allocate additional packet data.

When the user selects to receive the additional packet data amount, the common packet providing server 120 allocates a certain amount of additional usable packet data amount to the user's portable terminal 110. (ST 240)

In this case, the additional packet data amount may be allocated by the common packet providing server 120, but the common packet providing server 120 may request the mobile communication server 130.

In addition, selecting a user to be allocated an additional packet data amount may be replaced by satisfying a predetermined condition requested by the common packet providing server 120.

Here, the predetermined condition may be a click of a specific banner advertisement, through which the common packet providing server 120 allocates the additional usable packet data amount to the user's portable terminal 110 as well as the specific banner advertisement. The company's advertising can be performed.

Accordingly, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the common packet providing server 120 transmits a portion of the packet data amount initially allocated by the mobile communication server 130 to the mobile communication server 130 so as to increase. The mobile communication server 130 allocates the packet data amount increased from the initially set packet data amount so that the user can use the high speed packet data service at no additional cost.

On the other hand, the present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiment and the accompanying drawings, it is possible that various substitutions, modifications and changes within the scope without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention It will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

According to the present invention, in using the packet data service in the mobile communication network provided by the mobile communication company, if the user exceeds the amount of packet data allocated to the first user, such as advertising provided by the advertiser by the user's selection By receiving additional free packets by watching, there is an advantage in that the cost burden for using the packet data service can be reduced.

In addition, the advertiser and the like has the advantage that it is possible to advertise their products to the user more efficiently to increase the sales of the product.

Claims (12)

A portable terminal having a dedicated modem supporting high speed packet data service; A joint packet providing server that checks the amount of packet data used in the portable terminal to determine whether the first allocated packet data amount is exceeded, and selectively allocates an additional packet data amount after determining whether a predetermined condition is met; ; And a mobile communication server providing a mobile communication network supporting communication between the mobile terminal and the common packet providing server and wireless internet, and setting the initially allocated packet data amount to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal is installed by downloading from the common packet providing server, checking the packet data amount of the mobile terminal in real time, and delivering the packet data amount to the common packet providing server, wherein the packet data amount is used to determine the initially allocated packet data amount. And executing a dedicated program for notifying of the possibility of exceeding the packet data amount at the time of exceeding, and for notifying whether the additional packet data amount is allocated by the common packet providing server. The method of claim 1, And the portable terminal is a communication device capable of accessing the common packet providing server and a mobile communication server through the mobile communication network. The method of claim 1, The mobile communication network is a joint packet providing system, characterized in that the HSDPA network or WIBRO network supporting high-speed packet data service. The method of claim 1, And allocating the additional packet data amount by the common packet providing server by requesting the mobile communication server. delete The method of claim 1, And the predetermined condition is a click of a specific banner advertisement. delete Downloading a dedicated program for real-time identifying the packet data usage according to the use of the high-speed packet data service and storing it in the mobile terminal; When the mobile terminal receives a high speed packet data service through a mobile communication network according to the execution of the dedicated program, the used packet data amount is checked in real time, and the used packet data amount information is transmitted to the common packet providing server. ; Confirming, by the common packet providing server, that the user of the mobile terminal uses the service in excess of the initially allocated packet data amount; Notifying, via the dedicated program, a possibility of exceeding the packet data amount when the packet data amount exceeds the initially allocated packet data amount; Notifying whether the additional packet data amount is to be allocated by the common packet providing server when the packet data amount exceeds the first allocated packet data amount through the dedicated program; And determining whether a predetermined amount of additional usable packet data amount is allocated to the user's portable terminal after determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied. The method of claim 8, The additional packet data amount is allocated by the common packet providing server, or the common packet providing server requests the mobile communication server providing the mobile communication network. The method of claim 8, The mobile communication network is a joint packet providing method characterized in that the HSDPA network or WIBRO network supporting high-speed packet data service. delete The method of claim 8, And the predetermined condition is a click of a specific banner advertisement.

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