KR101392665B1 - Bill changing service server and method for operating the server - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of providing a billing change service according to the present invention includes: receiving a bill change request message from a called terminal during a call connection attempt between a calling terminal and a called terminal; Generating a billing log corresponding to the billing change request message when the call between the calling terminal and the called terminal is connected; And transmitting the billing log to a billing system when a call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal is terminated.

Charge, collect call, charge, toll

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a billing change service server and a billing change service server,

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an entire network system in which a billing change service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed;

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a billing change service server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a view showing an example of a billing information table according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a billing change service providing method of a billing change service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart showing a flow of a billing change service providing method of a billing change service server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the Related Art

200: billing change service server 210: message receiving section

220: Charging information reading unit 230: Charging log generating unit

240: a billing change notification message generating unit 250:

The present invention relates to a billing change service server and a billing change service providing method for the server, and more particularly, to a billing change service server and a billing change service providing method in which all or part of a call charge charged to a calling terminal user, And a charging change service server for charging the called terminal user according to the selection of the terminal user.

BACKGROUND ART [0002] As a caller identification presentation supplementary service (CID), which is a communication service for displaying a telephone number of a calling terminal or a name of a caller on a liquid crystal screen of a calling terminal, becomes popular, After confirming who the caller is from the phone, he can receive the call. Such a caller ID display service allows the called party to block various kinds of advertisement telephone calls and spam calls in advance.

Also, the called party may be able to identify who is calling prior to the call connection, so that the caller may feel the desire to bear the call fee on behalf of the caller. For example, if a child who is enrolled in a juvenile flat rate plan is a caller, the call may be interrupted while the child is short of money. This is followed by the inconvenience of parents having to call their children again.

In order to solve this inconvenience, conventionally, when a called party registers several telephone numbers as a toll-free call rate number in a communication company server in advance, a service that is automatically connected to a receiver is automatically executed when a call is received from the registered number .

However, even in this case, the user has inconvenience to register the telephone number every time. In addition, in the case of a salesperson, it is impossible to register all of the customer's telephone numbers to the communication server server because most of the telephone calls are from a large number of unspecified customers. In order to avoid imposing a charge on the customer, There are many cases where you have to walk, and the underlying discomfort still exists.

According to the problem of the related art, development of a billing change service that enables the calling party to charge all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection according to the selection of the called party in the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal Is required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for transmitting call information to a called party by charging all or a part of a call charge associated with the call connection to the called party according to a selection of the called party during a call connection attempt between the calling terminal and the called terminal A billing change service server that can arbitrarily charge a call rate regardless of a situation of a caller and a caller, and a method thereof.

In addition, the present invention provides a billing change service server that allows all or a part of a call charge associated with call connection to be charged to the called party even if a call between a calling terminal and a called terminal is in a call, The purpose is to provide.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a billing change service method comprising: receiving a bill change request message from a called terminal during a call connection attempt between a calling terminal and a called terminal; Generating a billing log corresponding to the billing change request message when the call between the calling terminal and the called terminal is connected; And transmitting the billing log to a billing system when a call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal is terminated.

Also, a method for providing a billing change service according to the present invention includes: receiving a billing change request message including billing information from the called terminal during a call connection between a calling terminal and a called terminal; Reading the billing information; Generating a billing log corresponding to a result of reading the billing information; And transmitting the billing log to a billing system when a call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal is terminated.

Further, the billing change service server according to the present invention includes: a message receiving unit for receiving a bill change request message from the called terminal in call connection between a calling terminal and a called terminal; A billing log generation unit for generating a billing log corresponding to the billing change request message; And a transmission controller for transmitting the billing log to a billing system when a call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal is terminated.

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

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an overall network system in which a billing change service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed.

The billing change service server according to the present invention can operate in conjunction with various communication networks such as a mobile communication network or a PSTN network. That is, the user may receive the billing change service according to the present invention through the mobile communication terminal or may be provided through the wired telephone. However, for convenience of description, the billing change service providing method according to the present invention is implemented through a mobile communication network as an example.

1, a call between the originating terminal 110 and the terminating terminal 120 is roughly divided into a calling base station 111, a calling side switching center 112, a mobile communication network 130, a called side switching center 122, , And the called base station (121). Also, a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 131 and a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) server 132 may be connected to the mobile communication network 130.

The billing change service server 140 can participate in the call between the originating terminal 110 and the terminating terminal 120 through the mobile communication network 130 and can exchange information with the originating exchange 112, (131), or a WAP server (132).

The billing change service server 140 changes the billing change from the terminating terminal 120 through the call terminating exchange 122 and the mobile communication network 130 during a call connection attempt between the originating terminal 110 and the terminating terminal 120, A request message can be received. When receiving the billing change request message, the billing change service server 140 reads the billing change request message and determines that all or part of the call charge for the call connection between the originating terminal 110 and the terminating terminal 120 To the user of the terminating terminal 120 (hereinafter referred to as the called party).

Thereafter, when the call connection between the calling terminal 110 and the called terminal 120 is terminated, the billing change service server 140 transmits the billing log to the billing system 150. The billing system 150 reads the billing log received from the billing change service server 14 so that all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection between the calling terminal 110 and the called terminal 120 is transmitted to the called party . The billing system 150 may be implemented as a billing system of the mobile communication company or may be implemented as a part of the billing service server 140 separately from the billing system of the mobile communication company.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a billing change service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The billing change service server 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a message receiving unit 210, a billing information reading unit 220, a billing log generating unit 230, a billing change notification message generating unit 240, And a control unit 250.

The message receiving unit 210 receives a bill change request message from the called terminal during a call connection attempt between the calling terminal and the called terminal. In addition, the message receiving unit 210 may receive the billing change request message from the called terminal Maric during the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal.

The billing change request message may be implemented by SMS (Short Message Service) or DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency). The message receiving unit 210 may receive the billing change request message from the called terminal through an SMSC (Short Message Service), an exchange, or a WAP server.

The called terminal generates the billing change request message at the request of the called party. For example, when receiving the call connection request from the calling terminal, the called party determines who is the calling party through the caller ID displayed on the display means of the called terminal, He / she may wish to bear all or part of his or her call charges. At this time, the called party inputs a predetermined key combination through the keypad of the called terminal or requests the called terminal to generate and transmit the bill change request message through a hot key input .

When receiving a key combination selected from the called party, the called terminal extracts billing information corresponding to the input key combination from the billing information table, and generates a billing change request message including the extracted billing information. To this end, the terminating terminal maintains a charging information table in which one or more charging information corresponding to one or more key combinations are recorded. The billing information table will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a billing information table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the called terminal that generates the billing change request message and transmits the billing change request message to the billing change service server may maintain the billing information table 300. [ The billing information table 300 includes one or more billing information each corresponding to one or more key combinations.

For example, in the billing information table 300, billing information called "all of the call charge" can be recorded corresponding to the key combination "* ", and the" Billing information can be recorded, and the billing information "1/2 of the call charge" corresponding to the key combination "* #" The key combination and the billing information may be implemented by a user to select and input, and may be changed at any time according to a user's selection.

2, when the called terminal receives a key combination selected from the called party, the called terminal extracts billing information corresponding to the inputted key combination with reference to the billing information table 300 described with reference to FIG. 3 And transmits the billing change request message including the extracted billing information to the billing change service server 200.

In addition, the terminating terminal may include a hot key. The hot key may be implemented as a button separate from the keypad of the called terminal. When receiving the hot key from the called party, the called terminal generates a bill change request message including the selected billing information and transmits it to the billing change service server 200. The selected charging information may be set to a default value according to a user's selection, such as all or part of the call charge.

When the message receiving unit 210 receives the accounting change request message from the called terminal, the accounting information reading unit 220 reads the accounting information included in the accounting change request message. The billing information reading unit 220 transmits a result of reading the billing information to the billing log generating unit 230. [

The billing log generating unit 230 generates a billing log corresponding to the billing information read by the billing information reading unit 220. [ For example, if the charging information is "all of the call charge" as a result of the reading, the billing log generation unit 230 generates the billing log so that all of the call charges generated according to call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal are charged to the called party A billing log can be generated.

When the billing log is generated, the billing change notification message generating unit 240 generates a billing change notification message corresponding to the billing log. For example, when the billing log includes information for charging all of the call charges generated according to the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal to the called party, the billing change notification message generator 240 generates a billing change notification message And a billing change notification message including information that all of the billing is charged to the called party. The billing change notification message may be implemented by SMS (Short Message Service) or DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency).

The transmission control unit 250 controls the accounting change notification message to be transmitted to the calling terminal or the called terminal. The transmission control unit 250 may control the billing change notification message to be transmitted to the calling terminal or the called terminal through an SMSC (Short Message Service), an exchange, or a WAP server. The calling party or the called party can recognize that all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection is charged to the called party through the billing change notification message.

When the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal ends, the transmission control unit 250 transmits the billing log generated by the billing log generation unit 230 to the billing system. The billing system may charge all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection to the called party according to the billing log.

According to the above-described series of operations of the billing change service server 200, the called party can send all or part of the call charge according to the call connection either during the call connection request It is possible for the user to bear the call through the input of the selected key combination or the input of the hot key during the call connection.

4 is a flowchart showing a flow of a billing change service providing method of a billing change service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, when a calling terminal requests a call connection to a called terminal, the called party inputs all or a part of the call charge for the call connection by inputting a predetermined key combination or inputting a hot key Is charged to the called party.

The originating terminal requests a call connection with the terminating terminal to the mobile communication system in order to communicate with the called party at the request of the caller (step 411). The mobile communication system requests the call connection to the called terminal according to a call connection request of the originating terminal (step 412).

The called terminal maintains a billing information table (step 413). When the called terminal receives a call connection request with the originating terminal from the mobile communication system, the called terminal receives a key combination or hot key selected from the called party (step 414). The billing information table and the key combination or the input of the hot key have been described with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The called terminal generates (step 415) a bill change request message including the key combination from the called party or billing information corresponding to the hot key input (step 415), and transmits it to the billing change service server (step 416) ). The billing change service server reads billing information included in the billing change request message received from the called terminal (step 417).

If the call between the calling terminal and the terminating terminal is connected (step 418), the billing change service server generates a billing log corresponding to the billing information read in step 417 (step 419). The billing change service server generates a billing change notification message corresponding to the billing log (step 420), transmits the billing change notification message to the mobile communication system (step 421) To be transmitted to the calling terminal and the called terminal (steps 422 and 423).

If the call connection between the calling terminal and the terminating terminal is terminated (step 424), the billing change service server transmits the billing log generated in step 419 to the billing system (step 425). The billing system charges all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal through the billing log to the called party (step 426).

5 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a billing change service providing method of a billing change service server according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5, when a caller inputs a predetermined key combination or inputs a hot key during a call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal, all or part of the call charge associated with the call connection is transmitted to the called party To be charged.

The called terminal holding the charging information table (step 512) receives a key combination or a hot key selected from the called party (step 513) during a call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal (step 511) ). The billing information table and the key combination or the input of the hot key have been described with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The called terminal generates (step 514) a bill change request message including the key combination from the called party or billing information corresponding to the hot key input, and transmits it to the billing change service server (step 516) ). The billing change service server reads the billing information included in the billing change request message received from the called terminal (step 516).

The billing change service server generates a billing log corresponding to the read billing information (step 517). The billing change service server generates a billing change notification message corresponding to the billing log in step 518 and transmits the billing change notification message to the mobile communication system in step 519, To be transmitted to the calling terminal and the called terminal (step 520 and step 521).

If the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal is terminated (step 522), the billing change service server transmits the billing log generated in step 517 to the billing system (step 523). The billing system charges all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal through the billing log to the called party (step 524).

The billing change service providing method according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal line, a wave guide, or the like, including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal designating a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

According to the billing change service server and the method of the present invention, during a call connection attempt between a calling terminal and a called terminal, the calling party charges all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection according to the selection of the called party, It is possible to obtain an effect that the call rate can be arbitrarily burdened regardless of the situation of the called party.

According to the billing change service server and method of the present invention, even if a call between a calling terminal and a called terminal is connected and a call is being made, when there is a caller's selection, all or a part of the call charge associated with the call connection is charged Can be obtained.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Modification is possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only in accordance with the following claims, and all equivalents or equivalent variations thereof are included in the scope of the present invention.

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Receiving a bill change request message from the called terminal during a call connection attempt between the calling terminal and the called terminal; Generating a billing log corresponding to the billing change request message when the call between the calling terminal and the called terminal is connected; Generating a billing change notification message corresponding to the billing log; Controlling the accounting change notification message to be transmitted to the calling terminal or the called terminal; And Transmitting a billing log to a charging system when a call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal is terminated; Lt; / RTI > The receiving terminal maintains a charging information table in which one or more charging information corresponding to one or more key combinations are recorded, When receiving a predetermined key combination from a caller who has confirmed a calling party identifier (CID) corresponding to the calling terminal during an attempted call connection with the calling terminal, receiving, from the charging information table, And generating a billing change request message including the read billing information by reading out the billing change request message. delete The method according to claim 1, The billing change notification message may be SMS (Short Message Service) or DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) Wherein the billing change service server controls the billing change notification message to be transmitted to the calling terminal or the called terminal through an SMSC (Short Message Service), an exchange, or a WAP server Delivery method. The method according to claim 1, The billing change request message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message or a Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) message, Wherein the billing change service server receives the billing change request message from the called terminal through an SMSC (Short Message Service), an exchange, or a WAP server. The method according to claim 1, The called terminal transmits the billing change request message to the billing change service server, Wherein the charging information includes information on all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal. 6. The method of claim 5, Wherein the step of generating a billing log corresponding to the billing change request message comprises: Reading the billing information included in the billing change request message; And Generating a billing log corresponding to the read billing information Wherein the charge change service is performed by a service provider. The method according to claim 1, When receiving a hot key input from a called party during a call connection attempt with the caller terminal, the called terminal generates a bill change request message including the selected billing information and transmits the bill change request message to the billing change service server Wherein the billing change service is provided by the billing change service server. Receiving a billing change request message including billing information from the called terminal during call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal; Reading the billing information; Generating a billing log corresponding to a result of reading the billing information; Generating a billing change notification message corresponding to the billing log; Controlling the accounting change notification message to be transmitted to the calling terminal or the called terminal; And Transmitting a billing log to a charging system when a call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal is terminated; Lt; / RTI > In the called terminal Maintaining a charging information table in which at least one charging information corresponding to each of the one or more key combinations is recorded; Receiving a predetermined key combination from a called party during the call connection with the calling terminal; Reading a billing information corresponding to the inputted key combination from the billing information table and generating a billing change request message including the read billing information The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a service change request from a service provider; 9. The method of claim 8, Wherein the charging information includes information on all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal. 9. The method of claim 8, In the called terminal, Transmitting the billing change request message to the billing change service server The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: 9. The method of claim 8, When receiving a hot key input from the called party during call connection with the calling terminal, the called terminal generates and transmits to the billing change service server a bill change request message including the selected billing information Wherein the charge change service is a service change request service. delete 9. The method of claim 8, The billing change notification message may be SMS (Short Message Service) or DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) Wherein the billing change service server controls the billing change notification message to be transmitted to the calling terminal or the called terminal through an SMSC (Short Message Service), an exchange, or a WAP server Delivery method. 9. The method of claim 8, The billing change request message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message or a Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) message, Wherein the billing change service server receives the billing change request message from the called terminal through an SMSC (Short Message Service), an exchange, or a WAP server. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1, 3 to 11, and 13 to 14. A call connection method between a calling terminal and a called terminal, comprising: a message receiving unit for receiving a bill change request message from the called terminal; A billing log generation unit for generating a billing log corresponding to the billing change request message; A billing change notification message generating unit for generating a billing change notification message corresponding to the billing log; And A transmission control section for controlling the transmission of the billing change notification message to the calling terminal or the called terminal, Lt; / RTI > Wherein the transmission control unit controls the billing system to transmit the billing log to a billing system when call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal is terminated, Wherein the receiving terminal maintains a charging information table in which one or more charging information corresponding to one or more key combinations is recorded and, when receiving a predetermined key combination from the called party, extracts, from the charging information table, Reads the billing information corresponding to the billing change request message and generates a billing change request message including the read billing information. delete 17. The method of claim 16, The receiving terminal transmits the billing change request message to the billing change service server. When receiving a hot key from the called party, the called terminal generates a bill change request message including the selected billing information, Server, Wherein the billing information includes information on all or a part of the call charge according to the call connection between the calling terminal and the called terminal. 19. The method of claim 18, A billing information reading unit for reading billing information included in the billing change request message, Further comprising: Wherein the billing log generation unit generates a billing log corresponding to the read billing information. 18. The method of claim 17, The billing change notification message may be SMS (Short Message Service) or DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) Wherein the transmission controller controls the charging change notification message to be transmitted to the calling terminal or the called terminal through an SMSC (Short Message Service), an exchange, or a WAP server. 17. The method of claim 16, The billing change request message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message or a Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) message, Wherein the message receiving unit receives the billing change request message from the called terminal through an SMSC (Short Message Service), an exchange, or a WAP server.

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