KR20010097354A - System and method for reporting usage history of fare card - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a traffic card usage history notification system and method.

According to the present invention, a collecting server receives and collects a traffic fee extracted from a public transportation gateway that extracts a traffic fee from a mobile communication terminal having a traffic card function, and the traffic fee server collects the traffic fee collected from the collection server. When received and stored in the DB, the mobile communication terminal when the request for confirmation of the usage history of the traffic charges is performed by the authentication process of the mobile communication terminal and transmits the traffic card usage history of the stored mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal.

As a result, the public transportation fee can be paid through the mobile communication terminal with the built-in transportation card function, and the details can be checked through the mobile communication terminal by requesting the details of the public transportation fee used by the user.

Description

System and method for reporting usage history of fare card}

The present invention relates to a traffic card usage history notification system and method, and more particularly, to provide a traffic card usage history notification for providing a detailed history information of a public transportation fare through a mobile communication terminal having a traffic card function embedded therein. A system and a method of performing the same.

With the development of semiconductor device technology and mobile communication devices, the size and weight of the mobile communication terminal device itself is miniaturized, and accordingly, separate functions for providing various services are added to one mobile communication terminal. . As an example, by using a mobile communication terminal with a built-in traffic card function, the subscriber side can achieve the same effect through the mobile communication terminal possessed by the subscriber even without purchasing and carrying a separate traffic card.

However, when using a mobile communication terminal with a built-in traffic card function, there is a problem that the user can not know the details or amount used so far.

In addition, in recent years, a method of using public transportation as a credit card in connection with a credit card company, subway construction or a bus combination, etc. has been widely used, but there is a problem in that the detailed usage history is not immediately known. In addition, there is a problem in that it is not possible to solve the public transportation subscriber's curiosity simply by displaying the total amount of the transportation card only after receiving the card bill on the payment date.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a traffic card usage notification system using a mobile communication terminal having a traffic card function.

In addition, another object of the present invention to provide a notification method using the traffic card usage history notification system described above.

1 is a view for explaining a traffic card usage history notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining a display unit of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a traffic card usage notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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50: mobile communication terminal 100: public transport gateway

110: subway gateway 120: bus gateway

200: Collect Server 300: Traffic Bill Server

400: Traffic fare per customer DB 500: Mobile communication network

510: base station 520: base station controller

530: exchanger

Traffic card usage history notification system according to one feature for realizing the above object of the present invention,

A collecting server receiving and collecting the traffic charges extracted from the public transportation gateway which extracts the traffic charges in the mobile communication terminal having a traffic card function; And

A traffic card of the mobile communication terminal stored after receiving the traffic fee collected from the collection server and storing it in a DB and performing authentication processing of the mobile communication terminal when a request for checking the usage history of the traffic fee is received from the mobile communication terminal. And a traffic fare server for transmitting usage details to the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the traffic card usage history notification method according to one feature for realizing another object of the present invention described above,

(a) storing the transportation card usage history for each customer;

(b) checking whether a usage history of the traffic card is requested from the subscriber, and wirelessly transmitting detailed usage history to the subscriber when the usage history request is input;

(c) checking the total usage amount of the transportation card from the subscriber when the usage history request of the transportation card is not input in the step (b); And

(d) if there is a total usage request in step (c), transmitting the total usage amount to the subscriber mobile communication terminal.

According to such a traffic card usage history notification system and method, a public transportation fee is paid through a mobile communication terminal with a built-in traffic card function, and a detailed description of the public transportation fee used by the user is requested through the mobile communication terminal. You can check the details.

Then, embodiments will be described so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention.

1 is a view for explaining a traffic card usage history notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the traffic card usage history notification system according to the present invention is a public transport gateway 100, aggregation server 200, traffic fare server 300, customer-specific traffic fare DB 400 and mobile communication network 500 ).

The public transportation gateway 100 includes a subway gateway 110 and a bus gateway 120, and extracts a traffic fare from the mobile communication terminal 50 with a built-in traffic card function and provides it to the collection server 200. The traffic card function may be achieved by embedding an IC chip using an RF card method in a mobile communication terminal.

The aggregation server 200 receives the traffic fare information transmitted from the public transportation gateway 100, collects the traffic fare information, and provides the collected to the traffic fare server 300.

The traffic fare server 300 receives the collected traffic fare information from the collection server 200 and stores the traffic fare information in the customer fare DB 400.

In addition, the traffic fare server 300 checks whether the corresponding mobile communication terminal subscribes to the traffic card usage history notification service when there is a request for confirming the usage history of the traffic fare from the mobile communication terminal 50 via the mobile communication network 500. If the corresponding subscriber is checked, the traffic fare information is extracted from the customer fare DB 400 and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 50 via the mobile communication network 500.

The mobile communication network 500 includes a base station 510 that communicates with a mobile communication terminal in a wireless section, a base station controller 520 for controlling a base station, and a switch 530 for call processing and additional service processing of a mobile communication subscriber. In accordance with the present invention, a signal for authentication processing of the mobile communication terminal is provided to the traffic fare server 300 according to a request of the traffic card usage history notification service from the mobile communication terminal 50, and obtained authentication. When the traffic card usage history notification information for the mobile communication terminal is provided, the wireless communication is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 50.

2 is a view for explaining a display unit of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a subscriber requests a traffic card usage history notification request, the traffic fare server side transmits a subscriber selection message to check whether the user wants to search the usage history or the total usage amount, and transmits the subscriber selection message. When you select a message you want to receive, the detailed message of the message is provided and displayed.

Here, the transmission of the message for the first inquiry of the service history is described as an example of the traffic fare server, but the mobile terminal device stores the information for displaying the corresponding message, and the subscriber notifies the usage history. As the service mode is selected, the stored information may be primarily displayed, and as the subscriber selects the first displayed message, the detailed traffic card usage history may be requested to the traffic fare server, and the detailed message may be received and displayed.

Hereinafter, the traffic card usage history notification system according to the present invention will be described in more detail.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a traffic card usage notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, first, the customer-specific traffic card usage history input through the public transportation gateway 100 and the collection server 200 is stored in the customer-specific traffic fare DB 400 (step S10).

Subsequently, it is checked whether or not the request for the traffic card usage history is requested from the mobile communication terminal 50 of the corresponding service subscriber (step S20), and when there is a request for the usage history, the detailed usage history is transmitted to the subscriber mobile communication terminal 50 ( Step S25). When there is a request for the usage history, the mobile terminal 50 checks whether the subscription is registered, and transmits the detailed usage history only to the subscribed mobile communication terminal 50 side.

If there is no request for usage history in step S20, it is checked whether the total usage amount is requested from the subscribed mobile communication terminal 50 (step S30), and if there is a total usage request from the subscribed mobile communication terminal 50, the total usage amount. Is transmitted to the corresponding mobile communication terminal (step S35).

As described above, in the related art, there is no method for a customer to know his or her usage or amount of money used when boarding public transportation using a mobile communication terminal equipped with a transportation card function. At any time, you can check your detailed usage history and amount.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be able to variously modify and change the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be appreciated.

As described above, according to the present invention, the original mobile communication terminal is equipped with an RF chip with a built-in traffic function to add a traffic card function to the mobile terminal function. Information on the usage history and the amount of money used may be displayed on the LCD screen of the mobile communication terminal.

Claims (5)

A collecting server receiving and collecting the traffic charges extracted from the public transportation gateway which extracts the traffic charges in the mobile communication terminal having a traffic card function; And Traffic card usage history of the mobile communication terminal stored after receiving and storing the collected traffic fare from the collection server, and performing authentication processing of the mobile communication terminal when a request for confirmation of the usage history of the traffic fare is received from the mobile communication terminal. Toll server for transmitting a message to the mobile communication terminal Traffic card usage history notification system comprising a. The traffic card usage history notification system according to claim 1, wherein the traffic card uses an RF card method. The system of claim 1, wherein the public transportation gateway is A subway gateway located at a subway ticket gate and extracting an ID of a mobile communication terminal having a built-in traffic card function and outputting the cost of riding and getting off to the collection server via wire or wireless; And Bus gateway that is located at the bus gate and extracts the ID of the mobile communication terminal with the built-in traffic card function and wirelessly outputs the cost of the ride to the collection server. Traffic card usage history notification system comprising a. (a) storing the transportation card usage history for each customer; (b) checking whether a usage history of the traffic card is requested from the subscriber, and wirelessly transmitting detailed usage history to the subscriber when the usage history request is input; (c) checking the total usage amount of the transportation card from the subscriber when the usage history request of the transportation card is not input in the step (b); And (d) if there is a total usage request in step (c), transmitting the total usage amount to the subscriber mobile communication terminal; Traffic card usage history notification method comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein step (b) The method for notifying a traffic card usage history further comprising the step of authenticating a corresponding subscriber when a request for usage history of the traffic card is input.