KR20030013183A - Public internet service method and service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and system for servicing a public Internet is provided to use a public Internet without using a copper coin or a payment card. CONSTITUTION: A public Internet server(2) is connected to the Internet(1). A wireless telephone managing server(5) is connected to the public Internet server(2) through the Internet(1) or a private line. A user terminal(3) is public Internet contents on a personal computer connected to a public Internet site or a public Internet terminal connected to the public Internet server(2) through a private line, a LAN, or a local communication network. An Internet user managing DB(4) is constructed in the public Internet server(2). A user managing DB(4) stores and manages a user ID, a password, a selection option, and Internet usage information. A subscriber managing DB(6) includes a public Internet user account besides a subscriber telephone number, a password, an address, a name, a payment date, etc. The user ID of the Internet user managing DB(4) stores a telephone number of the subscriber managing DB(6) being supplied in the wireless telephone managing server(5). The user password of the Internet user managing DB(4) stores the password of the subscriber managing DB(6) being supplied in the wireless telephone managing server(5) or a voice mailing service password.

Description

Public Internet service method and system {PUBLIC INTERNET SERVICE METHOD AND SERVICE SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a public Internet payment method and system.

Conventional information exchanges, which were made only by voice or paper, use the Internet, which makes it easier and more convenient to exchange information. With the general use of the Internet, there is an increasing demand for public Internet that wants to use the Internet in public places. Table 1 shows the distribution of information terminal users in Korea at the end of 2000. According to Table 1, domestic Internet users are behind the number of personal wireless telephone users, and the demand for public Internet is becoming real due to the high rate of Internet access in PC rooms.

TABLE 1

19 million Internet users (40% of the population)

27 million personal wireless phone users (57% of population)

7.8 million wireless Internet phone users

Simple text service user 15 million

20,000 PC rooms

16% of internet cafe users (population)

The application service provider (ASP) service, which is attracting attention mainly from the IT industry as the public Internet service receives attention, represents a major shift in the computing paradigm toward server-based computing.

Server-based computing refers to a computing method in which all resources necessary for operating the software are provided by the server computer, and the software user uses resources such as programs owned by the server in the content screen provided by the server. This server-based computing corresponds to desktop computing, where all the resources and software needed for the task are loaded directly from the user's PC and the user is responsible for managing the hardware and installing and operating the software.

Desktop computing has the advantage of providing maximum freedom of operation and various applications, but it is expensive to purchase hardware and education, and especially for the enterprise, it is necessary to manage different computers and upgrade continuously. The disadvantage is that it costs.

According to a domestic daily newspaper in January 2001, about 500 public telephones with high speed internet access will be installed at Yeongjong-do New Airport in Incheon, as well as in Seoul and Gyeonggi, where there are many floating populations such as universities, hospitals, and government offices. It is said that it is a pilot service by installing about 200 units. Internet public telephone is a terminal designed to connect telephone communication and internet connection by connecting ADSL network of Korea Telecom. It has a 15.1-inch screen with 10 gigabytes of hard disk and 500MHz speed. Built-in CPU, access to more than 200 Internet sites with content supply contracts, e-mail mail search, call charges are the same as regular public phone bills, coins cannot be used, credit cards, KT cards (Postpaid), world phone card (prepaid), electronic money (Mondex), and Internet usage rates are expected to be 17 won per minute. (1 hour 1,000 won) has announced a similar kkolin school sujunim normal PC.

Public Internet dissemination gives another meaning to Internet users. That is, even if you do not carry a notebook computer, you can access the necessary information sources and obtain the necessary information through the Internet network in any region, and give the Internet contact opportunity at a low cost to the users who have less time to use the Internet. However, the public Internet is a usage method that depends on a coin, credit card, KT card (postpaid), world phone card (prepaid), electronic money (Mondex) card payment system has the following problems.

First, Internet users must prepare coins or cards to use the public internet anyway. If you are not ready or if you need to access the Internet urgently without preparation, you cannot access the Internet contents.

In the second coin connection method, coins are continuously inserted into the slot at regular intervals, and the card user must insert the card into the slot before accessing the Internet.

Third, if the coin runs out or the balance on the card runs out while the Internet is connected, the Internet is cut off. Of course, we will advertise that we can avoid the worst case of communication breakdown by preparing enough coins and card balance or postpaid card, but this will cause a lot of communication breakdown and loss of final output in the actual service process.

An object of the present invention is to propose a public Internet service method that enables the public Internet to be used without using a coin or a payment card.

Another object of the present invention is to allow existing personal wireless telephone subscribers to use the public Internet without a separate registration procedure or setting a password, and at the same time, to secure a private wireless telephone subscriber as a temporary public Internet service user. The purpose is to propose a service method.

The object of the present invention is to propose a public Internet service method that does not require the construction of a new infrastructure for managing fee.

An object of the present invention is to propose a public Internet service method for users not to manage ID or password for the public Internet.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention enables the management of a personal wireless telephone user account by adding a public internet charge, using a personal wireless telephone number as a login name of a public internet, and using a personal wireless telephone. By using the voicemail password (password) of the public Internet as the login password of the public Internet, it is a public Internet service method and system that makes it possible to omit the reconstruction of the infrastructure for using the public Internet, and to simplify user ID and password management.

1 is a block diagram of the invention service system

Fig. 2 is a cooperative relationship diagram between servers of this invention service.

3 is a public initial screen of the Internet

4 is a flow chart of this inventive subject embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of this invention information change control

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1 Internet 2 Public Internet Server 3 Public Internet User Terminal 4 User Management DB 5 Wireless Phone Management Server 6 Subscriber Management DB

The present invention comprises a public Internet server (abbreviation for 'Public Internet Operator Server') 2 connected to the Internet 1, a public Internet server 2 and a user terminal 3, and the Internet 1 or A wireless telephone management server (abbreviation for "personal wireless cellular telephone management server") 5 is connected to the public Internet server 2 via a dedicated line.

The user terminal 3 is public Internet content on a personal computer connected to a public Internet site, or a public Internet terminal connected to a public Internet server through a dedicated line, a LAN, or a local communication network.

An Internet user management DB (database) 4 is built in the public Internet server 2, and the user management DB 4 stores and manages user IDs, passwords, selection options, and Internet usage information.

The subscriber management DB (6) includes a public Internet user account, in addition to wireless telephone subscriber management information such as subscriber telephone number, password, address, name, social security number, selection option, voicemail password, payment date, usage time,

The management DBs 6 and 4 may include necessary items in addition to the designated items.

The user ID of the user management DB (4) stores the telephone number of the DB (6) provided by the radiotelephone management server (5), the user password of the user management DB (4) from the radiotelephone management server (5) The password of the provided BD 6 or the voicemail password is stored.

The use method of this invention public Internet service is as follows.

Initial content provided to the Internet terminals 3 by the public Internet server 2 is shown in FIG. Provide ID input window 11 and password input window 12 at the center of the screen, and at the bottom of the screen, "Wireless mobile subscribers can enter the phone number as the ID and voicemail password as the password to access the Internet The fee is 00 won per 00 minutes. The fee will be charged together with the telephone charge. " It is described.

The flow of main control in the public Internet server 2 of the present invention is shown in FIG.

① Through the screen of Fig. 3, the portable wireless telephone subscriber enters the wireless telephone number in the ID input window 11, enters the voicemail password in the password input window 12, and presses the Enter key. Connected.

② Enter the ID and password in the initial screen of Figure 3 and press the Enter key the user terminal 3 transmits the ID and password to the public Internet server (2).

③ The public Internet server 2 searches the user management DB (4) and retrieves the ID and password received from the ID and password received in the DB (4).

④ If the user is registered as a search result, after recording the Internet 'service date and time' in the user management DB (4),

⑤ Provide the Internet content to the user terminal to use the Internet. Public Internet content is limited to content contracted with a public Internet provider, and access to content outside the contract is denied.

⑥ When the Internet connection is terminated, the public Internet server stores the 'end date and time' and returns the user terminal 3 of step ① to the initial screen.

In the case of a user whose ID and password are not included in the user management DB 4, the processing is as follows.

(7) The public Internet server (2) transmits a user ID and a password to the wireless telephone management servers (5) connected through a dedicated line or the Internet and promised to provide service, and checks whether registration is made.

(8) If the inquiry result is a negative response (no registration), the public Internet server 2 disallows Internet access to the user terminal 3 and returns to step ① to maintain the initial screen.

⑨ However, if an affirmative response (registration confirmation) is received from the radiotelephone management server 5, the radiotelephone management server 5 and the public Internet server 2 respectively process as follows.

The radiotelephone management server 5 adds the public Internet access fee account to the account of the subscriber's code (telephone number), which is 'registered' in accordance with the agreement with the public Internet operator.

The wireless Internet usage fee account is a user's telephone number, usage time, usage history, usage fee, billing date, billing amount, settlement date, payment amount, delinquent amount, and other items.

⑩ If the public Internet server 2 receives an affirmative response to the inquiry result, it establishes a user account including an ID and a password in the user management DB 3.

⑪ Next, the public Internet server 2 proceeds to step ④ above to provide a public Internet service.

The public Internet server 2 transmits the public Internet usage history by the public Internet user ID classified by the wireless telephone management server 5 to the wireless telephone management server 5 when the public Internet user details are classified by the wireless telephone management server 5. send.

The wireless management server 5 having received the public Internet usage history for each ID records the public Internet usage history for each subscriber in the account given in step ⑦, and applies the usage rate to record the usage history when the telephone bill is created. Bill by integrating the telephone fee with the Internet.

Sending invoices, handling charges and automatic transfer of telephone bills, and handling outstanding charges depend on the existing telephone bill handling system.

Along with the telephone bill, the public Internet charge is deposited in the wireless telephone manager account. When the contract period is reached with the public internet operator, the wireless telephone manager transfers the proceeds from the Internet service to the public internet operator bank account.

In addition, the wireless telephone management server 5 immediately transmits the information to the public Internet server 2 when the information managed by the public Internet server 2, such as the subscriber's telephone number or voicemail password, is changed as shown in FIG.

The public Internet server 2 corrects the information contained in the user management DB 4 when the changed user information is received.

As described above, the present invention can use a public Internet service that allows the public Internet to be used without using a coin or a payment card, and existing personal wireless telephone subscribers can use the public Internet without a separate registration procedure or setting a password. It is possible to secure personal wireless subscribers as a temporary public Internet service user at a time, and to provide an inexpensive service by eliminating the construction of an infrastructure for managing public Internet charges. In addition, it provides a method and system for easy use of the public Internet service without the need for password management. In particular, the public Internet service fee for the public Internet service, which is analyzed to be not expanded due to the difficulty of payment of the fee, is used for personal wireless. Casks on phone bill By making the payment is a very useful invention that can increase the success rate of the service supply.

Claims (3)

A public Internet server 2 connected to the Internet 1 and a user terminal 3 connected to the Internet 1 through a local communication network such as a public Internet server 2 and a dedicated line or a LAN are provided. Alternatively, the wireless telephone management server 5 is connected to the public Internet server 2 through a dedicated line. Including the public Internet user fee management account in the existing wireless telephone subscriber management account of the subscriber management DB (6) belonging to the wireless telephone management server (5), The public Internet user management DB 4 is installed in the public Internet server 2, Set up a user account in the public Internet user management database (4) with the wireless telephone number as the wireless Internet user ID and the voicemail password as the public Internet user password, and use the wireless Internet usage history for calculating the wireless internet usage fee in the user account. Include it, Provides an ID input window 11 and a password input window 12 to the initial content provided to the Internet terminal (3) in the public Internet server (2), The public Internet server 2 searches for and registers the user management DB 4 when the portable wireless telephone subscriber enters the wireless telephone number in the ID input window 11 and the voicemail password in the password input window 12. If the user is a registered user, the Internet "service date and time" is stored in the management DB (4), and then the Internet content is provided to the user terminal to use the Internet. and, The public Internet server (2) if the user is not listed in the user management DB (4), and transmits the user ID and password to the wireless telephone management server (5) to query the registration status, When the public Internet server 2 receives a negative response from the inquiry result, the public Internet server 2 disallows Internet access to the user terminal 3 and maintains an initial screen. When the public Internet server 2 receives an affirmative response from the radiotelephone management server 5, it establishes a user account in the user management DB 3, The wireless telephone management server 5 adds a public Internet access fee account to the account of the answered subscriber's code (phone number) and provides a public Internet service. The public Internet server 2 classifies the public Internet user details by the wireless telephone management server 5 for each wireless telephone provider and contract date, and transmits the public Internet usage history to the wireless telephone management server 5 by public Internet user ID. The wireless telephone management server 5 records the public Internet usage history for each ID in the corresponding account, and after integrating the telephone fee and internet usage fee to the wireless telephone subscriber, The wireless telephone management server (5) is a public Internet service system for controlling the transfer to the public Internet operator bank account after limiting the fee of a certain rate in the deposits from the public telephone use. The radio telephone management server (5) transmits the information to the public Internet server (2) immediately when information managed by the public Internet server (2), such as a subscriber's telephone number or voicemail password, is changed. , The public Internet server (2) when receiving the changed user information is a public Internet service system for correcting the information contained in the user management DB (4). A public Internet server 2 connected to the Internet 1 and a user terminal 3 connected to the Internet 1 through a local communication network such as a public Internet server 2 and a dedicated line or a LAN are provided. Alternatively, the wireless telephone management server 5 is connected to the public Internet server 2 through a dedicated line. Including the public Internet user fee management account in the existing wireless telephone subscriber management account of the subscriber management DB (6) belonging to the wireless telephone management server (5), The public Internet user management DB 4 is installed in the public Internet server 2, Set up a user account in the public Internet user management database (4) with the wireless telephone number as the wireless Internet user ID and the voicemail password as the public Internet user password, and use the wireless Internet usage history for calculating the wireless internet usage fee in the user account. Include it, Provides an ID input window 11 and a password input window 12 to the initial content provided to the Internet terminal (3) in the public Internet server (2), The public Internet server 2 searches for and registers a user management DB 4 when a portable wireless telephone subscriber enters a wireless telephone number in the ID input window 11 and a voicemail password in a password input window 12. If the user is a registered user, the Internet "service date and time" is stored in the management DB (4), and then the Internet content is provided to the user terminal to use the Internet. and, The public Internet server (2) if the user is not listed in the user management DB (4) and transmits the user ID and password to the wireless telephone management server (5) to query the registration status, When the public Internet server 2 receives a negative response from the inquiry result, the public Internet server 2 disallows Internet access to the user terminal 3 and maintains an initial screen. When the public Internet server 2 receives an affirmative response from the radiotelephone management server 5, it establishes a user account in the user management DB 3, The wireless telephone management server 5 adds a public Internet access fee account to the account of the answered subscriber's code (phone number) and provides a public Internet service. The public Internet server 2 classifies the public Internet user details by the wireless telephone management server 5 for each wireless telephone provider and contract date, and transmits the public Internet usage history to the wireless telephone management server 5 by public Internet user ID. The wireless telephone management server 5 records the public Internet usage history for each ID in the corresponding account and integrates and charges the telephone charge and the Internet usage charge to the wireless telephone subscriber. The radiotelephone management server (5) is a public Internet service method for controlling the transfer to the public Internet operator bank account after limiting a fee of a certain rate in the received paying public telephone use.