KR20030026545A - System and Method for Web to Phone Service of the Sender Allotment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for supplying a caller-charging web-to-phone service is provided to make a call by retrieving a telephone number of a receiver with the use of a telephone book stored in a server without directly inputting the telephone number by a caller, in order to charge a telephone bill with a caller's telephone number, thereby increasing the number of access times. CONSTITUTION: A PC(110) connects to a web page. A web server(120) supplies a web-to-phone service. A web-to-phone web server and signaling server(141) transmits a web-to-phone client program to the PC(110), and performs an H.323 call processing. A switch(142) switches to supply a service to the web-to-phone web server and signaling server(141). A gatekeeper(143) performs call authentication and call connection. A CDR(Call Detailed Record) server(145) generates billing information. An authentication/billing system(130) authenticates a caller, and charges a telephone bill to the caller. A VoIP based network gateway(150) receives a call connection request, and connects a VoIP based network with a PSTN. A receiving phone(160) receives a connected call, and makes the call with the caller.

Description

System and Method for Web to Phone Service of the Sender Allotment}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a caller-borne web to phone service system using a telephone number search service, and a method and a computer readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the method. In the web-to-phone service that calls from a personal computer (PC) to a regular phone, the caller can search for the phone number of the called party using the phonebook database stored on the server without having to enter the phone number directly. A caller-free web-to-phone service system for billing caller telephone numbers, and a method and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for realizing the method.

The existing classic voice communication market had no choice but to use a general public switched telephone network. However, Internet voice communication technology, the most innovative technology, enables the transmission and reception of voice signals using the Internet and a computer. As a result, Internet users can use all the means of communication at the cost of communication fees without any additional costs.

Following this, Voice over IP (VoIP) devices, which can be used even without a computer, are released, allowing users to connect to the Internet automatically when they want to use web-to-phone.

Web-to-phone, on the other hand, connects a personal computer with a regular phone, which installs the program on a personal computer or connects to the service provider's site to connect to an Internet gateway facility in a particular area.

That is, a public telephone network that can be connected to the phone of the desired counterpart through a gateway that handles data relay between the LAN and the LAN, which serves as an outgoing inquiry for connection to an external network. After the connection is made to the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the public telephone network (PSTN) receiving the connection request signal connects to the other party's telephone to provide a web-to-phone service.

However, in the existing web-to-phone service, the caller has to download the program from the website and set up, and there is a problem of having to enter the telephone number of the called party directly by executing the program.

In addition, there is a need for a method that can simplify the creation and billing of charges for use of the web-to-phone service.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above problems, in the web-to-phone service, the caller to retrieve the telephone number of the called party to call using the phone book stored on the server without having to directly enter the telephone number It is an object of the present invention to provide a caller-borne web-to-phone service system capable of making a call and charging a caller's telephone number, and a computer-readable recording medium recording the method therefor and a program for realizing the method.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a caller-borne web-to-phone service system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of a caller pays web to phone service method according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

110: personal computer 120: web server

130: authentication / billing system 140: web to phone service server system

141: web-to-phone web server and signaling server

142: switch 143: gatekeeper

145: CDR server 150: VoIP based network gateway

160: incoming call

An apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises: a web server for providing a web to phone service environment to a user connected by using a caller connection means; Program transmitting means for transmitting a web to phone client program for a web to phone service to the caller accessing means; Call connection means for receiving a call connection request from the caller access means and performing a call connection request to a gatekeeper; Switching means for switching said plurality of program transfer means and call connection means when providing a web-to-phone service using a plurality of said program transfer means and call connection means; The gatekeeper for performing call authentication and a call connection with a gateway to a call connection request of the call connection unit; The gateway for receiving a call connection request from the gatekeeper and connecting a call with an incoming call through a public switched network (PSTN); Billing generating means for generating billing information for the call connection and transferring it to the authentication / billing means; And an authentication / billing means for authenticating the connected user by using the access means and receiving the billing information transmitted from the billing generating means and charging the user a fee.

On the other hand, the method of the present invention, a method for providing a caller-paying web-to-phone service, comprising: a first step of receiving an identifier (ID) and a password (Password) from the caller user to determine whether the subscriber in the authentication / billing system; A second step of retrieving the called party's telephone number which the user finds by confirming that the service subscriber is the result of the determination; A third step of requesting a call to the searched telephone number as a result of the search of the second step; A fourth step of transmitting a web-to-phone client program from a web-to-phone web server when the call is requested; A fifth step of receiving a call setup request sent by the web-to-phone client program and confirming that the called telephone number is valid, and then connecting the call; A sixth step of generating charging information according to the call connection and transmitting the generated charging information to an authentication / billing system; And a seventh step of imposing the charging information on the calling party's telephone fee.

On the other hand, the present invention is to provide a web-to-phone service system having a large-capacity processor for providing a web-to-phone service, receiving an identifier (ID) and password (Password) from the caller user to determine whether or not the subscriber in the authentication / billing system 1 function; A second function of retrieving the called party's telephone number which the user finds by confirming that the service subscriber is the result of the determination; A third function of requesting a call to the searched telephone number as a result of the search of the second function; A fourth function of transmitting a web to phone client program from a web to phone web server when the call is requested; A fifth function of receiving a call setup request sent by the web-to-phone client program and confirming that the incoming telephone number is valid, and then connecting the call; A sixth function of generating charging information according to the call connection and transmitting the generated charging information to an authentication / billing system; And a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a seventh function of integrating the charging information on the calling party's telephone bill.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a caller pays web to phone service system according to the present invention.

In the figure, "110" is a personal computer (PC), "120" is a web server, "130" is an authentication / billing system, "140" is a web-to-phone service server system, "150" is a VoIP based network gateway, and "160". Indicates an incoming call respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, a caller-free web-to-phone service system includes a personal computer 110 for accessing a web page providing a service and a web server for providing a web-to-phone service to a user using the personal computer 110 ( 120), a web-to-phone client program for transmitting a web-to-phone service to the personal computer, a web-to-phone web server and signaling server 141 for handling H.323 call processing, a plurality of web-to-phone web servers using a load balancing function, and A switch 142 for switching to provide a service to the signaling server 141, a gatekeeper 143 for performing call authentication and call connection for the call connection request of the web-to-phone web server and the signaling server 141, the call Call detailed record (CDR) server 145 for generating billing information for the connection, and authenticates the caller, the billing information transmitted from the CDR server 145 Authentication / billing system 130 for receiving a transmission and billing the caller to use, VoIP-based network gateway 150 for connecting a VoIP-based network and a public switched network (PSTN) by receiving a call connection request from the gatekeeper 143, And an incoming call 160 for receiving a connected call using the personal computer 110 and talking with the caller.

The caller-paying web-to-phone service method according to the present invention is a service that allows a user to make a call by using a web browser of a personal computer 110 by using a web phone, and the service subscriber logs in to the homepage of the web server 120 to the web server 120. Search the recipient's phone number using the phone number search service to request a call to the recipient through the retrieved phone number to perform the call, the charge is integrated into the caller's phone number using the authentication / billing system 130 To claim.

On the other hand, the user environment of the personal computer 110 for using the caller-borne web-to-phone service according to the present invention is as follows.

First of all, a personal computer (PC) and a web browser connected to the Internet are required. The connection method can be dial-up, xDSL (x-Digital Subscriber Line) or LAN (Local Area Network), but it must have a certified IP. However, service is not possible in a private IP (IP) environment using a network address translation (NAT) or IP sharing program. In addition, user datagram protocol (UDP) port 51200 must be released or configured in a firewall or proxy server.

In addition, a sound card and a microphone, a speaker or a headset for a call are required.

Meanwhile, the web to phone web server of the web to phone service server system 140 and the web to phone web server of the signaling server 141 search for the type and version of the user's browser and automatically transmit the corresponding web to phone client program. Here, the web-to-phone client program is a program for the web-to-phone service, which is written as a signed java applet and automatically runs on the personal computer 110. In particular, when the H.323 stack is included in all, the voice channel is increased. It only includes the transfer function. Then, voice communication is performed with the destination VoIP-based network gateway 150, and the voice is compressed and transmitted to 6.3 Kbps using the G.723.1 protocol.

The signaling server of the web-to-phone web server and the signaling server 141 is a server responsible for H.323 call processing, requests the gatekeeper 143 to set up an H.323 call on behalf of the web-to-phone client program, and calls the destination H.323. The VoIP based network gateway 150 using 323 connects a voice channel to a web-to-phone client. The signaling server is located on the same physical server as the web to phone web server for scalability. Accordingly, the web-to-phone web server and the signaling server 141 are shown in FIG. 1.

The gatekeeper 143 is for call authentication and routing. The gatekeeper 143 confirms whether the user is authenticated for the call connection requested from the web-to-phone web server and the signaling server of the signaling server 141, and translates the called number to handle the called number. The call is connected to the VoIP based network gateway 150.

The call detailed record (CDR) server 145 is a server for generating billing information, and generates a call detailed record (CDR) for all calls, and billing information for a normal completed call is sent to the authentication / billing system 130. Billing charges integrated into the phone number by sending, and transmits the billing information to the authentication / billing system 130 for a certain period of time to use for reading and statistics.

On the other hand, a web-to-phone service method using a caller-borne web-to-phone service system according to the present invention is as follows.

First, the personal computer 110 accesses the homepage of the web server 120 providing a service and logs in using a recognized ID and password. At this time, the ID (ID) and password (Password) is used to confirm the user compared to the user information stored in the authentication / billing system (130).

Then, go to the screen for providing a web-to-phone service of the homepage to use the phone number search function. At this time, instead of arbitrarily inputting the called number, the desired number is searched using the telephone number search function, and then a call is requested by pressing the dial button. At this time, the phone number search is possible to search only general telephones except for the intelligent network special number (for example, 080, 1588, etc.) and international / mobile phone.

When the call is requested, the web server 120 transmits the user information and the call request information to the web to phone web server and the signaling server 141 through the Internet, and receives the user information and the call request information from the web to phone web server and the signaling server ( 141 transmits the web-to-phone client program to the user's personal computer 110, and when all of the web-to-phone client programs are transmitted, the personal computer 110 is directly executed and the call is established. To make a call. Here, the web to phone client program is a Java applet (java applet), so it is immediately executed without an additional installation process.

Meanwhile, the call setting process will be described in more detail as follows.

The caller receives the caller's voice data transmitted by the web-to-phone client program from the web-to-phone web server and the signaling server of the signaling server 141, requests the gatekeeper 143 to set up the H.323 call, and receives the call setup request. The keeper 143 confirms whether the user is an authenticated user, translates the called number, connects the call to the VoIP based network gateway 150 in charge of the called number, and the VoIP based network gateway 150 is a public switched network (PSTN). Connect with the incoming call 160 through. At this time, the CDR server 145 generates the charging information for all calls and transmits to the authentication / billing system (130).

And, the charge sent to the authentication / billing system 130 is added to the caller's telephone charge.

2 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a caller pays web to phone service method according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the caller-bearing web-to-phone service method according to the present invention, first, an ID (ID) and a password (Password) are input by accessing a homepage of a web server providing a service (201), and authentication / billing is performed. It is determined whether the service is a subscriber using the user information stored in the system (202).

As a result of the determination, it is confirmed that the subscriber is a service, and the recipient telephone number is searched through the recipient telephone number search on the web-to-phone service screen (203).

After retrieving the called party's telephone number, a call is requested to the retrieved telephone number (204), and the web-to-phone client program is automatically transmitted to the user's personal computer (205).

The call setup request is made using the transmitted web-to-phone client program (206), and the caller ID requesting the call is confirmed (207).

As a result of the check, if the called number is valid, the call is connected (208), and the billing information is generated simultaneously with the call connection and transmitted to the authentication / billing system (209).

As a result of the check, if the called number is not valid, the process proceeds to step 203 of searching for the called party number.

The method of providing a caller-borne web-to-phone service according to the present invention will be described in more detail as follows.

First, the caller-side user accesses the homepage of the web server 120 providing a service using a personal computer and attempts to log in using an ID and a password. At this time, the authentication / billing system 130 determines whether or not the subscriber by the input ID (ID) and password (Password).

As a result of the determination, if it is confirmed that the subscriber is a mobile terminal, the screen for providing the web-to-phone service of the homepage is used to use the telephone number search function. At this time, the caller does not input the caller's number arbitrarily and searches for a desired number by using the phone number search function, and then presses a call button to request a call to the searched phone number.

When the call is requested, the web server 120 transmits the user information and the call request information to the web to phone web server and the signaling server 141 through the Internet, and receives the user information and the call request information from the web to phone web server and the signaling server ( 141 transmits the web-to-phone client program to the user personal computer 110, and when all of the web-to-phone client programs are transmitted, the web-to-phone web program is executed directly on the personal computer 110 and transmits the caller's voice data transmitted by the web-to-phone client program to the web-to-phone web. Received from the signaling server of the server and the signaling server 141 request the H.323 call setup to the gatekeeper 143, the gatekeeper 143 receiving the call setup request confirms whether the user is an authenticated user, the called number If is valid, translate the called number to connect the call to the VoIP-based network gateway 150 in charge of the called number, The VoIP based network gateway 150 connects with the incoming call 160 through a public switched network (PSTN). At this time, the CDR server 145 generates the charging information for all calls and transmits to the authentication / billing system (130).

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes are possible in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary knowledge.

As described above, the present invention is one of the VoIP supplementary services, and thus the sales of the VoIP segment are increased, and only the subscribers can use the service. Therefore, the homepage is expected to increase, and it is effective in attracting new subscribers who want to use the service.

Claims (10)

In the caller burden web-to-phone service system, A web server for providing a web-to-phone service environment to a user connected by using caller access means; Program transmitting means for transmitting a web to phone client program for a web to phone service to the caller accessing means; Call connection means for receiving a call connection request from the caller access means and performing a call connection request to a gatekeeper; Switching means for switching said plurality of program transfer means and call connection means when providing a web-to-phone service using a plurality of said program transfer means and call connection means; The gatekeeper for performing call authentication and a call connection with a gateway to a call connection request of the call connection unit; The gateway for receiving a call connection request from the gatekeeper and connecting a call with an incoming call through a public switched network (PSTN); Billing generating means for generating billing information for the call connection and transferring it to the authentication / billing means; And Authentication / billing means for authenticating the connected user by using the access means and receiving the billing information transmitted from the billing generating means and charging the user a fee. Caller burden web-to-phone service system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The caller access means for accessing a web page providing a web-to-phone service and for talking with the called party Caller burden web-to-phone service system further comprising. The method of claim 2, The caller connection means, Caller-free web-to-phone service system, characterized in that it has a certified IP (Internet Protocol). The method of claim 1, The program transmission means, Caller-free web-to-phone service system, characterized in that for retrieving the browser type and version of the user and automatically transmits the corresponding web-to-phone client program. The method of claim 1, The gatekeeper, For call authentication and routing, the caller burden web-to-phone characterized in that the user is authenticated for the requested call connection from the call connection means, and translates the called number to connect the call to the gateway in charge of the called number. Service system. The method of claim 1, The charging generating means, Substantially, as a server for generating billing information, a CDR (Call Detailed Record) is generated for all calls, and billing information for a normal completed call is transmitted to the authentication / billing means to integrate charges into the user's telephone number. Claims, characterized in that the caller-paying web-to-phone service system characterized in that the billing information is transmitted to the authentication / billing means for a certain period to use for viewing and statistics. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, The web to phone client program, It is a program for web-to-phone service, which is written as a signed java applet and executed automatically in the access means. In particular, it includes only the voice channel transmission function because the size increases when all the H.323 stacks are included. A caller-paying web-to-phone service system, comprising voice communication with a gateway, and compressing and transmitting voice in a predetermined unit using a G.723.1 protocol. In the caller paid web-to-phone service providing method, A first step of receiving an identifier (ID) and a password (Password) from a caller user to determine whether the subscriber is a subscriber in the authentication / billing system; A second step of retrieving the called party's telephone number which the user finds by confirming that the service subscriber is the result of the determination; A third step of requesting a call to the searched telephone number as a result of the search of the second step; A fourth step of transmitting a web-to-phone client program from a web-to-phone web server when the call is requested; A fifth step of receiving a call setup request sent by the web-to-phone client program and confirming that the called telephone number is valid, and then connecting the call; A sixth step of generating charging information according to the call connection and transmitting the generated charging information to an authentication / billing system; And Step 7 of imposing the charging information on the calling party's telephone fee Caller burden web-to-phone service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 8, The fifth step, An eighth step of receiving the call establishment request from a signaling server and requesting call establishment to a gatekeeper; A ninth step of checking whether the gatekeeper received the call establishment request is an authenticated user, and if the called number is valid, translating the called number to connect the call to a VoIP-based network gateway in charge of the called number; And A tenth step of connecting the incoming call through the public switched network (PSTN) in the VoIP-based network gateway; Caller burden web-to-phone service providing method comprising a. In a web-to-phone service system having a large processor for providing a web-to-phone service, A first function of receiving an identifier (ID) and a password from a caller side user to determine whether the subscriber is a subscriber in the authentication / billing system; A second function of retrieving the called party's telephone number which the user finds by confirming that the service subscriber is the result of the determination; A third function of requesting a call to the searched telephone number as a result of the search of the second function; A fourth function of transmitting a web to phone client program from a web to phone web server when the call is requested; A fifth function of receiving a call setup request sent by the web-to-phone client program and confirming that the incoming telephone number is valid, and then connecting the call; A sixth function of generating charging information according to the call connection and transmitting the generated charging information to an authentication / billing system; And A seventh function of imposing the charging information on the calling party's telephone fee; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.