WO2012126245A1

WO2012126245A1 - Method and system for switching identities of calling and called parties

Info

Publication number: WO2012126245A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/081685
Authority: WO
Inventors: 鞠红兵; 乔海荣
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-03-24
Filing date: 2011-11-02
Publication date: 2012-09-27
Also published as: CN102694927A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and system for switching identities of calling and called parties. The method comprises: during the process of a first terminal calling a second terminal, a second network element sends a request to a first network element after being informed that the calling and called parties desire their identities be switched, said second network element being a network element for providing services for the second terminal, and the first network element being a network element for providing services for the first terminal; after receiving the request, the first network element returns a response to the second network element; after receiving the response, the second network element sends an acknowledgement to the first network element and bills the second terminal as the calling party; after receiving the acknowledgement, the first network element bills the first terminal as the called party.

Description

Method and system for calling and calling identity replacement

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and system for principal and called identity replacement. Background technique

In the call service, the calling party usually pays for the call. With the development of the business, the called Free Phone (FPH) business appeared. The business users of the FPH service can provide free calls to the calling users, and the calling charges generated by the calling users are paid by the business users.

A service user using the FPH service needs to apply for a national unified FPH service number. The number consists of a service access code, a database identifier, and a 4-digit service user code. For example, in the FPH service number 800-KN2N2-6666, 800 is the service access code, KN2N2 is the database identification code, and 6666 is the service user code. It can be seen from the structure of the FPH service number that the subsequent number of the service access code is not a real called user number, but a number corresponding to the user who needs to open the FPH service, and the maximum number of users applying for the above FPH service is limited. Therefore, the FPH service cannot be opened for every ordinary user.

In this case, some methods for providing a called user with a paid service are generated. However, existing ordinary users are called to pay for business processes are more complex, and can not provide better services for more and more types of services.

Such as: Calls between parents and children. Because children choose certain businesses, they call their parents more preferential or relatively free (such as using monthly service, long-distance orientation, etc.), and parents do not need to customize similar services according to their own situation, or it is not economical to make similar services. At this time, the parents call the children. In order to achieve the discount, in the existing system, the children can only choose to reject and then call back. This is obviously a cumbersome operation, and there may be unexpected situations. During the period of child rejection and callback, if the parent receives a third-party call, the child’s contact with the parent has to be put on hold for a while, which is of course The two sides are not willing to see. In this scene mode, if the child opens the existing ordinary user called pay service, the child only pays the parents, but the call charge is not Enjoy the discount: Assume that the child calls the parents 1 cent 2 cents (free of charge), the parents call the child 8 cents a minute (free of charge), if the child opens the ordinary user called pay service, then the parents give the children For one minute, the child needs to pay 8 cents; if the child chooses to refuse to call back, the child only needs to pay 2 cents per minute, and the parents do not need to pay.

Another example: Suppose a user has opened a local call service. When he gave him a message to friends and relatives in the city, he hoped that the cost of the local calls for these calls would be borne by him. If he opens an existing normal user called pay service, when these friends call him in the roaming area, he will not only bear the cost of local calls, but also bear the cost of roaming, which is not what he hopes.

As can be seen from the above example, in the existing ordinary user called paying service system, the called user only pays the call according to the calling user's tariff, and cannot enjoy the preferential fee of the called user. Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for calling a called party to replace the identity of the called party to overcome the defect that the user who uses the ordinary user to call the calling service cannot enjoy the preferential fee of the called user. .

In order to solve the above problem, the present invention provides a method for principal and called identity replacement, including: in a process in which a first terminal calls a second terminal, the second network element learns that the calling party and the called party are to undergo identity replacement. a network element sends a request; wherein, the second network element is a network element that provides a service for the second terminal, and the first network element is a network element that provides a service for the first terminal;

After receiving the request, the first network element replies to the second network element with a response;

After receiving the response, the second network element sends an acknowledgement to the first network element, and performs charging on the second terminal as the calling identity during charging;

The first network element receives the acknowledgement, and performs charging on the first terminal with the called identity when charging.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

When the second terminal receives the call request sent by the first terminal by using the second network element, the second terminal prompts the user whether identity replacement is required; Receiving, by the second terminal, the identity replacement request to the second network element, when receiving the identity replacement command sent by the user;

When the second network element receives the identity replacement request, it is learned that both the calling party and the called party are to be replaced.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

Determining, in the second terminal, an identifier information for the number information that needs to be used for identity replacement; the second terminal determining the present when receiving the call request sent by the first terminal by using the second network element Whether the terminal saves the number information of the first terminal carried in the call request and sets the identifier information for the number information; if yes, sends an identity replacement request to the second network element; Upon the identity replacement request, it is known that both the calling party and the called party are to be replaced.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

The second network element is pre-set with number information customized by the user using the second terminal for identity replacement;

When receiving the call request sent by the first terminal, the second network element determines, according to the number information of the first terminal carried in the call request, whether identity replacement is required; if necessary, the master is informed Call the two sides to undergo an identity replacement.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

The second terminal reserves a call resource for the call, in addition to sending the identity replacement request to the second network element;

After receiving the response, the second network element sends an identity replacement confirmation to the second terminal; after receiving the identity replacement confirmation, the second terminal receives the current call, and the first The terminal starts talking.

Optionally, the step of the second network element sending a request to the first network element after the master and the called party are to be replaced by the identity includes:

After the second network element learns that the calling party and the called party want to perform identity replacement, first sends a request to the second terminal to confirm whether to answer by the calling identity; After the identity is confirmed to be answered, the request is sent to the first network element.

The present invention also provides a system for calling a called party identity, comprising: a first network element serving the first terminal, and a second network element serving the second terminal;

The first network element includes a first device and a second device, and the second network element includes a third device and a fourth device, where:

The third device is configured to: when the first terminal calls the second terminal, send a request to the first network element after learning that the calling party and the called party are to be replaced by the identity;

The first device is configured to: reply to the second network element after receiving the request; the fourth device is configured to: after receiving the response, send an acknowledgement to the first network element, and Charging the second terminal with the calling identity during charging;

The second device is configured to: receive the acknowledgement, and charge the first terminal with the called identity when charging.

Optional,

The third device is further configured to: when receiving the identity replacement request sent by the second terminal, know that both the calling party and the called party are to be replaced;

The identity replacement request is that when the second terminal receives the call request sent by the first terminal by using the second network element, the second terminal prompts the user whether identity replacement is required, and receives the user When the incoming identity replacement command is sent to the second network element.

Optional,

The identity replacement request is that when the second terminal receives the call request sent by the first terminal by using the second network element, it is determined that the terminal stores the first terminal carried in the call request. The number information is sent to the second network element when the identification information of the identity replacement is set for the number information.

Optional,

The third device is pre-configured with a user-customized use of the second terminal for identity replacement. Number information

The third device is further configured to:

When receiving the call request sent by the first terminal, determining, according to the number information of the first terminal carried in the call request, whether identity replacement is required; if necessary, knowing that the calling party and the called party are to undergo identity replacement .

Optionally, the fourth device is further configured to: after receiving the response, send an identity replacement confirmation to the second terminal.

Optionally, the third device is configured to send a request to the first network element after learning that the calling party and the called party are to be physically replaced:

The first device in the second network element is configured to send, to the second terminal, a request for confirming whether to answer by the calling identity after obtaining the identity replacement of the calling and called parties; After the second terminal replies with the confirmation of the caller identity, the request is sent to the first network element.

After using the above scheme, for the individual user, the real way of paying the called party with the called user's tariff standard is realized, and the operation is simple and easy. BRIEF abstract

1 is a flowchart of a method for calling a called party in the embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for calling a called party in an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of a method for calling a primary called identity in the application example 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a ringing interface of a called terminal according to an application example of the present invention. Preferred embodiment of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

In this example, there is no restriction on the type of bearer network to be applied to the method, PSTN ( Public Switched Telephone Network, GSM (Global System of Mobile communication), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), and core network.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a method for replacing a principal and a called identity includes: when the first terminal calls the second terminal, the second network element learns that the calling party and the called party are to be replaced each other. Sending a request to the first network element, where the first network element is a network side network element for providing a service for the first terminal, and the second network element is a network side network element for providing a service for the second terminal; After receiving the above request, the network element returns a response to the second network element;

After receiving the foregoing response, the second network element sends an acknowledgement to the first network element, and performs charging on the second terminal by using the calling identity during charging;

The first network element receives the foregoing acknowledgement, and performs charging on the called identity of the first terminal at the time of charging. It should be noted that, in a specific implementation, the first network element and the second network element may be implemented on the same device.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the second network element learns that the identity of the calling party and the called party is to be replaced, and may be implemented in any one of the following three manners:

method one:

When receiving the call request sent by the first terminal by using the second network element, the second terminal prompts the user whether the identity replacement is required; when receiving the identity replacement command sent by the user, the second terminal sends the second network element to the second network element. Sending an identity replacement request; the second network element receives the identity replacement request, that is, the master and the called party are required to undergo identity replacement.

Method 2:

Determining, in the second terminal, an identification information for the number information that needs to be replaced by the identity; when receiving the call request sent by the first terminal by using the second network element, the second terminal determines whether the terminal saves the call request. Carrying the number information of the first terminal and setting the foregoing identification information for the number information; if yes, sending an identity replacement request to the second network element; the second network element receiving the identity replacement request, that is, both the calling party and the called party are to be generated Identity replacement. If the second terminal determines that the main called identity replacement is not required, the processing is performed according to the existing procedure.

Method three: The second network element is pre-set with number information customized by the user using the second terminal for identity replacement;

When receiving the call request sent by the first terminal, the second network element determines, according to the number information of the first terminal carried in the call request, whether identity replacement is required; if necessary, it is known that both the calling party and the called party are to be identified. Replacement. If it is determined that identity replacement is not required, it is processed according to the existing process.

Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 2, the system of the primary and called identity replacement in this embodiment includes: a first network element and a second network element; the first network element includes a first device and a second device, and the second network The unit includes a third device and a fourth device;

The third device of the second network element is configured to: when the first terminal calls the second terminal, send a request to the first network element after learning that the calling party and the called party are to be replaced by the second network element; wherein, the second network The first network element is a network element used to provide services for the first terminal, where the element is a network element that provides a service for the second terminal.

The first device in the first network element is configured to respond to the second network element after receiving the request;

The fourth device in the second network element is configured to send a confirmation to the first network element after receiving the response, and perform charging on the second terminal by using the calling identity during charging;

The second device in the first network element is configured to receive the acknowledgement, and charge the first terminal with the called identity when charging.

More preferably,

The third device in the second network element learns that the identity of the calling party and the called party is to be replaced, and the specific device includes: when the third device in the second network element receives the identity replacement request sent by the second terminal, Knowing that the calling and called parties are subject to identity replacement;

More preferably,

The third device in the second network element learns that the calling party and the called party are to be replaced by an identity, which specifically includes: When the third device in the second network element receives the identity replacement request sent by the second terminal, it is known that the calling party and the called party are to undergo identity replacement;

More preferably,

The third device in the second network element is pre-set with number information customized by the user using the second terminal to perform identity replacement;

The third device in the second network element learns that the identity of the calling party and the called party is to be replaced, and the specific device includes: when the third device in the second network element receives the call request sent by the first terminal, Determining whether identity replacement is required according to the number information of the first terminal carried in the call request; if necessary, it is known that the calling party and the called party are to be replaced.

More preferably,

The fourth device in the second network element is further configured to, after receiving the response, send an identity replacement acknowledgement to the second terminal.

More preferably,

The third device in the second network element is configured to send a request to the first network element after the master and the called party are to be identifiable, including:

The third device in the second network element is configured to send, to the second terminal, a request for confirming whether to answer by the calling identity after obtaining the identity replacement of the calling party and the called party; After the second terminal replies with the confirmation of the caller identity, the request is sent to the first network element.

The invention will now be further illustrated by several application examples of the invention.

It should be noted that, in the following examples, the calling user is the terminal A, and the called user is the terminal B. The network element that provides the service for the terminal A is called the server A, and the network element that provides the service for the terminal B is called Server B. Application example one

As shown in Figure 3, the following steps are included:

Step 201: Terminal A initiates a call request to call terminal B to server A.

Step 202, server A sends the above call request to server B;

Step 203: The server B initiates a call request of the terminal A to the terminal B to the terminal B. Step 204: After receiving the call request, the terminal B rings and selects according to the incoming call prompt. As shown in FIG. 4, the prompting options include: I am calling (calling as the caller) and rejecting it. When the user chooses to answer, the process proceeds to step 205; when the user chooses to answer by the calling identity, the process proceeds to step 207; when the rejection is selected, the process proceeds to step 206;

Step 205, the terminal B enters the normal answering process; when any one of the terminal A and the terminal B hangs up, step 206 is performed;

Step 206, the call is terminated;

Step 207: The terminal B sends an identity replacement request to the server B, and reserves the call resource. Step 208: The server B forwards the identity replacement request to the server A.

Step 209: Server A returns a response to server B.

Step 210: After receiving the response of the server A, the server B sends an acknowledgement to the server A. Step 211: The server B sends an identity replacement response to the terminal B.

Step 212: The terminal B sends a receiving call response to the terminal A through the server A and the server B, and receives the current call, and the call starts. Step 213: Any party hangs up the call, and the call ends. When charging is performed, terminal A participates in charging as a called identity, and terminal B participates in charging as a calling identity.

Application Example 2 The method of the primary and called identity replacement includes the following steps:

Step 301: The user stores the phone number of the terminal A in the terminal B, and sets the answering property for the number to answer whether the caller is answered by the calling identity or the called identity. In this example, the number for which the attribute is not set defaults to answering as the called identity; Step 302: The terminal A initiates a call request of the call B to the server A.

Step 303, server A sends the above call request to server B;

Step 304: The server B initiates a call request of the terminal A to the terminal B to the terminal B.

Step 305: After receiving the foregoing call request, the terminal B performs matching according to the number carried in the request to the communication book to find the answering attribute of the number.

Step 306: The user presses the answer button on the terminal B.

Step 307: The terminal B performs a corresponding operation according to the found answering attribute. If the answering attribute is answered as the called identity, proceed to step 308, otherwise proceed to step 309;

Step 308, terminal B enters the normal answering process, and then step 315 is performed;

Step 309: The terminal B sends an identity replacement request to the server B, and reserves the call resource. Step 310: The server B forwards the identity replacement request to the server A.

Step 311: Server A replies to server B;

Step 312: After receiving the response of the server A, the server B sends an acknowledgement to the server A. Step 313: The server B sends an identity replacement response to the terminal B.

Step 314: The terminal B sends a call response to the terminal A through the server A and the server B, and receives the current call, and the call starts. Step 315: If any party hangs up the call, the call ends. When charging is performed, terminal A participates in charging as a called identity, and terminal B participates in charging as a calling identity.

Application example three

The method of the primary called identity replacement includes the following steps:

Step 401: The user using the terminal B registers with the server B the answering attribute of the telephone number of the terminal A as the calling identity answering. In this example, for unregistered numbers, the default is to answer as the called party;

Step 402: Terminal A initiates a call request for call B to server A.

Step 403, the server A sends the above call request to the server B; Step 404: After receiving the call request, the server B analyzes the number of the terminal A according to the information of the terminal B: If the number of the terminal A is answered by the called party, the terminal B does not perform additional processing, and processes according to the normal process, and ends; If the number of the terminal B is answered by the calling identity, the following steps are performed;

Step 405: The server B sends an identity replacement request to the server A.

Step 406: After receiving the response of the server A, the server B sends an acknowledgement message to the server A, and sends a call request to the terminal B.

Step 407: The terminal B presses the answer key, and sends a call response to the terminal A through the server A and the server B, and connects to the call: the current call, and the call starts;

Step 408: Any party hangs up and the call ends. When charging is performed, terminal A participates in charging as a called identity, and terminal B participates in charging as a calling identity.

In step 405, before sending the identity replacement request to the server A, the server B may also send a message to the terminal B, so that the user can confirm whether the call is answered by the calling identity, and the user is confirmed to answer the call as the calling identity. After the call, an identity replacement request is sent to server A.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be accomplished by a program instructing the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the above embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. The present invention is not limited to any particular form of combination of hardware and software, as long as the caller pays in the called identity and the called party pays as the calling identity in one call.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In view of the present invention, various other modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc., should be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is included in the scope of protection of the present invention. Industrial applicability

With the above embodiment, for the individual user, the real way of paying the called party with the called user's tariff standard is realized, and the operation is simple and easy.

Claims

Claim

A method for replacing a principal and a called identity, comprising:

In the process of the first terminal calling the second terminal, the second network element sends a request to the first network element after the master and the called party are to be identifiable; wherein the second network element is the second terminal a network element that provides a service, where the first network element is a network element that provides a service for the first terminal;

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

When the second terminal receives the call request sent by the first terminal by using the second network element, the second terminal prompts the user whether identity replacement is required;

Receiving, by the second terminal, the identity replacement request to the second network element, when receiving the identity replacement command sent by the user;

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

The second network element is pre-set with number information customized by the user using the second terminal for identity replacement; When receiving the call request sent by the first terminal, the second network element determines, according to the number information of the first terminal carried in the call request, whether identity replacement is required; if necessary, the master is informed Call the two sides to undergo an identity replacement.

5. The method of claim 2 or 3, further comprising:

6. The method of claim 4, wherein:

The step of the second network element sending a request to the first network element after learning that the calling party and the called party are to be replaced by the identity includes:

After the second network element learns that the calling and called parties want to perform identity replacement, first sends a request to the second terminal to confirm whether to answer by the calling identity; and when the second terminal receives the reply, the calling party After the identity is acknowledged, the request is sent to the first network element.

7. A system for primary and called identity replacement, comprising: a first network element serving a first terminal, and a second network element serving a second terminal;

8. The system of claim 7 wherein:

The third device is further configured to: when receiving an identity replacement request sent by the second terminal, Knowing that the calling and called parties are subject to identity replacement;

9. The system of claim 7 wherein:

10. The system of claim 7 wherein:

The third device is pre-set with number information customized by the user using the second terminal for identity replacement;

The third device is further configured to:

11. The system of claim 8 or 9, wherein:

The fourth device is further configured to: after receiving the response, send an identity replacement confirmation to the second terminal.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein:

The third device is configured to send a request to the first network element after learning that the calling party and the called party are to undergo identity replacement in the following manner: