WO2014000171A1

WO2014000171A1 - Management method and apparatus for billing package before and after package time limit

Info

Publication number: WO2014000171A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/077595
Authority: WO
Inventors: 夏霄轶; 赵林东
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2012-06-27
Filing date: 2012-06-27
Publication date: 2014-01-03
Also published as: CN102870441A; CN102870441B

Abstract

A management method and apparatus for a billing package before and after the package time limit. The technical solution enables an OCS not to be required to calculate whether a fixed 5 minutes is left between the current time and a time limit of an old package, after receiving a message sent by a GGSN each time, and avoids the network latency generated in message transmission between the OCS and the GGSN, thereby enabling the GGSN to accurately determine a time limit point of the old package. At the same time, a first message further comprises a remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the use of resources within the remaining quota of the old package before the old package extends the time limit, thereby reducing the follow-up billing complexity in the OCS.

Description

Management method and device before and after a billing package

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a management method and apparatus before and after an expired billing package.

Background technique

Prepaid users can purchase multiple billing packages, each of which has an expiration date, that is, it is used within the valid period. After the expiration date, the current package is not available, and a new package is required. Moreover, the operator usually prompts the user before the new package is enabled, such as: "The old package expires, the new package is enabled", and after the user chooses to enable it, the fee is deducted from the new package.

As shown in FIG. 1 , a management method for a billing package that is commonly used in the prior art before and after the expiration includes:

Step 101: The online charging system (OCS, Online Charging System) receives the gateway general wireless radio service support node (GGSN, Gateway GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node every time the old package is about to expire. After the sent credit control request (CCR, Credit Control Request), the remaining validity period of the old package is calculated and the timing of the next re-authorization credit control request CCR of the GGSN is controlled by the Validity Timer (VT) parameter to ensure the GGSN. Send CCR to OCS 5 minutes before the expiration; Step 102: GGSN sends CCR to OCS at 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires;

Step 103: After receiving the CCR, the OCS sends a credit control response (CCA, Credit Control).

Answer) to the GGSN, where the CCA includes: zero quota and redirect address;

Step 104: The GGSN receives the CCA sent in step 103, performs redirection processing according to the redirected address, redirects the user to the reminder page, and provides the reminder information to the user.

Step 105: The GGSN sends the CCR to the OCS again due to quota exhaustion;

Step 106: The OCS receives the CCR in step 105, and sends a CCA to the GGSN, where the CCA includes: a short VT for controlling the duration of the redirection;

Step 107: After the GGSN receives the CCA in step 106, after a brief VT timeout, the GGSN sends a CCR to the OCS;

Step 108: After receiving the CCR in step 107, the OCS sends a CCA to the GGSN, where The CCA includes: the timeout point of the old package, and the quota in the new package;

Among them, the dotted line in Figure 1 is used to divide the old package before and after the expiration, and the above-mentioned operation steps occur before the old package expires.

Step 109: After the GGSN receives the CCA sent in step 108, the user can continue to access the service, and the GGSN reports the consumption information of the new and old packages to the OCS through the CCR after the old package expires;

Step 110: OCS deducts the consumption of the old package from the old package before the time limit, and deducts the consumption after the old package expires from the new package.

In the prior art, a description of the management method before and after the billing package expires, it can be seen that the OCS calculates the CCR after receiving the CCR sent by the GGSN every time the old package is about to expire. The remaining VT of the old package is used to ensure that the GGSN sends the CCR to the OCS 5 minutes before the expiration. Therefore, the OCS repeatedly calculates the VT occupied resources multiple times during the period when the old package is approaching the expiration.

Secondly, the CCA message transmitted between the OCS and the GGSN, due to the network delay relationship, usually the GGSN starts the VT timer after receiving the CCA, and the actual timeout point in the GGSN is delayed more than the OCS expected timeout period. If the reminder time is set at the actual time of the package expiration, the consequences are: Since the VT delay causes the user to actually use the old package, the user can still use the quota in the old package. Therefore, the reminder time must be 5 minutes in advance, and at this time, because the package is valid for 5 minutes, the terminal customer may doubt the timing accuracy of the operator.

Again, there are at least 3 pairs of CCR and CCA messages between the GGSN and the OCS before the old package expires, which has a greater impact on the signaling network. If the user's package expires at a relatively uniform time, such as the end of the month or the early morning, it is likely to cause The signaling storm between the GGSN and the OCS overwhelm the network.

Finally, the settlement is also calculated between the old and new packages, and the billing process is highly complex, and various abnormal scenarios are difficult to handle. For example, after the overdue reminder is over, the quota for the subsequent quotas of the online billing user can only come from the same package, that is, the new package. Since the timeout period of the old package has not arrived, after the user uses it, the OCS needs to distinguish which package from which the actual quota consumption is to be deducted. The processing is complicated. Especially in some abnormal situations, such as before the old package expires, the actual consumption quota has exceeded the old package limit, OCS has to carry out the cross-package settlement of the fee, more serious if the new package signing information specifies the use The starting time must be in the old package overdue point After that, the OCS had to abandon the deduction of the portion of the old package that exceeded the old package quota limit before the old package expired.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a management method and device for the pre- and post-period of the billing package, which can reduce the number of VTs remaining in the OCS in calculating the remaining package, and accurately control the CCR to be reported by the GGSN when the old package expires. Reduce the number of messages between OCS and GGSN. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for managing a charging package, the method comprising: sending a first message to a gateway general wireless packet service support node (GGSN) before the old package expires, the first message at least including : The old package package expires at the time point and the old package includes the remaining quota;

And receiving, by the GGSN, the second message, where the second message includes: the quota consumption information of the old package before expiration;

Deducting a corresponding fee from the old package according to the pre-expiration quota message information of the old package package;

A new package quota is sent to the GGSN based on the stored new package information.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a management method before and after the charging package is overdue, and the method comprises:

Receiving a first message sent by the OCS, where the first message includes at least: an old package packet expiration time point and a remaining quota of the old package packet;

Before the old package expires, the user is provided with a corresponding service according to the remaining quota of the old package; according to the expired time point of the old package, the second message is sent after the old package expires, the second message includes : the old package package expires quota consumption information;

Receiving a new package quota issued by the OCS, so that the user accesses the service by using the new package quota.

Before the old package expires, the third message is sent to the GGSN, and the third message includes at least: the old package timeout point, the old package remaining quota, and the new package quota;

Receiving a fourth message sent by the GGSN, where the fourth message includes: a new and old package quota Consumption information;

According to the consumption information of the new and old package quotas, the corresponding fee is deducted from the new and old package. The embodiment of the invention further provides a management method before and after the charging package is overdue, and the method comprises:

Receiving a third message sent by the OCS, where the third message includes: at least: an expired time point of the old package, an remaining quota of the old package, and a quota of a new package;

Before the old package expires, the user is provided with the corresponding service according to the remaining quota of the old package; after the old package expires, the user is provided with the corresponding service according to the new package quota; when the new package is exhausted After the fourth message is sent to the OCS, the fourth message includes: consumption information of the new and old package quotas.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a management apparatus, where the apparatus includes: a first sending unit, a first receiving unit, a first charging unit, and a second sending unit;

The first sending unit is configured to send a first message to the GGSN before the old package expires, the first message at least: the old package expired time point and the old package remaining quota; the first a receiving unit, configured to receive a second message sent by the GGSN, where the second message includes: the pre-expiration quota consumption information of the old package packet;

The first debit unit is configured to deduct a corresponding fee from the old package according to the pre-expiration quota message information of the old package;

The second sending unit is configured to send a new package quota to the GGSN according to the stored new package information.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a management apparatus, where the apparatus includes: a second receiving unit, a first serving unit, a third sending unit, and a third receiving unit;

The second receiving unit is configured to receive a first message sent by the OCS, where the first message includes at least: an old package packet expiration time point and a remaining quota of the old package package;

The first service unit is configured to provide a corresponding service to the user according to the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires;

The third sending unit is configured to send, according to the expired time point of the old package, a second message after the old package expires, the second message includes: the pre-expiration quota consumption information of the old package; The third receiving unit is configured to receive a new package quota that is sent by the OCS, so that the user accesses the service by using the new package quota.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a management device, the device comprising: a fourth sending unit, a fourth receiving unit, and a second charging unit,

The fourth sending unit is configured to send a third message to the GGSN before the old package expires, the third message at least: the old package timeout point, the old package remaining quota, and the new package Three quotas;

The fourth receiving unit is configured to receive a fourth message sent by the GGSN, where the fourth message includes: consumption information of a new and old package quota;

The second debit unit is configured to deduct a corresponding fee from the old and new kits according to the consumption information of the new and old package quotas.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a management device, the device comprising: a fifth receiving unit, a second service unit, a third service unit, and a fifth sending unit;

The fifth receiving unit is configured to receive a third message that is sent by the OCS, where the third message includes: at least: an expired time point of the old package, an remaining quota of the old package, and a new package quota; a second service unit, configured to provide a corresponding service to the user according to the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires;

The third service unit is configured to provide a corresponding service to the user according to the new package quota after the old package expires;

The fifth sending unit is configured to send a fourth message to the OCS after the quota of the new package is exhausted, where the fourth message includes: consumption information of the old and new package quotas.

As can be seen from the above technical solution, the embodiment of the present invention uses the OCS to send a first message to the GGSN before the old package expires. The first message includes at least: the old package expired time point and the old package remaining quota, so that the OCS It is not necessary to calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package packet expires after receiving the message sent by the GGSN, and avoiding the network delay caused by the transmission of the message between the OCS and the GGSN. The GGSN judges the time limit of the old package package overdue. At the same time, the first message includes the remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the used resources within the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, reducing the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS. DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description It is merely some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained from those skilled in the art without departing from the drawings.

1 is a flow chart of a management method before and after a billing package that is commonly used in the prior art; FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a management method before and after a billing package is provided in the first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of a management method before and after an overdue billing package package according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a management method before and after an overdue billing package is provided in Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

5 is a schematic diagram of information transmission between devices in a redirection operation;

Figure 6 is an example of a specific reminder page;

7 is a flowchart of a management method before and after an overdue billing package is provided in Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

8 is a flowchart of a management method before and after an overdue billing package is provided in Embodiment 5 of the present invention;

9 is a flowchart of a management method before and after an overdue billing package is provided in Embodiment 6 of the present invention;

10 is a schematic diagram of information transmission between devices in another redirection operation; FIG. 11 is another example of a specific reminder page;

Figure 12 is a schematic view of a management device provided in Embodiment 7 of the present invention;

Figure 13 is a schematic view of a management device according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention;

Figure 14 is a schematic view of a management device provided in Embodiment 9 of the present invention;

Figure 15 is a schematic view of a management device provided in Embodiment 10 of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, instead of All embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a management method before and after the charging package expires. Before the old package expires, the OCS controls the GGSN through the CCA message, and the CCA message includes at least: the time point of the old package expires and the old package. The remaining quota of the package and the processing method of the overdue GGSN enable the GGSN to accurately control the CCR when the old package expires. Moreover, since the GGSN knows the remaining quota of the old package, the new package may not be consumed before the old package expires. The quota is convenient for the accounting of the old and new packages in the OCS, that is, the OCS billing is only based on the timeout point of the old package, and the deduction of the consumption of the old and new packages is not involved (not related to the expiration of the old package). The case where a new package quota has been used). The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail in the following specific embodiments.

Embodiment 1

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for managing the charging package before and after the expiration. As shown in FIG. 2, the executor of the method may be an OCS, but is not limited to the OCS, and the solution adopts an online charging double quota technology. In the same CCA message, the two multi-service credit control instances (MSCC, Attribute-Value Pair) of the same rate group are included in the same CCA message, and each MSCC contains a quota. , respectively, before and after the rate switching. In the prior art, a single quota technology is adopted, that is, one CCC only issues one MSCC of the same rate group, and the quotas before and after the rate switching cannot be distinguished.

The method as follows specifically includes:

Step 201: Before the old package expires, send the first message to the GGSN, where the first message includes at least: the old package expired time point and the old package remaining quota (or referred to as "old package available quota");

Among them, CCA is the carrier of the first message, but the carrier is not limited to CCA. OCS will send the first message including at least the old package package expiration time point and the old package package remaining quota to the GGSN, so that the GGSN can accurately know the old package package expiration time point without worrying that the old package package cannot be accurately expired due to network delay. After that, follow-up operations;

At the same time, the GGSN receives the remaining quota of the old package in the first message sent by the OCS, so that the GGSN can easily control the available quota of the user before the old package expires, preventing excessive use. Billing problem.

Step 202: Receive a second message sent by the GGSN, where the second message includes: an expired quota consumption information of the old package packet;

The carrier of the second message may specifically be a CCR, but is not limited to CCR. The timing at which the OCS receives the second message sent by the GGSN is after the old package expires. Usually, after the old package expires (because the GGSN knows the timeout point of the old package), the GGSN triggers the CCR in the CCR message. Carrying the quota consumption information of the old package before the expiration, it is convenient for OCS to deduct the old package after the old package expires, and allocate the quota of the new package to the GGSN in time.

Step 203: Deduct the corresponding fee (debit fee) in the old package according to the quota consumption information of the old package before the expiration;

Step 204: Send a new package quota to the GGSN according to the stored new package information. After the OCS receives the second message sent by the GGSN, the OCS can simultaneously trigger the execution of step 203 and step 204, that is, the old package is deducted in the OCS, and the new package is sent at the same time as the new package is enabled. The package quota is given to the GGSN.

According to the foregoing description of the management method of the charging package before and after the expiration of the first embodiment of the present invention, the method uses the OCS to send the first message to the GGSN before the old package expires, the first message includes at least: the old package The expired time point of the package and the remaining quota of the old package, so that the OCS can calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires without receiving the message sent by the GGSN, and avoids the OCS and The network delay of the transmission of the message between the GGSNs makes the GGSN accurately judge the timeout point of the old package. At the same time, the first message includes the remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the resources used in the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, which reduces the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS.

Embodiment 2

The embodiment of the present invention provides a management method before and after the charging of the charging package. The embodiment is an embodiment corresponding to the first embodiment. The first embodiment is illustrated from the perspective of the OCS, and the second embodiment is Explain from the perspective of the GGSN. As shown in FIG. 3, the executor of the method may be a GGSN, but is not limited to the GGSN. The method includes the following:

Step 301: The receiving OCS sends a first message, where the first message includes at least: Time point and the remaining quota of the old package;

The GGSN usually receives the first message sent by the OCS before the old package expires, and the first message may be specifically carried on the CCA sent by the OCS. By sending the first message including the expiration time point of the old package, the OCS does not have to calculate the time point 5 minutes away from the old package expires (the 5 minutes is the time point usually set in the prior art;), and sends CCA. At the same time, because the GGSN knows the timeout point of the old package, there is no need to worry about the inability to accurately follow the old package after the network delay.

Step 302: Before the old package expires, provide the corresponding service according to the remaining quota of the old package;

Step 303: Send a second message after the old package packet expires according to the expired time point of the old package package, where the second message includes: the quota consumption information of the old package package before the expiration;

As the GGSN knows the timeout point of the old package, after the old package expires,

The GGSN may specifically send a CCR, and carry a second message in the CCR, informing the OCS to allocate a new package quota for the user, and also notifying the OCS to deduct the fee.

Step 304: Receive a new package quota issued by the OCS, so that the user accesses the service by using the new package quota.

According to the foregoing description of the management method of the charging package before and after the expiration of the second embodiment of the present invention, the method uses the GGSN to receive the first message sent by the OCS before the old package expires, and the first message includes at least: the old message The expired time point of the package package and the remaining quota of the old package, so that the OCS can calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires without receiving the message sent by the GGSN, and avoids the OCS. The network delay of the transmission of the message between the GGSN and the GGSN makes the GGSN accurately judge the timeout point of the old package. At the same time, the first message also includes the remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the resources used in the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, reducing the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS.

Embodiment 3 The embodiment of the present invention provides a management method before and after the charging package is expired. This embodiment is combined with the foregoing Embodiments 1 and 2, and a specific example of adding a redirection operation. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes: Step 401: The OCS sends a first message to the GGSN before the old package expires. The first message includes: the old package expired time point and the old package remaining quota, the first message further includes: a redirect page address Redirect time (VT) timer; it should be understood that the typical application of the AoC (Advice of Charge) function in the mobile billing domain online charging function is to recharge the user account after the balance is exhausted. remind. It is completed by network elements such as OCS, GGSN, and Portal Server. The OCS sends the address of the reminder page to the GGSN. The GGSN monitors the usage of the quota. When the quota is exhausted, the GGSN redirects the terminal user to the reminder page through the redirect mode, which facilitates the user to perform recharge and other processing.

Step 402: The GGSN receives the first message sent by the OCS, where the first message includes: an old package expired time point and an old package remaining quota; the first message further includes: the redirected page address after the old package expires, and the redirect is effective Time (VT) timer; Step 403: Before the old package expires, the GGSN provides the corresponding service according to the remaining quota of the old package; the GGSN expires according to the old package, after the old package expires, when the user initiates the Internet The GGSN sends the redirected page address (specifically, the URL address suffix user mobile phone number) to the user terminal; Step 404: When the user clicks the redirect page address, the user terminal obtains the reminder page on the Portal Server through the GGSN; 5, as shown in FIG. 5, is a schematic diagram of information transmission between devices in a redirection operation, wherein, when the GGSN determines that the old package expires, the user has initiated access to the Internet. Operation, and the accessed Internet address is www.xyz.com, when the user clicks on the w on the terminal When ww.xyz.com address, GGSN ^! The redirect address www.portal.com is sent to the user, and the user has to click the link of the address to see the reminder page, so the user's click operation is actually displayed as the reminder page stored on the portal server. If there is a button on the reminder page to indicate whether the new package is selected, and the user selects the button through the terminal, the portal server sends the user's selection result to the OCS, so that the OCS can perform quota and policy control on the GGSN.

The reminder page in step 404 can display: an old package overdue reminder, and a button for whether the new package is used. If the user launches a button that uses the new package, the portal server notifies the OCS of the button's instructions. Referring to FIG. 6 at the same time, FIG. 6 shows an example of a specific reminder page, where <Use>, <Reject> represents a button that two users can select. After the user selects a specific button, the portal server can notify the OCS of the selection result, so that the OCS can further control the GGSN. This example is made to facilitate an understanding of the embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the invention. Step 405: After the GGSN ends the redirection effective time (VT), the GGSN sends a second message, where the second message includes: a message including the quota consumption information of the old package packet before the expiration;

It should be understood that the redirect effective time (VT) can be set to a very short period of time (which can be a few seconds), so that the GGSN can be redirected in a short time after the old package expires. The reminder page is displayed to the user, but at the same time, the CCR that carries the second message after the end of the redirected VT does not affect the user to start the new package. Step 406: The OCS receives the second message sent by the GGSN, where the second message includes: the quota consumption information of the old package packet before the expiration;

Step 407: The OCS deducts the corresponding fee (debit fee) from the old package according to the quota consumption information of the old package package. Step 408: The OCS sends a new package quota to the GGSN according to the stored new package information. According to the foregoing description of the management method of the charging package before and after the expiration of the third embodiment of the present invention, the method uses the OCS to send the first message to the GGSN before the old package expires, and the first message includes at least: the old package The expired time point of the package and the remaining quota of the old package, so that the OCS can calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires without receiving the message sent by the GGSN, and avoids the OCS and The network delay of the transmission of the message between the GGSNs makes the GGSN accurately judge the timeout point of the old package. At the same time, the first message includes the remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the resources used in the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, which reduces the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS.

Further, the first message includes: a redirect page address after the old package packet expires, and a redirect valid time (VT) timer, so that the GGSN performs a redirection process to display the reminder page to the user, but at the same time, in the redirect After the VT ends, the CCR carrying the second message is sent, and does not affect the user to start the new package. Embodiment 4 The embodiment of the present invention provides a management method for a charging package before and after an expired period. As shown in FIG. 7 , the executor of the method may be an OCS, but is not limited to the OCS. The method includes the following steps: Step 701 Before the old package expires, the third message is sent to the GGSN, and the third message includes at least: the old package expires, the old package remaining quota, and the new package quota; wherein, step 701 and the first embodiment The step 201 is similar, that is, the third message is similar to the first message in the first embodiment, that is: the OCS can specifically pass the CCA as the carrier of the third message, but the carrier is not limited to the CCA; the OCS will include at least the old package packet expiration time point and The message of the remaining quota of the old package is sent to the GGSN, so that the GGSN side knows the timeout point of the old package, so that the GGSN can accurately know the timeout point of the old package, without worrying that the network package may not be accurate after the old package expires. After the GGSN receives the remaining quota of the old package in the third message sent by the OCS, making the GGSN easy to control. Before the old package expires, the user can control the user's quota and prevent the charging problem caused by over-use. However, step 701 is different from step 201 in the first embodiment in that the third message includes not only the same as the first message: the old package packet expired time point, and the old package packet remaining quota, and further includes a different from the first message. New package package quota. OCS can issue a new package quota before the old package expires, so that the GGSN does not need to send the CCR immediately after the old package expires. The GGSN can send a CCR request after the old package expires and the new quota is exhausted. OCS; Unlike in the first embodiment, the OCS needs to send a new quota to the GGSN after the old package expires, saving the process. Step 702: Receive a fourth message sent by the GGSN, where the fourth message includes: consumption information of the new and old package quotas; wherein, the GGSN may be after the old package expires, and after the new package quota is exhausted, send the above The fourth message, the fourth message can be carried by the CCR. Step 703: Deduct the corresponding fee from the new and old package according to the consumption information of the new and old package quotas.

The management method before and after the overdue of a charging package provided by the fourth embodiment of the present invention The method uses OCS to send a third message to the GGSN before the old package expires. The third message includes at least: the old package timeout point, the old package remaining quota, and the new package quota, so that the OCS can After receiving the message sent by the GGSN, it is not necessary to calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the old package, and the network delay of transmitting the message between the OCS and the GGSN is avoided, so that the GGSN is caused. The judgment of the old package package is accurate. At the same time, the third message also includes the remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the used resources within the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, reducing the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS.

Further, the third message sent by the OCS further includes a new package quota, so that the GGSN does not have to trigger the operation for requesting the OCS to allocate a new package quota immediately after the old package expires, but the GGSN according to the new message in the third message. The quota message provides the user with a new package quota service after the expiration, thereby saving the number of communication between the OCS and the GGSN.

Embodiment 5 The embodiment of the present invention provides a management method for a charging package before and after an expired period. As shown in FIG. 8 , the executor of the method may be a GGSN, but is not limited to the GGSN. The method includes the following steps: Step 801 : receiving the third message sent by the OCS, the third message at least: the old package expired time point, the old package remaining quota, and the new package quota; wherein, the GGSN usually receives the OCS before the old package expires The third message sent, the third message may be specifically carried on the CCA sent by an OCS. By sending a third message including the expiration time point of the old package, the OCS does not have to calculate the time point 5 minutes away from the old package expiration (the 5 minutes is the time point usually set in the prior art), and the CCA is sent. . At the same time, because the GGSN knows the timeout point of the old package, there is no need to worry about the inability to accurately follow the old package after the network delay. Step 802: Before the old package expires, provide the corresponding service according to the remaining quota of the old package; after the old package expires, provide the corresponding service according to the new package quota;

The third message sent by the OCS includes: the old package package expired time point, the old package package remaining quota, and the new package package quota, so that the GGSN can easily perform step 802, in the old package Before the package expires, the user is provided with the corresponding business according to the remaining quota of the old package; after the old package expires, the user is provided with the corresponding service according to the new package quota. Step 803: After the new package quota is exhausted, the fourth message is sent. For OCS, the fourth message includes: Consumption information of the new and old package quotas. The GGSN may trigger the sending of the CCR to the OCS when the new package quota is exhausted.

The CCR carries the fourth message, and the fourth message includes the consumption information of the old and new package quotas to facilitate the calculation of the fee in the OCS.

According to the foregoing description of the management method of the charging package before and after the expiration of the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the method uses the OCS to send a third message to the GGSN before the old package expires, the third message at least including: the old package The overdue time of the package, the remaining quota of the old package, and the quota of the new package, so that the OCS can calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires without receiving the message sent by the GGSN. Moreover, the network delay of the transmission of the message between the OCS and the GGSN is avoided, so that the GGSN can accurately determine the timeout point of the old package. At the same time, the third message also includes the remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the used resources within the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, reducing the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS. Further, the third message sent by the OCS further includes a new package quota, so that the GGSN does not have to trigger the request for the OCS to allocate a new package quota immediately after the old package expires, but the GGSN according to the new message in the third message. The quota message provides the user with a new package quota service after the expiration, thereby saving the number of communication between the OCS and the GGSN. Embodiment 6 The embodiment of the present invention provides a management method before and after the charging package is expired. This embodiment is combined with the above embodiments 4 and 5, and a specific example of adding a redirection operation. As shown in FIG. 9, the method includes: Step 901: Before the old package expires, the OCS sends a third message to the GGSN, where the third message includes at least: an expired time point of the old package, an remaining quota of the old package, and The new package quota; the third message also includes: Redirect page address, redirection method is one-shot reset Direction

It should be understood that a typical application of the AoC (Advice of Charge) function in the online billing function of the mobile packet domain is to perform a recharge reminder after the user account balance is exhausted. It is completed by network elements such as OCS, GGSN, and Portal Server. The address of the reminder page issued by OCS is given to the GGSN. The GGSN network element monitors the quota usage. When the quota is exhausted, the GGSN redirects the terminal user to the reminder page by redirection, which facilitates the user to perform recharge and other processing.

In step 901, the redirected page address that can be included in the third message sent by the OCS, and the redirection indication in the redirect mode are one time, which is convenient for the GGSN to perform redirection after the old package expires, providing the user with Reminder page. Step 902: The GGSN receives the third message sent by the OCS, where the third message includes at least: an expired time point of the old package, an remaining quota of the old package, a quota of the new package, and a redirected page address. (one-shot) redirection indication; Step 903: Before the old package expires, the GGSN provides the corresponding service according to the remaining quota of the old package; the GGSN redirects according to the old package timeout and the redirect mode. Instructing, after the old package expires, when the user initiates an Internet access, the GGSN sends the redirected page address (specifically, the URL address suffix user mobile phone number) to the user terminal; wherein the GGSN redirection mode is limited in this embodiment. For one time, the method is to restrict the redirection by the number of redirections. In the third embodiment, the VT is used to control the redirection by redirecting. The description is merely for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the description of the embodiments of the present invention, and is not exhaustive or Limitations on embodiments of the invention. Step 904: The user clicks the redirect page address, and the user terminal obtains the reminder page on the Portal Server through the GGSN. See FIG. 10, which is a schematic diagram of information transmission between devices in the redirection operation, where, when the GGSN It is judged that the timeout point of the old package has arrived. If the user initiates the operation of accessing the Internet at this time, and the accessed Internet address is www.xyz.com, when the user clicks the address of the www.xyz.com on the terminal, the GGSN Replace the address with the redirect page address on the portal server (for example: www.portal.com?138xxx ), so the user's click action actually appears as a reminder page stored on the portal server. It should be noted that the difference between the sixth embodiment and the third embodiment further includes: the button is not included in the reminder page of the user. Therefore, the purpose of the portal server is only to provide a reminder page for the user, and the user does not need to perform the Whether to enable the operation of the new package, in other words, automatically enable the new package after the old package expires, without user selection, the result is: no communication between the portal server and OCS, whether the user starts the new package information .

In the step 904, the reminder page can be displayed: the old package package is overdue reminder. As shown in FIG. 11, it is an example of a specific reminder page, which is for convenience of understanding the embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Step 905: After the old package expires, the GGSN provides the corresponding service according to the new package quota. Step 906: The GGSN sends a fourth message to the OCS when the new package quota is exhausted. The fourth message includes: The consumption information of the package quota. Step 907: The OCS deducts the corresponding fee from the new and old package according to the consumption information of the new and old package quotas. According to the foregoing description of the management method of the charging package before and after the expiration of the fifth embodiment of the present invention, the method uses the OCS to send a third message to the GGSN before the old package expires, the third message at least including: the old package The expired time of the package, the remaining quota of the old package, and the quota of the new package, so that the OCS can calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires without receiving the message sent by the GGSN. Moreover, the network delay of the transmission of the message between the OCS and the GGSN is avoided, so that the GGSN can accurately judge the timeout point of the old package. At the same time, the third message also includes the remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the used resources within the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, reducing the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS. Further, the third message includes: a redirect page address after the old package expires, and the redirect mode is a one-shot redirect indication, so that the GGSN performs the redirection process, and displays the reminder page to the user. At the same time, according to the new package quota in the third message, the user is provided with the corresponding service, and after the quota is exhausted, the CCR carrying the fourth message is sent, which saves communication resources between the OCS and the GGSN. Embodiment 7 The embodiment of the present invention provides a management device, which may be an OCS device. As shown in FIG. 12, the device includes: a first sending unit A01, a first receiving unit A02, and a first charging unit A03. And the second sending unit A04; wherein, the first sending unit A01 is configured to send the first message to the old package before the old package expires

The GGSN, the first message includes at least: an expired time point of the old package package and a remaining quota of the old package package;

The first receiving unit A02 is configured to receive a second message sent by the GGSN, where the second message includes: the pre-expiration quota consumption information of the old package package;

The first debit unit A03 is configured to deduct a corresponding fee from the old package according to the pre-expiration quota message information of the old package;

The second sending unit A04 is configured to send a new package packet quota to the GGSN according to the stored new package information.

The first sending unit sends a first message to the GGSN before the old package expires, the first message includes at least: the old package expires at the time point and the old one, according to the description of the management device provided in the seventh embodiment of the present invention. The remaining quota of the package package allows the OCS to calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires without receiving the message sent by the GGSN. Moreover, the message between the OCS and the GGSN is avoided. The generated network delay makes the GGSN accurately judge the timeout point of the old package. At the same time, the first message includes the remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the used resources within the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, which reduces the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS. Further, the first message may further include: a redirect page address, and a redirect effective time timer;

Further, the first message is specifically carried on a credit control response (CCA); the second message is specifically carried on a credit control request (CCR).

Embodiment 8 The embodiment of the present invention provides a management device, which may be a GGSN device. As shown in FIG. 13, the device includes: a second receiving unit B01, a first service unit B02, and a third sending a sending unit B03, and a third receiving unit B04;

The second receiving unit B01 is configured to receive a first message sent by the OCS, where the first message includes at least: an old package packet expiration time point and a remaining quota of the old package packet;

The first service unit B02 is configured to provide a corresponding service to the user according to the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires;

The third sending unit B03 is configured to send, according to the expired time point of the old package, a second message after the old package expires, the second message includes: the pre-expiration quota consumption information of the old package ;

The third receiving unit B04 is configured to receive a quota of a new package that is sent by the OCS, so that the user accesses the service by using the new package quota. The first receiving unit receives the first message sent by the OCS before the old package expires, the first message includes at least: the old package expires at the time point and the description of the management device provided by the eighth embodiment of the present invention. The remaining quota of the old package includes that the OCS can calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires without receiving the message sent by the GGSN. Moreover, the message between the OCS and the GGSN is avoided. The resulting network delay makes the GGSN accurately judge the timeout point of the old package. At the same time, the first message includes the remaining quota of the old meal package, so that the GGSN can control the used resources within the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, which reduces the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS. Further, the first message further includes: a redirect page address, and a redirect effective time timer;

The device further includes: a first redirecting unit B05,

The first redirection unit is configured to: after the old package package expires, when the user terminal initiates an Internet access, send the redirected page address to the user terminal, so that the terminal acquires a reminder page on the portal server;

The third sending unit B04 is specifically configured to send, according to the expired time point of the old package, after the old package expires, and after the redirection effective time ends, sending the second message, where the second message includes: The old package package expires quota consumption information.

As the first message is added: the redirected page address after the old package expires, the redirect valid time (VT) timer, so that the GGSN performs the redirection process, and the reminder page is displayed for use. At the same time, the CCR that carries the second message after the end of the redirected VT does not affect the user to start the new package.

Example nine

The embodiment of the present invention provides a management device, which may be an OCS device. As shown in FIG. 14, the device includes: a fourth sending unit C01, a fourth receiving unit C02, and a second charging unit C03. The fourth sending unit C01 is configured to send a third message to the GGSN before the old package expires, the third message at least: the old package expired time point, the old package remaining quota, and the new package Three quotas;

The fourth receiving unit C02 is configured to receive a fourth message sent by the GGSN, where the fourth message includes: consumption information of a new and old package quota;

The second deduction unit C03 is configured to deduct a corresponding fee from the new and old package according to the consumption information of the new and old package quotas.

According to the foregoing description of a management apparatus provided in Embodiment 9 of the present invention, the fourth sending unit sends a third message to the GGSN before the old package expires, and the third message includes at least: the old package expires at the time point, the old The remaining quota of the package, and the new package quota, so that the OCS can calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires without receiving the message sent by the GGSN, and avoids the OCS and The network delay of the transmission of the message between the GGSNs makes the GGSN accurately judge the timeout point of the old package. At the same time, in the third message, the remaining quota of the old package is included, so that the GGSN can control the resources used in the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, which reduces the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS.

Further, the third message further includes: a redirection page address, and a redirection indication that the redirection mode is one time; facilitating the GGSN side to perform the redirection operation.

Further, the third message is specifically carried on a credit control response (CCA); the fourth message is specifically carried on a credit control request (CCR). Embodiment 10 The embodiment of the present invention provides a management device, which may be a GGSN device. As shown in FIG. 15, the device includes: a fifth receiving unit D01, a second service unit D02, and a third service unit D03. And a fifth transmitting unit D04;

The fifth receiving unit D01 is configured to receive a third message sent by the OCS, where the third message includes: at least: an expired time point of the old package, an remaining quota of the old package, and a quota of a new package;

The second service unit D02 is configured to provide a corresponding service to the user according to the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires;

The third service unit D03 is configured to provide a corresponding service to the user according to the new package package quota after the old package package expires;

The fifth sending unit D04 is configured to send a fourth message to the OCS after the quota of the new package is exhausted, where the fourth message includes: consumption information of the new and old package quotas.

According to the foregoing description of a management apparatus provided in Embodiment 10 of the present invention, the fifth receiving unit receives a third primary school, and the third message includes at least: an expired time point of the old package, an remaining quota of the old package, and a new package. The quota allows the OCS to calculate whether the current time is over a fixed period of 5 minutes from the time when the old package expires without receiving the message sent by the GGSN. Moreover, the network that avoids the transmission of messages between the OCS and the GGSN is avoided. The delay makes the GGSN judge the accuracy of the old package time. At the same time, the third message also includes the remaining quota of the old package, so that the GGSN can control the resources used in the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires, which reduces the complexity of subsequent charging in the OCS. Further, the third message sent by the OCS further includes a new package quota, so that the GGSN does not have to trigger the operation for requesting the OCS to allocate a new package quota immediately after the old package expires, but the GGSN according to the new message in the third message. The quota message provides the user with a new package quota service after the expiration, thereby saving the number of communication between the OCS and the GGSN. Further, the third message further includes: a redirect page address, and a redirection indication that the redirection mode is one time;

The device further includes: a second redirecting unit D05, configured to expire according to the old package The inter-point and the redirection manner are a redirection indication. After the old package expires, when the user terminal initiates an Internet access, the redirected page address is sent to the user terminal, so that the terminal acquires the portal server. Reminder page. By performing the third message: the redirected page address after the old package expires, the redirect mode is a one-shot redirect indication, so that the GGSN performs the redirection process, and displays the reminder page to the user, but at the same time According to the new package quota in the third message, the user is provided with the corresponding service, and after the quota is exhausted, the CCR carrying the fourth message is sent, which saves communication resources between the OCS and the GGSN.

Further, the third message is specifically carried on a credit control response (CCA);

The fourth message is specifically carried on the credit control request (CCR).

A person skilled in the art may understand that all or part of the various steps of the foregoing embodiments may be completed by a program instructing related hardware. The program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: ROM, RAM, disk or CD, etc.

The above description of the management method and the loading and unloading of the billing package package provided by the embodiment of the present invention is only used to help understand the method and core idea of the present invention. Meanwhile, the general technology in the field is In the following, the description of the present invention should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Rights request

1. A method for managing billing packages, characterized in that the method includes:

Before the old package expires, send the first message to the gateway general wireless packet service support node

(GGSN), the first message at least includes: the expiration time point of the old package and the remaining quota of the old package;

Receive the second message sent by the GGSN, where the second message includes: quota consumption information before the old package expires;

According to the quota message information before the old package expires, deduct the corresponding fee from the old package;

According to the stored new package information, send the new package quota to the GGSN.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first message further includes: a redirection page address, and a redirection valid timer.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the first message is carried on a credit control response (CCA);

The second message is carried on a credit control request (CCR).

4. A management method before and after the expiration of the billing package, characterized in that the method includes: receiving a first message sent by OCS, the first message at least includes: the expiration time point of the old package and the old package remaining quota;

Before the old package expires, provide corresponding services to the user according to the remaining quota of the old package; according to the old package expiration time point, send a second message after the old package expires, and the second message includes : Quota consumption information before the old package expires;

Receive the new package quota sent by the OCS, so that the user uses the new package quota to access the service.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the first message further includes: a redirection page address, and a redirection valid time timer;

The method also includes:

After the old package expires, when the user terminal initiates Internet access, the redirect page address is sent to the user terminal, so that the terminal obtains the reminder page on the portal server;

Sending the second message after the old package expires specifically includes: After the redirection validity time expires, a second message is sent, where the second message includes: quota consumption information before the old package expires.

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the first message is carried on a credit control response (CCA);

The second message is carried on a Credit Control Request (CCR).

7. A management method before and after the expiration of the billing package, characterized in that the method includes: before the old package expires, sending a third message to the GGSN, the third message at least includes: the old package expires The time point, the remaining quota of the old package, and the quota of the new package;

Receive the fourth message sent by the GGSN, where the fourth message includes: consumption information of old and new package quotas;

According to the consumption information of the old and new package quotas, the corresponding fees are deducted from the old and new package packages.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the third message further includes: a redirection page address, and a redirection instruction indicating that the redirection mode is one time.

9. The method according to claim 7, characterized in that the third message is specifically carried on a credit control response (CCA);

The fourth message is specifically carried on the credit control request (CCR).

10. A management method before and after the expiration of the billing package, characterized in that the method includes: receiving a third message sent by OCS, the third message at least includes: the expiration time point of the old package, the old package The remaining quota, and the new package quota are three items;

Before the old package expires, provide users with corresponding services based on the remaining quota of the old package; after the old package expires, provide users with corresponding services based on the new package quota; when the new package quota is exhausted Finally, a fourth message is sent to the OCS, where the fourth message includes: consumption information of old and new package quotas.

11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that the third message further includes: a redirection page address, and a redirection instruction indicating that the redirection mode is one time;

The method also includes:

According to the expiration time point of the old package and the redirection mode being a redirection indication, after the old package expires, when the user terminal initiates Internet access, the redirect page address is sent to the user terminal, so that The terminal obtains the reminder page on the portal server.

12. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the third message is specifically carried on a credit control response (CCA);

The fourth message is specifically carried on the credit control request (CCR).

13. A management device, characterized in that the device includes: a first sending unit, a first receiving unit, a first deduction unit, and a second sending unit;

The first sending unit is configured to send a first message to the GGSN before the old package expires. The first message at least includes: the expiration time point of the old package and the remaining quota of the old package; the first message A receiving unit, configured to receive a second message sent by the GGSN, where the second message includes: quota consumption information before the old package expires;

The first deduction unit is used to deduct corresponding fees from the old package based on the quota message information before the old package expires;

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the first message further includes: a redirection page address, and a redirection valid timer.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein the first message is specifically carried on a credit control response (CCA);

The second message is specifically carried on the credit control request (CCR).

16. A management device, characterized in that the device includes: a second receiving unit, a first serving unit, a third sending unit, and a third receiving unit;

The second receiving unit is configured to receive the first message sent by the OCS, where the first message at least includes: the expiration time point of the old package and the remaining quota of the old package;

The first service unit is used to provide users with corresponding services according to the remaining quota of the old package before the old package expires;

The third sending unit is configured to send a second message after the old package expires according to the old package expiration time point, where the second message includes: quota consumption information before the old package expires;

The third receiving unit is configured to receive the new package quota sent by the OCS, so that the user uses the new package quota to access services.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein the first message further includes: a redirection page address, and a redirection valid timer;

The device further includes: a first redirection unit,

The first redirection unit is configured to send the redirection page address to the user terminal when the user terminal initiates Internet access after the old package expires, so that the terminal obtains the reminder page on the portal server;

The third sending unit is specifically configured to send a second message according to the old package expiration time point, after the old package expires, and after the redirection validity time ends, and the second message includes: Quota consumption information before the old package expires.

18. The device according to claim 16, wherein the first message is specifically carried on a credit control response (CCA);

The second message is specifically carried on the credit control request (CCR).

19. A management device, characterized in that the device includes: a fourth sending unit, a fourth receiving unit, and a second deduction unit,

The fourth sending unit is configured to send a third message to the GGSN before the old package expires. The third message at least includes: the expiration time point of the old package, the remaining quota of the old package, and the new package. Three quotas;

The fourth receiving unit is configured to receive a fourth message sent by the GGSN, where the fourth message includes: consumption information of old and new package quotas;

The second deduction unit is used to deduct corresponding fees from the new and old package packages based on the consumption information of the old and new package package quotas.

20. The device according to claim 19, wherein the third message further includes: a redirection page address, and a redirection instruction indicating that the redirection mode is one time.

21. The device according to claim 19, wherein the third message is specifically carried on a credit control response (CCA);

The fourth message is specifically carried on a credit control request (CCR).

22. A management device, characterized in that the device includes: a fifth receiving unit, a second service unit, a third service unit, and a fifth sending unit;

The fifth receiving unit is configured to receive the third message sent by the OCS, and the third message is at least It includes: three items: the expiration time point of the old package, the remaining quota of the old package, and the quota of the new package; the second service unit is used to, before the old package expires, according to the remaining quota of the old package is Users provide corresponding services;

The third service unit is used to provide users with corresponding services according to the new package quota after the old package expires;

The fifth sending unit is configured to send a fourth message to the OCS when the new package quota is exhausted. The fourth message includes: consumption information of the old and new package quotas.

23. The device according to claim 22, wherein the third message further includes: a redirection page address, and a redirection instruction indicating that the redirection mode is one time;

The device further includes: a second redirection unit configured to provide a redirection indication based on the old package expiration time point and the redirection method. After the old package expires, when the user terminal initiates Internet access, the The redirect page address is sent to the user terminal, so that the terminal obtains the reminder page on the portal server.

24. The device according to claim 22, wherein the third message is specifically carried on a credit control response (CCA);

The fourth message is specifically carried on a credit control request (CCR).