WO2019184632A1

WO2019184632A1 - Rating method and apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2019184632A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/075770
Authority: WO
Inventors: 秦光宇
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2018-03-26
Filing date: 2019-02-22
Publication date: 2019-10-03
Also published as: CN110366122B; CN110366122A

Abstract

Provided are a rating method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining a time point, at which rating parameters are not changed any more, within a billing cycle; when it is determined that current time exceeds this time point, acquiring rating parameters at the time point within the billing cycle; rating, according to the rating parameters, a cumulative service usage amount of a terminal device before the time point within the billing cycle; and after it is determined that the cumulative service usage amount of the terminal device before the time point within the billing cycle has been rated, rating, according to the rating parameters, an original bill of the terminal device after the time point within the billing cycle. In the present application, a time node at which rating parameters cannot be changed is set. Before the time node at which the rating parameters cannot be changed, a terminal device only receives an original bill, but does not rate the received original bill, thus avoiding rating the same original bill repeatedly and reducing the resource consumption of a rating apparatus.

Description

Rating method and device

This application claims the priority of the Chinese Patent Application No. 201810252946.5, filed on March 26, 2018, with the application number of 201810252946.5, the title of which is "a method and apparatus for the pricing", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the application.

Technical field

The present application relates to the field of network rating technology, and in particular, to a rating method and apparatus.

Background technique

With the development of the Internet of Things (IOT) technology, the Internet of Vehicles technology has gradually been promoted and applied in the automotive field. Vehicle networking refers to the use of advanced sensor technology, network technology, computing technology, control technology, and intelligent technology to comprehensively sense roads and traffic, and realize large-scale and large-capacity data interaction among multiple systems; Full-time control, full-time control of traffic on each road to provide traffic efficiency and traffic safety-based networks and applications; provide technical support for drivers' safe driving and assisted driving.

In order to attract more car network service providers, operators allow car network service providers to modify their own packages a few days before the end of the month-end account period based on the actual usage of the equipment. As a result, the operator needs to re-price the bills of the entire account period at any time according to the changed new package.

In addition, since the original package has been priced after the initial price, the new package will not only need to generate a new batch CDR, but also need to generate a rollback CDR according to the original package. Thereby further increasing the performance consumption.

Summary of the invention

To solve the above technical problem, a specific embodiment of the present application provides a method and apparatus for rating. Before the time node t of the batch parameter cannot be changed, only the original bill is received and the original bill received is not priced. This avoids the repeated price of the same original bill.

The embodiment of the present application is implemented as follows:

In a first aspect, a specific embodiment of the present application provides a method for rating, the method comprising: determining a time point t at which a rating parameter is no longer changed in a charging period; and determining to obtain the current time when the current time exceeds the time point t a batch price parameter at the time point t in the fee period; the cumulative service usage amount of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period is priced according to the rating parameter, and the accumulated service usage amount is a charging period The amount of traffic accumulated by the terminal device before the time point t; determining that the terminal device has been approved for the cumulative service usage of the terminal device before the time point t within the charging period, according to the rating parameter The original bill of the terminal device is priced after the time point t in the billing cycle.

This application sets the time node t of the non-changeable pricing parameter. The terminal device only receives the original CDR and does not approve the original CDR received before the time node t of the batch parameter cannot be changed. When the rating parameter cannot be changed, the batch price parameter when the batch price parameter cannot be changed is obtained, and the accumulated business usage is evaluated. Thereby, the repeated price of the same original bill is avoided, and the resource consumption of the rating device is reduced.

In a possible design, the rating of the cumulative service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period according to the rating parameter includes: obtaining the time point t within the charging period of the terminal device. All the original bills; accumulating the acquired service usage included in the original bill to obtain the accumulated service usage before the time point t in the billing period of the terminal device; according to the rating parameter, using the accumulated service The quantity is subject to approval.

The rating device accumulates the business usage received before the time node in which the batch price parameter cannot be changed in one cycle, thereby avoiding the rating of each bill generated by the terminal device, and only performing the final accumulated business usage. Rating. Thereby, the rating efficiency of the rating device is improved, and the resource consumption of the rating device is reduced.

In a possible design, the service usage included in all the original CDRs before the time point t includes: the service start time and/or the service end time in the original CDR are included in the original CDR before the time point t. The amount of traffic; or the amount of traffic included in the original bill before the time point t when the original bill was received.

In a possible design, the original bill of the terminal device after the time point t in the billing period includes: the original bill in the original bill after the service start time and/or the service end time after the time point t Or the original bill of the original bill receipt time after the time point t.

In a possible design, after the pricing of the accumulated service usage before the time point t in the charging period is performed according to the rating parameter, the method further includes: setting the cumulative service usage of the terminal device. The rating identifier is such that when the original bill of the terminal device is received after the time point t, it is determined that the accumulated service usage amount before the time point t has been completed.

After the batch of services accumulated by each terminal device is taken up, the batch price completion identifier is set, thereby distinguishing the cumulative service usage of the terminal equipment that has completed the rating and the accumulated service usage of the terminal equipment that has not completed the rating. Avoid repeating the approval of the cumulative business usage of an end device.

In a possible design, the determining the time point t in the charging period includes: determining, according to the identification information, a time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed in the charging period, the identification information It can be information for distinguishing different terminal devices or users.

By determining the time points at which the impossible batch parameters cannot be changed for different terminal devices, the rating device can better approve the accumulated business usage.

In a possible design, the determining of the time point t that the pricing parameter is no longer changed in the charging period according to the identification information includes: acquiring the identification information, and the rating device includes the time point t when the identification information and the rating parameter are no longer changed. The corresponding relationship, the time when the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed is the configuration information; and the time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed is determined according to the identification information.

In a second aspect, a specific embodiment of the present application provides a rating device, including a determining unit, an obtaining unit, a first processing unit, and a second processing unit. a determining unit, configured to determine a time point t when the rating parameter is no longer changed in the charging period; and when the current time exceeds the time point t, the obtaining unit is configured to obtain the rating parameter at the time point t in the charging period a first processing unit, configured to perform, according to the rating parameter, a cumulative service usage amount of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period, where the accumulated service usage amount is cumulative use of the terminal device before the time point t After the terminal device determines that the cumulative service usage of the terminal device has been priced before the time point t in the charging period, the second processing unit is configured to use the rating parameter for the charging period. After the time point t, the original bill of the terminal device is priced.

In a possible design, the first processing unit, according to the rating parameter, the rating of the accumulated service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period includes: obtaining the time in the charging period of the terminal device All the original bills before the point t; accumulating the acquired service usage included in the original bill to obtain the accumulated service usage before the time point t in the billing period of the terminal device; according to the rating parameter, Accumulated business usage is subject to approval.

In a possible design, the first processing unit, after rating the accumulated service usage before the time point t in the charging period, according to the rating parameter, further includes: a first processing unit, configured to The cumulative service usage of the terminal device sets the rating identifier to determine that the accumulated service usage before the time point t has been completed after receiving the original CDR of the terminal device after the time point t.

In a possible design, the determining unit determines the time point t in the charging period, and the determining unit determines, according to the identification information, a time point t in which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed in the charging period. The identification information may be information for distinguishing different terminal devices or users.

In a possible design, the determining unit determines, according to the identification information, a time point t in which the rating parameter is no longer changed in the charging period, including: acquiring identification information, and the rating device includes the time when the identification information and the rating parameter are no longer changed. The time point t is the configuration information, and the time when the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed is the configuration information; and the time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed is determined according to the identification information.

In a third aspect, a specific embodiment of the present application provides a rating apparatus, including a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores an operation instruction executable by the processor, and the processor reads an operation instruction in the memory for implementing the first Any of the methods of this aspect.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the methods of the above aspects.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the methods of the various aspects described above.

DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a scenario of a car networking service listed in the present application;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a network charging system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a forward pricing method based on vehicle networking provided by a specific embodiment of the present application; FIG.

4 is a structural diagram of a rating device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a rating device according to an embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The rating parameter is the charging standard for the network operator to calculate the customer's billing period. The network operator will calculate the cost deducted by the customer during the account period based on the usage of various services in the account period and the pricing parameters of different businesses and different usages. In a specific example, the rating parameter may also be called a package, and the rating parameter (package) may include 50 yuan 1G and excess 1 yuan/M. That is to say, the customer can deduct 50 yuan in a fixed period, the customer can use 1G traffic without deduction in the account period, and the part with the flow exceeding 1G is charged at 1 yuan/M.

In order to provide better service, network operators can allow customers to modify the pricing parameters of the account period before the end of an account period. The network operator can set a time point t that does not change the pricing parameter, such as 2 days before the end of the account period. The customer can replace the rating parameter 2 days before the end of the account period, and the batch price parameter cannot be replaced within 2 days after the end of the account period. In a specific embodiment of the present application, the client may be a user of a single terminal device or a collection of users composed of multiple terminal devices. The set of users composed of multiple terminal devices may be a car network service provider. Of course, the car network service provider may divide different terminal devices into multiple sets according to the business situation.

Below, the vehicle networking is described as a specific application example.

In the application scenario of the Internet of Vehicles, the network operator allows the car network service provider to modify the appropriate rating parameters a few days before the end of the month end period according to the actual usage. Before the time point t of the unchangeable rating parameter, the car network service provider can change the rating parameter according to the actual usage.

The car network refers to the in-vehicle device loaded on the vehicle. The in-vehicle device realizes the extraction and effective utilization of attribute information and static and dynamic information of all vehicles on the information network platform through the identification technology such as radio frequency. At the same time, the in-vehicle device can effectively supervise and provide comprehensive services for the operating status of all vehicles according to different functional requirements.

The car networking service is a car networking service provided by the car networking service provider. The car network service provider purchases a batch of SIM (subscriber identity module) card from the operator side to the in-vehicle device, so that the terminal device can change the SIM card to enjoy the corresponding service. The terminal device can choose to order different service packages as needed.

It should be noted that the corresponding SIM card is allocated to each terminal device, and obtaining the corresponding network service through the SIM card is only one specific implementation manner in the specific embodiment of the present application. In one example, vSIM (Vehicles Safety Information Model) technology, SoftSIM (Soft Safety Information Model) technology, M2M SIM (Machine-to-Machine Safety Information Model) technology, eSIM (Embedded-SIM, embedded SIM card) The technology and any of the eUICC (Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card Universal Integrated Circuit Card) technologies replace the SIM card.

FIG. 1 is a scenario of a car networking service listed in the present application. As shown in Figure 1, it includes network operators, content providers, car network service providers, and terminal devices. Among them, network operators are used to provide basic network services. Network operators sell SIM cards and traffic to car network service providers. The content provider is used to produce the corresponding content for the user to access the corresponding content through the car network. The car network service provider is used to provide the SIM card and the pricing parameters to the terminal device that needs the corresponding service. The terminal device uses the corresponding network service according to the selected batch price parameter.

The vehicle networking service provider needs to pre-order the corresponding pricing parameters from the network operator for the terminal device according to the pricing parameter selected by the terminal device.

In an example, it is assumed that the pricing parameters that the vehicle networking service provider can select are 50 yuan 1G, 70 yuan 1.2G and other rating parameters, and the excess is 1 yuan / M. The car network service provider temporarily selects a 50-yuan rating parameter at the beginning of the month, assuming there are 1000 devices. On December 28th, all devices under the car network service provider used a total of 1100G. When using the approval price of the batch price determined at the beginning of the month, the price of the car network service provider is 50 yuan * 1000 + 1024 * 100 = 152,400 yuan. If the car network service provider can change the price parameter according to the actual usage, for example, it can be changed to the price parameter of RMB 70 and 1.2G, then 1000*1.2G=1200G>1100G, and the price of the price is only 70 yuan*1000=70000. yuan. This can greatly save money.

Of course, the above modification of the same rating parameter for all terminal devices is only one example of a specific embodiment of the present application. In a specific embodiment of the present application, the vehicle networking service provider may also select different rating parameters for different terminal devices.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a network charging system according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 2, a network element 201, a rating device 202, and a financial processing device 203 are included. The network element 201 is a gateway for processing data service access on the operator side. For example, the network element is a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN). When the terminal device uses the network, the network element generates the original CDR according to the usage of the terminal device. The rating device 202 is configured to perform the rating of the original bill generated by the network element to generate a bill after the rating. The financial processing device 203 is configured to bill the bill of the system, and the result of the billing is to output the fee that the car network service provider needs to settle for the network operator during the account period.

In the embodiment of the present application, the rating device 202 may be a convergent billing point (CBP), which is responsible for receiving charging requests and completing unified charging for online and offline, and unified charging for voice services and data services. The network element for unified charging of prepaid users and postpaid users.

In a particular embodiment of the present application, the rating device 202 includes a time point t at which the set unchangeable rating parameter is set. The rating device of the embodiment of the present application does not approve the original bill sent by the received network element 201 before the time point t. Before the time point t, the rating device may further determine whether to replace the batch price parameter according to the total flow rate of all the terminal devices corresponding to the flow pool in the accounting period. The rating device 202 further includes a batch task of the batch price. When the time point t is reached, the rating device 202 performs the pricing according to the final price parameter determined by the operator.

The present application does not approve the received bills until the time point t at which the batch price parameter cannot be changed, and uniformly approves the accumulated bills when the time point t is reached. In the prior art, it is avoided that the price is set according to the original batch price parameter, and the batch price is determined according to the modified price parameter, and the result of the original batch price parameter is also required to generate a rollback bill, thereby causing resources. Excessively expensive problems. In the solution provided by the present application, the rating device 202 only needs to perform a batch price on the cumulative service usage of each terminal device according to the rating parameter determined at the time point t. Therefore, the present application can significantly save the consumption of the rating device resources relative to the prior art.

Further, the rating device 202 in the specific embodiment of the present application may further accumulate the service usage included in the bill of the same terminal device before the time node t of the batch parameter cannot be changed. When the time point t is reached, the rating device 202 only needs to perform the rating based on a cumulative amount of the same terminal device. Therefore, at the time of the rating, only one rating is performed for each terminal device. This further reduces the number of bills that the rating device 202 needs to be priced, and reduces the consumption of the rating device 202 resources.

FIG. 3 is a forward pricing method based on vehicle networking provided by a specific embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 3, the method includes:

S301. Determine a time point t at which the pricing parameter is no longer changed in the charging period.

In a specific embodiment of the present application, a time point t at which the pre-configured batch parameter is no longer changed is included. This point in time t of pre-configuration completion can be set for all terminal devices. Of course, different time points t can also be configured according to each terminal device. Or, it is also possible to configure a part of the terminal devices at the same time point t. The time point t can be arbitrarily set as needed. The time point t at which the batch price parameter cannot be changed is a rule set by the operator to the car network service provider, belonging to system level data, and stored in a database table or a configuration file in the background.

Of course, the operator can modify the configuration file according to the actual situation. For example, the time point t at which the operator does not change the rating parameter set in the last billing cycle is later, so that the batch price of the accumulated service usage of the terminal device is completed later. The operator can change this time point t in the next billing cycle.

The general time point t can be configured to set a number of days from the end of the account period, for example, 2 days, that is, the terminal device is not allowed to change the rating parameter within 2 days before the end of the account period. 2 days before the end of the account period, the terminal device can freely change the rating parameters according to the actual usage. By setting variable rating parameters and the point in time t where the pricing parameters are no longer changed, more customers can be attracted.

In one example, the time point t in which the rating parameter of a terminal device is no longer changed in the present application may be 48 hours before the end time of the account period. When an account period includes 30 days, 0:00:00 on the 29th day of the account period is the time point t. Before the time point t, the terminal device can change the rating parameter; after reaching the time point t or the time point t, the terminal device cannot change the rating parameter.

When the terminal device uses the service provided by the operator at any time during the accounting period, the network element of the operator generates the corresponding original CDR according to the service usage used by the terminal device. The original bill package may include a bill identifier, a billing object identifier, a service start time, a service end time, a service usage, a service type, and the like.

The bill identifier is used to uniquely distinguish the bill from other bills, and each bill has a different identifier. The charging object identifier is used to uniquely distinguish the terminal device that generates the CDR from the other terminal device, and the terminal device generates the same terminal device identifier in the CDR. The service start time is used to indicate the time when the terminal device accesses the network, and the service start time is based on the time when the terminal device actually accesses the network. The service end time is used to indicate the time when the terminal device is disconnected from the network. The service end time is the time when the terminal device actually disconnects from the network. The service usage indicates the number of services generated by the terminal device from the start time of the service to the end time of the service. The service type indicates the service used by the terminal device from the start time of the service to the end time of the service.

Of course, the fields included in the original bills listed above are only examples of the specific embodiments of the present application. The above original bill cannot constitute a limitation on the original bill in the present application. In a specific embodiment of the present application, the fields included in the original bill can be arbitrarily increased or decreased according to the needs of the business.

In one example, Table 1 is an original bill provided by a specific embodiment of the present application. The bill identifiers shown in Table 1 are used to distinguish them from other bills. The bill identifier is “000000000000”, the billing object identifier is “AAAA”, the service start time is “20180201153306”, the service end time is “20180201153521”, the service usage is “10”, and the service category is “traffic”.

Table 1

话单标识Bill identification	000000000000000000000000
终端设备标识Terminal device identification	AAAAAAAA
业务开始时间Business start time	2018020115330620180201153306
业务结束时间Business end time	2018020115352120180201153521
业务用量Business usage	10MB10MB
业务大类Business class	流量flow
业务子类Business subclass	流量flow

In a specific embodiment of the present application, the rating device accumulates the received original bills before the time point t at which the current period is no longer changing the rating parameters. Specifically, the accumulation is a cumulative amount of business usage for a terminal device before a time point t of an accounting period. The accumulation of the service usage of a terminal device before the time point t of an account period is the accumulation of the service usage included in the original CDR of the terminal device received by the rating device before the time point t of an account period. In an example, after receiving the original bill, the rating device determines the accumulated bill to which the bill belongs according to the billing object and the service start/end time.

The original bill of the terminal device received by the rating device before the time point t of an account period may be the original of the service start time and/or the service end time of the original bill of the terminal device before the time point t before the time point t The amount of traffic included in the bill; or the amount of traffic included in the original bill before the time point t when the original bill of the terminal device is received.

At the same time, the rating device further determines, according to the terminal device, whether the accumulated bill of the terminal device is included in the current service period. If the current billing period does not include the accumulated bill of the terminal device, the rating device will create an accumulated bill of the terminal device in the current billing period. The accumulated bills may include a billing object, a cumulant type, an account start time, an end period, and a business accumulative amount.

The identifier of the terminal device is used to uniquely distinguish the terminal device from other terminal devices. In a specific embodiment of the present application, the identifier of the terminal device may be a hardware identifier of the terminal device, an identifier of the user corresponding to the device, or an identifier of the used SIM card.

The cumulative amount type may be set in advance, and the rating device determines which cumulant type the original bill belongs to based on the information included in the original bill. For example, in the batch price parameter ordered by the terminal device, when the service usage of different time segments includes different cardinalities and different batch price parameters, the cumulative amount type includes the accumulated amount of busy hours and the accumulated amount of idle time. The billing period start time and the billing period end time are used to indicate the billing period. When determining whether the accumulative bill of the terminal device is included in the account period, the rating device may determine according to the start time of the account period and the end time of the account period. The service accumulation amount is used to indicate the sum of the cumulative use of services by the terminal device during the account period. Of course, if the cumulant type includes more than one, each cumulant type includes the corresponding business cumulant

In an example, Table 2 is a cumulative bill of a terminal device provided by the present application in a billing cycle. As shown in Table 2, the identifier of the terminal device is “AAAA”, the cumulant type is “traffic”, the start time of the account period is “20180201”, the end time of the account period is “20180228”, and the cumulative amount of services is “300”.

Table 2

终端设备标识Terminal device identification	AAAAAAAA
累积量类型Cumulative type	流量flow
账期开始时间Account start time	2018020120180201
账期结束时间End of account period	2018022820180228
业务累积量Business accumulation	300MB300MB

Certainly, when the above-mentioned rating device receives an original bill and determines that the rating parameter of the terminal device can be changed currently, the method for accumulating the service usage of the terminal device is only one of the specific embodiments of the present application. The implementation manner cannot be used to limit the application. In the embodiment of the present application, the traffic volume of the terminal device in one charging terminal device may be accumulated at any time before the accumulated traffic volume is rated.

The rating device adds the service usage included in the original bill of the terminal device to the accumulated amount when the cumulative bill of the terminal device is created. At the same time, the rating device also approves the original bill. At this time, the rating result in the batch bill after the rating is zero, and the cumulative amount of the traffic pool is not deducted.

The present invention generates a bill with a zero rating by using the original bill received before the time node of the non-changeable pricing parameter, thereby facilitating subsequent list query processing.

If the current billing period includes the accumulated bill of the billing object, the rating device adds the service usage included in the original bill to the corresponding service accumulative amount. At the same time, the rating device also approves the original bill. At this time, the rating result in the batch bill after the rating is zero, and the cumulative amount of the traffic pool is not deducted.

S302. When it is determined that the current time exceeds the time point t, obtain the batch price parameter of the time point t within the charging period.

When the current time exceeds the time point t, the rating device will obtain the rating parameter at the time point t within the billing period. When all terminal devices adopt the same time point t, the rating device will directly obtain the rating parameter of the time point t.

When the rating device configures different time points t for different terminal devices or the terminal device configures the same time point for a part of the terminal devices, the rating device includes the correspondence between the identification information and the time point t. The rating device determines a corresponding time point t according to the identification information of the terminal device, and the identification information may be information for distinguishing different terminal devices or users.

S303. Approve the accumulated service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period according to the rating parameter, and the accumulated service usage amount is the accumulated traffic used by the terminal device before the time point t.

In a specific embodiment of the present application, a timed rating task is included. The timed rating task is to approve the accumulated bills at the time point t when the current period reaches the unchangeable rating parameter. The periodic rating task performs cyclical batch processing on the cumulative amount of traffic of each terminal device. The rating device first determines whether the cumulative amount of the equipment in the current accounting period has been approved, and if the price has been approved, the next terminal device is processed. If there is no rating, the cumulative amount of the current accounting period of the terminal device is subjected to the pricing. .

The pricing of the accumulated traffic of the terminal device may be directly accumulated for multiple original bills, and then the price is priced; or the cumulative bills may be directly priced. When accumulating the bills, the accumulated original bills no longer change the accumulative order received by the rating device before the point of the batch price. The CDRs after the approval include the accumulated business usage, deducted business usage and deduction expenses.

In a specific embodiment of the present application, after the terminal device is approved for the current bill, the batch device further adds a rating mark to the accumulated traffic of the terminal device to identify that the terminal device has completed the rating. In one example, the rating identifier can be a rating time.

S304. After determining that the cumulative service usage of the terminal device has been priced before the time point t in the charging period, the terminal device performs the rating on the original CDR of the terminal device after the time point t in the charging period according to the pricing parameter.

After the time point t of the unchangeable rating parameter is reached in the current period, when the rating device is newly received the original bill, the rating device determines whether the accumulated traffic of the corresponding terminal device in the original bill has been approved. When the accumulated traffic of the terminal device is not priced, the rating device appends the accumulated service usage of the terminal device, and then the original CDR is priced. The same as the scheduled rating task, after the completion of the cumulative business usage price, the rating mark is also added to the accumulated business usage. When the accumulated bill of the billing object has been priced (that is, the accumulated traffic includes the rating mark), the original bill is directly priced.

In an embodiment of the present application, the accumulated traffic may be used to indicate the accumulated traffic in the accumulated bill. Setting the rating identifier for the accumulated traffic may be to set the rating identifier for the accumulated bill.

The rating device sends the unidirectional financial processing device after the rating, and the transcript after the rating is performed by the financial processing device. Specifically, the rating device is a cumulative batch CDR before the time node in which each terminal device after the priced is no longer changed the batch price parameter, and the original unidirectional financial processing after the time node where the grading parameter is no longer changed. The device sends. The financial processing device accumulates the deduction amount in the cumulative lottery bill of each terminal device to determine the fee to be paid.

In a specific embodiment of the present application, the original bill of the terminal device after the time point t in the billing period includes the original bill of the service start time and/or the service end time included in the original bill after the time point t; or The original bill of the original bill is received after the time point t.

In one example, the financial processing device may further accumulate the accumulated batch bill and the debit resource of the original bill to verify the result of the billing device billing. When the sum of the deduction resources of each accumulated batch bill in a resource pool is the same as the size of the resource pool, it is determined that the deduction device resource deduction is correct.

Of course, in the specific embodiment of the present application, the rating device further includes a plurality of traffic pools, each of which is composed of a plurality of terminal devices. In one example, the batch parameters ordered by the terminal devices in the same traffic pool are the same. The rating device performs the pricing of the original bill and the accumulated bill of the terminal equipment included in the entire traffic pool according to the overall pricing parameter of the traffic pool in the process of rating the price of the traffic pool. The rating device does not separately priced the terminal device according to the batch price parameter of a single terminal device in the flow pool.

In another example, the traffic pool is divided according to the pricing parameter ordered by the terminal device, and may also be divided according to the time when the terminal device uses the service. For example, the service usage used by a terminal device during busy hours and the service usage used by idle time belong to different traffic pools.

The rating device may determine the traffic pool to which the bill belongs according to the charging object and/or the service start time and the service end time. For example, the rating device determines, according to the identifier of the charging object, whether each of the traffic pools includes the same charging object identifier as the charging object. When the traffic pool includes the charging object identifier, it is determined that the original bill belongs to the traffic pool. The rating device can also determine the corresponding cumulative service usage for each terminal device in the traffic pool.

The rating of each terminal device in the traffic pool is that the batch price parameter of the traffic pool is obtained, and the cumulative service usage of each terminal device is separately priced. Specifically, for each terminal device in the traffic pool, when the rating parameter is no longer changed, the cumulative service usage and the original CDR of one terminal device are the same as the rating mode of the single terminal device. This application does not describe this.

Of course, in the rating method of the flow pool, before the time point when the rating parameter is no longer changed, the rating parameter of each terminal device in the flow pool is changed when the rating parameter is changed. Before and after the change, the batch price parameters of each terminal device in the traffic pool are the same.

FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of a rating device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 4, a determining unit 401, an obtaining unit 402, a first processing unit 403, and a second processing unit 404 are included.

The determining unit 401 is configured to determine a time point t at which the rating parameter is no longer changed in the charging period. When the current time exceeds the time point t, the obtaining unit 402 is configured to obtain the batch price parameter of the time point t within the charging parameter billing period. The first processing unit 403 is configured to perform the pricing according to the accumulated service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period, and the accumulated service usage amount is the accumulated traffic used by the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period. After determining that the cumulative service usage of the terminal device has been priced before the time point t in the billing period, the second processing unit 404 is configured to use the original parameter of the terminal device after the time point t in the charging period according to the rating parameter. Single price.

Optionally, the first processing unit 403, according to the pricing parameter, the pricing of the accumulated service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period includes: obtaining all the original CDRs before the time point t in the charging period of the terminal device. . Accumulating the amount of service included in the obtained original bill to obtain the accumulated service usage before the time point t in the billing period of the terminal device. The cumulative business usage is priced based on the rating parameters.

Optionally, the service usage included in all the original bills before the time point t includes: the service start time in the original bill and/or the service volume included in the original bill before the time point t; or The amount of traffic included in the original bill before the time point t when the original bill was received.

Optionally, the original CDR of the terminal device after the time point t in the charging period includes: the original CDR of the original CDR in the original CDR and/or the service ending time after the time t; or the receiving time of the original CDR The original bill after time point t.

Optionally, the first processing unit 403, after the pricing of the accumulated service usage before the time point t in the charging period, is further included by the first processing unit 403, further comprising: a first processing unit 403, configured to accumulate services for the terminal device. The usage amount is used to set the rating identifier to determine that the accumulated service usage amount before the time point t has been completed when the original bill of the terminal device is received after the time point t.

Optionally, the determining unit 401 determines that the time point t in the charging parameter charging period includes: determining unit 401 determines, according to the identification information, a time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed in the charging period, and the identification information It can be information for distinguishing different terminal devices or users.

Optionally, the determining unit 401 determines, according to the identifier information, a time point t that the batch price parameter is no longer changed in the charging period, the method includes: the obtaining unit 402 acquires the identifier information, and the rating device includes the time point that the identifier information and the rating parameter are no longer changed. The correspondence between t and the time when the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed is the configuration information. The determining unit 401 determines, based on the identification information, a time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a rating device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 5, the rating device includes a processor 501, a memory 502, and a communication interface 503.

The processor 501 can be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits for executing related programs. The technical solution provided by the foregoing method embodiments of the present invention is implemented.

The memory 502 can be a read only memory (ROM), a static storage device, a dynamic storage device, or a random access memory (RAM). The memory 502 can store an application. When the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention is implemented by software or firmware, the program code for implementing any of the optional technical solutions provided by the foregoing steps and method embodiments of the implementation of FIG. 3 of the present invention is stored in the memory 502, and It is executed by the processor 501.

The communication interface 503 is used to connect with other network elements and financial processing devices.

The processor 501 determines a time point t at which the rating parameter is no longer changed during the billing period. When it is determined that the current time exceeds the time point t, the batch price parameter at the time point t in the billing period is obtained. According to the rating parameter, the cumulative service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period is priced, and the accumulated service usage is the accumulated traffic used by the terminal device before the time point t. After determining that the cumulative service usage of the terminal device has been priced before the time point t in the charging period, the terminal device performs the pricing of the original CDR of the terminal device after the time point t in the charging period according to the pricing parameter.

The processor 501 performs the pricing of the accumulated service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period according to the rating parameter, including: acquiring all the original CDRs before the time point t in the charging period of the terminal device. Accumulating the amount of service included in the obtained original bill to obtain the accumulated service usage before the time point t in the billing period of the terminal device. The cumulative business usage is priced based on the rating parameters.

The service usage included in all the original CDRs before the time point t includes: the service start time in the original CDR and/or the traffic volume included in the original CDR of the service end time before the time point t. Or the amount of traffic included in the original bill before the time point t when the original bill is received.

The original bill of the terminal device after the time point t in the billing cycle includes: the original bill of the service start time and/or the service end time in the original bill after the time point t. Or the original bill of the original bill receipt time after the time point t.

The processor 501 further includes, after the pricing of the accumulated service usage before the time point t in the charging period, the batch price identifier is set to the cumulative service usage of the terminal device, to receive the terminal after the time point t. When the original bill of the device is determined, it is determined that the accumulated business usage before the time point t has been completed.

The processor 501 determines that the time point t in the charging parameter charging period includes: determining, according to the identification information, a time point t in which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed in the charging period, and the identification information may be used to distinguish different terminals. Device or user information.

The determining, by the processor 501, the time point t that the pricing parameter is no longer changed in the charging period according to the identification information includes: acquiring the identification information, where the rating device includes the correspondence between the identification information and the time point t at which the rating parameter is no longer changed, and the identification information The time when the corresponding batch parameter is no longer changed is the configuration information. The time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed is determined according to the rating parameter identification information.

The network rating device shown in Figure 5 can be the rating device of Figure 2. The steps and specific embodiments of the foregoing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention are also applicable to the network service manager shown in FIG. 5 of the present embodiment. For the sake of brevity of the description, details are not described herein again.

A specific embodiment of the present application provides a computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs including instructions that, when executed by an electronic device including a plurality of applications, cause The illustrated electronic device performs the method flow illustrated in FIG.

Also disclosed in the specific embodiment of the present application is a computer program product that can be used to operate an access network device. When the computer program product runs on the access network device, the access network device is caused to perform the method as shown in FIG.

It should be noted that the embodiments provided in the present application are only optional embodiments introduced in the present application, and those skilled in the art can design more embodiments based on this, and therefore are not described herein.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. A person skilled in the art can use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the present application.

A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the system, the device and the unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of cells is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner. For example, multiple units or 40 components may be combined or may be Integrate into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form. The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. Functionality, if implemented as a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, can be stored on a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, or a part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium, including The instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) or a processor to perform all or part of the steps of the various embodiments of the present application. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like. .

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present application, but the scope of protection of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, and should cover Within the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of this application should be determined by the scope of protection of the claims.

Claims

A method of rating, characterized in that the method comprises:

Determining a time point t at which the rating parameter is no longer changed during the billing period;

When it is determined that the current time exceeds the time point t, obtaining the rating parameter of the time point t in the charging period;

And rating the accumulated service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period according to the rating parameter, where the accumulated service usage quantity is the terminal before the time point t in the charging period The amount of business used by the equipment;

Determining, after the time point t of the terminal device, the cumulative service usage of the terminal device has been priced, according to the rating parameter, after the time point t in the charging period The original bill of the terminal device is priced.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the rating of the cumulative service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period according to the rating parameter comprises:

Acquiring all the original CDRs before the time point t in the charging period of the terminal device;

And accumulating the obtained service usage amount included in the original bill to obtain the accumulated service usage amount before the time point t in the charging period of the terminal device;

The cumulative business usage is priced according to the rating parameter.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the service usage included in all the original bills before the time point t includes:

The amount of traffic included in the original bill of the original bill and the service end time before the time point t; or

The amount of traffic included in the original bill before the time point t when the original bill is received.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the original bill of the terminal device after the time point t in the charging period comprises:

The original bill in the original bill after the service start time and/or the service end time is after the time point t; or

The original bill is received at the original bill after the time point t.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: after the rating, the cumulative service usage amount before the time point t in the charging period is priced according to the rating parameter, the method further comprises :

Setting a rating identifier for the accumulated service usage of the terminal device, to determine that the accumulated service usage amount before the time point t has been completed after receiving the original bill of the terminal device after the time point t .
The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining said time point t during said billing period comprises:

And determining, according to the identifier information, a time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identifier information is no longer changed in the charging period, where the identifier information may be information used to distinguish different terminal devices or users.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the determining, at the time point t, that the rating parameter is no longer changed in the charging period according to the identification information comprises:

Obtaining the identification information, the rating device includes a correspondence between the identification information and the time point t at which the rating parameter is no longer changed, and the time when the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed is configuration information;

Determining, according to the identification information, a time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed.
A rating device, comprising:

a determining unit, configured to determine a time point t at which the rating parameter is no longer changed during the billing period;

When the current time exceeds the time point t, the obtaining unit is configured to obtain the rating parameter at the time point t in the charging period;

a first processing unit, configured to perform, according to the rating parameter, a cumulative service usage amount of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period, where the accumulated service usage amount is before the time point t The cumulative amount of traffic used by the terminal equipment;

Determining, by the terminal device, that the cumulative service usage of the terminal device has been priced before the time point t in the charging period, the second processing unit is configured to perform the charging period according to the rating parameter The original bill of the terminal device is subjected to the rating after the time point t.
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first processing unit performs, according to the rating parameter, the rating of the accumulated service usage of the terminal device before the time point t in the charging period, including:

Acquiring all the original CDRs before the time point t in the charging period of the terminal device;

And accumulating the obtained service usage amount included in the original bill to obtain the accumulated service usage amount before the time point t in the charging period of the terminal device;

The cumulative business usage is priced according to the rating parameter.
The device according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the service usage included in all the original bills before the time point t includes:

The amount of traffic included in the original bill of the original bill and the service end time before the time point t; or

The amount of traffic included in the original bill before the time point t when the original bill is received.
The device according to claim 8, wherein the original bill of the terminal device after the time point t in the charging period comprises:

The original bill in the original bill after the service start time and/or the service end time is after the time point t; or

The original bill is received at the original bill after the time point t.
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first processing unit performs, after the rating of the cumulative service usage amount before the time point t in the charging period, according to the rating parameter, include:

a first processing unit, configured to set a rating identifier for the accumulated service usage of the terminal device, to determine an accumulation before the time point t when the original CDR of the terminal device is received after the time point t Business usage has been completed.
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the determining unit determines that the time point t in the charging period comprises:

The determining unit determines, according to the identifier information, a time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identifier information is no longer changed in the charging period, and the identifier information may be information used to distinguish different terminal devices or users.
The device according to claim 13, wherein the determining unit determines, according to the identification information, a time point t at which the rating parameter is no longer changed in the charging period, including:

Obtaining the identification information, the rating device includes a correspondence between the identification information and the time point t at which the rating parameter is no longer changed, and the time when the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed is configuration information;

Determining, according to the identification information, a time point t at which the rating parameter corresponding to the identification information is no longer changed.
A rating device, comprising: a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores an operation instruction executable by the processor, and the processor reads an operation instruction in the memory for implementing any one of claims 1 to 7. The method described in the item.
A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-7.
A computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1-7.