[summary of the invention]
In order to overcome that cost that prior art exists increases and deficiency such as difficult charge, the invention provides a kind of charging method for network TV service, to cut operating costs and to make things convenient for the user to pay dues.
The invention provides a kind of charging method for network TV service, this method may further comprise the steps: a. opens Web TV, and Web TV is loaded with traffic module, charging policy module, accounting module and payment module simultaneously; B. business module is selected the network TV business type for the user; C. the charging policy module judges whether selected network TV business type needs charge, if judged result is not for needing charge, then direct application network television services type is if judged result is the needs charges, then produce charging policy and select, and enter next step for the user;
D. accounting module is added up expense according to the charging policy of network TV business type and user's selection, and generates the list of charges;
E. payment module allows the user to select payment mode according to the list of charges, and pays the corresponding amount of money, pays success as if the user, then application network television services type.
According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, unsuccessful if the user pays in step e, then return step c or step e.
According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the network TV business type comprises: video display business, audio service, photograph album business or information business.
According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, payment mode comprises: mobile-phone payment pattern, Payment Card payment mode or expansion payment mode.
According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the expansion payment mode expands to Web bank's payment mode or bill of exchange payment mode.
According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, in step c, when a kind of charging policy of network TV business type correspondence, the directly selected charging policy of charging policy module, when the corresponding multiple charging policy of network TV business type, a kind of by in the selected multiple charging policy of user.
According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, in step c, the professional on the estimation use amount of user is selected charging policy.
According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, estimate that professional use amount comprises moon number, video-on-demand times, flow size, amount of capacity, professional number that monthly payment is chargeed.
Pass through above-mentioned steps, the invention provides a kind of charging method for network TV service, its different business demand to the user adopts different management and charge method, thereby Web TV developer and ICP have been solved because of intellectual property and cost is former thereby the problem that can not be better provide excellent more interesting experience to enjoy for the user, for Web TV developer and ICP have reduced production risk, for network television user has won excellent more individual enjoyment.
[embodiment]
Relevant feature of the present invention and technology contents please refer to following detailed description and accompanying drawing, and accompanying drawing only provides reference and explanation, is not to be used for the present invention is limited.
Illustrated in fig. 1 is the flow chart of Web TV charging method of the present invention.As shown in Figure 1, this Web TV charging method starts from step 101.
In step 102, the user opens Web TV, and Web TV is while loaded with traffic module, charging policy module, accounting module and payment module after startup.
In step 103, Web TV calls business module, and business module shows a plurality of alternative network TV business types, and selects required network TV business type for the user.
In step 104, after the user chose required network TV business type, Web TV called the charging policy module.
In step 105, the charging policy module is judged network TV business type user-selected in step 103 whether need charge to determine this business.
If it is coin free service or the business that has customized (not needing charge) that the charging policy module determines this business, then skip to step 113, Web TV is directly used this business.
If the charging policy module determines this service needed charge, then execution in step 106, produce the pairing charging policy of this business and supply the user to select.At this moment, the user can professional on the estimation use amount selects to be fit to the charging policy of oneself.
In step 107, Web TV calls accounting module, and generates the list of charges by accounting module according to selected network TV business and charging policy.
In step 108, Web TV loads payment module, and payment module please the user select payment mode to pay according to the list of charges, wherein has phone-payment, Payment Card payment and three kinds of patterns of expansion payment.
The user can adopt a kind of in above three kinds of payment modes to come payment, pay for adopting the phone-payment mode as step 109, step 110 is for adopting the payment of the Payment Card means of payment, step 111 is then for adopting the payment of the expansion means of payment, wherein expand the means of payment of the means of payment for reserving, it can comprise other the means of payment such as Web bank's payment, bill of exchange, the manufacturer can set in payment module according to concrete needs, uses which kind of means of payment to be used as expanding the means of payment with decision.
In step 112, payment module judges whether user's payment is successful, if payment is unsuccessful, then continues execution in step 108, asks the user to reselect payment mode and pays.At this moment, if payment is unsuccessful, this method also can be returned step 103 or 106, reselects business or charging policy for the user.
If pay successfully, then carry out step 113, Web TV is used this business.
It should be noted, the business module among the present invention, charging policy module, accounting module and payment module can software and/or hardware mode realize that it is embedded on Web TV or its set-top box, can be called by Web TV.
Illustrated in fig. 2 is optional class of business and corresponding charging policy thereof in the business module of the present invention.In Fig. 2, business module 201 has four kinds of types of service such as video display business 202, audio service 203, photograph album business 204, information business 205.
Wherein, video display business 202 comprises online play service 2021 and network downloading service 2022, audio service 203 comprises online play service 2031 and network downloading service 2032, photograph album business 204 comprises photograph album dilatation business 2041, electron album downloading service 2042, electron album custom service 2043, and information business 205 comprises traffic service 2051, stock business 2052, weather forecast business 2053, news information business 2054.In herein, for convenience of description, only list various network TV business type and charging policy thereof commonly used, it should be noted that network TV business type and charging policy thereof are not limited in above explanation, it should have numerous embodiments.
The charging policy module judges at first whether user-selected type of service needs charge, if the current type of service of choosing is the news information business 2054 in the information business 205, as shown in Figure 2, because this business is free type of service, so the Web TV chance is directly used this business.
If the user has selected other types of service that need charge, the charging policy module can produce charging policy according to user-selected type of service, for instance, if the user has selected the traffic service 2051 in the information business 205, wherein because this traffic service 2051 only has a kind of charging policy (monthly payment charging), then the charging policy module can direct its charging policy of selection be that monthly payment is chargeed.
The situation that may have multiple charging policy at the partial service type, which kind of charging policy the user can select to adopt charge as required, for instance, when the user has selected the online play service 2021 of video display business 202, charge by flow, charge and three kinds of charging policy of monthly payment charging because this online play service 2021 has by video-on-demand times, therefore the charging policy module can be pointed out the user to select a kind of in above three kinds of charging policy and allow the user make one's options, and user-selected charging policy is just as current charging policy.
In addition, the moon number that the charging policy module also can allow the user select monthly payment to charge as required, video-on-demand times, flow size, amount of capacity, professional number etc. estimate to use traffic carrying capacity, the user uses traffic carrying capacity to select charging policy on the estimation, thereby makes the charge module to generate the list of charges according to the charging policy of correspondence.
The invention provides a kind of charging method for network TV service, thereby Web TV developer and ICP have been solved because of intellectual property and cost is former thereby the problem that can not be better provide excellent more interesting experience to enjoy for the user, for Web TV developer and ICP have reduced production risk, for network television user has won excellent more individual enjoyment.
Above with reference to description of drawings various preferred embodiments of the present invention, but only otherwise deviate from the spirit and scope of the invention, those skilled in the art can carry out modifications and changes on the various forms to it, all belongs to protection scope of the present invention.