JP2000138774A - Method for changing dividedly for plural uses for communication terminal and its mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of use by setting information on changing (changing devidedly for plural uses) setting in each part obtained by grouping plural telephone numbers stored in a telephone directory, without increasing device scale or making the operation complicated and automatically giving the information of CHARGING setting to telephone numbers at the time of calling and redialing. SOLUTION: In a configuration extending from an antenna 1 and a radio part 2 to a memory 16 and an I/F part 17, telephone directory information obtained by making names correspond to plural telephone numbers is stored and is also grouped. Charging information for requesting a communication network side for charging is set in each group. After that, a telephone number or a name to be transmitted is retrieved from a telephone directory, and the setting/non-setting of charging information to a group to which the telephone number belongs is decided. When the charging information is set to the group, charging information corresponding to the telephone number to be transmitted is automatically given, and the communication network side is demanded for charging.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a digital cellular mobile telephone system (PDC / Personal Digital Cellular).
Telecommunication System) and Digital Cordless Phone System (Simple Mobile Phone / PHS: Personal Handyphone)
The present invention relates to a method and a mobile communication device for a charging terminal in a communication terminal for performing a charging total for charging a call charge separately to a plurality of payees in the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, PDC terminals and PHS terminals are often carried at all times, and are often used for both private and business use. For this reason, PDC networks and P
On the HS network side, a charge metering service is provided for billing outgoing call charges separately to, for example, private payees or business payees. For example, a bill that clearly indicates the call charges measured by the charge metering service,
Issued by the PDC / PHS network administrator for each payee for use or business. Also, in the case of undertaking business from a plurality of subcontractors on a pay-as-you-go basis, the charge metering service is used to clarify the bill to each subcontractor.

[0003] In a communication terminal corresponding to the charge accounting service, when a call is transmitted from a PDC / PHS terminal, a telephone number is input and a charge accounting request is input and transmitted. When this transmission is received by the PDC / PHS network side through the PDC cell base station or the PHS outdoor device, it is confirmed that the setting for performing the charging accounting process is made in advance, and the accounting meter is processed. . In this case, P
If the DC / PHS terminal forgets to input the charge meter request, the charge meter processing is not performed on the PDC / PHS network side. To solve this inconvenience, PDC
On the / PHS network side, the telephone number (selection signal) at the time of the incoming call is determined, and the processing of the charge meter is automatically performed.

For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-289046, "Communication Terminal and its Charge Meter System", a mobile phone is not provided with a dedicated button for receiving a charge meter service, and the telephone number of the mobile phone is used. Only by performing the input operation (ordinary dial operation), the mobile phone sends out the accounting metering permission information, and the telephone network side automatically determines whether or not to perform accounting metering processing. Is measuring. In addition, the mobile phone sends a signal instructing the accounting to be divided into a plurality of payees and aggregated, to a management center that performs accounting in the telephone network. In this case, the mobile phone writes the chargeable metering permission information in a storage device such as a memory using a separate external writing device.

Further, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-18612, "Communication Terminal Having Charge Metering System and Metering Function in Communication Terminal", an operation of a minute meter key and ten keys (for inputting a telephone number) of the terminal is performed. The meter request signal and the billing number are transmitted to the base station. Each billing destination is registered in the call time database of the base station. Further, in the charge management database of the data management center, charge calculation is performed for each billing destination, and each call charge is charged for each of a plurality of billing destinations. In this case, the billing meter request and the call are automatically performed by operating the meter key. Therefore, the call key operation becomes unnecessary.

[0006] In this publication, an external writing device is required for registering accounting metering permission information including a telephone number and a time for a mobile phone, and the device scale is increased. Further, depending on the contents to be permitted, all the other parties are transmitted by the charge meter or are normally transmitted, and the charge meter cannot be partially performed. In addition, an operation for a charge meter is required, and further, a meter key and numeric keys for inputting a meter request signal and a billing number are required. Therefore, the operation becomes complicated and
The operation surface of a narrow mobile phone for which further miniaturization is desired is complicated, and the device scale is increased.

[0007]

As described above, in the above-mentioned conventional publication, the size of the apparatus is increased and the operation is complicated. Furthermore, a plurality of telephone numbers stored in a recent telephone directory are grouped, and it is not possible to perform accounting for each group.

[0008] The present invention is to solve such problems in the prior art, and without increasing the scale of the apparatus.
In addition, without complicating the operation, the billing meter setting information is displayed each time a plurality of telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory are grouped (for example, grouped for private use, business use, or business requester). In addition to being able to make settings, this charging meter setting information can be automatically added to the telephone number at the time of making a call or redialing, and the charging metering method for a communication terminal that improves the convenience of its use and its method It is intended to provide a mobile communication device.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method of accounting in a communication terminal, in which a communication network side performs accounting for charging a call charge separately to a plurality of payees. A step of storing telephone directory information associated with a plurality of telephone numbers; a step of grouping the plurality of telephone directory information; and a step of requesting a charge meter from the communication network side for each group. And setting billing total information.

After setting the accounting information for each group, searching the telephone directory for the telephone number or name to be transmitted, and setting / setting the accounting information for the group to which the searched telephone number belongs. At the stage of judging non-setting, when the accounting meter information is set in this group, the accounting meter information corresponding to the telephone number or name to be transmitted is automatically added, and the accounting meter information is added. And transmitting a telephone number to the communication network side to request a billing meter.

[0011] Further, after the accounting meter information is set for each of the groups, the step of reading the telephone number in the redial or the information of the destination telephone number in the reception history, and the accounting meter for the group to which the read telephone number belongs. Judging the setting of the information, automatically assigning the accounting meter information corresponding to the telephone number to be transmitted when the accounting meter information is set in this group, Transmitting the assigned telephone number and requesting the communication network side for a charge meter.

[0012] The mobile communication device of the present invention performs billing totalization in which a communication network side charges a call charge to a plurality of payees, and includes an input including telephone directory information associated with a plurality of telephone numbers. Input operation means for performing an operation, storage means for storing the telephone directory information input by the input operation means, and a plurality of telephone directory information stored in the storage means are grouped through the operation of the input operation means. And a setting unit for setting accounting meter information for requesting the accounting network to the communication network side for each group in the processing unit through the operation of the input operation unit.

Search means for searching the telephone directory information for the telephone number or name of the transmission target stored in the storage means by operating the input operation means after the setting means has set the accounting information for each group; Determining means for setting / non-setting of accounting meter information for a group to which the telephone number searched by the searching means belongs; and when the determining means determines that setting of accounting meter information has been performed for the group, Setting means for automatically assigning charging meter information corresponding to the telephone number or name; and transmitting a telephone number to which the charging meter information has been assigned by the setting means to the communication network side to request the charging meter. Means.

After the setting means sets the accounting information for each group, the operation of the input operation means causes the redial telephone number stored in the previous call or the destination telephone number stored in the incoming call to be received. Reading means for reading information; determining means for determining whether to set the accounting meter information for the group to which the telephone number read by the reading means belongs; and setting the accounting meter information by the determining means for the group. Setting means for automatically assigning accounting total information corresponding to the telephone number when it is determined that the telephone number has been assigned by the setting means, and transmitting the accounting number to the communication network by sending the telephone number to which the accounting total information has been assigned. And transmission means for requesting a total.

Further, the above-mentioned mobile communication device may be a mobile phone in a digital cellular mobile phone system, or
A digital cordless telephone system, wherein the accounting meter information is stored in a transmission protocol in a digital cellular mobile telephone system or a digital cordless telephone system, and The information is stored as bits in a protocol data unit that encodes a facility of an information element of a high-speed associated control channel or a low-speed associated control channel in a communication channel of the transmission protocol.

According to the method and the mobile communication device of the communication terminal of the present invention, a plurality of telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory are grouped, and the charging meter setting information is set for each group. Further, the charge meter setting information for each group is automatically added to the telephone number when making a call, when making a redial call, or when making a dial call from a received call history, and a charge meter is requested from the communication network side. ing.

In this case, there is no need for an external writing device for registering the accounting metering permission information including the telephone number and the time for the mobile phone as described in the conventional example. In addition, a special operation for accounting meter is not required at the time of transmission. In addition, there is no need for a minute key or the like for inputting a minute request signal and a billing number, so that the operation is not complicated and it is not necessary to provide the minute key on the operation surface of a narrow mobile phone which is desired to be smaller.

As a result, a plurality of telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory can be grouped (for example, for private use, business use, or business request) without increasing the scale of the apparatus and without complicating the operation. The charge meter setting information can be set for each group. In addition, the charge meter setting information can be automatically given to the telephone number at the time of outgoing call or redialing outgoing call, thereby improving the convenience of use.

[0019]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a billing method for a communication terminal and a mobile communication device according to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal according to a charging accounting method in a communication terminal of the present invention and its mobile communication device, and FIG. 2 is a front view showing an external configuration of the communication terminal shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, this example is a PHS terminal, which serves as an antenna 1 for transmitting and receiving radio signals to and from a base station (outdoor equipment) not shown, and a transmitting means for making a radio line connection to the base station not shown. Radio section 2 and a modulation / demodulation section 3 as a transmitting means for modulating and demodulating a QPSK signal and the like.
And a TDMA / TDD unit 4 as a transmitting means for performing transmission / reception connection in a time slot, a codec (CODEC) unit 5 for decoding a reception signal and encoding a transmission signal, and transmitting a transmission signal. A control unit as a microphone 6a, a speaker 6b for transmitting a voice of a reception signal, and a processing unit, a setting unit, a reading unit, and a searching unit for controlling a call and controlling "operation of the embodiment of the present invention" described below. 10 and a liquid crystal display (LCD) 11 as an input operation means for displaying a screen relating to a charge metering process, in addition to a screen display relating to a telephone call.

Further, the PHS terminal has a vibrator 12 for vibrating and notifying an incoming call, a power on / off, on-hook or off-hook, function selection, a telephone number, and a description of an embodiment of the present invention. And an input operation unit 13 as an input operation means for performing an input operation for “operation”. Further, a light-emitting diode (LED) 14 for blinking and notifying when an incoming call is ringing, and a ringer 1 for notifying by ringing a ringing sound.
5, a memory 16 as storage means for storing telephone directory information and setting contents of "operation of the embodiment of the present invention" described below, and an interface (I / F) unit for connecting to an external data terminal 17 are provided. The input operation unit 13 includes a function selection key 13a for performing a redial transmission (ranking), a “reception history” storing a telephone number at the time of receiving a call, or a pressing operation for reading a telephone directory.
have.

The radio section 2 performs radio frequency amplification, frequency conversion, intermediate frequency (IF) amplification, automatic gain control (AGC) and other processing, and a radio section for transmitting radio signals for frequency conversion and power amplification. A transmitting unit and I from the wireless receiving unit.
A reception field strength detection (RSSI) unit for detecting a reception field strength of the F signal by envelope detection or the like, and a high-speed switching synthesizer (DLP) for determining a transmission / reception frequency
S) and the like. Control unit 10
The CPU 10a controls the codec unit 5 from the wireless unit 2, and particularly controls the “operation of the embodiment of the present invention”, a working RAM 10b, a ROM 10c storing a boot program and a control program, and a CPU 10a. And an I / O circuit 10d for processing input / output of various signals.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.
First, the basic operation of the PHS terminal shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. The communication operation of this PHS terminal is based on the RCR
-This is the same operation as a general PHS terminal according to the STD-28 standard. For example, when a PHS terminal moves to a cell of a base station, a broadcast channel (BCCH: Broadcasting Contr
ol Channel), and fetches the location information and executes a location registration sequence to register a new location. Thereafter, a control channel (Common Control Channel (CCCH)) between the base station and the PHS terminal
Paging Channel (PCH) / Signaling Control Chan (SCCH)
nel), an information channel (TCH: TrafficChannel) for incoming call, outgoing call, location registration, incoming call response
Request and the establishment of the link.

Further, a communication channel "TCH-Fast Associated Control Channel (FACCH)" is used.
hannel) / Low-speed associated control channel (SACCH: SlowAC)
CH)), information necessary for communication (dial information, function selection information, etc.) is transmitted, and voice data and communication data are transmitted. Further, when the PHS terminal moves from the cell of the base station to another cell, the PHS terminal detects a decrease in the received electric field strength and performs a Mobile Assisted handover procedure.

In this operation, when a call is made, a telephone number (address) is further input from the input operation unit 13 after an off-hook operation at the input operation unit 13, and this selection signal (telephone number signal) is transmitted to the radio unit. 2 and the antenna 1 to the base station. Then, an integrated base station accommodating a large number of base stations checks a database (subscriber file) and allocates a communication channel. That is, a frame having a fixed time period in TDMA / TDD is transmitted at a plurality of time intervals (5 m
The communication channels (time slots) divided in s) are allocated.

Through this communication channel, a telephone exchange connection sequence (selection signal reception, number translation, outgoing line selection link selection, call signal transmission, response detection, call path closing) through the base station is executed. A transmission signal from the microphone 6a is encoded by the codec unit 5, and is transmitted by TDMA / TDD.
The transmission signal loaded on the time slot allocated through the unit 4 is quadrature-modulated into a QPSK signal or the like by the modulation / demodulation unit 3 and wirelessly transmitted through the radio unit 2 and the antenna 1. Antenna 1 from various exchange signals from the base station and connection destination
The QPSK signal passed through the radio unit 2 is subjected to orthogonal transformation (I / Q conversion) by the modulation / demodulation unit 3, decoded by the codec unit 5 through the TDMA / TDD unit 4, and output as sound from the speaker 6 a. When the control unit 10 captures the end-of-call detection after the call, the call path is restored through the base station.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. This “operation of the embodiment of the present invention” has the following contents. (1) Setting and management of grouping a large number of phone numbers (grouping multiple phone numbers for private use, business use, or for each business requester) when registering or editing phone numbers in the phone book I do. (2) Set accounting meter setting information for each group. (3) At the time of calling, the charge meter setting information set to the group to which the telephone number belongs is automatically added, and the call is sent to the communication network side. (4) At the time of redial transmission (transmission using the stored telephone number in the previous transmission), the accounting meter setting information set to the group to which this telephone number belongs is automatically added and transmitted to the communication network side.

First, (1) setting and management of grouping a large number of telephone numbers when registering and editing telephone numbers in the telephone directory will be described. The memory 16 has an input operation unit 13 (function selection key 13a)
By the operation of and the control of the control unit 10, for example, a telephone number associated with 200 names is stored. The plurality of telephone numbers are grouped, for example, for private use, for business use, or for each business requester, and the settings are made. Also, the memory 16
In this example, the telephone number at the time of calling is stored (redial function) until the power is turned off. Further, the telephone number notified by the telephone number notification service at the time of an incoming call is stored as an “incoming call history”. In the storage of the "incoming call history", the last received telephone number is stored in the memory 16 under the control of the control unit 10, or, for example, up to 20 incoming telephone numbers are stored and the incoming Phone numbers are ranked and stored according to the number of incoming calls.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a display screen when the accounting meter setting information is set for each group (2). In the setting of the charge meter setting information for each group, first, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), the screen display in the standby state (month, day, time, reception state is displayed on the screen)
The control is performed on the liquid crystal display 11 by the control unit 10.
Next, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the telephone book key of the function selection key 13a on the input operation unit 13 is selected and pressed, a name search or a group search in the telephone book menu is displayed on the screen. Next, as shown in FIG. 3C, for example, when the “6” key in the input operation unit 13 is operated, a group setting screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 11.

The [Redial / ▲] key, [Received call history / ▼] key of the function selection keys 13a, [* / left triangle], [# / right] on the input operation unit 13 are displayed on the screen of FIG. By pressing the [Triangle] key,
Groups 1 to 7 can be selected and designated. After selecting,
When the telephone book key of the function selection key 13a is pressed, as shown in FIG.
7) Setting of accounting information at the time of outgoing call /
Non-setting (on / off) is displayed on the screen, and the [Redial / ▲] key and [Received call history / ▼] key of the function selection keys 13a are pressed and selected, and the billing meter information is displayed by pressing the telephone book key. Make settings. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 3E, the end of the group setting is displayed on the screen, and after a certain period of time (for example, one second), the initial screen display is displayed as shown in FIG. Done.

FIG. 4 shows (3) the charging meter setting information set in the group to which the telephone number at the time of originating belongs is automatically added to the originating telephone number (selection signal) and transmitted to the communication network side. It is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time. First, in the standby processing, it is determined whether the operation of pressing the telephone directory on the function selection key 13a is performed (steps S1 and S2). If the pressing operation is not performed within the predetermined time (S2: No), the process returns to step S1, and
When the pressing operation is performed within a predetermined time (S2:
Yes), search the telephone directory stored in the memory 16 (step S3).

Next, it is determined under the control of the control unit 10 whether or not the calling telephone number has been input from the input operation unit 13 (step S4). If the outgoing telephone number has not been input (S4: No), the process returns to step S3, and if the outgoing telephone number has been input (S4: Yes), it is further determined whether the transmitting key of the input operation unit 13 has been pressed. (Step S
5). If the transmission key is not pressed in step S5 (S5: No), the process returns to step S1 to start the process from the beginning.

If the transmission key is pressed in step S5 (S5: Yes), it is determined whether billing meter setting information is set for the group to which the transmission telephone number belongs (step S6). If charging meter setting information for the group to which the calling telephone number belongs is set in this step S6 (Yes), the charging meter setting information is automatically added to the calling telephone number, and this frame is transmitted (step S7). , S8). If the accounting meter setting information has not been set in step S6 (No), a normal transmission, that is, a transmission that does not require an accounting meter is performed (step S9).

The charge meter setting information is stored in a high-speed associated control channel (FACC) in the communication channel (TCH).
H) or a protocol data unit (PDUs) that encodes a facility of an information element in a low-speed associated control channel (SACCH), and transmits the frame.

FIG. 5 shows (4) the charge meter setting information set to the group to which the telephone number at the time of redial transmission belongs, automatically added to the redial telephone number (selection signal) and transmitted to the communication network side. It is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time. First, in the standby process, it is determined whether the redial key is pressed on the input operation unit 13 (steps S20 and S21). If the redial key pressing operation is not performed within the predetermined time, the process returns to the initial state of step S20. In step S21, when the operation of pressing the redial key is performed within a predetermined time (Ye
s) The name associated with the telephone number linked to the redial is displayed on the liquid crystal display 11 together with the telephone number on the control unit 10.
(Step S22).

Next, the operation of pressing the transmission key in the input operation unit 13 is determined. If the transmission key is not pressed within the predetermined time in step S22 (No), the process returns to step S20, and the processing from the beginning is started. If the transmission key is depressed within the predetermined time in step S23 (Yes), the charge meter setting information for the group to which the redialing transmission telephone number belongs is checked from the memory 16 (step S24).

That is, it is determined whether the accounting meter setting information for the group to which the calling telephone number belongs is set (step S25). If charging meter setting information is set in the group to which the calling telephone number belongs in step S25 (Yes), a frame of the calling telephone number to which charging meter setting information is added is transmitted (steps S26 and S2).
7). If the accounting meter setting information is not set in step S25 (No), a normal transmission, that is, an outgoing call that does not require the accounting meter is performed (step S28).

In this case, the charge meter setting information includes a high-speed associated control channel (FAC) in the communication channel (TCH).
CH) or the information element facility in the slow associated control channel (SACCH) is stored as bits in coded protocol data units (PDUs) and the frame is transmitted.

In this embodiment, an example of PHS has been described, but PDC such as FDMA, TDMA and CDMA, and a digital cordless telephone system (DE)
CT (Digital European Cordless Telecommunication /
CT-2-British standard) and the like.
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, an example has been described in the case of a normal call and a redial call. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to a call from a call history based on a destination telephone number stored at the time of a call.

[0040]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the billing method and the mobile communication device of the communication terminal of the present invention, each time a plurality of telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory are grouped, the billing is performed. The meter setting information is set. Furthermore,
The charge meter setting information for each group is automatically added to the telephone number at the time of calling or redialing, and a charge meter is requested from the communication network side.

As a result, the plurality of telephone numbers stored in the telephone directory are grouped without increasing the scale of the apparatus and without complicating the operation, and the accounting meter setting information is collectively collected for each group. Can be set. In addition, it becomes possible to automatically add this billing meter setting information to a telephone number when making a call or making a redial call,
The convenience of its use is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal according to a billing method and a mobile communication device thereof in a communication terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an external configuration of the communication terminal shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a display screen when setting accounting meter setting information for each group in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for automatically assigning charge meter setting information at the time of transmission in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when automatically assigning charging meter setting information at the time of redialing in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Radio section 3 Modulation / demodulation section 4 TDMA / TDD section 5 Codec 10 Control section 10a CPU10 11 Liquid crystal display 13 Input operation section 13a Function selection key 16 Memory

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Claims (8)

[Claims] An accounting method in a communication terminal for performing a charging meter for billing a call charge separately to a plurality of payees on a communication network side, wherein telephone directory information associated with a plurality of telephone numbers is stored. And a step of grouping the plurality of pieces of telephone directory information; and a step of setting accounting meter information for requesting an accounting meter to the communication network side for each group. A billing method for a communication terminal. 2. After setting accounting meter information for each group, searching a telephone directory for a telephone number or name to be transmitted, and setting / non-setting of accounting meter information for the group to which the searched telephone number belongs. Judging the setting; automatically assigning accounting meter information corresponding to the telephone number or name to be transmitted when the accounting meter information is set in this group; 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting the assigned telephone number and requesting the communication network side for an accounting meter. 3. After setting the accounting information for each group, reading the information of the telephone number in redial or the destination telephone number in the reception history, and the accounting information for the group to which the read telephone number belongs. Judgment of the setting, and when the accounting meter information is set in this group, automatically assigning accounting meter information corresponding to the telephone number to be transmitted, and attaching the accounting meter information 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting the telephone number and requesting a charge meter from the communication network. 4. A mobile communication device for performing a charge meter for charging a call charge separately to a plurality of payees on a communication network side, for performing an input operation including telephone directory information associated with a plurality of telephone numbers. Input operation means, storage means for storing telephone directory information input by the input operation means, processing means for grouping a plurality of telephone directory information stored in the storage means through the operation of the input operation means, Setting means for setting accounting meter information for requesting the accounting network to the communication network side for each group in the processing unit through operation of the input operation unit. 5. A retrieval means for retrieving a telephone number or a name of a transmission target stored in a storage means by operating an input operation means from telephone directory information after the setting means has set accounting total information for each group. Determining means for setting / non-setting charging accounting information for a group to which the telephone number searched by the searching means belongs; and determining means determining that charging accounting information is set for the group. Setting means for automatically assigning charging meter information corresponding to the telephone number or name at the time of transmission; and transmitting the telephone number to which the charging meter information has been added by the setting means to the communication network side to request the charging meter. 5. The mobile communication device according to claim 4, further comprising: a transmitting unit that performs transmission. 6. After the setting means sets the accounting information for each group, the redial telephone number stored in the previous call or the destination telephone number stored in the incoming call is operated by operating the input operation means. Reading means for reading information; judging means for judging setting / non-setting of accounting meter information for a group to which the telephone number read by the reading means belongs; and setting the accounting meter information by the judging means for the group. Setting means for automatically assigning accounting total information corresponding to the telephone number when it is determined that the telephone number has been assigned by the setting means, 5. The mobile communication device according to claim 4, further comprising a transmission unit that requests a total. 7. A mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device according to claim 4 is applied to a mobile phone in a digital cellular mobile phone system or a mobile phone in a digital cordless phone system. 8. The charge accounting information is stored in a transmission protocol in a digital cellular mobile telephone system or a digital cordless telephone system, and the accounting information is stored in a high-speed communication channel of the transmission protocol. 7. The mobile communication device according to claim 4, wherein a bit is stored in a protocol data unit in which a facility of an information element of the associated control channel or the low-speed associated control channel is encoded.