JP2002261990A - System and method for charging portable communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To charge a portable communication terminal and to settle its charging commission, by utilizing a public telephone set having the function of charging it. SOLUTION: In a system and method for charging portable communication terminals, there are coupled to each other via a communication network a public telephone set which provides the function of a telephone and the charging function capable of charging a portable communication terminal; a banking organ server; and a communication company server. The public telephone set charges the portable communication terminal by one of a coin, an electronic card, a credit card, and an intrinsic information of the portable communication terminal. The banking organ server certifies the credit card thrown into the public telephone set when charging the portable communication terminal, and so adds its charging rate to the credit card as to claim its charging rate when claiming the liquidation money amount of the credit card. The communication company server so adds the charging rate of the portable communication terminal to its rental rate based on its intrinsic information as to claim its charging rate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and method for charging a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to charging a mobile communication terminal using a public telephone having a charging function of the mobile communication terminal, and charging the mobile communication terminal using the same. The present invention relates to a system and a method for charging a mobile communication terminal in which a fee is settled.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the use of personal portable communication terminals has been rapidly increasing, and since such portable communication terminals use a battery as a power source, they can be charged when the battery is exhausted. Requires a separate charger. However, this charger requires a separate external power supply (AC regular power supply), and it is necessary for the user to charge the battery while traveling, for example, because the charger must always be carried while traveling. There was an inconvenience that the battery could not be charged immediately.

[0003] In order to solve such a problem, a service is provided in which a user can charge a portable communication terminal at a fixed cost externally. For example, a service such as a convenience store is frequently used. A charging service provider installs a charging device for a mobile communication terminal at a location where the user enters and exits, and allows the mobile communication terminal to be charged within a predetermined time if the user pays a fixed cost, so that the mobile communication terminal can be charged. We offer charging service of machine.

[0004]

However, such a conventional mobile communication terminal charging apparatus has the following problems. That is, when charging a mobile communication terminal by providing a separate mobile communication terminal charging device, a business operator should purchase and install several to several tens of expensive mobile communication terminal charging devices, which is economical. And the user has to pay separately each time the battery is charged, which is troublesome.

[0005] Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a widely used public telephone with a charging device for a portable communication terminal, and an electronic card other than coins. The mobile communication terminal can be charged using the unique number information of the credit card and the mobile communication terminal, and the charging cost is paid by a coin, an electronic card and a credit card according to the convenience of the user, or An object of the present invention is to provide a charging system for a mobile communication terminal that can appropriately cope with a charging fee payment environment of a user by adding a charging fee for the mobile communication terminal to a usage fee for the mobile communication terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to charge a portable communication terminal by incorporating a charging device for a portable communication terminal into a public telephone so that a public telephone operator can purchase and manage the charging device at low cost. It is to provide a system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of charging a portable communication terminal, wherein a user can selectively pay a charging fee to a charging system of the portable communication terminal to charge the portable communication terminal. To provide.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a communication network; a public telephone connected to the communication network to provide a telephone function and a charging function for charging a portable communication terminal; A financial institution server connected to the public telephone through the communication network to approve transactions by a credit card inserted into the public telephone; and a telephone service connected to the public telephone through the communication network to provide the mobile communication terminal with a call service. In the mobile communication terminal charging service system including the provided communication carrier server, the public telephone charges the mobile communication terminal with any of coins, electronic cards, credit cards or unique information of the mobile communication terminal. The financial institution server, when charging with the credit card, the credit card inserted into the public telephone; Authenticates the credit card and charges the credit card with the charge when charging the settlement amount; the carrier server adds the charge to the usage fee of the mobile communication terminal according to the unique information of the mobile communication terminal. It is characterized by being charged with a charging fee added.

[0009] Here, the public telephone is an input unit including a function key that allows a user to select the charging function and the telephone function; power supplied to the public telephone is controlled by the public telephone and the portable communication terminal. A power control unit for converting and supplying a driving power supply and a charging power supply necessary for charging the mobile terminal; charging the mobile communication terminal using the power supplied from the power control unit; A charging control unit for detecting the unique number information recorded in the coin; a coin discriminating unit for discriminating coins inserted by a user and detecting the total amount of coins inserted; If the inserted card is the electronic card, the charge amount is subtracted from the remaining amount recorded on the electronic card to record new balance information, and If the credit card is the credit card, a card reader for detecting card information; a modem for interfacing the public telephone with the communication network; and unique information of the coin, electronic card, credit card or portable communication terminal And a telephone control unit that controls the charging control unit to charge the mobile communication terminal.

On the other hand, another feature of the present invention is a communication network; a public telephone connected to the communication network to provide a telephone function and a charging function for charging a portable communication terminal; A financial institution server connected to approve a transaction by a credit card inserted into the public telephone; and a communication carrier server connected to the public telephone through the communication network and providing a call service to the portable communication terminal. A coin, an electronic card, a credit card, or a specific charge information of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal charging method for charging the mobile communication terminal by charging the mobile communication terminal. Determining the type of charging fee payment means for charging; if the coin is the coin, If the total amount of the coins is equal to or greater than the charge, the charge is performed by the charge function. If the electronic card is the electronic card, the charge is performed by the charge function when the balance of the electronic card is equal to or greater than the charge, and the credit is performed. If it is a card, it detects the card information of the credit card and transfers it to the financial institution server, requests approval of the credit transaction, and if the credit transaction is approved, performs charging by the charging function and If it is the unique information of the communication terminal, the unique number information is detected and transferred to the communication carrier server to request registration, and if the unique number information is registered, charging by the charging function is performed. The method includes a performing step.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a charging system for a portable communication terminal according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic internal block diagram of the public telephone shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart illustrating a process of performing a charging method.

The structure of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, a system configuration applied to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1. The public telephone 100 includes a charging control unit described below so as to be able to charge the mobile communication terminal 200. It is connected to the charging control unit of the public telephone 100 by a cable 300 or another appropriate method, and is connected to the financial institution server 500 and the carrier server 600 through the communication network 400 so as to be communicable. That is, the present invention provides a charging control unit to be described later in the public telephone 100 so that the mobile communication terminal 200 can be charged, thereby simplifying the configuration of the device, reducing the installation cost of the device, and Can easily manage the charging device.

The public telephone 100 can selectively use a telephone function, which is a unique function of the public telephone, and a charging function of the portable communication terminal 200, using coins, electronic cards, credit cards, and the like. .

Referring now to FIG. 2, public telephone 100
The power supply control unit 101 converts the AC power supplied to the public telephone 100 to a power level required by each component in the public telephone 100, and supplies the power level to each component.

The central processing unit 102 generally controls the overall operation of the public telephone 100. That is, the central processing unit 102 controls the operation states of the modem 103 and the display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display device) 104, detects various input signals input through the input unit 105, and controls the telephone control unit 10.
6, and controls the overall operation of each component necessary for the telephone function.

The input unit 105 has function keys for selecting various functions including a charging function and a telephone function.
The input of the user is converted into an electrical input signal and transferred to the central processing unit 102.

The display unit 104 displays the operating state of the public telephone 100. Here, the input unit 105 and the display unit 104 may be integrated to constitute a touch screen.

The telephone control unit 106 is in charge of overall control of the telephone function of the public telephone 100. That is,
The telephone control unit 106 transmits the reception sound received through the modem 103 to the handset 107, and transmits the transmission sound from the handset 107 to the modem 103, and reads the card inserted into the card reader 108. Authentication process for controlling the card reader 108 and controlling the operation of the card reader 108 as a whole.
09 and the coin discriminator 10
The call state is controlled by using the coin discrimination signal transferred from the switch 9, and the operation state of the telephone function is controlled by turning on / off the hook switch 110. The telephone control unit 10
6 is the mobile communication terminal 2 transferred from the charging control unit 111
00 to the carrier server 600,
The charge control unit 111 is controlled to control a charge state of the mobile communication terminal 200.

The handset 107 has a built-in speaker and microphone so that the user can use the telephone function when using the telephone function.

The card reader 108 determines the type of the inserted card, detects card information based on the result, and performs operations such as adjusting the balance of the card. That is, if the inserted card is an electronic card (card with a built-in IC), the card reader 108 subtracts the charge from the remaining amount information recorded on the card and records it, and provides the result to the telephone controller 106. Doing so requests that you can use the phone and charging features. Also,
If the inserted card is a credit card, card information such as a card number and a validity period recorded on the credit card is detected, and the detected card information and transaction amount are transferred to the telephone control unit 106 to be transmitted to the financial institution server. 500
Require approval.

The coin discriminator 109 discriminates the type of the inserted coin, and transfers the discrimination result to the telephone controller 106.

The hook switch 110 senses the on / off state of the handset 107 by the user and transfers the result to the telephone controller 106.

The modem 103 connects the public telephone 100 and the communication network 400. That is, the modem 103 modulates the transmission sound and various data transferred from the telephone control unit 106 under the control of the central processing unit 102 and transfers the modulated transmission sound and various data to the communication network 400, and receives the reception sound and various data received from the communication network 400. Demodulated and transferred to telephone control unit 106.

The charge control unit 111 is a portable communication terminal 200
, And transfers it to the telephone control unit 106,
The mobile communication terminal 20 is controlled by the telephone control unit 106.
Charge 0.

The operation of the present invention having such a configuration will be described below with reference to FIG. First, when the user connects the charging device provided on the public telephone 100 and the portable communication terminal 200 by, for example, a cable 300 and selects a charging function through the input unit 105, the central processing unit 102 in the public telephone 100 is used. It is determined whether the user has selected a charging function for charging the mobile communication terminal 200 (S101). Here, if the charging function is not selected, the central processing unit 102 controls to perform a general telephone function (S102).

If it is determined in step (S101) that the charging function is selected, the central processing unit 102 determines whether the portable communication terminal 200 is ready to charge the public telephone 100 through the telephone control unit 106. For example, it is checked whether the cable 300 is connected to the portable communication terminal 200 (S103). That is, the central processing unit 102
Requests the telephone control unit 106 to confirm whether or not the cable 300 can be connected, and the telephone control unit 106 transmits information of the mobile communication terminal 200 through the charging control unit 111 (for example,
Check whether the unique number information is detected
It is determined whether 0 is connected. This stage (S103)
For example, when the cable 300 is not connected, the central processing unit 102 displays the cable 30 on the display unit 104.
0 is displayed (step S10).
4).

At this stage (S103), the cable 3
If 00 is connected, the central processing unit 102 requests to determine whether the method of paying the charge has been selected. Thereby, the telephone control unit 106 sets the coin discriminator 1
09 and a control signal is output to the card reader 108 to determine whether there is a coin or card inserted.

At this time, if the user inserts a coin,
(S105), the coin discriminator 109 detects the total amount of the inserted coins based on the type and the number of inserted coins and provides the same to the telephone control unit 106.
Checks whether the total amount of inserted coins has reached the minimum charge for charging (S106). If the total amount of the inserted coins has not reached the minimum charge for charging, the process returns to the step (S106) to continuously check whether the total amount of the inserted coins reaches the charge fee.

If the total amount of coins inserted in the step (S106) has reached the minimum charge for charging,
The telephone controller 106 controls the charging controller 111 to charge the mobile communication terminal 200 (S10).
7). That is, when the charging command is received from the telephone control unit 106, the charging power supplied from the power control unit 101 is supplied to the portable communication terminal 200 through the charging control unit 111. At this time, the charging control unit 111 starts counting, and when a predetermined charging time (for example, 20 minutes) corresponding to the inserted amount of money has elapsed, or when the mobile communication terminal 20
When the charging of 0 is completed, the charging current supplied from the power control unit 101 is blocked from being supplied to the portable communication terminal 200. Therefore, the user can charge the mobile communication terminal 200 using the coin.

If the user inserts a card, the telephone control unit 106 determines through the card reader 108 whether the inserted card is an electronic card or a credit card. Here, if the inserted card is an electronic card
(S108), proceeding to the step (S106), determining whether the remaining amount of the electronic card is equal to or more than the minimum charge amount for charging, and performing all the processes after the step (S106) according to the determination result. Therefore, the user can charge the portable communication terminal 200 using the electronic card.

If the card inserted by the user is a credit card (S109), the telephone control unit 106 controls the card reader 108 to detect card information, and the card reader 108 controls the inserted credit card. The card information is detected from the card and provided to the telephone control unit 106. The telephone control unit 106 requests the central processing unit 102 to operate the modem 103, whereby the central processing unit 102 operates the modem 103.
Then, the telephone control unit 106 communicates with the modem 103 and the communication network 4.
In step S110, the connection is made to the financial institution server 500, and the card information and the charging fee information detected from the card reader 108 are transferred to request approval. Then, the financial institution server 500 determines whether or not to approve using the card information and the charging fee information. At this time, if the approval for the card is rejected (S111), the approval rejection signal is transferred to the telephone control unit 106 via the modem 103, and the telephone control unit 106 transfers the approval rejection signal to the central processing unit 102. The central processing unit 102 displays on the display unit 104 that the credit card has been rejected by the approval rejection signal transferred from the telephone control unit 106 (S1).
12) End all progress.

If the credit transaction by the corresponding card is approved in the step (S111) (S111), the approval signal is transferred to the telephone control unit 106 through the modem 103, and the telephone control unit 106 receives the approval signal in accordance with the approval signal. S10
Proceeding to 7), the charging operation of the portable communication terminal 200 is started. Therefore, the user can charge the portable communication terminal 200 using the credit card.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S109 that the user is not a credit card, the telephone controller 106 determines that the user has not inserted a coin or card, and the telephone controller 106 is connected by the cable 300 through the charging controller 111. The power of the mobile communication terminal 200 is turned on (S1).
13). As a result, the power of the portable communication terminal 200 is turned on, and the charging control unit 111 is turned on by the portable communication terminal 200.
After extracting the unique number information of the telephone control unit 10 (S114).
6 and the telephone control unit 106 requests the central processing unit 102 to operate the modem 103 in order to transfer the unique number information and charging fee information of the portable communication terminal 200 transferred from the charging control unit 111. I do. Thus, when the central processing unit 102 operates the modem, the telephone control unit 106 connects to the communication carrier server 600 through the modem 103 and the communication network 400, and the unique number information detected from the portable communication terminal 200 and the charging fee. The information is transferred to the carrier server 600 (S115). Thereafter, the carrier server 600 generates a registration signal indicating that the unique number information has been registered, and the generated registration signal is transferred to the telephone control unit 106 through the communication network 400 and the modem 103 (S
116), the telephone controller 106 proceeds to the step (S107) according to the received registration signal, and proceeds to the step (S107).
00 is performed. Therefore, the user can charge the mobile communication terminal using the unique number information of the mobile communication terminal 200, and the carrier server 600 uses the registered unique number information of the mobile communication terminal 200 to perform the mobile communication. The charging fee is collected at an appropriate time such as when the usage fee of the communication terminal 200 is collected.

[0034]

According to the charging system and method for a portable communication terminal according to the present invention, the following advantages are obtained. That is, a mobile phone terminal charging device is built into a public telephone widely used by ordinary people, so that the mobile communication terminal can be charged using an electronic card and a credit card in addition to coins. In addition, in the case of a user who does not have a credit card, the charge for the mobile communication terminal is added to the charge for the mobile communication terminal so that the charge can be collected, thereby providing the user with convenience.

Further, by incorporating the charging device of the portable communication terminal into the public telephone, a business can purchase and manage the charging device at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a charging system for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic internal block diagram of the public telephone shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart illustrating a procedure of performing a charging method for a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 pay phone 101 power supply control unit 102 central processing unit 103 modem 104 display unit 105 input unit 106 telephone control unit 107 handset 108 card reader 109 coin discriminator 110 hook switch 111 charge control unit 200 portable communication terminal 300 cable 400 communication network 500 financial institution server 600 communication carrier server

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A communication network; a public telephone connected to the communication network to provide a telephone function and a charging function for charging a portable communication terminal; and connected to the public telephone through the communication network and put into the public telephone. A financial institution server for approving a credit card transaction; and a mobile communication terminal charging service system including a communication carrier server connected to the public telephone through the communication network and providing a call service to the mobile communication terminal. In the above, the public telephone charges the mobile communication terminal with any of coin, electronic card, credit card or unique information of the mobile communication terminal;
When charging with the credit card, the credit card inserted into the public telephone is authenticated, and when charging the settlement amount of the credit card, the charging fee is added and charged; A charging system for a mobile communication terminal, wherein the charging fee is added to the usage fee of the mobile communication terminal according to the unique information of the mobile terminal. 2. The public telephone includes: an input unit including a function key that allows a user to select the charging function and the telephone function; and a power supply supplied to the public telephone, the public telephone and the portable communication terminal. A power control unit for converting and supplying drive power and charging power required for charging work; charging the portable communication terminal using the power supplied from the power control unit, and simultaneously supplying the portable communication terminal with the portable communication terminal; A charging control unit for detecting the recorded unique number information; a coin discriminating unit for discriminating coins inserted by a user and detecting the total amount of coins inserted; Determine the type of card,
If the inserted card is the electronic card, the charge amount is subtracted from the remaining amount recorded on the electronic card to record new balance information, and if the inserted card is the credit card, the card information is A card reader for detecting; a modem for interfacing the public telephone with the communication network; and controlling the charging control unit by any of the coin, electronic card, credit card, or unique information of the mobile communication terminal, A charging service system for a mobile communication terminal, comprising a telephone control unit for charging the mobile communication terminal. 3. A communication network; a public telephone connected to the communication network to provide a telephone function and a charging function for charging a portable communication terminal; and connected to the public telephone through the communication network and input to the public telephone. A financial institution server that approves a credit card transaction; and a communication carrier server that is connected to the public telephone through the communication network and provides a call service to the mobile communication terminal, including a coin, an electronic card, and a credit card. Alternatively, in a method of charging a mobile communication terminal for charging the mobile communication terminal, the charging fee payment means for charging the mobile communication terminal may be provided by any of charging information payment means of the unique information of the mobile communication terminal. Determining the type of the coin; if the coin is the coin, the total amount of the inserted coins is If the charge is equal to or more than the charge, the charge function is used.If the charge is the electronic card, the charge using the charge function is performed if the remaining amount of the electronic card is equal to or more than the charge charge. Detects the card information of the card and transfers it to the financial institution server, requests approval of the credit transaction, and if the credit transaction is approved, performs charging by the charging function and uses the unique information of the mobile communication terminal. If the unique number information is detected and transferred to the carrier server to request registration, and if the unique number information is registered, charging is performed by the charging function. Charging service method for a mobile communication terminal.