JP2017201839A - Nuisance call prevention system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system which allows a recipient to impose a penalty on a caller for nuisance call.SOLUTION: A nuisance call prevention system is constituted of a communication network, a server provided in an accounting system for managing the communication network usage fee, and a user machine for connection with the communication network, where employer identification data is added to the telephone number of the caller. The server provided in an accounting system includes communication request reception means for receiving a communication request for the telephone number, caller identification means for identifying the caller identification data of the caller, caller inquiry means for inquiring information including the credit information about an identified caller, communication control means for establishing communication between the caller and a user machine, when incoming call in the user machine of the recipient is recognized as a result of inquiring the caller, billing determination means for determining whether or not penalty charge is imposed on the caller, and billing means for billing to the caller based on the billing determination data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a nuisance call prevention / charging system using an IP phone, and in particular, in communication using an IP phone using the Internet as a communication network, by providing a charging system for relaying communication, communication can be performed by relaying the charging system. The present invention relates to a system capable of preventing annoying calls using billing processing by a dedicated telephone number to be established.

  Conventionally, direct telephone calls from company representatives and departments are frequently associated with non-business calls. The response is also difficult, and there is no penalty from the callee to the caller. Since it is a company phone, it cannot be disclosed, and basically incoming calls cannot be restricted, so this measure cannot be taken.

JP-A-5-30193

In order to solve such a problem, various techniques for preventing a nuisance call in a conventional general subscriber telephone have been proposed.
For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-30193 “Malicious Call Restriction Connection Method” proposes a technique for preventing a prank call from a telephone user having a specific personal identification number.
At the time of incoming call connection, the receiving side exchange receives a personal identification number which is a unique number assigned to each service subscriber transmitted from the calling side together with the telephone number of the called subscriber. When hooking information indicating that the incoming call is a malicious call and a predetermined special number are received from the incoming subscriber, the received personal identification number is registered in the database, and a call from the corresponding personal identification number is regarded as a malicious call. It prevents incoming calls.
However, when this method is used, it is necessary to register a caller of a nuisance call, and it is impossible to deal with a call from a new caller.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-164017

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-164017 “Incoming call connection system”, it is possible to restrict incoming calls by using password restrictions without taking measures to change the phone number for subscribers who are damaged by unwanted calls. Possible incoming connection systems have been proposed.
An exchange that connects the calling party and the called subscriber, requests the caller to input a password when an incoming call is requested, checks the password registered in advance by the called subscriber and the password entered by the caller, By having a function to control incoming calls when they match, the password management unit searches the password information table of the corresponding subscriber when an incoming request is made to a certain terminal, and the entered password is the same as the registered password. If so, it is configured to make an incoming call to the incoming terminal that has made the incoming call request.
In this case, since the passwords must match, it is possible to prevent nuisance calls unless the password is known to the caller who makes the nuisance call.

  However, the password is set by the callee, and unless the password is known, it is impossible to make a call even if it is good intentions, so the callee should inform the bona fide caller who can know the password. This is practically impossible because it is impossible in practice and is not possible to receive a call from a bona fide caller who may be new.

JP-A-8-18697

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-18697 “Communication System” relates to a communication system that performs communication through a public network, and does not charge for wrong calls, or mischief calls or unspecified numbers in response to requests from subscribers. A technology has been proposed to prevent unconditional connection to mistaken calls rushed by other people.
When the exchange performs connection control between the subscriber terminal device on the sending side and the subscriber terminal device on the receiving side, the line connection time is detected and it is determined whether or not to charge the subscriber terminal device. Is configured such that no billing is performed if it is within the holding time.
However, the present invention can be realized in a contract in which the callee side bears the call charge. Usually, the caller bears the communication fee, and in such a case, it cannot be applied.

Therefore, in the present invention, the above-mentioned various problems are solved, and even in a normally assumed state in which the telephone number is disclosed and the incoming call restriction is not applied, an annoying call is received from the called party to the calling party. The purpose is to provide a system that can impose a penalty.
Furthermore, the development of IP telephones using the Internet is progressing today, and in the present invention, telephone communication is performed by relaying connection providers in IP telephones. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a system capable of preventing the above-mentioned annoying call while enabling confirmation of the identity of the sender of the annoying call and guaranteeing the payment of a charge as a penalty.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 1,
A system comprising a communication network, a server provided in a billing system for managing a communication network usage fee, and user devices of a caller and a callee connected to the communication network,
In the above billing system, in order to relay a communication request from the caller to the callee, a carrier identification such as a carrier identification number or an institutional domain name used in addition to the telephone number of the caller contracted with the billing system is used. Data is set,
The server provided in the charging system or the relay point in the communication network such as the access point used by the caller or the callee receives the communication request received from the caller's user machine to the caller's user machine. Means,
Caller identification means for identifying caller identification data added to the caller's telephone number included in the communication request;
A caller query means for querying information including credit information about the identified caller;
As a result of inquiring the caller, when the incoming call is accepted at the recipient's user machine, communication control means for establishing communication between the caller and the recipient's user machine;
Billing determination means for determining whether to charge a penalty for the caller;
The present invention is characterized in that it is a nuisance call prevention system comprising a billing processing means for billing a caller based on billing determination data.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 2,
The nuisance call prevention system according to claim 1, wherein the communication network is an IP telephone network or other telephone network, an electronic mail communication network, a facsimile communication network, or a data communication network.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 3,
The sender identification data is an IP telephone number or other telephone number or e-mail address, facsimile number, or identification number for data communication, to which is added business identification information of a charging system such as a credit company or a communication company. A nuisance call prevention system according to any one of claims 1 and 2 is characterized.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 4,
The telephone number of the called party excluding the operator identification data in the telephone number is a telephone number that can be used in the public circuit switching network, and the IP telephone number and the public circuit switching network number are used in common. The nuisance call prevention system according to claim 3 is possible.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 5,
5. The nuisance call prevention system according to claim 1, wherein the communication control unit determines whether to permit an incoming call based on business operator identification data or other caller identification data included in an IP telephone number. It is characterized by being.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 6,
The communication billing system further includes
Billing instruction receiving means for receiving a penalty charging instruction for the caller from the user machine of the called party is provided,
The nuisance call prevention system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a penalty billing instruction to a caller for a solicitation talk / nuisance call or the like can be transmitted from the callee side.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 7,
The nuisance call prevention system according to claim 6, wherein the user machine of the called party is provided with a charging instruction transmission means for transmitting a penalty charging instruction.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 8,
The communication billing system further includes
The nuisance call prevention system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising billing guidance means for sending a billing system guidance to a caller when permitting an incoming call.

In order to solve the above problem, in the invention according to claim 9,
The nuisance call prevention system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the billing instruction is a donation to a predetermined account set in advance or other instructions for transferring a billing amount from a sender to another. It is characterized by being.

According to the present invention, even in a normally assumed state in which a telephone number (or an e-mail address or an identification number for data communication) is disclosed and no incoming call restriction is applied, an annoying call (or e-mail or data communication) can be performed. On the other hand, it is possible to provide a system capable of imposing a penalty from the callee to the caller.
Furthermore, according to the present invention, in IP telephone, telephone communication is performed by relaying a connected carrier, and therefore, in the server to be relayed, billing processing and incoming calls are performed at the server using a specific institution domain name, carrier number, etc. By regulating, it is possible to provide a system capable of preventing the above-mentioned nuisance call while enabling confirmation of the identity of the sender of the nuisance call and guaranteeing the payment of a charge as a penalty.
Further, the present invention is not limited to an IP telephone corresponding to a telephone call of a general subscriber telephone, and can be used as a system that allows a caller to charge a penalty in various communications performed using the IP telephone technology. For example, in the case of an e-mail, a payment guarantee / identity confirmation is performed by using an e-mail address having a known institutional domain such as a credit company, and when a “junk mail” is received, a “donation request e-mail” is issued to the institutional domain. Penalties can be charged. In addition, if “unwanted data communication” such as unnecessary data being transmitted is received, a penalty can be charged.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The present invention is a system including a communication network, a server provided in a billing system for managing a communication network usage fee, and a user machine connected to the communication network.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a basic configuration of the system of the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration including a communication network that performs communication via the billing system of the present invention. The communication network is an IP telephone network, and calls from callers to callees between IP phones. The billing system server to which the caller has contracted mediates and controls the communication in both the system form in which communication is performed and the system form in which communication is performed from the caller to the callee for IP telephones and conventional general subscriber phones. Shows the system configuration.

Communication between IP telephones is shown in FIG. 1 as a form in which an IP network is used as a communication network and IP telephone terminals communicate with each other, and a server of the billing system mediates in order to establish communication.・ Control.
The communication between the IP telephone and the conventional general telephone is as shown in FIG. 1, using the telephone network as a communication network via the IP network and the gateway, and the general telephone and the IP telephone terminal that communicate by relaying the exchange. It is shown as a form to communicate with. In this case as well, the billing system server mediates and controls.

The billing system is a credit card company or other institution that performs billing processing. In order to perform billing processing, the sender user data to be billed is provided in advance. For example, taking a credit card company as an example, a user name, a user's address and contact information, a credit card number, a debited financial institution account, a personal identification number, and the like. In addition, a billing amount, usage details, usage history, and other data are stored and stored in association with user data.
Similar data is stored and managed in the case of financial institutions other than credit card companies, various payment processing institutions, and the like.

The billing system may be only one provider (such as a credit card company). In this case, the billing system server is one in the communication network that connects the sender and the receiver, and the receiver also uses the system of the present invention. When there is a case of making a call using the same, it is necessary for the caller and the callee to use the same billing system. In this case, the caller needs to acquire a telephone number to which a business operator identification number for identifying the business operator is added by user registration.
Alternatively, a plurality of billing systems may exist, and the user may make a contract with one of the billing systems. In this case, the credit card company or the Internet service provider (ISP) to which the caller and the callee are subscribed installs a billing system server, so that the user contracts with one of the providers. You can register and use it.

  Further, FIG. 1 shows an example in which an Internet service provider (ISP) to which a caller subscribes and a charging system such as a credit card company are separately provided. A billing system may be provided in cooperation with the access point.

Next, an example of another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of another basic configuration of the system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows an overall configuration including a communication network for performing communication through the billing system of the present invention, from a caller using a conventional general subscriber phone to a callee using another general subscriber phone or 1 shows a system configuration in which a server of an accounting system mediates and controls communication in a system in which communication is performed with a callee using an IP phone.

Caller users who use general subscriber phones can also manage their billing information by subscribing to and contracting with these carriers by setting up a billing system for the phone company that manages the phone charges and businesses that are affiliated with it. The system of the present invention can be used. To establish communication, the accounting system server mediates and controls. The conventional communication from a general subscriber telephone to an IP telephone is shown in FIG. 2 between the general subscriber telephone and the IP telephone terminal that communicate with each other by using a telephone network as a communication network via an IP network and a gateway. It is shown as a form of communication.
In the system of the present invention, the billing system includes an operator identification number or an organization used in addition to the telephone number of the caller contracted with the billing system in order to relay a communication request from the caller to the callee Operator identification data such as domain name is set.

Here, a telephone number, an e-mail address, or an identification number for data communication will be described. Here, the telephone number or the identification number for data communication includes a number used for facsimile communication.
In a telephone contract, a billing system such as a credit company / telephone company establishes a payment contract with a caller who uses the system of the present invention, so that a caller who is a caller from a called party who is a partner during a telephone call It is possible to make a payment request to a person.

  According to the above contract, the caller uses his / her telephone number (or e-mail address, data communication identification number) to which his / her telephone number (or e-mail address, identification number for data communication) is added. Used as identification number). Specifically, provider identification data such as a provider number for identifying a charging system such as a credit company / telephone company and an institution domain name for identifying a server provided in the charging system is added. Alternatively, it can include telephone numbers made up of numbers, characters, symbols, etc., or IP addresses that can be converted in one-to-one correspondence. That is, even if the telephone number does not have the operator identification data added, it is only necessary to identify the operator from the telephone number.

  For the recipient, the telephone number (or e-mail address, identification number for data communication) with the identification information of the billing system added to his / her telephone number (or e-mail address, data communication) under the same contract. (Identification number).

  With regard to IP telephone numbering plans, various types of IP telephone services have recently emerged due to diversification of access forms to IP networks and broadbandization, and so on, considering numbers suitable for these new services. In Japan, it has been determined that an 11-digit number “050-xxxx-xxxx” is assigned to an IP phone. The four-digit number following “050” is used as a code for identifying the operator. However, not all IP telephone services have a numbering system starting with “050”. If it is evaluated that the call quality is equivalent to that of a subscriber phone, it has been decided that the operator can select the same numbering system as that of the subscriber phone.

The IP telephone number is a number for identifying an IP telephone subscriber. In order to provide an IP telephone service for receiving an IP telephone subscriber from a general subscriber telephone, the IP telephone number is required. Become.
While telephone numbers in the telephone network are physical numbers used for call routing, telephone numbers in IP telephones are actually routed to allow dialing from regular subscriber phones. It is a logical number associated with the IP address to be performed.
Conventionally, a dedicated adapter or the like is necessary for an IP phone to receive a call from a general subscriber phone. However, since an exchange for a general subscriber phone can recognize the phone number of the IP phone, the IP phone is also a subscriber phone. You will be able to receive calls from.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing various connection modes of the IP phone.
In FIG. 4, in the case of a connection form in which a general subscriber telephone is connected to an IP telephone terminal and a connection form in which an IP telephone terminal is connected to an IP telephone terminal, a number for identifying the destination IP telephone terminal is required. Thus, as a specific number, 050 number + (a fixed telephone number composed of “area code + city code + subscriber number”) is used.
Furthermore, due to the development of V ₀ IP technology and the diversification of access lines to IP networks and the expansion of broadband, communication services using various IP telephones that are different from those equivalent to fixed telephones are expected. The system of the present invention can also be used for newly appearing services.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the telephone number of the called party used in the IP telephone in the system configuration shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, an area indicated by symbol a is a form in which IP telephone terminals communicate with each other using an IP network as a communication network, and an international public telecommunication number defined in ITU-T recommendation E.164 is used. For example, incoming calls from foreign countries are also possible.
In FIG. 5, an area indicated by symbol b communicates between an IP telephone terminal and a general subscriber telephone that communicates by relaying an exchange using a telephone network as a communication network via an IP network and a gateway. If the incoming / outgoing call is closed to the IP network, alphabets other than numerals may be used regardless of whether the call is interconnected with the telephone network or the like.
In the system of the present invention, as described above, in addition to the IP telephone number, the telephone number includes an IP telephone number including an IP address and a domain name, other telephone number forms, FAX numbers for facsimile communication, and data communication. Since an identification number is included, it is not limited to various forms of telephone numbers.

In the present invention, when the caller dials to communicate with the callee, the caller's telephone number includes a carrier identification number or an institutional domain name of a charging system such as a credit company or a communication company. Identification data must be given. For this reason, users who make a call using the system of the present invention make a contract with a billing system such as a credit company or a telecommunications company in advance, and the billing system recognizes their identity and payment capability. The A telephone number to which operator identification data is added is assigned to a user who makes a call by contract.
Further, the telephone number of the called party excluding the carrier identification data is a telephone number of the public circuit switching network, and the IP telephone number and the public circuit switching network number can be used in common. .

For example, as a specific number, an 050 number is used as an IP telephone number, and a business number (for example, several digits) for identifying a charging system such as a credit card company is further added. Such as “business identification number + phone number”.
Another configuration of telephone number (or e-mail address) is to use an IP telephone number such as “03 + phone number+@abc.ph.jp” having a known institution domain such as a credit card company. it can. A telephone number (or e-mail address) with an institutional domain name (abc.ph.jp in this case) is configured, and outgoing calls to recipients including the institutional domain name are relayed by the billing system server of the present invention. It can also be.

  The telephone number of the caller excluding the carrier identification data is a telephone number that can be used in the public circuit switched network, and the IP telephone dedicated number and the public circuit switched network number can be used in common. However, in this case, there is a possibility that a nuisance call may be made directly to the callee from the caller who sent the telephone number excluding the carrier identification data. If the control means cannot confirm the caller's identity or guarantee the payment of penalty, the incoming call can be rejected.

Next, the configuration of the server included in the billing system will be described.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a billing system server that provides the system of the present invention, such as a financial institution such as a credit card company or a communication company.
The server provided in the billing system includes a communication request receiving means for receiving a communication request for a destination telephone number including a dedicated telephone number transmitted from a user machine.
When the caller makes a call to the callee from the telephone number (03-1234-5678@abc.ph.jp), the corresponding billing system (operator) is identified by the carrier identification data added to the telephone number. Then, the request is relayed to the server, and the communication request receiving means receives the communication request from the caller.
The data received by the communication request receiving means includes at least the caller's telephone number, the callee's telephone number, and caller identification information.

Next, the server included in the billing system includes caller identification means for identifying caller identification data of a caller that communicates with the callee user machine.
The caller identification means extracts caller identification information from the data received by the communication request receiving means. The caller identification information is a caller's IP phone or other phone number, which includes a general subscriber phone number, IP phone number, IP address, IP phone number including domain name, e-mail address, Other caller identification information is included, authentication information such as a caller's user ID and password, and other identification information may be included.
In the existing telephone network, the caller ID is widely recognized as a highly reliable caller authentication method. However, in the IP network, the caller ID is spoofed by impersonation. However, in the system of the present invention, it is necessary to check the identity of the caller and the credit information such as payment guarantee / payment capability by making an inquiry to the database of the caller user in the accounting system server. Reject incoming calls to the recipient user machine.

Next, the server included in the billing system includes a caller inquiry means for inquiring information including credit information about the identified caller.
The caller inquiry means identifies the corresponding caller by referring to the caller information storage means based on the caller identification information.
Here, the caller information storage means stores data including the caller's identity and payment guarantee, extracts the data, relays it to the callee, and notifies the caller for confirmation.
Specifically, the sender information storage means is a database of users such as credit card subscribers when the charging system is a financial institution such as a credit card company, and the charging system is a communication company such as a telephone company. Is a database of users who have a usage contract.
The server included in the billing system includes communication control means for establishing communication between the caller and the user machine when an incoming call is accepted at the user machine as a result of inquiring the caller. The case where the incoming call is permitted is a case where the caller is registered with the billing system as a contract, and can be determined by referring to credit information such as the payment status.
The communication control means determines whether or not to allow incoming calls based on caller identification data included in the communication request.

As a result of the identification of the above-mentioned caller, the data of the corresponding caller exists in the caller information storage means such as the database of the user such as a credit card subscriber, the database of the user who has a use contract with the communication company, When there is no accident history such as a payment accident, the incoming call permission is given to the callee user machine, and data including caller identification information is relayed to the callee user machine in order to relay communication.
Next, the server included in the billing system includes billing determination means for determining whether or not to penalize the caller.
The charging determination means determines whether or not to perform the charging process for the identified caller. The determination as to whether or not to perform the charging process is based on reception of a charging instruction from the called user device described later. It is possible to adopt a determination method or a method for automatic determination in the server. In the case of automatic determination at the server, data such as whether the recipient user charges in advance for all incoming calls or charges for all incoming calls from a specific caller is stored in the server. The determination can be performed by storing them.

The caller dials with knowledge of the possibility of a penalty charge.
When making a determination by receiving a billing instruction from the recipient user machine, confirm the IP phone number such as “03-1234-5678@abc.ph.jp” from the recipient's side. If you cannot confirm your identity and payment guarantee, we accept or reject the call.
In addition, if the result of the call is a solicitation call / nuisance call, a penalty charge can be made on the called party side. Here, if the payment guarantee is certain, the incoming call may be received even if the caller is unknown.

In addition, when there is an incoming call to the caller's telephone number at the server in order to guide the system of the system of the present invention to the caller, the communication billing system further includes If a billing guide means for sending a billing system guidance to the caller is provided, the caller can be notified of the possibility of being billed by voice guidance or the like.
When the server determines the billing by transmitting the billing instruction from the recipient user machine, it is instructed that the user will be billed when the billing instruction is sent out after determining that the user is a nuisance call. It is also possible to adopt a method of automatically determining in the server, in which case, for example, if the communication is not cut off, the user is charged or the user is charged when relaying to the recipient user machine. invite.

Next, the server included in the billing system includes billing processing means for performing billing processing for the caller based on the billing determination data.
The billing process is an addition of the service usage fee in the case of a financial institution such as a credit card company, and the addition processing to the amount charged as an addition of the service usage fee in the case of a communication company such as a telephone company. As can be done.
Next, when the recipient user sends a billing instruction, the communication billing system is further provided with billing instruction receiving means for receiving a penalty billing instruction for the caller from the receiver user machine, An instruction for penalizing the caller for a nuisance call or the like can be sent from the callee side.
In this case, it is desirable that the recipient user machine is provided with a billing instruction sending means for sending a penalty billing instruction.

The basic processing flow of the present invention will be described below.
6 and 7 are flowcharts showing an example of the basic processing flow of the present invention. The flow of processing shown here is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this.
First, as a premise for the caller to use the system of the present invention, the caller makes a contract with the billing system before answering the IP phone, and the telephone number (or e-mail) to which the carrier identification information is added. By assigning an address and an identification number for data communication), payment is guaranteed and identity is confirmed. In other words, the sender information storage means such as the database of users such as credit card subscribers and the database of users who have contracts with a telecommunications company, and the history of accidents such as payment accidents exist. If there is no such thing, incoming calls from the caller are allowed.
A call is made from the user machine of the caller (for example, 03-1234-5678@abc.ph.jp) to make a call to the telephone number (or e-mail address, identification number for data communication) of the callee (S100). ).
The caller's phone number (or e-mail address, identification number for data communication) is added with the carrier identification data (eg @ abc.ph.jp), and communication is performed at the server of the corresponding billing system. The request receiving means receives it (S101).
In the server, the caller identification means extracts the caller identification information included in the communication request (S102). The caller identification information is the telephone number of the caller as described above.
Next, based on the extracted caller identification information, the caller inquiry means refers to the caller information storage means (S103), and determines whether or not caller information that permits relaying of communication is stored ( S104) If the data of the corresponding caller is not stored or if there is a history of payment accidents, the communication relay is not permitted.
If the data of the corresponding caller is stored, caller identification information is extracted (S105).
By extracting the caller identification information, relaying of communication from the caller to the callee is permitted. However, since there is a possibility that the caller is charged, the system of the present invention is required before establishing communication with the callee. It is desirable to provide the guidance by voice guidance.
The billing guidance means guides the explanation of the billing system (eg, if the callee gives a billing instruction, billing or donation to a predetermined account, etc.) (S106). Billing instructions include a billing form in which a penalty charge is added to the caller when the callee instructs the caller to be an unwanted solicitation or other unwanted call, and the billing amount is a predetermined account, such as UNICEF A billing form such as a donation to the user, a billing form appropriated to the call charge of the called party, or the like can be adopted. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a billing instruction sending unit provided in the user machine as a donation button.

If the sender's user machine does not agree to the system guidance, the relay of communication is rejected. If the user agrees (S107), the communication control means relays the communication to the recipient's user machine (S108), and notifies the recipient of the communication by ringing the ringer's user machine (S109). Communication from the caller to the callee is established by an operation such as picking up the receiver (S110), and communication / call is performed (S111).
If the recipient is an uncomfortable call such as solicitation, he or she makes a donation to the other party by pressing a donation button on the IP phone. The IP phone is provided with a donation button. If a call is made and the call is solicited, a donation button is pressed as a penalty for the other party, and it is donated to an organization such as UNICEF or sent to the recipient.

In the server, when the charging instruction receiving means receives the charging instruction from the called party, it is determined whether or not the receiving party has transmitted the charging instruction (S112). If the billing instruction is not sent, the communication is disconnected after the communication is completed (S113), and the normal call charge is charged. However, no penalty billing or donation by the billing instruction such as pressing the donate button is performed.
In the server, when the billing instruction receiving means receives the billing instruction from the callee and determines that the callee has sent the billing instruction (S112), it is determined that the billing determination means charges a penalty. (S114).
The billing processing means refers to the billing information storage means based on the caller identification information (S115), and adds it to the billing amount of the caller in the billing information storage means (S116). If the charging instruction is a predetermined donation instruction (S117), the charging amount is added to a predetermined account or the like, and if it is not a donation, the charging system stores the charging amount, etc. Done.

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, annoying phone call (or an e-mail address or an identification number for data communication) is disclosed even in a normally assumed state where incoming calls are not restricted. Alternatively, it is possible to provide a system that can impose a penalty from the called party to the calling party for electronic mail and data communication).
Furthermore, according to the present invention, in IP telephone, telephone communication is performed by relaying a connected carrier, and therefore, in the server to be relayed, billing processing and incoming calls are performed at the server using a specific institution domain name, carrier number, etc. By regulating, it is possible to provide a system capable of preventing the above-mentioned nuisance call while enabling confirmation of the identity of the sender of the nuisance call and guaranteeing the payment of a charge as a penalty.
Further, the present invention is not limited to an IP telephone corresponding to a telephone call of a general subscriber telephone, and can be used as a system that allows a caller to charge a penalty in various communications performed using the IP telephone technology. For example, in the case of an e-mail, a payment guarantee / identity confirmation is performed by using an e-mail address having a known institutional domain such as a credit company, and when a “junk mail” is received, a “donation request e-mail” is issued to the institutional domain. Penalties can be charged. In addition, if “unwanted data communication” such as unnecessary data being transmitted is received, a penalty can be charged.

It is a system configuration figure showing an example of the basic composition of the system of the present invention. It is a system configuration figure showing an example of another basic composition of the system of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the various connection forms of IP telephone. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a telephone number of a callee used in an IP phone in the system configuration shown in FIG. 1. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the server of the accounting system which provides the system of this invention, such as financial institutions, such as a credit card company, and a communication company. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a basic process of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a basic process of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the accounting instruction | indication transmission means with which a user machine is provided as a donation button.

Claims (9)

A system comprising a communication network, a server provided in a billing system for managing a communication network usage fee, and user devices of a caller and a callee connected to the communication network,
In the above billing system, in order to relay a communication request from the caller to the callee, a carrier identification such as a carrier identification number or an institutional domain name used in addition to the telephone number of the caller contracted with the billing system is used. Data is set,
The server provided in the charging system or the relay point in the communication network such as the access point used by the caller or the callee receives the communication request received from the caller's user machine to the caller's user machine. Means,
Caller identification means for identifying caller identification data added to the caller's telephone number included in the communication request;
A caller query means for querying information including credit information about the identified caller;
As a result of inquiring the caller, when the incoming call is accepted at the recipient's user machine, communication control means for establishing communication between the caller and the recipient's user machine;
Billing determination means for determining whether to charge a penalty for the caller;
A nuisance call prevention system, comprising: billing processing means for performing billing processing for a caller based on billing determination data. 2. The nuisance call prevention system according to claim 1, wherein the communication network is an IP telephone network or other telephone network or an electronic mail communication network, a facsimile communication network, or a data communication network. The sender identification data is an IP telephone number or other telephone number, an e-mail address, a facsimile number, or an identification number for data communication, to which is added business identification data of a charging system such as a credit company or a communication company. The nuisance call prevention system according to claim 1, wherein the nuisance call prevention system is provided. The telephone number of the called party excluding the operator identification data in the telephone number is a telephone number that can be used in the public circuit switching network, and the IP telephone number and the public circuit switching network number are used in common. The nuisance call prevention system according to claim 3, which is possible. 5. The communication control unit according to claim 1, wherein the communication control unit determines whether or not to permit the incoming call based on the carrier identification data and other caller identification data included in the IP telephone number. Annoying phone call prevention system described in 1. The communication billing system further includes
Billing instruction receiving means for receiving a penalty charging instruction for the caller from the user machine of the called party is provided,
The nuisance call prevention system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an instruction of a penalty charge to a caller for an invitation call or nuisance call can be sent from a callee side. The nuisance call prevention system according to claim 6, wherein the user machine of the called party is provided with a billing instruction sending means for sending a penalty billing instruction. The communication billing system further includes
The nuisance call prevention system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising billing guidance means for sending a billing system guidance to a caller when permitting an incoming call. The nuisance call according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the billing instruction is a donation to a predetermined account or other instructions for transferring a billing amount from a sender to another. Prevention system.