JP3110368B2 - Call charge notification system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a call charge notification system, and more particularly to a call charge notification system for notifying a telephone charge.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional call charge notification system,
In the notification of the call charges for each month, the call charges for each subscriber accumulated at the charge center were notified to the subscriber by mail as a call charge invoice on the settlement date.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional call charge notification system, the only way to know the call charge accumulated after the previous settlement date is to ask the telephone company. Also, I didn't know the amount of the call charges this month until I received a mailing invoice from the telephone company.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily know the telephone charge up to now at any time. Another object of the present invention is to provide a call charge notification system capable of automatically notifying a subscriber of a telephone charge for the current month.

[0005]

A call charge notification system according to the present invention comprises a telephone exchange to which a plurality of subscribers are connected, and call charge data for accumulating and charging the call charges up to the settlement date of each month. A charge center for storing, a subscriber data storage node for storing information of various services for each of the subscribers, and corresponding to the call charge data in response to a request from a service holder who can receive the notification of the call charge. Voice storage node that stores the voice to be notified , and calls from subscribers
The special number dials a special number that requests a fee notification.
Service holder is confirmed by the special number
Means for notifying the call charge by voice, and the call charge
Services corresponding to each of the above accumulated charge data on the settlement date of gold
A voice storage node is provided to the subscriber of the holder via the telephone exchange.
Announce call charges and record this message
An audio device, wherein the service is notified of the call charge.
After the service holder confirms the billing amount, the bill from the telephone carrier
It is characterized in that it is possible to specify the necessity of a written notification .

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a telephone exchange 2 to which a plurality of subscribers 5 are connected, a subscriber data storage node 3 for storing information of various services for each subscriber 5, and a call charge data to be charged are supported. A voice storage node 4 that stores voices to be notified in advance and a charge center 1 that accumulates and manages call charges for each of a plurality of subscribers 5. , Link 3-1 to subscriber data storage node 3, link 2-3 to link 4-1 to voice storage node 4, and link 2-4 to link 1-1. The link 1-3 of the charge center 1 is connected to the charge center 1 via the link 4-2.
And the link 1-2 is connected to the subscriber storage node 3 via the link 3-2 to enable communication. The charge center 1 stores call charge data for each subscriber 5,
In addition, accumulated data of call charges after the settlement date of each month is accumulated.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. When a subscriber 5 requests a notification of a call charge to be charged from the month-end settlement date to the present, a special request is set. Dial by phone number (special number) (S
1). When the central processing unit (CPU) 2-1 of the telephone exchange 2 recognizes that the reception dial is a special number for requesting notification of a call charge, the central processing unit (CPU) 2-1 transmits the reception special number via the link 2-2 and the link 3-1 to the subscriber data. It is checked with the database of the storage node 3 to determine whether it is a service holder (a subscriber who permits the service) (S2).

If the subscriber's data storage node 3 does not have a special number for reception in the database, the voice device 2-5 of the telephone exchange 2 provides a voice guidance 2 indicating that the receiving subscriber 5 cannot provide a call charge notification service. Is transmitted (S3),
The CPU 2-1 terminates the process and disconnects the call (S4).

[0010] Next, when it is determined by the subscriber data storage node 3 that the reception special number is acceptable for the call charge notification service, the request is made to the charge center 1 by performing the link 1-2 times from the link 3-2. Then, the charge center 1 transmits the integrated data of the call charges to the voice storage node 4 from the link 1-3 via the link 4-2 (S5). In the voice storage node 4,
A sound to be notified in accordance with the integrated data from the charge center is output from the link 4-1 to the telephone exchange 2 via the link 2-3 (S6). The CPU 2-1 of the telephone exchange 2 transmits a voice for notifying the call charge to the subscriber 5 and records this notification information in the voice / audio device 2-5.
To notify subscriber 5 of the call charge from
The hook-off of the subscriber 5 is detected, and the voice of the call fee from the voice device 2-5 is notified (S8).

When the monthly settlement date of the call charge is reached, each subscriber data storage node 4 searches for a subscriber (service holder) who has subscribed to the call charge notification service of the present embodiment. Is requested to the charge center 1 for the current month. In this state, the subscriber 5 having the service
Is notified that there is an answering machine message, and the subscriber 5 is notified of the current month's call charge by a special number. Also, call charges
After the service holder is notified of the payment,
The necessity of notification by a bill from the talk business can be specified .

[0012]

As described above, in the present invention, the first effect is that the accumulated amount of the call charge up to the present can be confirmed at any time. The reason is that all the exchanges and the nodes attached to the exchanges perform the processing without any operation by the operator.

[0013] The second effect is that the billed amount of the call charge for the current month can be confirmed without depending on the postcard (letter). The reason is,
This is because the service maintainer can operate according to instructions from the exchange and the node attached to the exchange.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

[Description of Signs] 1 Toll Center 2 Telephone Switch 3 Subscriber Data Storage Node 4 Voice Storage Node 5 Subscriber

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone exchange to which a plurality of subscribers are connected, a charge center storing call charge data for each subscriber as a call charge data for integrating and charging call charges up to the settlement date of a month, and various services for each subscriber. A subscriber data storage node for storing information of the call charge data, a voice storage node for storing a notification sound corresponding to the call charge data in response to a request from a service holder capable of receiving the call charge notification , Or
Dial the special number requesting the call charge notification from the
When the service holder is confirmed,
Means for notifying by voice the designated call charge;
On the settlement date of the call charge,
Service subscriber via the telephone switchboard.
Notify the call charge from the product node and record this message.
A sound device for sounding, before the call charge is notified.
After confirming the billing amount, the service
A call charge notification system, which can specify whether or not notification is required by an invoice .