JP6249633B2 - Method for providing a bill for mobile communication and server executing the method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method for providing a mobile bill, and more particularly, a mobile including a statement (or payment statement) received from a server issuing a mobile bill. A bill for a mobile communication bill for generating a bill for mobile communication and for providing a mobile communication bill to the terminal into which the mobile terminal is incorporated It is possible to determine whether or not to have a viewer, or to provide an electronic bill to the portable terminal regardless of the bill viewer, and as a result, the bill can be stably provided depending on the environment of the portable terminal. And a server for providing a mobile communication bill for performing the method.

Conventionally, an invoice issued by an invoice issuing company (for example, a credit card company) is sent to a user by an electronic invoice creation system (or transfer). Recently, due to the development of online technology, mobile communication bills can be sent to a user's mobile terminal (for example, a smartphone), the billing procedure is simplified, and the convenience of the user is improved.

Various methods for providing mobile communication bills have been proposed.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0000626 discloses a method for providing a wireless push-type bill to a portable communication terminal. Specifically, the method includes: (a) receiving an execution application for a wireless push bill; and (b) a short for wireless push bill from a bill providing server that provides the wireless push bill. Receiving a message; and (c) automatically responding to the received short message or responding to a user's acknowledgment input for the short message using the mobile communication network Establishing a communication connection to a providing server, transmitting identification information of the mobile communication terminal to the bill providing server, and selecting a radio selected from the bill providing server based on the identification information of the mobile communication terminal Receiving a push bill, and (d) providing the received wireless push bill based on the executing application. Includes to, and transmitting (3) the user input to the wireless push bill, to the bill providing server.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0091876 discloses a customized mobile content service method. Specifically, the method uses the stored metadata to check the type of user terminal included in the transmission data issued by the content publishing server, and the method is stored according to the type of the checked terminal. Mobile content is generated using a template, a message for notifying the generated mobile content is transmitted, and the mobile content service device that transmits the mobile content is notified according to the mobile content download request, and the mobile content is notified A user terminal that receives the message from the customized portable content service device, downloads the portable content according to a message informing about the received portable content, and displays the portable content for the user. Including the door.

Bills can be automatically provided to the user's mobile communication terminal using these related techniques, and additional information related to the bill can also be provided. Therefore, there is no cost to send the invoice, and management troubles can be solved at some place in the company, and the invoice can be easily checked and checked for invoice Proportional data mobile charges can be reduced, and additional information related to bills can be provided to the user location.

In the related art, user information is checked using stored metadata and a template based on an information product issued by a content issuing organization, and portable content includes the type of the content issuing organization, Generated according to the type of user terminal, transmitted to the user terminal, and the portable content is downloaded by a portable content program embedded in the user terminal and displayed to the user, whereby the user Regardless of the type of terminal, various mobile contents can be easily downloaded and used.

In other words, in the past, various methods for providing various contents (invoices) provided to the user and provided online to the user's terminal have been proposed. However, these related technologies mainly focus on methods for converting content to electronic content and transmitting it offline.

In addition, when a portable terminal (for example, a smartphone) does not incorporate a related program for checking a mobile communication bill, the related program is incorporated, but when it is not checked, or If the associated program is installed but subsequently deleted, the user may eventually not be able to receive a mobile communications bill. In such a situation, the related technology described above cannot realize a technical method or device configuration for solving such a problem.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0000726 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0091876

The related technology proposes a method of simply converting specific content into portable content that can be processed by a mobile terminal, and a method that can execute it. It is impossible to provide it stably. That is, there is a need for a method that ultimately provides a bill to the user according to whether a bill viewer is included for outputting the corresponding bill.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to generate a mobile communication bill that includes a statement (or payment statement) received from a server that issues a mobile communication bill, Determining whether it has a built-in mobile communication bill viewer for providing the mobile bill to the terminal, or independently of the bill viewer A method for providing a bill for mobile communication capable of providing an electronic bill to the portable terminal and, as a result, stably providing a bill depending on the environment of the portable terminal, and a method thereof It is effective to provide a server for providing a bill for mobile communication that executes the above.

Another object of the present invention is to send an electronic bill independent of the bill viewer if the bill viewer is not installed on the mobile terminal at the time the mobile bill is provided, and Sends guidance information about the installation of the invoice viewer, so that even if the mobile terminal is in an environment where it is not possible to check the invoice for mobile communications, usage details are sent and the invoice viewer is installed It is possible to provide a method for providing a bill for mobile communication, and a server for providing a bill for mobile communication for performing the method.

Another object of the present invention is to send a push-type message recognizable by the bill viewer to the mobile terminal and determine whether return data for the push-type message has been received within a specific period. So that even if the bill viewer is already installed on the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal can provide the mobile communication bill when the mobile communication bill is provided. It is to provide a method for providing a bill for mobile communications that can determine whether or not it is currently in an environment where bills can be received.

In one aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication bill is sent to a mobile terminal that can receive payment details of a particular user and install a bill viewer via a server that issues the bill for mobile communication. Providing a mobile communication bill executed by a server providing a mobile communication bill, wherein the mobile communication bill is dependent on the bill viewer Is provided. The method for providing a bill for mobile communication includes searching for a mobile terminal associated with the specific user to determine whether the bill viewer is installed on the mobile terminal; when the invoice body communication is provided, sent when the bill viewer is not installed, and sends the electronic invoice that does not depend on the bill viewer, and guidance information about the installation of the bill Viewer And waiting for the bill viewer to be installed in a preset first period, and when the bill viewer is installed, the mobile communication bill is sent to the portable terminal. Can be included.

In an embodiment, the sending of guidance information regarding the installation of the bill viewer includes an electronic key including a short message, a push-type message, and an access key to a payment statement issued by the server issuing the mobile communication bill. One of the mails can include sending as an electronic bill to the mobile terminal.

In embodiments, transmitting the electronic invoice, short message, push message, and the bill viewer of the email containing the Uniform Resource Locator of the guidance words or web (URL) for Installing One may include sending an install guidance message to the mobile terminal.

In embodiments, transmitting the bill for the mobile communication, when the bill of the mobile communication is provided, wherein when the invoice viewer is already installed, wherein the mobile communication Sending a push-type message including an access key to the document to the mobile terminal.

In embodiments, the the previous SL push message for the return data, if not received within a second time period that is set in advance, by reducing the second period stepwise, and updates the second time period Re-sending the push-type message.

In an embodiment, determining whether the bill viewer is installed is based on a mobile terminal information database (DB) that stores information regarding whether the bill viewer is installed on a plurality of mobile terminals. , Inquiring whether the portable terminal has already installed the bill viewer therein.

In an embodiment, determining whether the bill viewer is installed is a push that is recognizable by the bill viewer if the mobile terminal has already installed the bill viewer therein. Sending a type message to the mobile terminal.

In an embodiment, determining whether the bill viewer is installed is determining whether return data for the push-type message is received within a preset third period. Can be included.

In an embodiment, determining whether the bill viewer is installed may include determining if the bill viewer is provided with the mobile communication bill when no return data is received. It may include determining that it is not installed.

In an embodiment, determining whether or not the bill viewer is installed is that the billing for the portable terminal stored in the portable terminal information database ( DB ) when no return data is received. Including modifying information regarding the installation of the document viewer.

In another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication bill is sent to a mobile terminal that can receive a payment statement of a specific user and install a bill viewer via a server that issues the mobile communication bill. A server for providing a mobile communication bill is provided. An installation configured to search for a mobile terminal associated with a specific user and determine whether the bill viewer is installed on the mobile terminal, wherein the server providing the mobile communication bill is searched a determining unit, when the bill of the mobile communication is provided, when the bill viewer is not installed, configured to send the bill electronic bill does not depend on the viewer A bill sending unit and an installation guidance unit configured to send guidance information regarding installation of the bill viewer, wherein the installation determination unit is preset by the bill viewer Wait until it is installed within the first time period specified, and when the invoice viewer is installed, Invoice sending unit sends a bill of the mobile communication to the mobile terminal.

In an embodiment, the bill sending unit is one of an email including a short message, a push-type message, and an access key to a payment statement issued by the server issuing the mobile communication bill. Can be transmitted to the portable terminal as an electronic bill.

In an embodiment, the installation guidance unit receives one of a short message, a push-type message, and an email containing an invoice for installing the bill viewer or a web uniform resource locator (URL), It can be transmitted to the portable terminal as an installation guidance message.

In an embodiment, when the bill viewer is already installed at the time the mobile communication bill is provided, the bill sending unit may provide an access key to the mobile communication bill. A push-type message including the message can be transmitted to the mobile terminal.

In an embodiment, when the return data for the push-type message is not received within a preset second period, the bill sending unit reduces the second period in stages to reduce the second period. And re-send the push message.

In the embodiment, the installation determination unit includes a portable terminal information database (DB) that stores information on whether or not the bill viewer is installed on a plurality of portable terminals, and the portable terminal stores the bill viewer. You can ask if you already have it installed.

In an embodiment, when the portable terminal has already installed the bill viewer therein, the installation determination unit may transmit a push-type message that can be recognized by the bill viewer to the portable terminal. it can.

In the embodiment, the installation determination unit may determine whether return data for the push-type message is received within a preset third period.

In an embodiment, if no return data is received, the installation determination unit may determine that the bill viewer is not installed when the mobile communication bill is provided.

In an embodiment, when no return data is received, the installation determination unit may correct information related to installation of the bill viewer for the mobile terminal stored in the mobile terminal information database ( DB ). it can.

In the method and related methods for providing a mobile communication bill according to an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile communication bill is generated that includes a payment statement received from a server that issues the mobile communication bill. and a bill of the mobile communication in order to provide to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal, whether to install the bill viewer for billing of the mobile communication is determined, or, in the invoice Viewer An independent electronic bill is provided to the mobile terminal. Therefore, it is possible to stably provide a bill according to the environment of the mobile terminal.

In the method for providing a bill for mobile communication and related methods according to an embodiment of the present invention, a bill viewer is installed on the mobile terminal when the mobile communication bill is provided to the mobile terminal. If not, an electronic bill that does not depend on the bill viewer and guidance information regarding the installation of the bill viewer are transmitted to the mobile terminal. Therefore, even when the mobile terminal is in an environment where the mobile communication bill cannot be checked, the usage details can be transmitted and the installation of the bill viewer can be guided.

In a method for providing a bill for mobile communication and related methods according to an embodiment of the present invention, a push-type message recognizable by a bill viewer is transmitted to a mobile terminal, and return data for the push-type message is received. It is determined whether or not it is received within a specific period. Therefore, even if the bill viewer is already installed on the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal receives the mobile communication bill at the present time when the mobile communication bill is provided. It is possible to determine whether or not the environment is suitable.

The above and other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 illustrates a system for providing a mobile communication bill according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a server that provides the mobile communication bill of FIG. 1. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process for providing a mobile communication bill according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process for providing a mobile communication bill according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process for providing a mobile communication bill according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following technologies include code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), and single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), etc. It can be used in various wireless communication systems. A CDMA system can be implemented using a radio technology such as the European Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) or CDMA2000. A TDMA system may be a pan-European digital mobile communication system (GSM (registered trademark): Global System for Mobile communications), a general packet radio service (GPRS: General Packet Radio Service), or a GSM (registered trademark) evolved high-speed data transmission (EDGE). It can be implemented using a wireless technology such as Enhanced Data Rates for GSM (registered trademark) Evolution). The OFDMA system uses wireless technology such as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, or evolved UTRA (E-UTRA). Can be implemented. UTRA is part of Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems (UMTS). LTE (Long Term Evolution) of 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is an evolved UMTS (E-UTRA) that uses Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA). . 3GPP LTE employs OFDMA in the downlink and SC-FDMA in the uplink.

Since the description of the invention is merely an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the invention should not be construed to be limited to the embodiment described in that embodiment. . That is, the embodiments described above can be implemented in several configurations without departing from the features of the present invention, and therefore, unless otherwise specified, the embodiments described above are subject to any of the details described above. It should be understood that this is not a limitation and, more precisely, should be interpreted broadly within the scope as defined in the appended claims. Accordingly, it is intended that various modifications and variations within the scope of the claims, or equivalents of such scope, be encompassed by the appended claims.

The terms described in this disclosure should be understood as follows.

Terms such as “first” and “second” may be used to describe various components, but such components are limited to the above terms Should not be understood. The above terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. For example, the first component may be referred to as the second component without departing from the scope of the right of the present invention, and similarly, the second component may be referred to as the first component. Good.

If an element is described as "connected" to another element, the element may be directly connected to another element or there are intervening elements There is a possibility. In contrast, when an element is described as “directly connected” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Also, unless expressly stated otherwise, the term “comprise” and variations such as “comprises” or “comprising” are described. It will be understood that the inclusion of certain elements is meant but the exclusion of any other elements is not meant. In addition, other expressions describing the relationship between components such as “between”, “adjacent to” or “adjacent to” and “directly adjacent to” It can be interpreted similarly.

In the present disclosure, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Is intended. Further, terms such as “including” or “having” may refer to functions, numbers, operations, actions, components, members or combinations thereof as disclosed herein. Excludes the possibility of indicating the presence and the possibility that one or more other functions, numbers, operations, actions, components, members or combinations thereof may be present or added It will be understood that this is not intended.

Reference numerals (for example, a, b, c, etc.) in each step are used for explanation, and do not represent the order of each step. Each step may be changed from the order described unless specifically stated otherwise in the text. That is, the steps may be performed in the same order as described, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

Reference numerals (for example, a, b, c, etc.) in each step are used for explanation, and do not represent the order of each step. Each step may be changed from the order described unless specifically stated otherwise in the text. That is, the steps may be performed in the same order as described, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above method can be implemented on a medium on which a program is recorded as a code that can be read by a processor. The processor-readable medium may include any type of recording device having data readable by a computer system stored therein. The processor readable medium may include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like. The processor-readable medium also includes implementation in the form of a carrier wave or signal (eg, transmission over the Internet). The computer readable recording medium may be distributed by a network coupled computer system so that the computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed form.

The terms used in the present application are merely used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. All terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. doing. Such terms as defined in a general dictionary should be construed to have the same meaning as the context in the relevant technical field, and unless explicitly defined in this application, Should not be interpreted as having unrealistic or overly formal meaning.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing a mobile communication bill according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system 100 for providing a mobile communication bill includes a server 110 that issues a mobile communication bill, a server 120 that provides a mobile communication bill, and a mobile terminal 130. Can be included.

The server 110 that issues a mobile communication bill can be a computer device that issues a mobile communication bill to a specific user, and provides a mobile communication bill over a network. Can be connected to the server 120. In the embodiment, the server 110 that issues a mobile communication bill can be connected to the mobile terminal 130 via the network.

In the embodiment, the server 110 that issues a bill for mobile communication may be a computer device managed by a service provider that provides a specific service to a specific user and charges a fee for the corresponding service. it can. For example, a server 110 that issues a mobile communication bill can be managed by a service company such as a credit card company, a mobile communication company, an insurance company, etc., and a payment details database that stores payment details for multiple customers (DB) can be connected via a network.

In an embodiment, a server 110 that issues a mobile communication bill may issue a mobile communication bill. Here, the bill for the mobile communication may be data including payment details related to a specific user. For example, the server 110 that issues a bill for mobile communication queries the payment details DB for data corresponding to the payment details associated with a particular user, receives the data, and uses the mobile communication in a preset format. Invoices can be issued (or generated).

In an embodiment, the server 110 that issues a mobile communication bill includes payment details for a particular user so that the server 120 that provides the mobile communication bill can generate a mobile communication bill. The data can be sent to a server 120 that provides a mobile communication bill.

That is, the mobile communications bill can include payment details associated with a particular user and can be issued by the server 110 that issues the mobile communications bill or the server 120 that provides the mobile communications bill. It can be data in a preset format that can be generated.

In an embodiment, a server 110 that issues a mobile communication bill may connect to a subscription information DB that stores user subscription information regarding receipt of a user's mobile communication bill. For example, when the user requests to receive a mobile communication guide instead of a general guide from a specific service company, the subscription information DB stores the subscription information set by the user (for example, name, telephone number). Mobile terminal ID, e-mail address, etc.).

The server 120 for providing a mobile communication bill may be a computer device that performs a method for providing a mobile communication bill, and is managed by a service company that provides the mobile communication bill. Can do. Here, the server 120 that provides the bill for mobile communication can be connected to the server 110 that issues the bill for mobile communication and the mobile terminal 130 via the network.

In an embodiment, a server 120 that provides a mobile communication bill receives a payment statement for a particular user from the server 110 that issues the mobile communication bill and generates a mobile communication bill. Can do. For example, a server 120 that provides a bill for mobile communications receives payment information dated October 2012 of card company “A” for a particular user, includes payment information, and has a particular format. A communication bill can be generated.

In an embodiment, the mobile terminal may rely on a bill viewer. Specifically, the mobile communication bill can be generated as data in a preset format and can be installed on the mobile terminal 130 via a bill viewer as an application that can be installed on the mobile terminal 130. 130 screens can be output. That is, when the invoice viewer is installed in the mobile terminal 130, the mobile terminal 130 can receive the mobile communication invoice and output the payment details of a specific user on the screen of the mobile terminal. .

In embodiments, server 120 to provide a bill of the mobile communication may generate an electronic invoice that does not depend on the invoice viewer. Here, the electronic bill may be one of a short message, a push-type message, and an email including an access key for a specific user payment statement. For example, the server 120 that provides an invoice for mobile communication cannot be output to the screen by the invoice viewer, but is output as an electronic invoice via a specific application installed in the mobile terminal 130. Can generate text messages or emails. Here, the electronic invoice may include a URL that allows checking of information regarding the payment of the card company “A”.

Next, the server 120 that provides a bill for mobile communication will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The portable terminal 130 can be a computer device that can be connected to a server 120 that provides a bill for mobile communication via a network. In the embodiment, the mobile terminal 130 can be connected to the server 110 that issues a bill for mobile communication via the network.

The mobile terminal 130 can be a computer device owned by a user. For example, the mobile terminal 130 can be a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a tablet personal computer (PC).

In an embodiment, the mobile terminal 130 may install a bill viewer by which a mobile communication bill can be output to a screen. For example, if the mobile terminal 130 is a smartphone, the mobile terminal 130 can install the bill viewer application by a specific operating system (OS) (eg, Android or iOS). The user can check the bill for mobile communication via the bill viewer application installed on the mobile terminal 130.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a server that provides the mobile communication bill of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the server 120 that provides a bill for mobile communication includes an installation determination unit 210, a bill transmission unit 220, an installation guidance unit 230, a portable terminal information DB 240, and a control unit 250. be able to. On the other hand, in the following, when describing a server for providing a mobile communication bill according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first, second and third periods can be set independently, And a period that can be set by the administrator regardless of the order of the periods.

The installation determination unit 210 searches for a mobile terminal related to a specific user.

Specifically, the installation determination unit 210 can determine the mobile terminal 130 for receiving a mobile communication bill for a particular user who has requested to receive a mobile communication bill.

In an embodiment, the installation determination unit 210 can query the mobile terminal information DB 240 for a mobile terminal identifier for a particular user. Here, the portable terminal information DB 240 can be a storage location for storing a plurality of users and portable terminal identifiers (for example, telephone numbers or terminal IDs) of the plurality of users associated with the users. .

The installation determination unit 210 can determine whether a bill viewer is installed in the retrieved mobile terminal 130. That is, the installation determination unit 210 can determine whether or not a bill viewer capable of outputting a mobile communication bill on a screen is installed in the mobile terminal 130.

Specifically, if the user has agreed to receive a bill for mobile communication, the user may have installed the bill viewer on the mobile terminal 130, or the user The invoice viewer may have been installed but deleted. In this case, the server 120 that provides the mobile communication bill provides the mobile communication bill to the mobile terminal 130. The mobile terminal 130 may output the mobile communication bill to the screen. Can not. Here, the installation determination unit 210 can determine whether the portable terminal 130 has installed the bill viewer therein.

In an embodiment, the installation determining unit 210 can query the mobile terminal as to whether the mobile terminal 130 has installed a bill viewer therein. For example, the installation determination unit 210 may request installation details regarding the bill viewer application from the mobile terminal 130 and receive return data indicating whether the bill viewer is already installed on the mobile terminal 130.

In the embodiment, the installation determination unit 210 makes an inquiry to the mobile terminal information DB 240 that stores information related to the installation of the bill viewer on a plurality of mobile terminals, and determines whether or not the bill viewer is installed on the mobile terminal 130. can do. Here, the mobile terminal information DB 240 can be a storage location for storing information regarding whether or not the mobile terminal 130 has an invoice viewer installed therein at a specific time.

For example, when the user accesses the server 110 that issues the mobile communication bill or the server 120 that provides the mobile communication bill via the bill viewer, the installation determination unit 210 is stored in the mobile terminal information DB 240. A corresponding user access record (eg, access time) can be recorded. Here, if there is an access record related to a specific user, the installation determination unit 210 can determine that the bill viewer is already installed. That is, if the OS (eg, Android or iOS) installed on the mobile terminal 130 cannot provide the installation details related to the invoice viewer, the installation determination unit 210 may select the invoice viewer via the mobile terminal information DB 240. It can be determined whether or not to install.

In the embodiment, the installation determination unit 210 may determine whether a bill viewer is installed in the mobile terminal 130 at the time when a bill for mobile communication is provided.

For example, suppose a particular user requests to receive a mobile communications bill for card company “A” on the 10th day of each month. In this case, the invoice viewer is installed in the mobile terminal 130 in advance, but the user deletes the invoice viewer as of December 10, 2012 when the mobile communication invoice is provided. There is a possibility. Therefore, it is necessary to determine whether or not the portable terminal has installed a bill viewer at the corresponding time.

Here, the installation determination unit 210 can query the mobile terminal information DB 240 to determine that the mobile terminal 130 has installed the invoice viewer in advance. A recognizable push-type message may be transmitted to the mobile terminal 130.

When the mobile terminal 130 is a smartphone operated by an Android OS, the installation determination unit 210 can transmit a push-type message to the mobile terminal 130 via a push server (for example, a GOOGLE C2DM server). Here, the push message can include data that can be recognized by the bill viewer and that allows the bill viewer to send return data for the push message.

Here, the installation determination unit 210 can determine whether return data for the push-type message is received within a preset third period. That is, the installation determination unit 210 can determine whether return data has already been received from the bill viewer that can be installed in the mobile terminal 130.

The installation determination unit 210 determines whether a bill viewer is present when the mobile communication bill is provided based on whether return data for the push-type message has already been received. can do. If return data has not been received within the third time period, the installation determination unit 210 can determine that no bill viewer is present when the mobile communication bill is provided. . On the other hand, if the return data has already been received, the installation determination unit 210 can determine that the bill viewer is installed.

If the return data is not received, the installation determination unit 210 can update the installation of the bill viewer for the corresponding mobile terminal 130 in the mobile terminal information DB 240. For example, the installation determination unit 210 stores the access record of the corresponding mobile terminal 130 in the mobile terminal information DB 240 so that the bill viewer is installed in the mobile terminal 130 when the mobile communication bill is provided. Information can be corrected.

If the bill viewer is not present in the mobile terminal 130 at the time the mobile communication bill is provided, the bill sending unit 220 sends the electronic bill to the mobile terminal 130. Here, the electronic bill may not depend on a bill viewer and may be one of an email including a short message, a push-type message, and an access key to a payment statement for the user. it can.

In an embodiment, the bill sending unit 220 can generate an electronic bill that is independent of the bill viewer. Specifically, the electronic bill may include access keys to payment details for a particular user and may correspond to data that is not recognizable by the bill viewer. For example, the electronic invoice may include short messages, push messages and text, and an access key to a portion of the user's payment statement (eg, a URL for checking information relating to payment of the card company “A”). One of the electronic mails including

That is, if the user is requesting to receive a mobile communication bill but he does not have a bill viewer installed on the mobile device 100, or when he receives the bill, If the invoice viewer is deleted, the invoice sending unit 220 can send an electronic invoice and the mobile terminal 130 can output to the screen regardless of the installation of the invoice viewer.

In an embodiment, when access to an access key for a payment statement included in the electronic bill is attempted, the bill sending unit 220 checks whether the corresponding bill details are legitimately present. can do. For example, when the mobile terminal 130 accesses a URL where the user can check information relating to the payment of the card company “A”, the bill sending unit 220 checks whether corresponding payment information exists. be able to.

In an embodiment, if a bill viewer is installed at the time the mobile communication bill is provided, the bill sending unit 220 may include a push message including an access key to the mobile communication bill. Can be transmitted to the mobile terminal 130. Here, the access key to the mobile communication bill may include a command language that allows the mobile terminal 130 to execute the bill viewer and output the corresponding mobile communication bill. it can. That is, if the corresponding mobile communication bill is not checked by the user, the bill sending unit 220 may report the transmission of the mobile communication bill to the user by the push-type message.

Here, the bill sending unit 220 can determine whether return data for the push-type message is received within a preset second period. Here, the return data can be received from the mobile terminal 130. When the bill viewer is executed and the corresponding mobile communication bill is output to the screen, the mobile terminal 130 can transmit return data to the bill sending unit 220.

In an embodiment, if a return message for the push-type message has not been received within a second period, the bill sending unit 220 updates the period by gradually reducing the second period, The push type message may be transmitted again.

For example, if a return message for the push message is not received within 12 hours, the bill sending unit 220 may reduce the 12 hours to 6 hours and send the push message to the mobile terminal 130. . Here, if a return message for the push-type message is not received within 6 hours, the bill sending unit 220 may transmit the push-type message by reducing 6 hours to 3 hours. That is, when the corresponding mobile communication bill is not checked by the user, the bill transmission unit 220 sets the short period in steps and transmits the mobile communication bill by the push message. Report to the user.

The installation guide unit 230 can transmit guide information regarding installation of the bill viewer to the mobile terminal 130.

In an embodiment, if the bill viewer is not installed on the mobile terminal 130, the installation guidance unit 230 may send a guidance message including information regarding the installation of the bill viewer. Here, the guidance message may be one of a short message, a push-type message, and an e-mail including a guidance text or a web URL regarding installation of a bill viewer.

For example, the installation guidance unit 230 may use a short message, a push-type message, and a guidance message “You requested a mobile communications invoice, but you have not installed an invoice viewer. Click to go to the market to install the bill viewer. You can send one of the emails corresponding to “www.market.com/mobile_bill”.

In an embodiment, the installation guidance unit 230 may search for an email address associated with the mobile terminal 130 and send the guidance message to a corresponding email address. Here, the installation guide unit 230 can query the mobile terminal information DB 240 that stores the mobile terminal 130 and the electronic mail address associated with the terminal for the corresponding electronic mail address.

The mobile terminal information DB 240 can be a storage location for storing information related to the mobile terminal 130 of a specific user.

In the embodiment, the mobile terminal information DB 240 can store a plurality of users and mobile terminal identifiers (for example, telephone numbers or terminal IDs) of the plurality of users related to them.

In the embodiment, the mobile terminal information DB 240 records that the mobile terminal 130 accesses the server 110 that issues the mobile communication bill or the server 120 that provides the mobile communication bill via the bill viewer ( For example, the access time) can be stored.

In the embodiment, the mobile terminal information DB 240 can store information regarding whether or not the mobile terminal 130 has installed a bill viewer.

In the embodiment, the mobile terminal information DB 240 can store the mobile terminal 130 and the user's email address associated therewith.

The control unit 250 can control the operations of the installation determination unit 210, the bill sending unit 220, the installation guidance unit 230, the portable terminal information DB 240, and the data flow.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process for providing a mobile communication bill according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The installation determination unit 210 searches for a portable terminal related to a specific user (step S310). Specifically, the installation determination unit 210 can determine the mobile terminal 130 for receiving a mobile communication bill for a particular user who has requested to receive a mobile communication bill.

In the embodiment, the installation determination unit 210 may query the mobile terminal information DB 240 regarding the mobile terminal identifier of a specific user to determine the mobile terminal 130 related to the specific user.

The installation determination unit 210 determines whether or not the retrieved mobile terminal 130 has installed the bill viewer (step S320).

In an embodiment, the installation determination unit 210 may query the mobile terminal as to whether the mobile terminal 130 has installed the bill viewer.

In the embodiment, the installation determination unit 210 determines whether or not the mobile terminal 130 has installed the invoice viewer in the mobile terminal information DB 240 that stores information regarding whether or not a plurality of mobile terminals have installed the invoice viewer. You can inquire about it.

In an embodiment, the installation determination unit 210 may determine whether or not the mobile terminal has installed a bill viewer when a mobile communication bill is provided.

If the mobile terminal 130 has not installed the invoice viewer when the mobile communication invoice is provided, the invoice transmission unit 220 transmits the electronic invoice to the mobile terminal 130 (step S330). Here, the electronic bill may be one of a short message, a push message, and an email that does not rely on a bill viewer and includes an access key to a payment statement for the user.

If a bill viewer is not present in the mobile terminal 130 when the mobile communication bill is provided, the bill sending unit 220 sends the electronic bill to the mobile terminal 130 (step S330). Here, the electronic bill may not depend on a bill viewer and may be one of an email including a short message, a push-type message, and an access key to a payment statement for the user. it can.

In an embodiment, the bill sending unit 220 can generate an electronic bill that is independent of the bill viewer. Specifically, the electronic bill may include an access key to a particular user's payment statement and correspond to data that is not recognizable by the bill viewer. For example, the electronic invoice may include short messages, push messages and text, and an access key to a portion of the user's payment statement (eg, a URL for checking information relating to payment of the card company “A”). One of the e-mails including

That is, if a user requests to receive a mobile communication bill but he does not have a bill viewer installed on the mobile device 110, or when he receives the bill, If the bill viewer has been deleted, the bill sending unit 220 may send an electronic bill, and the mobile terminal 130 may output it to the screen regardless of the bill viewer installation.

The installation guide unit 230 can transmit guide information regarding installation of the bill viewer to the mobile terminal 130 (step S340).

In an embodiment, the installation guidance unit 230 may send a guidance message that includes information regarding the installation of the bill viewer. Here, the guidance message may be one of a short message, a push-type message, and an email including a guidance text regarding a bill viewer or a web URL.

For example, the installation guidance unit 230 may use a short message, a push-type message, and a guidance message “You requested a mobile communications invoice, but you have not installed an invoice viewer. Click to go to the market to install the bill viewer. You can send one of the emails corresponding to “www.market.com/mobile_bill”.

In an embodiment, the installation guidance unit 230 may search for an email address associated with the mobile terminal 130 and send the guidance message to a corresponding email address. Here, the installation guide unit 230 can query the mobile terminal information DB 240 that stores the mobile terminal 130 and the electronic mail address associated with the terminal for the corresponding electronic mail address.

The installation determination unit 210 can wait for installation of the bill viewer on the mobile terminal 130 (step S350). Here, the installation determination unit 210 can stand by without determining whether or not the portable terminal 130 has installed the bill viewer during the preset first period. For example, after performing steps S330 and S340, the installation determination unit 210 can wait without determining whether the bill viewer has been installed within 12 hours.

Here, when the first period has passed, the installation determination unit 210 can determine whether the mobile terminal 130 has already installed the bill viewer.

If it is determined that the portable terminal 130 has installed the bill viewer, the bill sending unit 220 can send a mobile communication bill to the portable terminal 130 (step S370).

If it is determined that the portable terminal has not installed the bill viewer, the installation determination unit 210 executes step S340. Here, the installation determination unit 210 can update the period by gradually reducing the first period. That is, the installation determination unit 210 can prompt the portable terminal 130 to install the bill viewer a preset number of times.

If the bill viewer is installed when the mobile communication bill is provided, the bill transmission unit 220 transmits the mobile communication bill to the mobile terminal 130 (step S370).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process for providing a mobile communication bill according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the step (S370) of transmitting a bill for mobile communication in FIG.

If a bill viewer is installed at the time the mobile communication bill is provided, the bill sending unit 220 sends a push-type message including an access key to the mobile communication bill to the mobile terminal 130. (Step S410). Here, the access key to the mobile communication bill may include a command language that allows the mobile terminal 130 to execute the bill viewer and output the corresponding mobile communication bill. it can.

The bill sending unit 220 can send a push-type message including an access key to the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal 130 (step S420).

That is, if the corresponding mobile communication bill is not checked by the user, the bill sending unit 220 can report the transmission of the mobile communication bill to the user by the push-type message.

Here, the bill sending unit 220 can determine whether or not return data for the push-type message has been received within a preset second period (step S430). Here, the return data can be received from the mobile terminal 130. If the bill viewer performs outputting a corresponding mobile communication bill to the screen, the mobile terminal 130 can send return data to the bill sending unit 220.

The invoice sending unit 220 may determine whether return data for the push message is received within the second period (step S440).

If the return message for the push-type message is not received within the second period, the bill sending unit 220 can update the period by gradually reducing the second period (step S450). . Here, the invoice sending unit 220 can execute step S420.

For example, if a return message for the push message is not received within 12 hours, the invoice sending unit 220 may reduce the 12 hours to 6 hours and retransmit the push message to the mobile terminal 130. it can. Here, if a return message for the push-type message is not received within 6 hours, the bill sending unit 220 can re-send the push-type message by reducing 6 hours to 3 hours. That is, if the corresponding mobile communication bill is not checked by the user, the bill transmission unit 220 reports the transmission of the mobile communication bill by the push type message by setting a short period in steps. can do.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process for providing a mobile communication bill according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the step (S320) of determining whether or not the bill viewer is installed in FIG.

The installation determination unit 210 can determine whether the mobile terminal 130 has installed the invoice viewer at the time when the mobile communication invoice is provided.

For example, suppose a particular user requests to receive a mobile communications bill for card company “A” on the 10th day of each month. In this case, the invoice viewer is installed in the mobile terminal 130 in advance, but the user deletes the invoice viewer as of December 10, 2012 when the mobile communication invoice is provided. There is a possibility. Therefore, it is necessary to determine whether or not the portable terminal has installed a bill viewer at the corresponding time.

The installation determination unit 210 can make an inquiry to the mobile terminal information DB 240 in order to determine that the mobile terminal 130 has already installed the bill viewer. For example, if there is a record that the mobile terminal 130 has already accessed the server 120 that provides the mobile communication bill by the bill viewer, the installation determination unit 210 may install the bill viewer. Can be determined.

If the mobile terminal has not yet installed the bill viewer, the installation determination unit 210 determines that the mobile terminal 130 has not installed the bill viewer when the mobile communication bill is provided. (S580).

Even if the portable terminal 130 has already installed the bill viewer, the installation determination unit 210 may transmit a push-type message that can be recognized by the bill viewer to the portable terminal 130 (step S520). ). Here, the push message may include data that can be recognized by the bill viewer and that allows the bill viewer to send return data for the push message.

The installation determination unit 210 may determine whether return data for the push-type message is received within a preset third period (step S530). That is, the installation determination unit 210 can determine whether return data has been received from the bill viewer that can be installed in the mobile terminal 130.

The installation determination unit 210 determines whether a bill viewer is present when the mobile communication bill is provided based on whether return data for the push-type message is received. be able to.

If the return data is received within the third period, the installation determination unit 210 can determine that the bill viewer is installed on the mobile terminal 130 (step S550).

If the return data has not been received within the third period, the installation determination unit 210 can determine that the bill viewer is not installed on the mobile terminal 130 (step S560).

Here, the installation determination unit 210 can update the installation of the bill viewer for the corresponding mobile terminal 130 in the mobile terminal information DB 240 (step S570). For example, the installation determination unit 210 stores an access record related to the corresponding mobile terminal 130 in the mobile terminal information DB 240 so that the invoice viewer is installed in the mobile terminal 130 when the mobile communication bill is provided. Then, the information may be corrected.

While the invention has been shown and described in connection with embodiments, those skilled in the art can make modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Will be clear.

Claims (20)

A mobile communication bill that receives a payment statement for a specific user via a server that issues a mobile communication bill and provides the mobile communication bill to a mobile terminal capable of installing a bill viewer A method for providing a bill for mobile communications performed by a server providing a bill, wherein the bill for mobile communications is dependent on the bill viewer,
Searching for a mobile terminal associated with the particular user to determine whether the bill viewer is installed on the mobile terminal;
When the bill for mobile communication is provided, if the bill viewer is not installed, an electronic bill that does not depend on the bill viewer is transmitted, and guidance information regarding the installation of the bill viewer And sending
Waiting for the bill viewer to be installed in a preset first time period;
Sending the mobile communication bill to the mobile terminal when the bill viewer is installed;
A method comprising: Sending guidance information regarding the installation of the bill viewer is:
One of a short message, a push-type message, and an invoice for installing the bill viewer or an email containing a web uniform resource locator (URL) is sent to the mobile terminal as an installation guidance message. The method of claim 1, comprising: Transmitting the electronic invoice, short message, push message, and one of the e-mail containing an access key to the mobile communication invoice issued to payment details issued by the server The method of claim 1, comprising transmitting to the mobile terminal as an electronic bill. Wherein sending the bill of the mobile communication, when the bill of the mobile communication is provided, wherein when the invoice viewer is already installed, access to invoice the mobile communication The method of claim 3 , comprising sending the push-type message including a key to the mobile terminal. Return data for the previous SL push message, if not received within the second period set in advance, by reducing the second period in stages, to update the second period, the push-type The method of claim 4, comprising resending the message. Determining whether or not the bill viewer is installed means that the portable terminal is stored in a portable terminal information database (DB) that stores information on whether or not the bill viewer is installed on a plurality of portable terminals. 2. The method of claim 1, comprising querying whether the bill viewer is already installed therein. Determining whether or not the bill viewer is installed means that a push-type message that can be recognized by the bill viewer even if the portable terminal already has the bill viewer installed therein. The method of claim 6, comprising transmitting to the mobile terminal. Determining whether the bill viewer is installed comprises determining whether return data for the push-type message is received within a preset third time period. Item 8. The method according to Item 7. Determining whether the bill viewer is installed is determining that the bill viewer is not installed when the mobile communication bill is provided if no return data is received. 9. The method of claim 8, comprising: Determining whether or not the invoice viewer is installed includes information about installation of the invoice viewer on the mobile terminal stored in the mobile terminal information database ( DB ) when no return data is received. The method of claim 9, comprising modifying. A mobile communication bill that receives a payment statement for a specific user via a server that issues a mobile communication bill and provides the mobile communication bill to a mobile terminal capable of installing a bill viewer A server for providing a mobile communication bill, wherein the mobile communication bill is dependent on the bill viewer;
An installation determination unit configured to search for a mobile terminal associated with the particular user and determine whether the bill viewer is installed on the mobile terminal;
A bill sending unit configured to send an electronic bill independent of the bill viewer if the bill viewer is not installed at the time the mobile communication bill is provided;
An installation guidance unit configured to transmit guidance information regarding installation of the bill viewer;
The installation determination unit waits until the bill viewer is installed within a preset first period, and when the bill viewer is installed, the bill sending unit A server for providing a bill for mobile communication, which transmits the bill for mobile communication to the portable terminal. The installation guidance unit may use one of a short message, a push-type message, and an instruction message regarding installation of the bill viewer or an electronic mail including a web uniform resource locator (URL) as an installation guidance message. The server which provides the bill of the mobile communication of Claim 11 which transmits to the said portable terminal. The bill sending unit sends one of an electronic mail including a short message, a push-type message, and an access key to the payment statement issued by the server issuing the mobile communication bill. The server for providing a mobile communication bill according to claim 11, which is transmitted to the mobile terminal as a bill. If the bill viewer is already installed at the time the mobile bill is provided, the bill sending unit includes the push message including an access key to the mobile bill. A server for providing a mobile communication bill according to claim 13 , wherein the mobile communication bill is transmitted to the mobile terminal. If the return data for the push-type message is not received within a preset second period, the bill sending unit updates the second period by gradually reducing the second period, The server for providing a mobile communication bill according to claim 14, wherein the server re-transmits the push-type message. The installation determination unit installs the bill viewer in a portable terminal information database (DB) that stores information related to the bill viewer being installed on a plurality of portable terminals. 12. The server for providing a mobile communication bill according to claim 11, which makes an inquiry as to whether or not it has been completed. The installation determination unit transmits a push-type message that can be recognized by the bill viewer to the portable terminal even if the portable terminal has already installed the bill viewer therein. A server that provides the mobile communication bill described. The mobile communication bill according to claim 17, wherein the installation determination unit determines whether return data for the push-type message is received within a preset third period. server. 19. The mobile communication unit of claim 18, wherein if no return data is received, the installation determination unit determines that the bill viewer is not installed at the time the mobile communication bill is provided. A server that provides invoices. The mobile unit according to claim 19, wherein if no return data is received, the installation determination unit corrects information related to installation of the bill viewer for the mobile terminal stored in the mobile terminal information database ( DB ). A server that provides communication bills.