JPH03192954A - Telephone charge charging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the file capacity and to quicken the correspondence to a charge system change by linking charging files for use to a talking used through the plural charging systems whose number is made variable. CONSTITUTION:A reception section 8 of a telephone charge charging device 2 receives a charging data 10 of a telephone charge to a trunk line call of a private branch of exchange 1, a processing section 4 retrieves a charging data file 5 based on a talking destination telephone number when the entry is finished and calculates the telephone charge based on retrieval information. Then whether or not a succeeding charge system exists is checked depending whether link information is zero or not, and when the succeeding charge system exists, the charging data file 5 is retrieved again according to the link information and when the link information is 0, the charge calculation is finished, and the result is sent to an output section 6, from which it is outputted. Thus, the charging to plural charge systems whose number is variable is applied in this way. Thus, the file capacity is not increased and the change in the file when number of the different charge systems is increased or decreased is facilitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a usage fee charging device for central line transmissions of a local exchange.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a billing device for telephone charges in a local exchange has been necessary in order to allocate the cost to each extension used.

On the other hand, this type of fee structure includes a system in which the call time per fixed call charge is determined by distance, and a system in which the call charge per fixed call time is determined by the region of the destination. There is a fee structure (for example, Figure 3) that goes through the route.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

For example, under the rate system shown in Figure 3, if you want to calculate the call fee from originating station A to terminating station B via connecting stations C and D, which have different rate systems, information x,
y and z, but as shown in Figure 5, conventionally, billing files for each call destination number of receiving station B are often held for this information. It was not suitable for large-scale horizontal switching equipment. Also,
Changing the file was a hassle if there was an increase or decrease in different fee structures.

An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone billing device that improves these problems.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the telephone billing device according to the present invention is a telephone billing device compatible with multiple charges that charges calls from a calling station to a @communication station via connecting stations with different rate systems. There is a reception section that inputs the billing data of telephone charges for calls made to the central office line of the private branch exchange, a billing data file consisting of billing data for each rate system and link information to different rate systems, and a call The apparatus includes a processing section that searches the billing data file based on the destination telephone number, and links the searched data with billing data from the reception section to calculate the telephone charge.

〔Example〕 Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in an embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 3 is an example of a fee structure to which the present invention is applied. FIG.

In FIG. 1, the embodiment of the present invention includes a private branch exchange 1 and a telephone billing device 2, and the telephone billing device 2 includes a receiving section 3, a processing section 4, and a billing data file 5.
．． 5... and an output section 6. In addition, the billing data file 5 is not provided for each called number of the receiving station,
As shown in FIG. 4, it is composed of billing data for each fee system and link information to the next tJ gold body.

The receiving unit 3 of the telephone billing device 2 inputs the billing data 10 of the telephone bill for the central office line call from the private branch exchange (step ■), and when the input is completed (step ■), the processing unit 4
Step 2 searches the billing data file 5 shown in Figure 4 based on the telephone number of the called party, and calculates the telephone charge based on the retrieved information (Step 2).Next, the subsequent charge system is determined. Check whether the link information exists or not by checking whether the link information is zero (step ■). If there is a next fee structure, search the billing information file again according to the link information (step 1). If the link information is O, the fee calculation is finished and the result is sent to the output unit 6 and output ( Step ■).In the above manner, multiple and
Charge for a variable fee structure.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a system that links and uses billing files for calls that are used via a plurality of interest rate systems, the number of which is variable. This has the effect of increasing capacity efficiency and quickly responding to system changes.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a billing flow in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a fee structure to which the present invention is applied. , FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data file format of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the conventional data file format. ■... Private branch exchange 2... Telephone billing device 3... Reception section 4... Processing section 5... Billing data file 6... Output section

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A telephone billing device compatible with multiple charges that charges calls from a calling station to a called station via connecting stations with different rate systems, which collects billing data for telephone charges for calls made to a central office line by a private branch exchange. A reception unit for input, a billing data file consisting of billing data for each rate system and link information to different rate systems, and searching the billing data file based on the telephone number of the called party, and searching the billing data file. and a processing section that calculates telephone charges by linking the collected data to billing data from the reception section.