JPH07307814A - Split charge system for call tariff - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the system to conduct proper split charging based on concurrence between both a caller and a called party. CONSTITUTION:A tone generator 13 and a register 12 are connected to an exchange by hooking from a caller telephone set 10, and upon the receipt of a split charging special number and a split charge ratio from the telephone set 10 as a dial number, the exchange makes the announcement of the split charge ratio to a called party telephone set 20. Upon the receipt of a signal representing acceptance or reject from the telephone set 20 by a PB receiver 15, the exchange makes announcement of the result to the telephone set 10 and restores the state to the speech state. When the speech is finished, the exchange outputs charging data and processes the data based on the result of a split charging. As a result, much more detailed charging service is served to a general subscriber different from the conventional split charging.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a call charge division charging system, and more particularly to a call charge division charging system in a telephone service of an electronic exchange system for offices.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Regarding the conventional charging system, the following 3
There is a street method. That is, there are a first charging method for charging the calling telephone, a second charging method for charging the receiving telephone, and a third charging method for separately charging the calling telephone and the receiving telephone. In each of these billing methods,
An example of the second charging system for charging the called telephone will be described with reference to FIG. The embodiment system shown in FIG. 2 includes a switching device 1 on the calling side, a switching device 2 on the receiving side, a telephone service network 3, a switching device 4 for accommodating a switch, an intelligent network 5, a telephone 10 and a switching device 2 accommodated in the switching device 1. A telephone 20 to be accommodated, a switchboard 40 to be accommodated in the exchange 4,
It consists of a computer 51 in the intelligent network.

In such a system, the telephone 10
When a special number from the switch is dialed from, the outgoing call is connected to the switchboard 40 accommodated in the switch 4 via the telephone service network 3. Here, when the caller makes an application to the operator who is the operator of the exchange 40 to request that the number of the receiving telephone and the callee pay the call charge, the operator operates the exchange 40 to make a call on the receiving side. The telephone set 20 accommodated in a certain exchange 2 is called to notify the called party of the incoming payment of the call charge. When the callee agrees, the telephone 10
Is connected to the telephone 20, and in this case, the call charge is charged by the exchange 4.

Next, when the number of the toll-free service known as "0120" is dialed on the telephone 10, this outgoing call enters the intelligent network 5 via the telephone service network 3. In this case, the computer 51 in the intelligent network 5 calls the telephone set 20 accommodated in the exchange 2 based on the incoming call data registered in the memory in advance. When the response of the telephone 20 is detected, the call charge is charged to the telephone 20. That is, the billing in this case is performed in the intelligent network 5.

Next, a third charging system for separately charging the calling telephone and the receiving telephone will be described. That is, in this case, a data center for accumulating the incoming subscriber data, in which the receiving side bears a fixed fee or a fee corresponding to a fixed time, is provided. When the calling subscriber dials a special number, the calling exchange obtains the corresponding data from the data center and charges the called party until the calling exchange reaches the prescribed call charge. Charges the sender.

[0006]

In such a conventional billing system, particularly in the case of the cash on delivery of the call fee via the switch, there is a problem that the call cannot be made with the caller until the callee agrees to pay the fee. there were. In addition, whether or not the called party agrees to the payment can be determined only by the name of the calling party notified by the exchange, and there is a problem that proper billing cannot be performed by the agreement between the calling party and the called party. . In addition, in the method of pre-registering incoming subscriber data in an intelligent network or data center and charging, the called party is charged uniformly according to the registered data, so both the calling party and the called party can be called. There was a problem that it was not possible to charge at a ratio according to the content.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to perform appropriate divided charging by agreement between the calling side and the called side.

[0008]

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a first exchange for accommodating a first telephone, a second exchange for accommodating a second telephone, and a first exchange. And a telephone service network connecting the second exchange, and a divided billing request receiving means for receiving a divided billing request for the call charge from one of the telephones while the first and second telephones are talking. An informing means for informing the other of the first and second telephones of the accepted divided billing request, and an agreement signal detection for detecting an agreement signal indicating an agreement for the divided billing request from the telephone informed of the divided billing request. Means and a divided charging means for charging each telephone according to the divided charging request based on the detection output of the agreement signal detecting means are provided in the exchange which accommodates the telephone which has issued the divided charging request. Than it is. Further, a first announcement device that outputs a voice signal and a PB signal receiver that receives the agreement signal as a PB signal are provided, and the notification means controls the first announcement device to notify the divided charging request as a voice signal. The agreement signal detecting means detects the agreement signal via the PB signal receiver. Further, the divided billing request receiving means detects the divided billing request as a dial signal and receives it. Further, a second announcement device for outputting a voice signal is provided, and the second announcement device is controlled so that the agreement signal detected by the agreement signal detecting means is notified as a voice signal to the telephone making the split charging request. It is a thing.

[0009]

When the first and second telephones output a divided billing request for charges relating to this call from the calling telephone, for example, during reception of the call, the divided billing request is accepted and notified to the receiving telephone, and the divided billing request is notified. When an agreement signal indicating an agreement for this divided billing request is detected from the called telephone set, the respective telephones are charged according to the divided billing request. As a result, it is possible to perform an appropriate divided charging based on the mutual agreement. In addition, the first announcement device is controlled to notify the divided charging request as a voice signal, and P
Detect the consensus signal via the B signal receiver. As a result, the mutual agreement can be confirmed with a simple configuration when performing the divided billing. Also, the split charging request is detected as a dial signal. As a result, the divisional charging request can be detected by the existing device without adding a special device. Also,
The second announcement device is controlled to announce the agreement signal as a voice signal. As a result, it is possible to surely confirm the agreement between both telephones when performing the divided billing.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a system to which a call charge division charging system according to the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1 is an originating exchange (electronic exchange), 2 is a receiving exchange (electronic exchange), 3 is a telephone service network, 1
Reference numeral 0 is a calling side telephone, and 20 is a receiving side telephone.

Reference numeral 11 is a trunk connected to the originating exchange 1; 12 is a register connected to the exchange 1 for receiving dialed numbers from the originating telephone 1; 13 is a tone signal to the originating telephone 1. Tone generator to send out,
14 is an announcement device for making an announcement to the originating telephone set 10, 15 is a PB signal receiver for receiving a PB signal from the receiving side telephone set 20, 16 is an announcement device for making an announcement to the receiving side telephone set 20, and 17 is a billing process. A billing information output device for writing billing data to an output medium for processing billing data at a billing center (not shown),
A trunk 21 is connected to the exchange 1 on the called side.

In the system configured as above,
Now, it is assumed that the calling side telephone 10 and the receiving side telephone 20 are in a mutual call state. That is, in such a call state, the calling side telephone 10 and the receiving side telephone 20 are connected via the trunk 11, the telephone service network 3, the trunk 21, and the like. In such a call state, the caller and the callee discuss a charge for the current call, and when both parties reach agreement, the caller performs a hooking operation on the caller telephone 10. Then, the call path is disconnected in the exchange 1. In this case, in the originating side exchange 1, the path between the originating side telephone 10 and the terminating side telephone 10 is temporarily cut off and the originating side telephone 10 and the register 12 are disconnected.
Is connected to prepare for reception of the dialed numbers sent from the calling side telephone set 10, and the tone generator 13 is controlled to notify the telephone set 10 by means of a tone signal.

Here, when the caller performs a dial operation for the self-payment of the call charge agreed with the callee, the dialed number is received by the register 12. That is, for example, if the caller bears 70% of the call charge, "0
Dial "70". Then, this dial number (dial number) is received by the register 12 described above. In this case, the exchange 1 checks the normality of the dialed digits and, if normal, connects the path between the trunk 11 and the announcement device 16. And announcement device 1
From 6 to the telephone 20 on the receiving side, a voice signal indicating that "the caller bears 70% of the call charge", and following this voice signal, "instruction of whether or not to agree on the burden rate" Is output as an audio signal.

Thereafter, the trunk 11 and the PB signal receiver 15
And connect the path with. Here, for example, in the case of agreement and disagreement, it is arranged to dial "1" and "2" as dialed numbers, respectively, and the callee operates the dial "1" of the receiving side telephone 20 according to the instruction of the announcement device 16. Then, the operated PB signal is received by the PB receiver 15. In this case, the exchange 1 is the PB receiver 1
When the dialed digit received at 5 is analyzed and the dialed digit "1" is confirmed, the path between the calling telephone 10 and the announcement device 14 is connected, and the announcement device 14 reports the result to the caller.

Thereafter, the exchange 1 connects the path between the calling side telephone 10 and the trunk 11 so that the calling side telephone 10 and the receiving side telephone 20 can talk again. After the call is finished, the billing data based on the result of the divided billing request is output to the billing information output device 17. As a result, these billing data are written on the output medium by the billing information output device 17, sent to the billing center, and processed at the billing center. And about this call, 70% from the caller,
Call charges are collected from the recipients at a rate of 30%.

As described above, in this divided charging system, the operation of the calling side telephone and the operation of the receiving side telephone during a call are accepted, and the divided charging of the call charge can be performed based on each of these operations. Unlike a fixed charging method based on specific incoming subscriber data, etc., a detailed charging service can be provided to general subscribers.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the first and second telephones are in a call, for example, when the calling telephone outputs a divided billing request for the call,
This is accepted and notified to the receiving side telephone, and when an agreement signal indicating an agreement for this divided charging request is detected from the receiving side telephone to which the divided charging request is notified, the charging according to the divided charging request is made to each telephone. Since this is done, it is possible to carry out an appropriate divided charging based on the agreement between the calling side and the called side, and therefore it is possible to provide a detailed charging service to general subscribers. Further, since the first announcement device and the PB receiver are provided and the first announcement device is controlled to notify the divided charging request as a voice signal, the agreement signal is detected via the PB signal receiver. Both parties can confirm the agreement with a simple configuration when performing the divided billing. Further, since the divided billing request is detected as a dial signal, the existing device can detect the divided billing request without adding a special device. Further, since the second announcement device is provided and the second announcement device is controlled to notify the agreement signal as a voice signal, the agreement confirmation between both telephones is surely performed when the divided billing is performed. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system to which a conventional charging method is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 ... Exchange (electronic exchange), 3 ... Telephone service network,
10, 20 ... Telephone, 11, 21 ... Trunk, 12 ... Register, 13 ... Tone generator, 14, 16 ... Announcement device, 15 ... PB signal receiver, 17 ... Billing information output device.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A system comprising a first exchange accommodating a first telephone, a second exchange accommodating a second telephone, and a telephone service network connecting the first and second exchanges, A divided billing request receiving unit that receives a divided billing request for the call charge from either one of the first and second telephones during a call, and the received divided billing request is received by either the first or second telephone. Notification means for notifying the other, an agreement signal detecting means for detecting an agreement signal indicating an agreement for the division charging request from the telephone to which the division charging request is notified, and the division charging request based on the detection output of the agreement signal detecting means. A billing means for performing billing according to each of the telephones is provided in an exchange that accommodates the telephones that have made the billing request, and the telephones are charged to each telephone based on the operation of each telephone during a call. Split billing method of call charges, characterized in that it made it possible to split billing. 2. The call charge division charging system according to claim 1, further comprising a first announcement device for outputting a voice signal and a PB signal receiver for receiving the agreement signal as a PB signal.
The notifying means controls the first announcement device to notify the divided billing request as a voice signal, and the agreement signal detecting means detects the agreement signal via the PB signal receiver. Divided billing system for call charges. 3. The divided billing system for call charges according to claim 1, wherein the divided billing request receiving means detects and receives the divided billing request as a dial signal. 4. The call charge division charging system according to claim 2, further comprising a second announcer for outputting a voice signal,
The divided billing system for call charges, characterized in that the announcement device is controlled and the agreement signal detected by the agreement signal detecting means is notified as a voice signal to the telephone making the divided billing request.