JPH08237394A - Radio telephone set with accounting function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To attain charging calculation and charging display which correspond to various kinds of charging rates in a telephone set as a radio terminal. CONSTITUTION: A call kind(three-person call, interruption call, etc.) is adopted as a charging parameter. The relation of the call kind with the charging rate is stored in a storage device 5. Then, access is executed to the storage device 5 by the received call kind so as to select the corresponding charging rate. A calculating device 10 executes charging calculation by the charging rate and call time counted by a timer 9. It is displayed in a display equipment 11. It is possible that a called party telephone number or a time parameter such as a date, the days of a week and a time period, etc., is adopted as the charging parameter. The combination of these is also possible.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless telephone having a billing processing function by own telephone call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Telephones (hereinafter referred to as wireless telephones) as wireless terminals such as mobile telephones and car telephones have become widespread.
This radio telephone, which is used to make a telephone call with the other party by radio, is provided with a display device for displaying billing for the telephone call. The charge is calculated by multiplying the charge rate and the call time.

[0003]

In the above wireless terminal, the charging rate is fixed. However, due to the spread of three-way calling and interrupt calling, various charging rates have emerged.

An object of the present invention is to provide a radio telephone which enables billing processing and billing display corresponding to such various billing rates.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a radiotelephone capable of requesting and displaying a charge according to the call type, the telephone number of the other party, time parameters such as date, day of the week and time zone, and equal charge rate parameters. .

A further object of the present invention is to provide a wireless telephone which can easily carry out the charging process by storing the relationship between the charging rate parameter and the charging rate.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a relationship between a billing rate parameter and a billing rate such as a call type, a partner telephone number, a time parameter such as a date, a day of the week and a time zone is stored in a storage device. When making a call, these billing rate parameters are obtained, the corresponding billing rate is selected, and the billing is calculated from the billing rate and the call time and displayed.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the billing rate parameter is obtained during a call, and the storage device is accessed from this billing rate parameter to select the billing rate. The charge is calculated and displayed from this charge rate and the call time measured by the timer.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a wireless telephone according to the present invention. This wireless telephone includes an antenna 1, a transmitting unit 2, a receiving unit 3, a decoding device 4, a billing rate storage device 5, a sending means 6, a keyboard 7, a call type temporary storage device 8, a timer 9, a billing rate calculation device 10, The display 11 is included. The transmitter 2 and the receiver 3 make a wireless call with the other party via the antenna 1. Here, the transmission system to the transmission unit 2 is omitted.

The keyboard 7 is a device for inputting a telephone number of a communication partner, and is so-called touch-tone type input means. The input telephone number of the other party is sent to the transmitting unit 2 through the omitted transmission system, goes to the base station (omitted) via the antenna 1, and is sent to the other party. As a result, when the other party is not busy, a communication path is formed, and in addition to this formation, the base station generates a message. The message generated from the base station is composed of a billing start message, a message including a call type, and the like, which is a message for starting a call. The billing start message is a code indicating the timing to start billing by forming a communication path. The call type is data indicating various call types such as normal call, three-way call, and interrupt call. The call type may be determined by the contract of the telephone caller, or may be determined by entering a code that indicates various types when making a call. Sent as a message.

The receiving unit 3 receives the message 4A sent from the base station. The message 4A is sent to the decryption device 4.

The decryption device 4 decrypts the message 4A and detects a charging start message and a call type message.

The billing rate storage device 5 is a device for storing a billing rate for each of n call types. This is because the billing rate varies depending on the call type. When the call type at that time is decrypted from the message 4A received by the decryption device 4, the decrypted call type 4B is temporarily stored in the storage device 8 and then the charging rate corresponding to 4B is selectively selected from the storage device 5. It is sent as a billing rate 6A to the billing rate calculation device 10 via the reading and sending means 6 (this is an interface).

The timer 9 counts the call time 9A which is activated by the billing start message 4C decoded by the decoding device 4 and until the call is disconnected. Call disconnection is a signal automatically obtained when the handset is off-hook.

The call type temporary storage device 8 stores the decrypted call type 4B until the handset is off-hook, and is used to select a billing rate when the handset is off-hook. That is, the billing rate is uniquely fixed when the call type is determined, and the billing rate is fixed depending on the size of the call time even if the call type is determined (for example, the billing rate decreases as the call time increases. For example, the billing rate may change.

In the former example, the storage device 5 may store the relationship between the call type and the billing rate. In the latter example,
The storage device 5 needs to store the relationship among the call type, the call time, and the billing rate. Which method to use depends on the model, but in the latter case, it is meaningful to provide the temporary storage device 8 for temporarily storing the call time because the call time is fixed by disconnecting the call. In the latter case, it is not always necessary to temporarily store in the temporary storage device 8. However, the temporary storage is convenient because the billing rate and the call time can be simultaneously input to the device 10 at the time of billing calculation.

In the latter case, the call time 9A determined at the time of selection is necessary for the selection of the billing rate, and therefore the input of 9A to the device 5 is shown by a dotted line in FIG. At this time, naturally, the relationship between the call type, the call time, and the billing rate is stored in the device 5.

The billing rate calculation device 10 calculates a billing rate from the selected billing rate 6A from the sending means 6 and the measurement call time 9A of the timer 9, and the billing calculation method is determined by the idea of billing, for example, the billing rate 6A is measured. It is calculated by multiplying the call time 9A.

The display 11 displays the calculated charge.
It should be noted that only the final charge due to the disconnection of the call is displayed, but during the call, the billing rate at each point in time is calculated every moment.
It is also possible to calculate by 0 and display it on the display 11 each time. If the billing rate at this time is fixed for each call type, the billing rate can be calculated by multiplying with the timer output each time, but in the example where the billing rate changes depending on the size of the call time, It is necessary to take out from the timer 6 and calculate each time.

However, in the case of cumulative time charging, the progress is significant, but in an example in which the billing rate is determined by the call time, which is the time until the call is disconnected, the progress is meaningless and is not complete. It serves as reference data.

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart in the case where the charging rate is determined according to the call type in the embodiment of FIG. In step S1, it is checked whether or not the billing start message is received, and if it is received, the call type at that time is stored in the storage device 8 (step S2). Upon receipt of the billing start message, the timer 9 is activated to start measuring the call time (step S3). A billing rate corresponding to the decrypted call type is selected from the storage device 5 (step S4),
Charge calculation is performed by the device 10 using the call time and charge rate (step S5), and the charge is displayed on the display 11 (step S6).

FIG. 3 shows the contents of the charging rate storage device 5. Examples of call types are normal call, three-way call, interrupt call, and so on. Charge rate is 100, 13
An example of 0, 120, ... Here, the billing rate is
It is a numerical value of what percentage is the number of calls. The billing calculation method is: billing = billing rate x talk time.

FIG. 4 shows the contents of the storage device 5 when the charging rate changes depending on the size of the call time. For example, the time is set to be within 3 minutes, 3 minutes to 15 minutes, and 15 minutes or more, and the charging rate is further changed for each call type for each section. In the example of the normal call, the billing rate within 3 minutes is 100%, the billing rate within 3 to 15 minutes is 90%, and the billing rate over 15 minutes is 70%. The case of FIG. 4 is the latter example described above.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment. The same symbols as those in FIG. 1 indicate the same contents. Here, the decryption device 4 decrypts the charging start message and activates the timer 5.
The oscillating partner telephone number temporary storage device 13 temporarily stores the partner telephone number input from the keyboard (touchtone) 7. This phone number is used to select the billing rate.

The billing rate storage device 14 is a memory for storing the relationship between the other party's telephone number and the billing rate, and this is to correspond to an example in which the billing rate is changed depending on the other party's telephone number.

The billing rate calculation device 10 measures the call time measured by the timer 5 when the call from the timer 5 is cut off, and the storage device 13.
The corresponding billing rate selected in the storage device 14 from the other party's telephone number is input and the billing calculation is performed.

Also in this embodiment, there are two examples as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, that is, a fixed example irrespective of the length of the call time and an example in which the charging rate is changed according to the size of the call time. Similarly, it is possible to calculate and display billing during a call.

There is also an example in which the call types in the first embodiment are combined in addition to the partner telephone number. The contents of the storage device 14 are shown in FIGS. FIG. 6 is an example in which the other party's telephone number and the call type are separately addressed. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the other party's telephone number and the call type are combined to form an address.
In FIG. 6, when the call type is sent, this is prioritized, and when there is no such call type, the other party telephone number is selected. FIG. 7 is an example in which the charging rate is given from the combination of both (the other party's telephone number and the call type). Further, there is an example in which the size of the call time is further added to these FIG. 6 and FIG. 7.

FIG. 8 shows that in the embodiment of FIG. 5, the types of telephone numbers are divided into normal type and special type. In the special case, the charging rate of the storage device 14 is used. In the normal case, the normal charging is performed. It is a figure which shows the processing flow made into the rate. First, the other party's telephone number is input from the keyboard 7 (step S7). This telephone number is stored in the temporary storage device 13 (step S
8). Upon receipt of the charging start message, timer 5
Is activated (step S9). The storage device 14 is accessed with the temporarily stored telephone number, and it is checked whether or not there is a billing rate corresponding to the telephone number (step S10).
This is to cope with an example in which a special billing rate is set according to the other party's telephone number. The special billing rate for that purpose is stored in the storage device 14, and an ordinary non-special telephone number is also stored. A fixed charging rate that does not depend on (that is, unregistered telephone number) is also stored (however, in FIG. 6,
This latter example is not shown in FIG. 7). If it is a special billing rate, it is read from the storage device 14 (step S1).
1) If it is a normal billing rate, it is read (step S12), billing is calculated in step S13, and displayed in step S14. Note that the normal billing rate is the calculation device 10
A register may be provided inside and accessed.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment. This embodiment is characterized in that a clock 15 and a calendar 16 are provided, and a storage device 17 is provided for a billing rate that stores a billing rate according to a date, a day of the week, and a time zone (these can be called time parameters). is there. The clock 15 counts the time, and the calendar 16 counts the date and the day of the week. Since the charging rate may differ depending on the date, day of the week, and time of day, the relationship is stored in the charging rate storage device 17. Then, during an actual call, the billing rate storage device 17 is accessed depending on the time of the clock 15 at the time of the call disconnection, the calendar date, and the day of the week to selectively read out the corresponding billing rate. This is sent to the billing calculation device 10 together with the call time, and the billing is calculated.

FIG. 10 is a process when the charging rate is set and stored independently for each of the date, the day of the week and the time of day in FIG. 9, and the priority of the charging rate is set in the order of the time of the day. It is a flowchart. The reception of the charging start message is confirmed (step S15), and the timer 5 is started (step S16). It is checked whether or not there is a billing rate corresponding to the date (step S17), and if there is, the storage device 1
The corresponding charging rate is selected from 7 (step S18).
If not, it is checked whether or not there is a billing rate corresponding to the day of the week (step S19), and if there is, a corresponding billing rate is selected (step S20). If not, it is checked whether or not there is a billing rate corresponding to the time zone (step S2
1) If there is, a charging rate corresponding to the time zone is selected (step S23), and if not, a normal charging rate is selected (step S23). The charge is calculated in step S24 and displayed in step S25.

There is also an example in which the charging rate according to the date, the day of the week, and the time zone is set in consideration of the telephone number of the other party. Also,
There is also an example in which the billing rate is set in consideration of the call type. In such a case, there are an example in which they are individually set as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and an example in which they are set in association with each other, and both can be realized. Further, there may be an example in which the size of the call time is taken into consideration.

As the billing rate parameters for obtaining the billing rate, examples of time parameters such as call type, partner telephone number, date, day of the week, time zone, etc. have been shown. Needless to say, it is included.

An example of billing in a three-way call and an interrupt call as call types will be described. 11 (a) and 11 (b) show a three-way call example, and FIGS. 11 (c) and 11 (d) show an interrupt call example. (1), Fig. 11 (a) ... Mr. A calls Mr. B. While A and B are busy, A calls C. Then enter the three-way call. In this case, Mr. A's call charge from Mr. A to Mr. B (call charge between A and B)
And call charges from A to C (call charges between A and C)
Takes. (2), Fig. 11 (b) ... Mr. B calls Mr. A. While A and B are busy, A calls C. Then enter the three-way call. In this case, Mr. A incurs a call charge from Mr. A to Mr. C (call charge between A and B), and Mr. B has a call charge from Mr. B to Mr. A (B-
Call charges between A) will be charged. (3), Fig. 11 (c) ... Mr. A calls Mr. B. While A and B are busy, C calls A. Then, it enters an interrupt call (Mr. C temporarily removes Mr. B and talks with Mr. A). In this case, Mr. A incurs a call charge from Mr. A to Mr. B (call charge between A and B), and Mr. C has a call charge from Mr. C to Mr. A (A-C).
Call charges between). (4), Fig. 11 (d) …… Make a call from Mr. B to Mr. A. While A and B are busy, C calls A. Then, it enters an interruption call (Mr. B is temporarily excluded). In this case, Mr. B incurs a call charge from Mr. B to Mr. A (call charge between B and A), and Mr. C has a call charge from Mr. C to Mr. A (call charge between C and A). Takes.

[0035]

According to the present invention, by providing a billing rate storage device based on various billing rate parameters, various billing rates according to the actual billing rate parameter are selected, and the call duration is changed. The billing calculation was also taken into consideration, and it was displayed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a processing flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a charging rate storage device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of a charging rate storage device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a charging rate storage device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a charging rate storage device.

FIG. 8 is a processing flowchart of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a three-way call and an interrupt call.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Antenna 2 Transmitter 3 Receiver 4 Decoding device 5, 14, 17 Charge rate storage device 7 Keyboard 9 Timer 10 Charge calculation device 11 Display

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A keyboard for inputting a destination telephone number, a call start message and a message including a call type sent from a base station together with the formation of a call path with the other party by this input, and a call with the other party A billing rate storage device that stores a billing rate for each call type, a timer that is activated by a billing start message and measures the call time for self-billing, and a message that includes the received call type From the billing rate storage device, a means for deciphering the call type from the deciphered call type, a means for selecting the corresponding billing rate from the deciphered call type, and a means for calculating the billing from the selected billing rate and the measured call time are calculated. A wireless telephone that has a billing display function and a billing display function. 2. A keyboard for inputting a telephone number of the other party, means for temporarily storing this telephone number, reception of a charging start message sent from the base station together with formation of a communication path with the other party by this input, and the other party A calling / receiving unit for making a call to and from, a billing rate storage device that stores the billing rate for each destination telephone number, a timer that is activated by a billing start message and measures the call time for self-billing, and the above temporary A means for selecting a corresponding billing rate from the stored billing rate from the billing rate storage device, a means for calculating a billing from the selected billing rate and the measured call time, and a display for displaying the calculated billing, A wireless telephone with a billing function. 3. A keyboard for inputting a telephone number of the other party, a transmitting / receiving unit for receiving a billing start message sent from the base station together with the formation of a communication path with the other party by the input, and for making a telephone call with the other party, and a date. , A billing rate storage device that stores the billing rate for each time parameter such as the day of the week, time zone, etc., a timer that is activated by a billing start message and measures the call time for self-billing, and the date and day of the call A means for determining a time parameter such as a time period, a time zone, a means for selecting a billing rate for this time parameter from a billing rate storage device, a means for calculating a billing from the selected billing rate and a measured call time, and a calculated billing rate. A wireless telephone with a billing function consisting of a display for displaying. 4. A keyboard for inputting a telephone number of the other party, means for temporarily storing this telephone number, and a message including a billing start message and a call type sent from the base station together with the formation of a telephone channel with the other party by this input. And a calling rate storage device that stores the billing rate for each call type and the other party's telephone number, and the call duration that is activated by the billing start message and becomes the self-billing From the timer that measures, the means for decoding the call type from the received message including the call type, and the decoded call type and the temporarily stored partner telephone number,
It has a billing processing function including means for selecting a billing rate corresponding to it from the billing rate storage device, means for calculating a billing from the selected billing rate and measured call time, and a display for displaying the calculated billing. Wireless telephone. 5. A keyboard for inputting a telephone number of the other party, a call start message and a message including a call type sent from the base station together with the formation of a communication path with the other party by the input, and a call with the other party And a billing rate storage device that stores the billing rate for each call type and time parameter such as date, day of the week, and time zone, and the call duration that is activated by the billing start message A timer to measure, a means to judge time parameters such as the date, day of the week and time zone during a call, a means to decipher the call type from a message containing the received call type, and a method to decipher the call type deciphered and the time parameter determined , A means for selecting the corresponding billing rate from the billing rate storage device, a means for calculating the billing from the selected billing rate and the measured call time, A display for displaying the billing, wireless telephone with a more composed charging processing function. 6. A keyboard for inputting the other party's telephone number, a means for temporarily storing the other party's telephone number that has been input, and a billing start message sent from the base station together with the communication path formation with the other party by this input. In addition, a transmission / reception unit that makes a call with the other party, a billing rate storage device that stores the other party's telephone number and the billing rate for each time parameter such as date, day of the week, time zone, and the like. A timer that measures the call time for billing, a means to determine the time parameter such as the date, day of the week, time zone, etc. when calling, and a billing rate corresponding to it from the temporarily stored partner telephone number and the determined time parameter The rate storage device, means for calculating the charge from the selected charge rate and the measured call time, and a display for displaying the calculated charge. A wireless telephone with a billing function. 7. A keyboard for inputting the other party's telephone number, a means for temporarily storing the inputted other party's telephone number, a charging start message sent from the base station and a call type together with the formation of a call path with the other party by this input. A receiving / transmitting unit that receives a message including a message and a call with the other party, a billing rate storage device that stores the other party's telephone number and call type, and the billing rate for each time parameter such as date, day of the week, time zone, etc. A timer that is activated by the start message and measures the call time for self-billing, a means to determine the time parameter such as the date, day of the week, time zone, etc. at the time of the call, call type from the message including the call type received above The means for deciphering, the deciphered call type, the temporarily stored partner telephone number, and the determined time parameter are used to charge the corresponding billing rate. Means for selecting from the rate storage unit, a radio telephone having means for calculating a display for displaying the calculated charging, more composed charging processing function billing from the measurement talk time with the selected tariff. 8. A relationship between various charging rate parameters and the charging rate is stored in a storage device, the charging rate parameter is obtained during a call, the corresponding charging rate is selected from the storage device, and the selected charging rate is selected. A wireless telephone that calculates the charge based on the call time of the user and displays the calculated charge.