JPH0998229A - Radio calling exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To collect the frequency of use of the radio calling terminal equipment and to provide an output of the sum by collecting and outputting information relating to the frequency of use for each radio calling terminal equipment. SOLUTION: When a call request to a radio calling terminal equipment comes via a telephone network 5, the radio calling exchange 4 uses a reception section 4-2 to receive the call and a call section 4-1 edits the signal for call and a radio base station 2 sends the calling signal as a radio signal 7. A counter section 4-3 counts the number of times of call requests received from the reception section 4-2 and the number of characters (characters and numerals) included in a message as an information quantity. A discrimination section 4-5 reads a content of a storage area 4-61 of a data file 6-6, discriminates whether or not it is in matching with a predetermined output form, and provides an output of it to an external device 8 via an output section 4-7 when it is in matching therewith. Thus, the charging system in response to the frequency of use is executed in an optimum state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention is used in a radio paging system. The present invention is used in a station device that controls radio calls. In particular, it relates to a technique of outputting data collected by a station device to a bill issuing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A radio call system is widely used in which a user purchases or borrows a radio call terminal and calls and transmits a message to the user via a telephone network.
This conventional example will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. Figure 6
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a conventional radio paging system. FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a conventional radio paging exchange. When the telephone 6 dials the calling number of the radio calling terminal 1, the telephone is connected to the radio calling exchange 4 via the telephone network 5. The radio paging switch 4 controls the radio base station 2 via the transmission line 3 (wired), and the radio base station 2 sends out a radio signal 7 for calling the radio calling terminal 1.

In the radio paging exchange 4 shown in FIG. 7, when the receiving unit 4-2 receives a call request coming through the telephone network 5, the calling unit 4-1 is activated, and the calling unit 4-1 transmits the transmission line. Three
Transmits a radio signal 7 for calling the radio calling terminal 1 from the radio base station 2 (FIG. 5). The radio signal 7 can be used to selectively call the radio call terminals 1 and also to transmit a message coming from the telephone network after the call.

In such a service, the user of the radio call terminal does not have to pay the fee depending on the number of calls or the amount of information of the transmitted message by paying the basic monthly fee. A call-equivalent fee is charged to the calling user via the telephone network for each frequency of use.

In this billing system, a fixed flat rate is applied to both users who frequently use radio waves and those who rarely use radio waves, and the charges should be gradually increased for users who frequently use radio waves. There is a discussion with.

[0006]

In the case of implementing such a charging service according to the frequency of use, it is necessary to inform the user of how many calls have been used so far. That is, it is necessary to provide information relating to the fee such as the number of times the call signal is transmitted or the amount of information for each month, regardless of whether or not there is a request from the user.

[0007] Further, when such a charging system is adopted, there are users who do not want to pay a high usage fee depending on the frequency of receiving calls. In particular, a young user who purchases the wireless call terminal for a purpose other than business may not want to pay the excess charge. In such a case, the call request is invalidated and registered in the communication network so that the call request is invalidated when the call request or the amount of information to the radio calling terminal exceeds the threshold value at which the extra charge is charged.

The present invention has been made against such a background, and an object thereof is to provide a radio paging exchange capable of totaling and outputting the usage frequencies of radio paging terminals.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a radio paging exchange capable of implementing a charging system according to the frequency of use in an optimum state.

[0009]

The present invention is characterized in that information relating to the frequency of use is totaled and output for each radio calling terminal. That is, the present invention is a radio paging exchange equipped with means for accepting a call request coming through a telephone network and means for transmitting a call signal of a radio calling terminal via a radio base station in accordance with the call request. .

Here, the feature of the present invention is that the number of times the call signal is transmitted and / or the information indicating the amount of information transmitted with the call signal is recorded in correspondence with the radio call terminal, and is predetermined. It is provided with a means for outputting information regarding the recorded contents to an external device in response to the given request.

The external device may be a bill issuing machine. As a result, since the billing information can be aggregated for each contract condition, the invoice issuing work can be performed easily. When the external device is a bill issuing machine, for example, the trigger may be a designated day of every month.

[0012] With this, the frequency of use of the radio call terminals can be aggregated, and necessary measures can be taken according to the request of the user of the radio call terminal or the request of the communication carrier. For example, the telecommunications carrier can issue an invoice stating the usage frequency of the user. The user can study the future operation of the radio paging terminal or prepare a budget by referring to the frequency of use specified in this bill. By including means for storing the number of times the call signal is transmitted and / or the threshold value of the amount of information transmitted with the call signal corresponding to the call number of the radio call terminal, the aggregation rule is set according to various contract contents. be able to. It is also possible to output only those that exceed the threshold value.

The trigger may be a fixed cycle or a fixed number of transmissions or a fixed amount of information.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a radio paging system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the radio paging exchange 4 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

According to the present invention, a reception unit 4-2 as a means for receiving a call request coming through the telephone network 5, and a call signal of the radio call terminal 1 is transmitted via the radio base station 2 in accordance with the call request. The radio call exchange 4 is provided with a calling unit 4-1 as a means for performing the call.

Here, a feature of the present invention is that the data file 4 as means for recording the information indicating the number of times the call signal is transmitted and / or the amount of information transmitted with the call signal in correspondence with the radio call terminal. The output unit 4-7 is included as means for notifying the external device 8 of the information regarding the recorded contents at a predetermined timing including -6.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described. When a call request is made to the radio calling terminal 1 via the telephone network 5, the radio call exchange 4 accepts the call at the accepting unit 4-2, and the call unit 4-
The signal for calling is edited at 1 and the signal for calling is transmitted as the wireless signal 7 by the wireless base station 2. The counting unit 4-3 includes the number of call requests input from the reception unit 4-2 and the number of characters (characters, numbers) included in the message.
Is counted as the amount of information. The calculation unit 4-4 processes the counting result of the counting unit 4-3 according to a predetermined rule. This rule is, for example, a rule that if the count result of the number of times of reception (that is, the number of times of transmission) is “10”, this is set to “1”, and if it is “15”, this is set to “1.5”. is there. The calculation result to update the contents of the memory area 4-6 ₁ data file 4-6.
Alternatively, instead of simply updating, the value previously recorded in the data file 4-6 may be temporarily read by the arithmetic unit 4-4, and this value and the current value may be added and updated.

[0018] reads the contents of the memory area 4-6 ₁ of the determination unit 4-5 Data files 4-6 determines whether or not to conform to a predetermined output trigger, if appropriate, the this Output to the external device 8 through the output unit 4-7.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the counting unit 4-3 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The counting unit 4-3 counts the number of times the call request is received by the reception number counter 4-3 ₁ and the number of characters (numeric characters) of the message by the character number counter 4-3 ₂ , and calculates these data by the calculation unit 4- 3. Four
Output to Here, the number of times the call request is accepted is equivalent to the number of times the call signal is transmitted.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a threshold list stored in the data file 4-6. Determining unit 4-5 in accordance with this output trigger, and outputs the processed data stored in the memory area 4-6 ₁ data files 4-6 via the output unit 4-7 to the external device 8. The number of receptions (2) and its threshold value (3), the number of characters (4) and its threshold value (5), and the output trigger (6) are stored corresponding to the call number (1). The threshold value and the output trigger are set in advance at the time of contract, and in the example of the threshold value (3), the values of the processed data are “10” and “100”.

For the user of the wireless calling terminal with the call number "00001", the number of times of acceptance (that is, the number of times of transmission) is "10" as the value of the processed data (that is, the actual number of times of acceptance is every 100 times). It is a threshold. Regarding the number of characters, the value of the processed data is "10.
The threshold is 0 ". The number of characters is 10
0 pieces are processed as "1". That is, when the processed data is "10", the number of characters is 1000. For the user of the wireless calling terminal with the call number "00002", the threshold value is "100" as the value of the processed data, and the number of clutter is "1000" as the value of the processed data. It is a threshold.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a bill, but the external device 8 can issue a bill as shown in FIG. 5 as a bill issuing machine. This example is an example of the user of the wireless calling terminal with the calling number “00001” shown in FIG. 4, and the threshold is 100 times of acceptance (“10” as processed data), and the number of characters is 10,000 (processed). Since "100") is set as the data, the excess fee will be charged if the data is exceeded. Also, the output timing (6) is set to the 15th of every month, so
A 5 day invoice will be issued automatically. In addition, as a special output trigger, it may be set every fixed number of times of reception or every fixed amount of information.

FIG. 5 (a) shows an example in which all billing amounts including the basic charge are displayed on a single bill.
As in (b), it is possible to issue a bill for only the excess charge in addition to the basic charge. In this case, according to the threshold value shown in FIG. 4, it is possible to output only the calling number exceeding the threshold value to the external device 8 and issue the excess charge bill. In this way, the basic charge invoice can be simplified and a separate excess charge invoice can be issued only to the user who charges the excess charge, so that the clearer excess charge processing can be performed.

The calculation unit 4-4 processes the counting result according to a predetermined rule, but it may be configured to use the counting result as it is. Determining unit 4-5 reads the contents of the storage area 4-6 _1, it is determined whether to match the output trigger a predetermined, may be set so as to output it.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to collect and output the frequency of use of radio calling terminals. Therefore, the charging method according to the usage frequency can be implemented in the optimum state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a radio paging system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of a reception unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram of a counting unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a threshold list stored in a data file.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a bill.

FIG. 6 is an overall configuration diagram of a conventional radio paging system.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a conventional radio paging exchange.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Radio call terminal 2 Radio base station 3 Transmission line 4 Radio call exchange 4-1 Calling unit 4-2 Receiving unit 4-3 Counting unit 4-3 ₁ Receiving number counter 4-3 ₂ Character number counter 4-4 Computing unit 4 -5 Judgment unit 4-6 Data file 4-6 ₁ Storage area 4-7 Output unit 5 Telephone network 6 Telephone 7 Wireless signal 8 External device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A radio paging exchange comprising: means for accepting a call request arriving via a telephone network; and means for transmitting a paging signal of a radio paging terminal via a radio base station in accordance with the call request. Includes means for recording the information indicating the number of times the call signal is transmitted and / or the amount of information transmitted with the call signal for the wireless call terminal, and outputs the information related to the recorded content to an external device at a predetermined trigger. A radio paging exchange equipped with means for performing. 2. The radio paging exchange according to claim 1, wherein the external device is a bill issuing machine. 3. The radio paging exchange according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing the number of times the paging signal is transmitted and / or a threshold value of the amount of information transmitted with the paging signal corresponding to the paging number of the paging terminal.