JPH10285304A - Telephone system, center equipment of telephone line network, terminal equipment and speech charge split calculation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To readily utilize charge split calculation service by simplifying dialing operation. SOLUTION: This telephone system is provided with a personal handy phone system(PHS) terminal 4 and a center equipment 1, having a RAM 13 that stores destination telephone numbers for split speech charge and terminals 4 contracted as split calculation destinations in cross reference, a CPU 11 that retrieves a telephone number of a call destination, corresponding to the terminal equipment 4 from the RAM 13, when a call comes from the contracted terminal equipment 4 and discriminates whether or not the split calculation of a speech charge attended with the call of the terminal equipment 4, in response to the retrieved result is to be conducted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone system, a telephone line network center device, a terminal device, and a method for measuring call charges, for example, for processing a call charge by a PHS terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, PHS (Personal H)
A charge segmentation service has been provided in which a terminal of an andyphoneSystem (simplified mobile phone system) can divide a billing destination of a call charge into two places. In this toll metering service, an operation for selecting the toll metering function is performed prior to a call, and then the dialing destination telephone number is dialed to generate a signal for executing the toll metering service. Along with the telephone number of the call destination, the telephone number is transmitted to the center device that performs overall control of the telephone line network used by the PHS terminal and charges the call. This makes it possible to switch the billing destination between, for example, public (company) and private (private).

[0003]

However, when using the toll metering service, it is necessary to perform an operation for selecting the toll metering function before dialing the telephone number of the call destination. No. Therefore, for example, when using the above-mentioned fee-segmenting service when using a PHS terminal borrowed from the company at work, the user does not need to perform the operation for selecting the fee-segmenting function as described above each time. Therefore, there was a problem that the operation was troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to simplify the operation of the telephone system and telephone system capable of easily utilizing the charge metering service. It is an object of the present invention to provide a network center device, a terminal device, and a method for measuring call charges.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A terminal, and storage means for storing, for each terminal having a contract with a telephone number and a counterpart of a counterpart who performs totalization of call charges,
Search means for searching a telephone number of a call destination from the storage means corresponding to the terminal when a call is made from the contracted terminal, and the terminal according to the search result of the search means And a center device having a judging means for judging whether or not to carry out a totalization of a call charge associated with the calling of the machine.

[0006] With such a system configuration, it is possible to easily use the charge metering service by simplifying the operation on the terminal side, while the center apparatus side can handle a plurality of terminals. It is also possible to collectively store the telephone number and the destination of the same partner who performs the charge accounting, so that, for example, when registering multiple terminals for business use with the charge accounting service In addition, it is not necessary to individually store and set the same contents on a plurality of terminals, and the management of the charge metering service is facilitated.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a center apparatus for controlling a telephone network and billing for a telephone call using the telephone network. Storage means for storing the telephone number of the counterpart to which the counting is performed and the counting destination; and, when a call is made from the terminal, the telephone number of the calling destination is stored in the storage means corresponding to the terminal. It is characterized by comprising a search means for searching, and a judgment means for judging whether or not a call charge associated with a call from the terminal is to be calculated in accordance with a search result of the search means.

[0008] With this configuration, the operation on the terminal side is simplified, so that the charge metering service can be easily used. Since the phone number of the same partner who performs the totaling and the totaling destination can also be stored and set collectively,
For example, when registering multiple terminals for business use with the charge metering service, there is no need to individually store and set the same contents on multiple terminals, and management of the charge metering service is easy. Becomes

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means for storing a telephone number of a destination to which a call charge is to be counted, a search means for searching the telephone number of a call destination from the storage means when a call is made, A transmission control unit for adding a signal for executing the charge metering function to the telephone number of the call destination in accordance with the search result of the search unit and transmitting the call; If this is the case, it will be possible to easily use the charge metering service by coping with the product level of each terminal device and simplifying the operation, so that the service content on the center device side will not be changed , Can be realized earlier.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a centralized control system for a telephone line network, and accounting for telephone calls using the telephone line network is performed by a center device. The telephone number of the other party performing the call and the metering destination are stored, and when a call is made from a contracted terminal, the telephone number of the call destination is stored corresponding to the terminal. It is characterized by retrieving from the contents, and determining, based on the retrieval result, whether or not to perform a totaling of the call charges associated with the calling of the terminal.

[0011] According to this method, the operation on the terminal side is simplified, so that the charge metering service can be easily used. It is also possible to collectively store the telephone number and the destination of the same counterpart that performs the totaling, so, for example, when registering multiple terminals used for business with the charge totaling service, There is no need to individually store and set the same contents on a plurality of terminals, and management of the charge metering service becomes easy.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the telephone number of the other party whose call charges are to be counted on the terminal side is stored, and when a call is originated, the telephone number of the call destination is retrieved from the stored contents. Then, according to the search result, a signal for executing the charge metering function is added to the telephone number of the call destination, and the call is transmitted.

According to such a method, it is possible to easily use the charge metering service by simplifying the operation by coping with the product level of each terminal device. Can be realized earlier without changing the service contents.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a PHS will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an outline of the entire system. A center device 1 controls the ISDN network 2 which is a telephone line network, and executes a call charge metering service. ISDN network 2
Is connected to the ISDN network 2 via the nearest base station 3.

The center device 1 includes a ROM 11, a RAM 13, a CPU 11 and a CPU 11 for executing a control operation.
An editing unit 14 for assisting in the editing of the call charge metering service by assisting the communication unit 11; a communication unit 15 for controlling communication between the CPU 11 and the ISDN 2; An input unit 16 for giving an instruction to input data, for example, a large-sized CRT, which is connected to a display unit 17 for displaying an operation status, and a system clock 18 for measuring a unified time of the entire system. It is configured.

The ROM 12 stores application items for designating data for registering the call charge metering service in the center device 1. The data to be registered includes a destination name, a destination telephone number, an address, an e-mail. It is an address or the like, and the work of subscribing to the service or canceling the service can be performed by transmitting a signal from the PHS terminal 4 to the center apparatus 1.

The RAM 13 is for storing the data of the application items specified by the ROM 12 and the call charge of the subscriber of the call charge metering service. Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

FIG. 2 shows P when a call charge metering service is subscribed.
It shows the contents of processing when registering the charge metering destination from the HS terminal 4. Initially, the contents are stored in the ROM 12 of the center device 1.
, The user specifies the necessary items as registration data, that is, at least one destination name and destination telephone number to be registered as a total meter by key operation on the PHS terminal 4 (step A1).

Next, in order to measure the security of the metering service, the PHS terminal 4 transmits the ID number unique to the device to the center device 1 together with the specified registration data (step A2).

The center device 1 stores the registration data from the PHS terminal 4 in the RAM 13 and then transfers the registration data to the PHS terminal 4 for confirmation. The PHS terminal 4 receives the registration data. Then (step A3), the contents are confirmed (step A4), and if the contents are correct, a key operation indicating that the confirmation is performed is performed, and the process is terminated as above. The process returns to step A1 again. When the registration data is confirmed on the PHS terminal 4 side, the center apparatus 1 receiving this confirms the registration data.

Next, the processing in the PHS terminal 4 when making a call using the call charge metering service after performing the registration processing as described above will be described with reference to FIG. In this case, the PHS terminal 4 does not make a call by specifying the name of the other party or the telephone number of the other party after specifying the total number as in the case of the conventional minute total call, but instead of making a call as in a normal call. Simply specify the destination name or the telephone number of the destination. That is, in the figure, the PHS terminal 4 checks whether or not it is within the communication range with the nearest base station 3 by the radio wave intensity, and then registers the destination name or telephone number registered in the metering service. Is designated (step B1), and a "call" key for starting a call is selected and operated (step B2), the call processing is actually performed. If the call is a registered party name or phone number,
For example, the fact that the metering service is being executed is indicated by a specific symbol mark or the like on a display unit constituted by a liquid crystal display panel. This is because the information indicating that it is a total meter is added to the predetermined response message from the center device 1 and sent. If the information is added, a specific symbol mark or the like is displayed on the display unit. Is displayed.

Thereafter, the call is ended by operating the "OFF" key to end the call (step B3). FIG. 4 shows the content of processing on the center device 1 side for the above-mentioned call processing using the metering service on the PHS terminal 4 side. At the same time as the call processing is started (step C1), the RAM 13 is searched for whether or not the telephone number of the other party is registered in the charge metering service corresponding to the ID number of the PHS terminal 4 that has made the call. If it is determined that the call is registered, the call fee is processed as if a metering service (for example, charging a registered company) is performed (step C3). If it is determined that the call is not made, the subscriber who has registered the PHS terminal 4 as a normal call is charged a normal call charge (step C4).

As described above, by centrally managing the counterparts who perform call charge accounting on the center device 1 side, the operation on the PHS terminal 4 side is simply simplified to provide a charge accounting service. Not only can it be used casually, but also the central unit 1 collectively stores the telephone numbers and the counterparts of the same counterparties who perform charge division for a plurality of PHS terminals 4. For example, when the plurality of PHS terminals 4 used for business use are registered by the charge metering service, the same contents can be stored in a plurality of PHs.
There is no need to individually set and store the information on the S terminal 4 side, and the management of the charge metering service can be facilitated.

Although not shown in the above-described embodiment, the counterpart for which the call charge is to be counted is not collectively managed by the center apparatus 1, but a metering service is provided for each PHS terminal 4. The name or telephone number of the call destination is stored, and a control signal indicating the execution of the charge metering service and data indicating the charge metering destination are automatically generated in accordance with the name or the telephone number of the call destination. If it is possible to transmit, it is possible to easily use the charge metering service by simplifying the operation at the time of calling, and to deal with the call charge metering service at the product level of each PHS terminal 4. Thus, the service can be realized earlier without changing the service content on the center device side.

Although the above embodiment has been described in connection with the case where the call charge metering service is applied to the PHS terminal, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be realized in an analog / digital mobile phone system. It goes without saying that it is possible. In addition, the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof.

[0026]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the operation of the terminal can be simplified, so that the charge metering service can be easily used. It is also possible to collectively store the telephone number and the destination of the same partner who performs charge accounting for the same party.For example, register multiple terminals used for business purposes with the charge accounting service In such a case, the same contents do not need to be individually stored and set in a plurality of terminals, and the management of the charge segmentation service is facilitated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the operation on the terminal can be simplified, so that the charge metering service can be easily used. It is possible to collectively store the telephone number and the destination of the same party who performs the charge metering in the same way.For example, when registering multiple terminals used for business with the charge metering service For example, there is no need to individually store and set the same contents on a plurality of terminal devices, and the management of the charge segmentation service is facilitated.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily use the charge metering service by simplifying the operation by coping with the individual terminal devices at the product level. This can be realized earlier without changing the service content on the device side.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the operation on the terminal side is simplified, so that the toll metering service can be easily used. It is possible to collectively set the telephone number and the destination of the same party who performs the charge accounting by using the charge accounting service. For example, it is not necessary to individually store and set the same contents on a plurality of terminals, and the management of the charge metering service becomes easy.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily use the charge metering service by simplifying the operation by coping with the individual terminal devices at the product level. This can be realized earlier without changing the service content on the device side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Center apparatus 2 ... ISDN network 3 ... Base station 4 ... PHS terminal 11 ... CPU 12 ... ROM 13 ... RAM 14 ... Editing unit 15 ... Communication unit 16 ... Input unit 17 ... Display unit 18 ... System clock

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing, for each terminal, a terminal, a telephone number of a counterpart to which a call charge is to be counted, and a counter, and a call from the contracted terminal. Search means for retrieving a telephone number of a call destination from the storage means corresponding to the terminal when there is a call, and a portion of a call charge associated with calling the terminal according to a search result of the search means. And a center device having a determination means for determining whether or not to make a measurement. 2. A center device for controlling a telephone network and billing for a telephone call using the telephone network. Storage means for storing the telephone number and the counting destination of the terminal; and a search means for, when a call is made from the terminal, searching for the telephone number of the call destination from the storage means corresponding to the terminal. A center unit for a telephone line network, comprising: a judgment unit for judging whether or not a call charge is summed up in accordance with a search result of the search unit. 3. A storage means for storing a telephone number of a destination to which a call charge is calculated, a retrieval means for retrieving a telephone number of a call destination from the storage means at the time of making a call, and a retrieval result of the retrieval means. And a call control means for adding a signal for executing a charge metering function to the telephone number of the call destination in accordance with the request and transmitting the call. 4. The other party's telephone which supervises and controls a telephone network and charges a call charge using the telephone network. The number and the counter are stored, and when a call is made from a contracted terminal, the telephone number of the call destination is searched from the stored contents corresponding to the terminal. A method for determining whether or not to perform a totalization of a call charge associated with an outgoing call of the terminal in accordance with a result of the search. 5. The telephone number of the other party whose call charges are to be counted on the terminal side is stored, and when a call is made, the telephone number of the call destination is searched from the stored contents. A call charge classification method characterized by adding a signal for executing a charge classification function to a telephone number of a calling party in response to the call.