JPS6010868A - Charging processing system in card form telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a charging system efficient and to attain ease of use for a user by comparing a secret number read at an exchange side with a dial number and adding a call charge to a charging memory corresponding to a subscriber telephone set number when the numbers are coincident. CONSTITUTION:The information stored in a card transmitted from a card form public telephone set 9 is received by a central control section 11 via a channel controller 10. The section 11 saves a subscriber number and secret number received to an area corresponding to a processing call in a main storage device 12 temporarily. When the secret number on a secret number registration area 13 corresponding to the subscriber number, the secret number through dial reception and the secret number received from the card are coincident, the section 11 controls the device 10 so as to attain the service of the telephone set 9 and to transmit a use permission signal to the telephone set 9. The charging of the telephone set 9 is conducted in a memory corresponding to a call processed by the device 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (1) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a billing system for telephone exchanges, and in particular to a billing system that uses a magnetic card or the like instead of the billing method of inserting coins when using public telephones. It is.

(2) Prior Art and Problems Conventional card-type public telephones require the user to purchase a card with a limited usage limit, and use the card to settle usage charges within this usage limit. In the case of this method, the card becomes invalid each time a predetermined amount is used, and the user must repurchase or renew the card, which is a procedural disadvantage, and the amount of remaining usage on the card while using the phone. When the cart becomes zero, there is an operational drawback in that the cart must be replaced with a new one or the fee must be paid in cash.

(3) Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is, in order to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional system, to store information identifying the subscriber number of a telephone owned by a card user used in a card-operated public telephone, and to To provide a billing system for card-type public telephones that is efficient and easy for users to use by reducing the amount of work (processing) for billing by adding the public telephone usage fee to the billing for the telephone number. be.

(4) Structure of the Invention In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a card-operated public telephone in which usage charges are settled using a card, the card having a subscriber's telephone number and a code number. remember,
When using the card-type public telephone, the code number stored on the card read by the exchange and the number dialed from the card-type public telephone are compared, and if they match, the card-type public telephone The usage fee is added to the billing memory corresponding to the subscriber telephone number.

(5) Examples of the invention The present invention will be explained in detail below using examples.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a card-type public telephone according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an exchange that implements the billing system for card-type public telephones according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a card reading section, 2 is a card reading control circuit, 3 is a dialing circuit, 4 is a processing unit CPU mounted in the telephone, 5 is a dial scanning section, 6 is a signal sending circuit, and 7 is a telephone call circuit. 8 is a signal receiving section.

Further, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 9 denotes a card-type public telephone as shown in FIG.
15 is a billing registration memory, 15 is a registration number file, 16 is a general subscriber, 17 is a switching network, 18 is a channel multiplexer, 19 is a code number registration memory 13, a billing registration memory 14. A multiplex subchannel that interfaces with subscriber data files, such as registration number files (usually external storage and mass storage).

The billing system of the present invention will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. When using the card-type public telephone 9, the card reading section 1 reads information on the inserted card, and according to instructions from the card reading control section 2, a code number or the like is used to use the information. When the central control unit 11 on the electronic exchange 1 side receives the card information, it sends a dial tone to the corresponding public telephone IJ119. After confirming the dial tone, the user first dials the code number, and dial circuit 3
The received digits are then sent to the electronic exchange via the processing device 4 and signal sending circuit 6.

On the electronic exchange side, first write 1. on the card sent from the card-type public telephone 9. The central control unit 11 receives the information (subscriber number and code number) sent via the call path control device 10. Therefore, the central control unit 11 temporarily saves the received subscriber number and code number in an area of the main memory 12 corresponding to the processed call. Then, upon receiving the dialed number, the central controller II searches the registered number file 15 and confirms that the subscriber number is registered as a card-enabled phone number,
If the three numbers match: the code number in the code number registration area 13 corresponding to the subscriber number, the code number received from the previous dial, and the code number received from the card saved in the main memory. When the card-type public telephone 9 is disconnected, the central control device 11 controls the communication path control device 10 to send a use permission signal dial tone to the telephone 9 in order to enable the service of the card-type public telephone 9. Charges are made within the memory of the main storage device 12 that corresponds to processing pre-processing. After the central control unit 11 receives a use permission signal (dial tone),
The dial sent from the telephone set 9 is processed as a destination subscriber number.

When the call ends, the central controller 11 calculates the charge for the call from the memory corresponding to the processed call in the main memory 12,
Billing information is added to the billing file 14 of the subscriber corresponding to the subscriber number in the card, which has been temporarily saved in the memory corresponding to the processed call in the main storage device 12.

The above example shows a method in which service is permitted based on a match between the number stored on the card, the registered number within the station, and the number dialed by the subscriber. can be provided.

That is, from a cart-type public telephone that stores the subscriber number and code number in the magnetic card, which stores the information on whether or not a magnetic card is issued and the code number in the subscriber data in the memory. By inserting the card, the information on the card is read and saved in the area corresponding to the main call in the main memory of the electronic exchange.

Next, a code number is dialed from the card-operated public phone. At this time, the code number of the information previously read from the card is compared with the dialed code number, and if they match, the information about the cashless service is saved in the main call corresponding area in the main storage device. Next, connect a dial tone to a card-operated public phone and make it available for use.

After the call ends, the subscriber number and billing frequency from the magnetic card saved in the area corresponding to the main call in the main memory are extracted, and the actual billing frequency is stored in the subscriber billing area corresponding to the subscriber number in the FM. to add.

During the call, the billing frequency is stored in the billing memory compatible with the public telephone of the electronic exchange currently in use, and after the call ends, if the public telephone used is the same electronic exchange, the billing frequency is stored in the billing memory corresponding to the subscriber. Add to memory. If they are not the same electronic exchange, a relay line between the electronic exchanges is used to add the billing frequency to the billing memory corresponding to the subscriber in the subscriber-accommodating electronic exchange.

According to the present invention, even if you do not have money on hand, you can use public telephones, and there is no limit to the number of times the card can be used, and it will be added to the monthly fee charged to the subscriber, making operations easier for the user. Serviceability can be improved.

(6) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, billing from card-type public telephones can be easily incorporated into the billing system of the conventional telephone system, so an efficient billing system can be constructed and the user It is also convenient to use.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a card-type public telephone according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of an exchange that implements the billing system for card-type public telephones according to the present invention. ■Card reading section] 2 Card reading control circuit 3 Dial circuit 4 Processing unit (CPU) 5 Dial scanning section 6 Signal sending circuit 7 Call path control circuit 8 Signal receiving section 9 Card-type public telephone 10 Call path control device 11 Central control Device 12 Main storage 13 Code number registration memory 14 Billing registration memory 15 Registration number file 16 General subscriber 17 Exchange number 1~work-

Claims (1)

[Claims] A card-type public telephone in which usage charges are settled using a card, the card storing a subscriber's telephone number and a code number;
When using the card-type public telephone, the code number stored on the card read by the exchange and the number dialed from the card-type public telephone are compared, and if they match, the card-type public telephone 1. A billing processing method in a card-type public telephone, characterized in that the usage fee of the subscriber is added to a billing memory corresponding to the subscriber's telephone number.