JPS631144A - Accounting control system for acoustic exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set an accounting device compact by at low cost normally connecting and transmitting accounting data from an automatic exchange to the accounting device, selecting and connecting either an auxiliary device or an auxiliary line and transmitting switching information at the time of receiving it. CONSTITUTION:A data switching device 6 is diposed between the automatic exchange 1 and the accounting device 4. Normally said device 6 connects accounting data from the automatic exchange 1 to the accounting device 4, and switches and connects to a line leading to a computer 5 according to switching information. There are heavy-load information from the automatic exchange 1, overload information of the accounting device 4 and test switching information as switching information. Accounting data transmitted to the computer 5 through the data switching device 6 is stored in the auxiliary storage device 52 being a temporary storage device and transmitted to the computer 5 through a computer interface circuit 51. The computer 5 calls a detail information storage device 43 in the accounting device 4 to transmit and record detail information which is accounting-processed and facilitates an output to a printing device 44.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an automatic exchange that processes billing data for billing subscribers outputted by an automatic switch that accommodates and connects communication terminals to obtain detailed billing information. Related to billing control method.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional billing control system for automatic exchanges, billing data output from the automatic switchboard is directly connected to a computer to form and record detailed billing information. Computers can process billing data at high speeds and record and accumulate large amounts of detailed information, so detailed billing information can be processed at once for multiple automatic exchanges.

Meanwhile, an inexpensive billing device with a built-in computer dedicated to billing functions has been completed and is now installed in each small-scale, independent automatic switchboard.

Next, the conventional technique will be explained with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional example. In FIG. 2, an automatic exchange 91 accommodates and connects a communication terminal 92 and another exchange 93, and outputs billing data. The combiator 94, which is a billing device, has an input device 95, a central processing unit fii
m96, storage device 97, and output device [98] are connected to exchange information and data. The input device 95 inputs billing data from the automatic exchange 91, stores it temporarily, and outputs it in response to a call from the central processing station 96. The central processing unit 96 processes the input billing data and sends it to the recording device 97.
Recorded in the billing information storage area. Memory+! The storage 97 has a program and data for billing, and the central processing unit 11
In addition to being used for 96 function processing, it is also used as an auxiliary i! if necessary. 8
A storage device is used to record and accumulate detailed billing information. The output device 98 outputs information to the storage device 97 to the printing device yt99.
Outputs detailed billing information.

A general purpose computer has input/output devices and program data for other purposes, while being capable of outputting from multiple automatic exchanges. Further, although the hardware components of a dedicated billing device are the same as those of a general-purpose computer and the flow of information is the same, the content is simple and can be realized in a small size and at low cost.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As mentioned above, the conventional billing control method for automatic exchanges uses computers for large-scale systems, and for small-scale automatic exchanges, a charging device dedicated to small-scale billing is used for each automatic exchange. It is configured. In systems that use computers, it is complicated to specify part of the detailed billing information from automatic exchanges, and small-scale dedicated billing devices still have a small storage capacity for detailed information, making it difficult to handle statistics over long periods of time. Another problem is that it is inconvenient to use a computer.

[Means for solving problems]

The billing control system for an automatic exchange according to the present invention includes a small-scale billing device for each exchange and one data switching device, and the data switching device normally connects and transfers billing data from the automatic switching device to the billing device. On the other hand, when switching information is received, the auxiliary device t' or one of the auxiliary lines is selectively connected and transferred according to the switching information. Auxiliary devices include auxiliary storage, such as disk storage, and billing devices, such as computers, having high speed processing and mass storage. The auxiliary storage device temporarily stores a predetermined amount of billing data for efficient computer operation at billing data transfer times that occur from time to time. Furthermore, the computer can be directly connected to the data switching device without an auxiliary storage device as before.

〔Example〕

Next, a billing control system for an automatic exchange according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, arrows indicate the direction of information flow. The automatic exchange 1 is connected to a plurality of communication terminals 2 and another exchange 3 via lines, and outputs billing data for each call. Billing data can be used to calculate charges to be charged to subscribers and to form a detailed table of communication partners and communication times, including calling subscriber number, called subscriber number, communication start time, communication end time, or airtime (usually airtime), billing subscriber number in the case of a third-party billing service, connected number in the case of an automatic forwarding service, calling terminal number in the case of a caller-unspecified terminal calling service, etc. are included. The billing device 4 is a small computer dedicated to billing processing, and includes a temporary storage device 41 that temporarily stores input, and a billing processing device 42 that is a central processing unit.
, a detailed information storage device 43 in the main storage device, and a printing device 44, and the connection lines in FIG. 1 indicate the flow of information.
- The hardware connections are the same as in the conventional example shown in FIG.

The billing data storage device #41 temporarily stores the billing data sequentially received from the automatic exchange 1, and sequentially outputs the recorded billing data for each call in response to a retrieval request. Billing processing device 4
2 requests billing data for each call from the temporary storage device 41 and outputs it as detailed billing information together with the result of calculating the fee. The detailed information storage device 43 sequentially stores and accumulates detailed information from the billing processing device 42. Detailed information storage device 43
has the capacity to store detailed information for a short period of time, such as one week or one month. The printing device 44 is the detailed information storage device 43
Detailed information for a short predetermined period, such as billing data for each calling subscriber number or billing subscriber number, can be retrieved and printed by specifying the format.

The computer 5 is a large-sized computer and has a high-speed processing unit and a large-capacity storage device, one function of which is to provide a detailed information storage device 43 via a computer interface circuit 51, e.g. When the write area becomes small, the data is called and transferred and stored in a mass storage device all at once.

The data switching device 6 is installed between the automatic exchange 1 and the billing device 4, and normally connects billing data from the automatic exchange 1 to billing device #4, and switches and connects the line to the converter 5 according to the switching information. . The switching information includes, for example, heavy load information from the automatic switchboard that occurs when the automatic switchboard 1 becomes heavily loaded and continuously outputs a large amount of billing data, as well as information about insufficient storage capacity of the temporary storage device of the billing device 4. At the same time, overload information of the billing device 4 in which the remaining storage area from the temporary storage device 41 is less than a predetermined value, which occurs when the billing processing device becomes overloaded, or when switching is specified during a maintenance test. There is test switching information that occurs. The billing data transferred to the computer 5 via the data switching information 6 is first stored in the auxiliary storage device 52, which is a temporary storage device, and transferred to the computer 5 via the computer interface circuit 51. The combiner 5 calls the detailed information storage device 43 of the charging device 4 to transfer and record the detailed information on the billing process, thereby facilitating output to the printing device 44. A large capacity storage device such as a disk storage device is used as the auxiliary storage device 52, and the combiator 5
It is also possible to adopt a method of making calls periodically and processing bulk billing for a large number of calls.

It can also be switched and connected to a mass storage device from which gold data can be sequentially retrieved.

Furthermore, although the switching information is illustrated and explained separately from the billing data in FIG. 1, the switching information output from the automatic exchange may be transmitted together with the billing data.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the billing control method for automatic switching equipment of the present invention is such that a data switching device is installed between the automatic switching equipment f and the charging device that is provided for each automatic switching equipment and performs billing processing, and billing data from the automatic switching equipment is transferred. Normally, it is connected to a billing device for billing processing, and when there is switching information, it is configured so that one of the auxiliary storage device and the controller can be selected and connected according to the switching information. Since a computer can be used temporarily for billing processing, the billing device provided at each automatic exchange can be made smaller and cheaper, which is economical, and the computer can also record detailed information and perform statistical processing on a large amount of billing data. get.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic switching system billing control method according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional example. 1... automatic exchange 琶, 2... communication terminal,
4... Charging device Ls... Combiator, 6... Data switching device, 52... Auxiliary storage device. Foil figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] a billing device that processes billing data for billing subscribers output by an automatic exchange that accommodates and connects communication terminals to obtain detailed billing information and stores a predetermined amount of the detailed information; and at least one auxiliary device. , for example, a computer, an auxiliary storage device, etc., are connected with the billing device, and the billing data received from the automatic exchange is normally connected and transferred to the billing device, while predetermined switching information, such as heavy load of the automatic exchange, Data switching that selects one of the auxiliary devices based on one of the switching information, switches the connection, and transfers the billing data when receiving information such as switching designation due to a maintenance test or insufficient storage capacity of the billing device. A billing control system for an automatic exchange, comprising: a device;