KR100326797B1 - Method of offering charging service of a fixed mobile phone using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a charging service providing method of a flat-rate mobile communication telephone using the Internet. The conventional flat rate system has the advantage of reducing the cost by allowing consumers to preset the talk time per month in advance and talk as much as the talk time, but it is urgent that the consumer runs out of available talk time. If you want to call the situation or the need arises a problem that can not be called.

Accordingly, the present invention 1) allows the call of the mobile communication phone as much as the corresponding time in accordance with the amount of charge separately in addition to the specified chargeable time of the flat. 2) Mobile phone calls can be made by substituting the charges charged in addition to the flat rate, which are accumulated by participating in certain events or events provided on the website.

Description

How to provide a flat-rate mobile phone charging service using the Internet {METHOD OF OFFERING CHARGING SERVICE OF A FIXED MOBILE PHONE USING INTERNET}

The present invention relates to a charging service providing method of a flat-rate mobile communication telephone using the Internet. In particular, the present invention relates to a technology that enables a mobile phone to make a call using a specific non-billing number according to a charge amount separately charged in addition to a callable time by a designated call amount for a subscription service of a mobile communication company.

Recently, in the information and communication age, the mobile communication terminal has emerged as a leading role in the information age. Mobile communication terminals are becoming a universal communication device capable of basic internet communication, internet connection, wireless data communication, and personalized information search at the same time.

The charge system of the mobile communication terminal equipped with such a function is provided in various ways such as standard type, save type, economic type, business type, etc. according to the needs of the consumer, so that the customer can select and use the desired rate system.

At this time, in the case of a general fare system that charges and charges a call amount according to a talk time after using a mobile phone, there is a disadvantage in that it is difficult for a consumer to adjust a use charge by himself.

In order to make up for this drawback, a flat fee system service, which sets a desired callable time per month and pays a certain amount of call charges, is provided from each mobile communication company, and consumers are receiving many responses.

However, such a flat rate system service is a problem that the incoming service is possible, but the outgoing service is exposed when the customer bears the monthly amount and a certain time according to the monthly amount has elapsed.

Accordingly, the present applicant has filed a mobile communication prepaid billing system and method using the non-billing number of Korean Patent No. 10-2000-21015 (2000.04.20) by improving the problem of the flat rate system service by the same applicant. .

This is a service concept to alleviate the inconvenience in the flat rate system, so that customers who have a terminal that cannot be sent can access the non-billing number and pay the call using a separate billing entity instead of charging their own terminal number. The contents of the service to enable the call with the desired person by his terminal is the main goal of the prior application.

In addition, the conventional flat rate service system as described above has the advantage that the consumer can preset the talk time available on a monthly basis and call as long as the talk time can reduce the cost, but all the talk time available to the consumer When exhausted and in an urgent situation or when you want a necessary call, there is a problem that you can not make a call.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to use the Internet to make additional calls to the mobile phone as much as the corresponding time, depending on the amount of charge separately in addition to the specified callable time of the subscription service. The present invention provides a method of providing a charging service for a mobile phone.

Another object of the present invention is to allow the mobile phone to make a call through the Internet by allowing the call charges charged in addition to the flat rate service to be credited by participating in a specific event or event provided on the website The present invention provides a method for providing a telephone charging service.

The present invention as a technical concept for achieving the object of the present invention

Charging service for flat-rate telecommunications telephones with intelligent network switch of mobile carrier or service provider, subscriber terminal, calling and receiving terminal of mobile subscriber, and charging and authentication server of charging service provider operating separately charging account. The providing method comprises the steps of applying for membership and charging a call; Dialing is performed in the step of applying.

Accessing a website operated by a charging service provider using a subscriber terminal; Verifying whether the subscriber is a member subscribed to a charging service;

If the subscriber is not a charging service subscription member, applying for membership in a charging service; Requesting member information is stored in the member DB of the billing and authentication server to complete member registration; Logging in; And charging the desired amount of money available to the subscriber. At this time, after completing the membership registration and call charge charging step, the subscriber may perform a telephone connection with the called party.

The dial-up performing step

Accessing an intelligent network switch by inputting a representative access number, a subscriber password, and a called party number into a calling terminal; Extracting the calling party number of the subscriber and transmitting the extracted calling party number and the subscriber's password to the billing and authentication server; Performing a member authentication by matching the calling party number and the subscriber's password transmitted to the billing and authentication server with a member information DB; Checking whether the member authentication succeeds; Extracting a callable amount of a corresponding subscriber by matching the extracted caller number with a terminal number of a member information DB stored in a billing and authentication server, and calculating a callable time by the extracted callable amount; Checking whether the call is possible with the calculated available call time; If the member authentication fails or the call is not possible due to the calculated call time, the reason for not being able to communicate is transmitted to the intelligent network switch, and the call connection fails; When the member authentication is successful and the call is possible with the calculated talk time, the talkable time is transmitted to the intelligent network switch, and the call is connected between the called party and the caller; Checking whether a connection time exceeds a available time when a call is connected between a called party and a caller; If the call connection time between the called party and the caller exceeds the available time, disconnecting the call; Maintaining the call connection step if not exceeded; Ending the call; And after the call disconnection and termination of the call, the method for providing a flat-rate mobile phone charging service using the Internet comprising the step of storing the call detail information generated by the intelligent network exchange to the billing and authentication server Presented.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication telephone prepaid billing system for providing a charging service of a flat-rate mobile communication telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the charging and authentication server shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of applying for a subscription and charging a call amount to a service provider to receive a service according to the present invention. FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment of a charging service of a flat-rate mobile communication phone according to the present invention. It is a flowchart for doing so.

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

1, 2, 3: Member Terminal 4: Billing and Certificate Server

5: CTI switch and intelligent network switch 6: Calling terminal

7: called terminal

10: exchange communication module 20: subscriber authentication module

30: charging module before currency 40: actual charging module

41: subscriber call history DB 50: charge charge module

51: charge charge history DB 60: member information DB

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the configuration and operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication telephone prepaid billing system for providing a charging service of a flat-rate mobile communication telephone according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a service subscriber terminal (1) (2) (3) equipped with an Internet communication means, and a separate charge service billing account, and manage the Internet with the mobile operator and the toll free telephone agreement The billing and authentication server 4 of the service provider connected to the subscriber terminal through the CTI switch and intelligent network switch 5 of the mobile communication service provider or service provider connected to the network with the billing and authentication server 4 (hereinafter referred to as intelligent network). A calling terminal 6 and a called terminal 7, which are mobile communication subscribers connected to the intelligent network exchange 5 and making a call and receive a charging service charged from the charging and authentication server 4; It comprises a receiving terminal (8), (9) of other mobile communication providers and wired communication providers.

As can be seen in the configuration of FIG. 1, the system of the present invention is a mobile service provider (intelligent network switch), a mobile communication subscriber (subscriber terminal, originating and receiving terminal) and a service provider operating a separate charging service billing account (billing and authentication). Server). At this time, the intelligent network switch may be the equipment of the service provider.

The reason why the Internet network is in the system configuration of the present invention is to provide a more convenient user accessibility for the subscriber to apply for a direct subscription service and charge his / her own available amount of money.

An exchange for using the system of the present invention may use an intelligent network exchange or a CTI exchange of a mobile communication provider, and both functions are the same, but may be selectively used according to the current mobile communication network configuration. At this time, the intelligent network switch or CTI switch may be the equipment of the service provider.

The charging service provider side receives a non-billing phone number, such as 080-XXX-XXXX, a representative phone number for each industry or a non-billing special number XXXX from the mobile communication provider. The charging service provider receives the 080 service request from a mobile communication subscriber through a network such as the Internet, registers the applicant's mobile terminal number and password, assigns the non-billing number, and charges and purchases a prepaid time when the call is possible. do.

The subscriber registered in the charging service accesses the intelligent network switch 5 of the mobile communication service provider using a representative access number (non-billing number) (including a password) provided by the charging service he subscribes to make a charged charging service call. In the intelligent network switch 5, the mobile communication subscriber station number (received automatically from the mobile communication operator switch or registered by the user) received by the charging and authentication server 4 may be used. Inquiry about the authentication and get the authentication, and the subscriber to the representative access by connecting the call by requesting the desired number of the called terminal to transfer the call or by entering the representative access number (non-billing number) and the called number into the mobile terminal at the same time The act of dividing the number (non-billing number) and the called number separately can be reduced.

At this time, the subscriber of the charging service can make a separate call within the amount of the charge charged in addition to the subscription service, and the call is disconnected when the call connection time exceeds the chargeable time charged by the subscriber.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the charging and authentication server shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in Fig. 2, the billing and authentication server of the present invention includes five core software modules. In addition, the billing and authentication server is configured to interoperate with other systems using the Internet and the intelligent network exchanger as an external system. The five core modules are the intelligent network exchanger of the mobile communication service provider or service provider and the billing and authentication server. Switch communication module 10 that serves as an interface, the subscriber authentication module 20 for authentication of the charging service subscriber, the pre-call charging module 30 to perform the call time calculation of the calling terminal and the call charge after completion of the call It consists of a real billing module 40 that performs a role of calculating and storing call history and a call charge charging module 50 for charging a callable time by the subscriber and the subscriber call history DB connected to the real billing module 40 ( 41), a charge charge history DB 51 and a member information DB 6 connected to the charge charge module.

In FIG. 2, the switch communication module 10 is a module that is in charge of the interface between the switch and the authentication and billing server, and is connected to an intelligent network switch of a mobile communication service provider or a service provider, and transmits a subscriber station number (caller number) sent from a calling terminal. , The subscriber's password) and the like are received from the intelligent network exchanger and transferred to the member authentication module and the pre-call charging module, and the member authentication result and the available time information, which are generated by the result of the transfer value, are transmitted from the respective modules again. If the member authentication result is unsuccessful or if the call connection is not possible due to the available time, the call connection failure is transmitted to the intelligent network exchange. If the call is possible, the calling terminal and the incoming call are transmitted by transmitting the available time to the intelligent network exchange. Enables call connection between terminals. After the call is terminated, the call details information such as call start time, call end time, call time, call completion, etc. are received from the intelligent network exchanger and transferred to the actual charging module 40.

The subscriber authentication module 20 determines whether there is matching information by matching the calling party number (subscriber terminal number) and (subscriber password) transmitted through the switch communication module 10 with the subscriber member information DB 60. By doing so, it performs a role of delivering the authentication result to the exchange communication module 10 after performing the authentication operation of the charging service subscriber.

The pre-call charging module 30 matches the calling number delivered through the exchange communication module 10 with the terminal number of the member information DB 60 to extract the available call amount of the corresponding subscriber, and calculates the callable time. After that, it serves to deliver the calculated talkable time to the exchange communication module (10).

The actual charging module 40 after the call is completed between the calling terminal and the called terminal, the information such as call start time, call end time, call time, call completion of the information delivered through the exchange communication module 10 Receives the call and calculates the call amount, which is the actual call charge, and controls the call history information such as the calculated call amount and call start time, call end time, call time, call completion, etc. to be transmitted to the subscriber call log DB 41. And subtracts the calculated money amount from the available money amount of the corresponding user stored in the member information DB 60 (described below).

The charge charge module 50 is connected to the billing and authentication server to charge the time available for the subscriber, after performing the authentication process, the subscriber terminal number, the charging date, the charge amount, the charging method and the details of the charging details entered and Charge details such as the charging medium number is controlled to be transmitted to the charge charge DB (51), and the charge amount of the charge details is summed up with the callable amount information of the corresponding subscriber extracted from the member information DB (60) To be controlled.

The member information DB 60 includes information such as subscriber terminal number of the charging service subscriber, member authentication information such as a password, other personal information, and a call amount.

The subscriber call history DB 41 is connected to the actual billing module 40 as a data storing the basis of the call that the charging service is actually connected to the call, and under the control of the actual billing module 40, the calling terminal And after the call is completed between the called terminals, information such as a call start time, call end time, call time, call completion, etc., which are transmitted information, and information such as a call amount generated by the calculation of the actual billing module 40. Include.

The toll charge details DB 51 is connected to the toll charge module 50 as information storing information that the service subscriber has increased the amount of his / her call, and is controlled by the toll charge module 50, Includes information such as subscriber terminal number, charging date, charging amount, charging method, charging medium number, and the like, which are detailed charging information. Detailed interworking relationship and actual call connection between the core module and DB of the present invention shown in FIG. The process is as follows: In order to use a calling terminal for a subscriber to perform a call of a flat-rate mobile phone charging service, input a representative access number, a subscriber password, and a called party number to call the subscriber; And the intelligent network controller extracts the calling party number of the corresponding subscriber, and extracts the called party number and the secret of the subscriber. Transfer the number to the exchange communication module 10 provided in the billing and authentication server (4). The exchange communication module 10 transfers the received caller number and password to the subscriber authentication module (20), The subscriber authentication module 20 performs an authentication operation by matching the transmitted caller number and password with the member information DB 60 and transmits the authentication result to the exchange communication module. After the authentication operation, the exchange communication module 10 ) Again forwards the calling party number to the pre-call billing module 30 (described below), the pre-call billing module 30 matches the delivered caller number and the terminal number of the member information DB 60. Extracts the callable amount of the subscriber and calculates the callable time to call as much as the extracted callable amount. Here, the subscriber authentication module 20 and the pre-call charging module 30 are each authenticated. Deliver the results and talk time to the exchange communication module. The exchange communication module transmits the reason for the call failure to the intelligent network exchange when the member authentication result is failed or the call is not available due to the available time, and the call connection fails. If the result of the member authentication is successful and the call is possible, the call is transmitted to the intelligent network exchange, so that the call is connected between the calling terminal and the called terminal. After the call is completed between the calling terminal and the called terminal, the call detail information including the call start time, call end time, call time and call completion is generated. The actual billing module 40 is transferred to the actual billing module 40 through the exchange communication module 10 provided in (4). The actual billing module 40 is a call start time, a call end time, a talk time, The call amount is calculated by referring to whether the call is completed, the calling number (subscriber terminal number), and the called number. In addition, the actual billing module 40 The calculated call amount and the call detail information are recorded in the subscriber call history DB 41, and the calculated call amount is controlled to be deducted from the callable amount of the corresponding subscriber of the member information DB 60. The callable amount is charged to the charge details, such as charging date, charge amount, charging method, charging medium number, etc., if the subscriber accesses the billing and authentication server and performs the call charge charging procedure after performing the authentication process. Call charge charging module for controlling the transmission to the details DB (51), and the sum of the chargeable amount information of the member information DB (60) and the charge amount information of the subscriber delivered to the call charge details DB (51) ( Increase by 50). The subscriber is configured to store data in the call charge DB 51 through the website.

Of course, the call details stored in the subscriber call history DB 41 and the charge detail information stored in the call charge DB DB 51 can be viewed in detail on various call histories through a website operated by a service provider, that is, a homepage. can do.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a person who wants to receive a service applies for a subscription to a service provider and charges a call amount. As shown in FIG. 3, a member terminal is used to access a website operated by a charge service provider. Step (S100);

Verifying whether the subscriber is a member subscribed to a charging service (S110);

If the subscriber is not a charging service subscription member step (S120) for applying for a subscription of the charging service;

Requesting member information is stored in the member DB of the billing and authentication server, thereby completing member registration (S130);

Logging in (S140);

It is configured to include a step (S150) of charging a subscriber's desired amount of call.

Next, the flow of each configuration step will be described in detail.

First, when the user is a subscription member of an existing mobile communication company, in order to use the charging service of the subscription, the user accesses the website operated by the charging service provider, that is, the homepage.

In the billing and authentication server of the connected homepage, by checking the terminal number and password registered in the member information DB, it is verified whether the subscriber is a member subscribed to the charging service of the flat-rate mobile communication phone (S110).

At this time, if it is determined that the subscriber is not a member of the subscription service, the subscriber inputs basic information such as terminal number, password, name, social security number, address, etc. and then applies for membership (S120). One member information is stored in the member information DB of the billing and authentication server is completed member registration. (S130)

Subsequently, after logging in by entering the subscriber's terminal number and password (S140), the subscriber can charge a desired amount of available calls.

In this case, the method of charging the amount of money available for call can be charged by credit card, bank transfer, bank account deposit, small amount payment using electronic money, etc. Also, it can be provided within the homepage operated by the service provider. Participating in various specific events or events that can be obtained by earning the points given accordingly, and using the accumulated reserves can be replaced by the chargeable amount of money (S150).

The charging details such as the terminal number, the charging date, the charging amount, the charging method, and the charging medium number are stored in the charging charge DB of the billing and authentication server, and the charging amount is summed with the available calling amount in the member information DB. Is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a charging service of a flat-rate mobile communication telephone according to the present invention. In the method of providing and using a charging service of a fixed-rate mobile communication telephone, a subscriber receives a charging service and performs a telephone connection with a called party. In order to access the intelligent network switch by inputting the representative access number, subscriber password and called party number in the calling terminal (S200);

Extracting the caller number of the subscriber and transmitting the extracted caller number and (subscriber's password) to the billing and authentication server (210); (S220) performing a member authentication by matching the calling party number and the (subscriber's password) transmitted to the billing and authentication server with the member information DB 60; Confirming whether the member authentication succeeds (S230);

Extracting a callable amount of the corresponding subscriber extracted by matching the extracted caller number with the terminal number of the member information DB 60 stored in the authentication server and calculating the callable time by the extracted callable amount; (S240); Checking whether the call is possible with the calculated available call time (S250); if the member authentication fails or the call is not possible with the calculated call time, the reason why the call is not transmitted to the intelligent network exchange, and the call connection fails. (S310); If the member authentication is successful, and the call is possible with the calculated call time, the callable time is transmitted to the intelligent network exchange, and the call connection between the called party and the caller (S260); the call connection time between the called party and the caller Checking whether the available time has been exceeded (S270); if the call connection time between the called party and the caller exceeds the available time, releasing the call connection (S280), and if not exceeding, maintaining the step S260. Steps; Ending the call (S290); And After the call disconnection (S280) and the end of the call (S290), and transmits and stores the call detail information that is information generated by the intelligent network exchange to the billing and authentication server (S300).

As described above, the present invention describes a method in which the caller registers his terminal and pays for the call cost to the registered terminal by using, for example, a 080 service (caller billing service). However, the 080 service here refers to a caller non-billing service that the caller does not pay, and does not necessarily refer to a 080 number, but may include all types of caller non-billing numbers.

In addition, the caller uses the 080 service because the terminal owner cannot call the general telephone number and uses the service using a separate access number of 080.

Therefore, it is a matter of course that the embodiments of all the service methods for charging the caller's terminal number using a specific non-billing number, for example, a 080 number, are included in the technical scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the method for providing a flat-rate mobile phone charging service using the Internet according to the present invention has the following advantages.

First, subscribers prepaid money available on the Internet in advance and receive a specific non-billing number to access the call using it, even if they exceed the talk time limit separately from the designated talk time limit when signing up for a subscription service. Since it is possible to talk with the other party by the talk time corresponding to the purchased recharge amount, it is possible to improve the disadvantage of the existing flat-rate service (that is, make a call for a predetermined talk time and pay a flat fee for postpay).

Secondly, the user can adjust the call rate by using the flat rate charging service according to the present invention (i.e., charge the prepaid charge and make the call possible according to the charged amount). Difficult to improve the disadvantages of the traditional general rate system (paying the call fee according to the talk time after the call without time limit).

Claims (3)

Charging service for flat-rate telecommunications telephones with intelligent network switch of a mobile operator or service provider, subscriber terminal, calling and receiving terminal of a mobile subscriber, and charging and authentication server of a charging service operator operating a charging account separately charged In the provision method, Accessing the intelligent network switch by inputting a representative access number, a subscriber password, and a called party number into a calling terminal to receive a charging service and perform a telephone connection with a called party; Extracting the calling party number of the subscriber and transmitting the extracted calling party number and the subscriber password to the billing and authentication server; Performing a member authentication by matching a calling party number and a subscriber password transmitted to the billing and authentication server with a member information DB; Confirming whether or not the member authentication is successful; Calculating a callable time of the corresponding callable amount by extracting a callable amount of the corresponding subscriber by matching the extracted caller number with the terminal number of the member information DB stored in the billing and authentication server; Confirming that a call is possible with the calculated talk time; If the member authentication result is unsuccessful and the call cannot be made due to the calculated talk time, disabling reason information is transmitted to the intelligent network switch, and the call connection is regarded as a failure; When the result of the member authentication is successful and the call is available at the calculated available call time, the available call time is transmitted to the intelligent network switch, and the call is connected between the called party and the caller; Checking whether a call connection time exceeds a available time when a call is connected between the called party and the caller; Disconnecting a call when the call connection time between the called party and the caller exceeds a callable time; Ending the call; And After the call disconnection and termination of the call, the method for providing a flat-rate mobile phone charging service using the Internet comprising the step of transmitting and storing the call detail information, which is information generated by the intelligent network exchange to the billing and authentication server. Charging call charges of the member subscription and mobile terminal; Accessing a website operated by a charging service provider using a member terminal; Verifying whether the subscriber is a member subscribed to a charging service; Applying for membership in a charging service if the subscriber is not a charging service subscription member; Registering a subscription of a charging service; Logging in; And A method of providing a flat-rate mobile phone charging service using the Internet, comprising the step of charging a subscriber's desired amount of available calls. The method of claim 2, wherein the method for charging a monetary amount includes credit card, bank transfer, bank account deposit, micropayment using electronic money, or a specific event or event provided on the homepage. Method for providing a flat-rate mobile phone charging service using the Internet, characterized in that for charging the amount of money available.