KR100376584B1 - A method of charging an information usage fee over united telecommunication network and internet network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of billing information usage fees in an interlocked telecommunication network and an internet network which recovers information usage fees from a service beneficiary after the telephone network and the internet network perform various information providing services. Requesting authentication of the calling subscriber and the application server using an outgoing internet protocol as a terminal of the access terminal connects through a telecommunication network; A second step of storing the billing rate and informing the application server of the authentication success if the application server and the calling subscriber are normal and the current call is in progress after the authentication; Transmitting, by the application server, information corresponding to the request of the calling subscriber to the terminal of the calling subscriber through the internet network and the telecommunication network; And a fourth process of performing an integrated billing for the information usage fee and the telecommunication network usage fee based on the charging information and the stored billing rate of the information of the calling subscriber as the access to the application server is terminated. By providing multimedia information in real time and charging the information usage fee together with the network usage fee, it is possible to simply recover the information usage fee that was difficult for information providers to recover.

Description

A method of charging an information usage fee over united telecommunication network and internet network}

The present invention relates to a method for charging information usage fee in an interlocked telecommunication network and an Internet network. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for charging an information fee after performing an information providing service by interworking a telecommunication network such as a telephone network with an internet network. will be.

Conventionally, service 700 exists in the telephone network. The 700 service is a service that allows users to listen to various types of information by accessing ARS through a mobile phone.If the information provider provides voice information and the telephone subscriber accesses the corresponding number to obtain information, the service fee will be charged. It is charged and the information provider collects the fee.

However, if the information provider collects the fee directly, the recovery rate is insignificant and the cost to recover is huge. Therefore, the telephone service provider pays the information usage fee to the information provider after collecting and collecting the information usage fee along with the telephone call fee over time.

In the future, when the telephone network and the Internet network interoperate with each other, various information such as multimedia information may be provided, and a large number of information providers may be generated. However, because the information provider is on the Internet and the information is delivered in packets, the telephone service provider cannot not only charge the information fee over time, but also the information provider also has difficulty in charging or recovering the information fee.

Of course, the information provider may recover the information fee directly, but the recovery rate will be very small and the cost of the recovery will be enormous.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional situation, and when the telephone network and the internet network interlock to provide various information providing services, the existing network device (that is, serving GPRS support device and SCP) provided in the telephone network is provided. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for charging information usage fee in a linked telecommunication network and an internet network, which enables the recovery of the information usage fee from a service beneficiary using a telephone fee.

1 is a network configuration to which the method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of charging information using fee in an interlocked telecommunication network and an Internet network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of code for main part of drawing

10: terminal 12: telecommunication network

14: service controller

16; Serving GPS Supporter / Gateway GPS Supporter

18: Internet network

20: application server

In order to achieve the above object, a method of charging an information usage fee in an interlocked telecommunication network and an Internet network according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided as a terminal of an originating subscriber accesses an application server of the Internet network through a telecommunication network. A first step of requesting authentication of the calling subscriber and the application server using an internet protocol; A second step of storing the billing rate and informing the application server of the authentication success if the application server and the calling subscriber are normal and the current call is in progress after the authentication; Transmitting, by the application server, information corresponding to the request of the calling subscriber to the terminal of the calling subscriber through the internet network and the telecommunication network; And a fourth process of performing an integrated billing for the information usage fee and the telecommunication network usage fee based on the charging information and the stored billing rate of the information of the calling subscriber as the connection to the application server is terminated.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a method of charging information using fee in a linked telecommunication network and an Internet network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network to which a method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is applied, the terminal 10 capable of accessing the Internet network 18 through a telecommunication network 12 and supporting image; A service controller (14) configured in the telecommunication network (12), responsible for service logic in the intelligent network, and performing intelligent network call processing; Serving to perform a task for transmitting the packet to the Internet network 18, to perform encryption, compression, mobility management, billing generation, and the like, and to trigger the intelligent network processing to the service controller 14 in the case of an intelligent network. A Gateway GPRS Support Node 16 interworking with a Serving GPRS Support Node / external data network and routing packets; And an application server 20 which takes the form of a web server mainly as a server having an application in the Internet network 18 and which the terminal 10 accesses for information use. GPRS stands for General Packet Radio System and allows the terminal 10 to use a telecommunication network 12 (eg, a packet network, an intelligent network).

The service controller 14 and the serving GPRS support / gateway GPRS support 16 communicate with each other in a CAMEL Application Protocol, a European protocol for intelligent network services.

In addition, the service controller 14 and the application server 20 may perform an application program interface (API) or a Parlay API, which is made for an open service architecture so as to perform authentication and call processing functions. To JAIN (Java for AIN), which leads to an application program interface for Java.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of charging information using fee in an interlocked telecommunication network and an Internet network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The telephone subscriber attempts to access the application server 20 of the Internet network 18 through the telecommunication network 12 by operating his terminal 10 to receive predetermined information, that is, to receive an intelligent network service. (Step S10).

Accordingly, the serving GPRS supporter 16 of the telecommunication network 12 detects a connection attempt to the paid application server 20 (step S12), and a predetermined camel application protocol to the service controller 14. The message is transmitted (step S14). The camel application protocol message includes the telephone number of the calling subscriber (telephone subscriber), the Internet protocol address (ie, called identification number) of the application server 20, and the Internet of the calling subscriber assigned by the gateway GPRS support 16. It contains the protocol address (i.e. source identification number from external network).

The service controller 14 stores the camel application protocol message content from the serving GPRS support 16 (step S16).

Then, when the terminal 10 of the calling subscriber is connected to the application server 20 (Yes in step S18), the application server 20 uses the corresponding telecommunication network (or the identification number). Authentication is attempted to the service controller 14 of 12) (step S20). In this case, the charging rate may be included. The service controller 14 and the application server 20 encrypt a public key algorithm.

The authentication controller may use its own protocol between the service controller 14 and the application server 20, or may use a standard application program interface (API) such as Parlay or Jain Parlay. In addition, the authentication contents include authentication of the application server 20 and authentication of the calling subscriber.

The service controller 14 authenticates and the application server 20 is a legitimate application server, the Internet protocol address of the originating subscriber and the Internet protocol address of the originating subscriber received from the serving GPRS support unit 16 match. If the current call is in progress, a predetermined charging rate according to the use of the information is stored and the authentication success is notified to the application server 20 (Yes in step S22).

Since the application server 20 is successfully authenticated, the application server 20 transmits the multimedia information corresponding to the service history requested by the calling subscriber to the terminal 10 of the calling subscriber through the Internet network 18 and the telecommunication network 12 ( Step S24).

When the calling subscriber completely terminates the reception of the desired multimedia information, the connection to the application server 20 is released (step S26).

Accordingly, in the serving GPRS supporter 16, the amount of information (packet amount) received by the calling subscriber, the number of the calling subscriber, the Internet protocol address of the response server 20, the Internet protocol address of the calling subscriber, and the like. The charging information is transmitted to the service controller 14 (step S28).

The service controller 14 performs an integrated billing for the information subscriber fee and the telecommunication network fee of the calling subscriber based on the billing information and the stored billing rate (step S30).

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, by providing real multimedia information in real time instead of the voice information provided by the service No. 700 of the existing telephone network, the information provider by integrating charges with the network usage fee, information provider The information usage fee which was difficult to collect is easily recoverable. As a result, network providers (telephone network providers) can have more and more applications, and provide various services of high quality to subscribers, thereby maximizing profit generation by increasing traffic.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited only to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified and modified within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention, the technical idea to which such modifications and variations are also applied to the claims Must see

Claims (7)

In the process of providing various packet data information from the application server built on the Internet to the terminal of the calling subscriber connected via the telecommunication network and the Internet network, In a serving GPRS support node of the telecommunication network, if a connection attempt is recognized from the originating subscriber's terminal to the application server, the connection attempt related information is transferred to a service controller (SCP) of the telecommunication network. A first process of transmitting; A second step of requesting, by the application controller, authentication of the corresponding calling party and the self of the connected terminal to the service controller when the terminal is connected, and transmitting a corresponding billing rate upon the authentication request; The service controller performs the requested authentication based on the received connection attempt related information, and optionally, the application server sends information corresponding to the request of the calling subscriber according to the authentication result to the internet network and the telecommunication network. Transmitting to the terminal of the calling subscriber through the third process; A fourth step of transmitting, by the serving GPS support unit, charging related information corresponding to the information usage amount of the calling subscriber to the service controller when the termination of the connection between the terminal and the application server is recognized; And And a fifth step of performing, at the service controller, an integrated fee for the information fee and the telecommunication network fee based on the received billing rate and billing related information. How to charge for using information in the network. delete delete delete The method of claim 1, In the first process, the access attempt related information is transmitted in the form of a camel application protocol message including the calling party's telephone number, the Internet protocol address of the application server, and the Internet protocol address of the calling subscriber. Method of charging information usage in telecommunication and internet networks. delete The method of claim 1, The charging related information charging method of the information usage fee in the interlocked telecommunications network and the Internet network, characterized in that it comprises the amount of information received by the terminal of the calling subscriber, the Internet protocol address of the application server, the Internet protocol address of the calling subscriber. .