KR100622660B1 - Method for displaying real-time billing information of mobile communication, and System there-of - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a real time mobile communication fee notification method and a system thereof. The real-time fee notification method in the mobile communication network of the present invention comprises the steps of: detecting a voice call or a video call call origination from a calling terminal and connecting a call to a called party; And extracting the charging information of the subscriber corresponding to the calling terminal and transmitting the charging information extracted during the call connection or the call connection to the called party. The calling terminal receives the charging information and calculates the call charge in real time and displays it on the screen. The billing information of the subscriber includes rate information, subscriber information, etc. according to the subscription product of the subscriber. Similarly for the wireless Internet service, if there is a request for the wireless Internet service, the corresponding charging information of the subscriber is provided to the calling terminal so that the calling terminal can calculate the network fee and the information fee using the charging information in real time. . According to the present invention, a usage fee for a mobile communication service (eg, voice call, wireless data communication, etc.) may be provided to the subscriber in real time.

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Method for displaying real-time billing information of mobile communication, and System there-of}

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to more fully understand the drawings referred to in the detailed description of the present invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a real-time fee notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of charging information transmitted to a terminal.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a real-time fee display screen in a mobile communication terminal.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a real-time fee notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram of a real-time charge notification system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6A and 6B are diagrams showing examples of charging information transmitted to a mobile communication terminal.

7A to 7C are diagrams illustrating an example of a real-time fee display screen in a mobile communication terminal.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a real-time fee notification method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method and system for informing a mobile subscriber of a mobile communication fee in real time.

Conventionally, when a certain period of time, for example, 30 days, has elapsed for each mobile subscriber, the cumulative call rate for the calls made during the period is calculated, and the sum of the basic rate and other taxes is added to the calculation result. The fee shall be notified to the mobile subscriber by post or e-mail in the form of a bill.

As described above, there is a problem that the mobile subscriber cannot immediately know the charge for the call, the cumulative call charge or the total charge up to that time immediately after the call. In order to solve this problem, a method for enabling a mobile terminal to immediately check a call charge for any call calculated up to a charge center or up to a call immediately after the call is terminated. Examples of such a method are disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Nos. 2001-0064898 and 2001-0027221. However, the above methods can also be checked after the end of the voice call or wireless Internet service. That is, it is not known how much the mobile communication service fee is currently used during the voice call or the wireless Internet service. Therefore, conventionally, after the service is terminated, the subscriber accesses the customer center or the like, or extracts the charge of the terminated service and transmits the fee to the mobile terminal separately. You can only check the service charge.

On the other hand, with the development of mobile communication technology and wireless Internet technology, services provided to mobile communication subscribers are also diversified. In addition, tariffs vary widely. Therefore, the fee may vary depending on the time of use, the type of use, and the like. However, since it is difficult for the subscriber to know exactly the type of use of the mobile communication service and the fee, the subscriber may use the service corresponding to the usage fee far exceeding the expected usage fee, thereby causing a problem such as a charge overdue. Subscribers tend to want to know the fees for their services as soon as possible. In order to solve the above problems and satisfy the desire of subscribers who want to know the usage fee as soon as possible, there is a need for a method of realizing the usage charge during a call or during a wireless data service.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for real-time mobile communication service fee notification that provides a subscriber with a usage fee for a mobile communication service (eg, voice call, wireless data communication, etc.) in real time.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a preferred aspect of the present invention, a real-time charge notification method in a mobile communication network, comprising the steps of: detecting an outgoing call attempt from the originating terminal to connect the call to the called party; Extracting charging information of the subscriber corresponding to the calling terminal, wherein the charging information of the subscriber includes rate information according to the subscription product of the subscriber; And transmitting the extracted charging information to the calling terminal while the call is connected to the called party or while the call is connected, wherein the calling terminal receives the billing information of the subscriber and calculates a call charge in real time. Provided is a real-time fee notification method characterized in that displayed on. In order to achieve the above object, according to another preferred aspect of the present invention, a method for calculating and notifying a charge in real time in a mobile communication terminal in connection with a mobile communication network, comprising the steps of: calling a call including an incoming telephone number; Receiving charging information of the calling subscriber from the mobile communication network during or after the call is connected, wherein the charging information of the calling subscriber includes rate information according to the calling product of the calling subscriber; Calculating a talk time from a time point at which the call is connected; Calculating a call charge by using the received billing information and the calculated call time; And displaying the calculated call rate on a screen, and a recording medium recording a real-time rate notification method and a program for performing the same. According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a real-time fee notification method in a mobile communication network, the method comprising: receiving a wireless internet service request from a calling terminal and providing a corresponding wireless internet service; Extracting billing information of a subscriber corresponding to the calling terminal, wherein the billing information of the subscriber includes network fee rate and information fee rate information; And transmitting the extracted billing information to the calling terminal, wherein the calling terminal receives the billing information of the subscriber and calculates, in real time, a network fee and information fee for a wireless Internet service to be displayed on the screen. A real-time fee notification method is provided.

In order to achieve the above object, according to another preferred aspect of the present invention, a method for calculating and notifying a charge in real time in a mobile communication terminal in connection with a mobile communication network, requesting a wireless Internet service; Calculating a usage time based on a start time of the wireless Internet service; During the wireless Internet service, calculating the network usage fee and the information usage fee for the wireless Internet service in real time by using the charging information of the calling subscriber and the calculated usage time. Includes rate information; And displaying the calculated network usage fee and information usage fee on a screen, and a recording medium recording a real-time fee notification method and a program for performing the same. According to another aspect, in a real-time bill notification system in a mobile communication network, billing rate providing unit for storing the billing information of the subscriber, the billing information of the subscriber includes the rate information according to the subscription product of the subscriber; And detecting an outgoing call attempt from an originating terminal to connect a call to a called party, extracting billing information of a subscriber corresponding to the originating terminal from the billing rate provider, and connecting the call to the called party or while a call is connected. And a communication network manager for transmitting the extracted billing information to the calling terminal, wherein the calling terminal receives the billing information of the subscriber and calculates a call rate in real time and displays it on the screen. This is provided. In order to achieve the above object, according to another preferred aspect of the present invention, in the real-time charge notification system in a mobile communication network, billing data rate providing unit for storing the billing information of the subscriber-the billing information of the subscriber is network usage fee Includes rate and information charge rate information; A wireless data communication manager that receives a wireless Internet service request from a calling terminal and provides the wireless Internet service; And a charging information providing unit for extracting charging information of a subscriber corresponding to the calling terminal from the charging data rate providing unit and transmitting the extracted charging information to the calling terminal through the wireless data communication manager. Receiving the billing information of the subscriber is provided a real-time billing notification system, characterized in that to calculate in real time the network usage fee and information usage fee for the wireless Internet service to display on the screen.

In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements. 1 is a block diagram of a real-time fee notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to this, the real-time fee notification system includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a base station 120, a switch 130, a communication network manager 140, a billing rate providing unit 150 and a billing data processing unit 160.

The base station 120 is a network termination device that is directly coupled to the mobile communication terminal 110 through a wireless channel by performing baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and wireless signal transmission / reception. The exchange 130 is a wired / wireless hybrid digital exchange that provides a wired communication function (PSTN / ISDN) and a mobile communication function. A base station controller (not shown) is located between the switch 130 and the base station 120 to control and manage one or more base stations 120 and to perform call processing related traffic, signaling, and mobility management. The exchange allows the calling terminal 110 and the called terminal 180a, 180b to be connected through the wired / wireless communication network 170.

The communication network manager 140 detects a caller's call and connects to the called party. At this time, the communication network manager 140 receives the sender's billing information from the billing rate provider 150 to be described later and transmits it to the caller terminal 110. The communication network manager 140 may also include a function of generating a call detail record (CDR), which is detailed data for charging a call service, that is, calculating a call charge. The CDR may include a subscriber's telephone number, a call start time, a call end time, and a call time in a call unit. The generated CDR is transmitted to the billing data processor 160 to be described later.

The billing rate providing unit 150 stores rate information according to a fee product for each mobile subscriber. A database (not shown) may be provided for storing a chargeable product for each mobile subscriber, and the billing rate providing unit 150 may receive rate information for each subscriber from the database and store rate information according to the chargeable product for each subscriber. Can be. The subscriber's fee product is preferably stored in a database with subscriber information, such as subscriber name, social security number, etc. The billing rate provider 150 requests billing information for the sender from the network manager 140. If there is, the billing information including the rate product information and the rate information subscribed to by the caller is provided to the communication network manager 140. Then, the communication network manager 140 transmits the received charging information to the caller terminal 110. The charging information may include current server time information. The current server time information may be time information of the exchange 130, the base station 120, or the communication network manager 140. An example of charging information transmitted to the terminal is shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the charging information includes subscriber's subscriber information, product information, rate information, and current server time information. The subscriber information is the caller's telephone number (eg, 010-245-1454). The product information is a fare product subscribed to by the caller, for example drama standard. Rate information is call rate rate information according to the caller's rate product.In the case of drama standard, for example, the rate from 7am to 22:00 from Monday to Saturday is 5 won, from 3am to 22:00 and on Sunday 2.5 won. The billing data processing unit 160 receives the sender's rate product information and the rate information from the billing rate providing unit 150 and calculates a call rate in unit of a call by using the CDR received from the communication network manager 140 based on this. do. Since the terminal calculation call rate calculated in real time in the caller terminal 110 to be described later and the call rate calculated in the billing data processing unit 160 may differ, the billing data processing unit 160 calls a call when the call is normally completed. It is preferable to transmit the actual calculated call rate to the caller terminal 110 before completion. To this end, when the communication network manager 140 detects a call termination request from the calling terminal 110 or the called terminal 180a or 180b, it requests the network call fee calculated by the billing data processing unit 160 and charges corresponding to the request. It is preferable that the data processor 160 transmits the call charge to the caller terminal 110.

The call rate calculated by the billing data processor 160 is a rate calculated for billing in the mobile communication network, and may be referred to as a call rate to be actually charged for the call.

The call charges calculated by the billing data processing unit 160 may be collected in a billing system (not shown) for each subscriber for a predetermined period, and the subscriber may be notified to the subscriber through a billing notice or may be notified to the subscriber through a wired / wireless communication network. .

The mobile communication terminal 110 calculates the call time of the caller in real time, calculates and displays the call rate in real time based on the calculated call time and the charge information of the caller. Calling information of the caller may be received through the exchange 130 of the mobile communication network while the call is connected or after the call is connected. Alternatively, the charging information of the caller may be previously input from the outside of the mobile communication terminal 110 or received through the exchange 130 of the mobile communication network and stored in the internal memory of the mobile communication terminal 110 before the call is sent. Here, the billing information includes the product information, the rate information, and the like of the subscriber as described above. The terminal may calculate the call rate according to the call time of the user in real time using the product information and the rate information of the subscriber, and may also display the screen through the screen. If the time information of the terminal and the time information of the mobile communication network exactly match, the call rate calculated in the terminal will be almost the same as the network rate call rate. However, since there may be a slight difference in the call start time or the call end time checked by the terminal and the communication network management unit, as described above, the actual network calculation call rate calculated by the terminal and the billing data processing unit 160 There may be some differences. The mobile communication terminal 110 may store the terminal calculation call rate calculated in the terminal and / or the network calculation call rate calculated and transmitted by the billing data processor 160 for each call or as a cumulative rate. The stored fee information may be transmitted to another device or deleted.

An example of a real-time fee display screen in the mobile communication terminal 110 is shown in FIG. 3. Referring to this, the mobile communication terminal 110 displays a current time, a call product subscribed to by the caller, a talk time, and a call rate calculated based on the call. Rate calculation and display in such a terminal is made in real time even during a call. Therefore, the current time, talk time and call charge displayed on the terminal screen are updated in real time. The mobile communication terminal 110 may display the call charge on the screen or hide it from the screen in response to a predetermined key input.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a real-time fee notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, a caller attempts a call by using a calling terminal (S410). Here, the call may be a voice call or a video call. At this time, the incoming phone number is transmitted to the communication network management unit through the switching network. The communication network manager detects the call origination of the caller, and attempts to connect the call to the destination terminal using the incoming phone number (S420). While connecting the call to the called party, the communication network manager obtains the charging information of the caller from the billing rate provider (S430) and transmits it to the calling terminal (S440). As described above, the caller's billing information includes the caller's rate goods information and the rate information. It may also include current time information. The billing information may also be sent to the billing data processor to calculate the actual currency charge for billing (S450).

The terminal receiving the charging information accumulates the talk time based on the call start time when the call is connected. In addition, the call rate is calculated and output using the talk time and the received billing information (S460).

If there is a request for terminating the call in the caller or the called terminal (S470), the communication network manager detects and may request the actual call rate information to the billing data processing unit before terminating the call. Meanwhile, the communication network manager generates a CDR for the corresponding call and transmits it to the billing data processor. Then, the billing data processing unit extracts the network calculation call rate calculated according to the caller's subscription product information and the rate information for the call and transmits it to the calling terminal (S490). After transmitting the network calculation call rate, the call is completely terminated (S500). The mobile communication terminal may store the actual call rate calculated by the terminal and / or the billing data processing unit and transmitted by the billing data processing unit for each call or as a cumulative rate. Stored call rates can be displayed or transmitted to other devices through the network or deleted according to subscriber's request or preset conditions.

5 is a block diagram of a real-time charge notification system according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to this, the real-time charge notification system includes a mobile communication terminal 510, a base station 520, a wireless data communication manager 530, a billing information provider 540, a billing rate provider 550, and a billing data processor 560. ). The base station 520, like the base station 120 shown in FIG. 1, performs baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, and transmission / reception of a wireless signal, and is connected to the mobile communication terminal 510 through a wireless channel.

The wireless data communication management unit 530 serves as a gateway for connecting the mobile communication terminal 510 to the data communication network 580 and the content providing servers 590a, 590b, and 590c. That is, the wireless data communication management unit 530 includes functions of an interworking bidding (IWF) or a packet data service node (PDSN), which is a gateway for wireless Internet service. The wireless data communication manager 530 converts heterogeneous data formats or heterogeneous protocols between the subscriber station 510 and the content providing servers 590a, 590b, and 590c. In addition, when the wireless data communication management unit 530 receives the wireless Internet service request from the mobile communication terminal 510, the wireless data communication manager 530 accesses the content providing servers 590a, 590b, and 590c that provide the requested service, and collects data requested by the subscriber. Transmit to mobile communication terminal 510. The wireless data communication management unit 530 performs the processing of the wireless Internet service request of the mobile communication terminal 510 and at the same time obtains the charging information through the charging information providing unit 540 and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal 510. .

The billing information providing unit 540 is a device for charging by differentiating the wireless Internet network fee. That is, the billing information provider 540 charges the network fee according to the type of wireless Internet service. The type of wireless internet service can be broadly classified into a text-based service, a multimedia-based service, and a streaming service such as VOD (Video On Demand) or AOD (Audio On Demand). The billing information provider 540 identifies whether the service provided to the mobile communication terminal 510 corresponds to a text (text) based service, a multimedia based service, or a streaming service, so that the network fee is differentially charged. do. To this end, specifically, the charging information providing unit 540 is preferably implemented to apply different network usage rates according to the destination IP address of the packet.

In the case of differentially charging the network fee according to the destination IP address of the packet, the charging information provider 540 registers and stores the network fee for each IP address. The network fee rate for each IP address may be received from the billing data rate provider 550 to be described later. The billing information provider 540 includes a function of generating a call detail record (CDR) which is detailed data for billing. The CDR is a unit of session (from start to end of call), the amount of wireless Internet data, the subscriber's telephone number, the start time of the session, the end time of the session, the network fee rate (e.g., per packet), information fee rate, etc. It may include. The generated CDR is transmitted to the billing data processor 560 and used to calculate the network fee and information fee for each session. The billing information provider 540 receives billing information from the billing data rate provider 550 and transmits the billing information to the mobile communication terminal 510 through the wireless data communication manager 530 described above. An example of charging information transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 510 is illustrated in FIGS. 6A and 6B. 6A illustrates an example of billing information when a billing rate is changed for each type of wireless Internet service. Referring to this, the charging information includes a wireless data type, a fee per packet, a content type, and an information usage fee. The rate per packet can be referred to as the network fee. In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the wireless data type is text, the fee per packet is 6.5 won, the content type is news, and the information usage fee is 5 won. Since the information usage fee is usually charged on a case-by-case basis, it is also assumed here that the information usage fee represents the information usage fee per case.

6B is an example of charging information when the charging rate varies according to the destination IP address of the packet. In this regard, the charging information includes an IP address, a per packet charge, a content type, and an information usage fee. In the example shown in FIG. 6B, the IP address is 211.121.20.1, the fee per packet is 1.3 won, the content type is video on demand (VOD), and the information usage fee is 500 won.

As the rate products for voice calls vary, the rate products for wireless Internet services vary, and accordingly, network rate rates and information rates vary, so that information about the rate products may be included in the billing information.

Therefore, the billing information may further include subscriber information (for example, subscriber telephone number), fee product information, etc. in addition to the data shown in FIG. 6A or 6B.

The billing data rate providing unit 550 stores a network usage rate for each type of wireless Internet service or for each IP address. The billing data rate providing unit 550 also stores the information usage fee rate for each wireless Internet service. Preferably, the billing data rate providing unit 550 stores and manages the above billing information. The billing data rate provider 550 provides billing information at the request of the billing information provider 540. A database (not shown) may be provided for storing a charge product for each mobile subscriber, and the billing rate provider 150 may receive subscriber information and subscriber product information from the database and internally store the subscriber information.

The billing data processor 560 receives the session-specific CDRs from the billing information provider 540 and calculates a network fee and information fee for the wireless Internet service used by the subscriber using billing information of the subscriber. As described in the embodiment of the present invention, the network fee and information fee calculated in real time calculated by the terminal may be slightly different from the network fee and information fee calculated by the billing data processing unit 560, billing data When the call is normally completed, the processor 560 may transmit the actual calculated fee to the caller terminal before completing the call. The network fee and information fee calculated by the billing data processing unit 560 are collected by a billing system (not shown) for each subscriber for a predetermined period of time, and the subscriber is notified to the subscriber through a billing statement or through a wired / wireless communication network. May be notified.

The mobile communication terminal 510 is a terminal capable of wireless Internet service. The mobile communication terminal 510 receives charging information through the wireless data communication management unit 530 and calculates and displays a user's call time, network usage fee, and information usage fee. The charging information may be received through the wireless data communication manager 530 when the mobile communication terminal 510 requests a wireless Internet service. Alternatively, the charging information may be previously input from the outside of the mobile communication terminal 510 or received through the wireless data communication management unit 530 of the mobile communication network and stored in the internal memory of the mobile communication terminal 510.

An example of a real-time fee display screen in the mobile communication terminal 510 is illustrated in FIGS. 7A to 7C. First, referring to FIG. 7A, a screen displayed while a mobile communication terminal 510 is connected to a specific content providing server and is receiving integrated mail-related wireless Internet service is shown. As described above, when the user selects the menu 712 showing the rate in real time from the menu bar 710 displayed at the bottom of the terminal screen, the screen displaying the rate is displayed as shown in FIG. 7B.

Referring to FIG. 7B, the mobile communication terminal 510 calculates the wireless Internet usage time in real time and displays the calculated network usage fee and information usage fee using the calculated usage time and the received billing information. In addition, the total billed amount may be calculated and displayed by adding up the network fee and the information fee. In this screen, a detail view menu may also be displayed.

 When the detail view is selected, as shown in FIG. 7C, the fee detail information is displayed. Referring to FIG. 7C, the detailed fee information is displayed by including the number of usage and the fee for each type of wireless Internet service used from the start time to the present through the wireless Internet access. Rate calculation and display in the terminal is performed in real time even during the wireless Internet service. Therefore, the usage time and fee displayed on the terminal screen are updated in real time.

In the example shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C, the charge display screen is switched through the menu key during the wireless Internet service. However, by splitting the terminal screen (LCD window), fee information may be displayed in a predetermined area of the screen. In addition, the fee information may be displayed or hidden on the terminal screen through a pre-booked shortcut key (eg, a volume key, #, *, etc.).

8 is a flowchart illustrating a real-time fee notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, first, a caller requests a wireless Internet service using a calling terminal (S810). At this time, the caller may access a wireless Internet service by pressing a specific hot key (for example, MagicN ') of the terminal and request a specific wireless Internet service through a menu. Then, the wireless data communication manager accesses the corresponding content providing server through the charging information providing unit (S820), receives the corresponding content (S830), and transmits it to the terminal (S850). When a wireless Internet service request comes in, the wireless data communication manager obtains charging information of the caller from the charging data rate provider (S840) and transmits it to the calling terminal (S850). As described above, the caller's billing information includes per-packet fee and information usage fee information for each wireless Internet service or IP address. It may also include caller's subscriber information and rate product information. The billing information may also be sent to the billing data processor to calculate the actual currency charge for billing (S870).

The terminal receiving the charging information accumulates the use time based on the start time of the wireless Internet service. In addition, by using the usage time and the received billing information, the network fee, the information fee and the total fee calculated by calculating the sum and outputs (S880).

If there is a service termination request from the caller or the called terminal (S890), the communication network wireless data gun management unit may request actual charge information and network calculation charge information to the billing data processing unit before terminating the service (S900). On the other hand, the billing information provider generates a CDR for the wireless Internet service session and transmits it to the billing data processor. Then, the billing data processing unit extracts the network fee and information fee calculated according to the sender's subscription product information and the rate information for the session, and transmits it to the calling terminal through the wireless data communication manager (S910, S920). After transmitting the network fee and information fee calculated by the billing data processing unit, the wireless Internet service is completely terminated. Although not shown in detail in FIG. 8, if the type of the wireless Internet service is changed, the wireless data communication management unit preferably transmits charging information for the corresponding service to the calling terminal. That is, the billing information is transmitted to the terminal according to the type of the wireless Internet service-for example, text, multimedia data, streaming service, etc., and the terminal also calculates the network fee and the information fee using the billing information for each type of the wireless Internet service. The terminal may store a fee calculated by the terminal and / or an actual fee calculated and transmitted by the billing data processing unit for each session or as a cumulative fee. The stored fee may be displayed or transmitted to another device through a communication network or deleted according to a subscriber's request or a preset condition.

In the above-described embodiments, the billing information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminals 110 and 510 to calculate the rate in real time even during a call or using a wireless Internet service using the charging information received by the mobile communication terminals 110 and 510. To display it. However, a charge may be calculated and provided to the mobile communication terminals 110 and 510 in real time or at predetermined time intervals during a call or wireless Internet service in the mobile communication network. That is, the billing data processor 160 or the communication network manager 140 shown in FIG. 1 calculates a fee using the caller's billing information and provides the charge to the mobile communication terminal 110, or the billing data processor shown in FIG. 560 or the billing information provider 540 may calculate a fee using the billing information of the caller and provide the fee to the mobile communication terminal 510. When the mobile communication network calculates and provides the rate in real time, the mobile communication terminal only needs to display the received fee information, but the mobile communication network may be heavily loaded. Therefore, preferably, as described in the above-described embodiments of the present invention, the charging information of the caller is provided to the mobile communication terminal, and the mobile communication terminal calculates and displays the fee in real time. In the embodiments, the actual charge information calculated by the mobile communication network (specifically, the billing data processor) is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal before the call or the wireless Internet service is terminated. However, this may also be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal separately through a short message (SMS) or the like immediately after the termination of the call, immediately after the termination of the wireless Internet service, or after a predetermined time.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, a usage fee for a mobile communication service (for example, voice call, wireless data communication, etc.) may be provided to the subscriber in real time. Therefore, the mobile communication subscriber can know the usage fee for the current call or wireless Internet service in real time, and can adjust the call type or the wireless Internet use type based on this. Incidentally, according to the present invention, it is also possible to anticipate the effect of reducing excessive charges and the resulting late fees by suppressing excessive calls or wireless Internet use.

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delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete In the real-time charge notification method in a mobile communication network, Receiving a wireless internet service request from a calling terminal and providing a corresponding wireless internet service; Extracting billing information of a subscriber corresponding to the calling terminal, wherein the billing information of the subscriber includes network fee rate and information fee rate information; And Transmitting the extracted charging information to the calling terminal, The calling terminal receives the billing information of the subscriber and calculates the network usage fee and information usage fee for the wireless Internet service in real time, characterized in that the display on the screen. The method of claim 11, The network fee rate and information fee rate, The real-time fee notification method, which may vary by type of wireless Internet service or IP address. The method of claim 11, wherein the billing information of the subscriber is And the subscriber information and product information of the subscriber. The method of claim 11, Receiving a request for terminating the wireless Internet service from the calling terminal; Calculating network calculation information usage fee and network usage fee using the billing information; And And transmitting the calculated network calculation information usage fee and the network usage fee to the calling terminal. In a method of calculating and notifying a charge in real time in a mobile communication terminal in connection with a mobile communication network, Requesting a wireless internet service; Calculating a usage time based on a start time of the wireless Internet service; Receiving charging information corresponding to the wireless Internet service from the mobile communication network, wherein the charging information includes different network fee rates and information fee rates information for each type of wireless Internet service or for each IP address; Calculating, in real time, a network fee and an information fee for a wireless Internet service using the billing information and the calculated usage time during the wireless Internet service; And And displaying the calculated network fee and the information fee on a screen. delete 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the charging information of the calling subscriber is And input from the outside of the mobile communication terminal or received from the mobile communication network and stored in a memory of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 15, And calculating the total fee by adding the network fee and the information fee and displaying the total fee on the screen. The method of claim 18, The mobile communication terminal, And displaying at least one of the network fee, the information fee, and the total fee separately by the wireless Internet service type. The method of claim 18, wherein the mobile communication terminal And storing at least one of the network fee, the information fee, and the total fee, wherein the stored fee can be displayed at the request of the subscriber or transmitted through a communication network. The method of claim 15, The mobile communication terminal, And in response to a predetermined key input, the network fee and information fee can be displayed on the screen or hidden from the screen. delete In the real-time charge notification system in a mobile communication network, A billing data rate providing unit for storing billing information of the subscriber, wherein the billing information of the subscriber includes a network fee rate and information fee rate information; A wireless data communication manager that receives a wireless Internet service request from a calling terminal and provides the wireless Internet service; And A charging information providing unit for extracting the charging data rate providing unit extracting the charging information of the subscriber corresponding to the calling terminal and transmitting the extracted charging information to the calling terminal through the wireless data communication manager; The calling terminal receives the billing information of the subscriber and calculates the network usage fee and information usage fee for the wireless Internet service in real time, characterized in that the display on the screen. delete In the recording medium that can be read by the mobile communication terminal program of the instructions that can be executed by the mobile communication terminal for calculating and notifying the charge in real time in connection with the mobile communication network, Requesting a wireless internet service; Calculating a usage time based on a start time of the wireless Internet service; Receiving charging information corresponding to the wireless Internet service from the mobile communication network, wherein the charging information includes different network fee rates and information fee rates information for each type of wireless Internet service or for each IP address; Calculating, in real time, a network fee and an information fee for a wireless Internet service using the charging information and the calculated usage time during the wireless Internet service; And And a program recording the program for displaying the calculated network fee and the information fee on a screen.

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