KR100681127B1 - Method and system for providing contents in wireless internet - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing contents in the wireless Internet and a system therefor are provided to easily execute management for free contents services and to prevent free contents from being doubly downloaded to a mobile terminal by creating a billing log in case of downloading free contents by using the wireless Internet. A system for providing contents in the wireless Internet is comprised of a mobile terminal(100), a mobile network(200), an integrated management unit(300), a contents providing server(400), a billing server(500), and a manager terminal(600). The integrated management unit(300) provides the wired/wireless Internet, and manages contents providing managers that provide contents through the wired/wireless Internet. The integrated management unit(300) comprises a wired/wireless terminal access part(320), a contents provider access part(340), and a billing data collection part(360). The billing server(500), creating billing logs on the basis of the billing data received from the integrated management unit(300), creates a billing log for free contents as well by writing "0" in a charge field of the billing log. The contents providing server(400) manufactures free contents by interworking with the integrated management unit(300), and transmits free contents to the mobile terminal(100) according to a free contents download request message from the mobile terminal(100).

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS IN WIRELESS INTERNET}

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing content in the wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing content in the wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: mobile terminal

200: mobile communication network

300: integrated management device

400: content providing server

500: Billing Server

600: administrator terminal

The present invention relates to a wireless Internet, and more particularly, to a content providing method and system in the wireless Internet for generating and managing a billing log (BILLING LOG) for free content provided by using the wireless Internet.

In general, with the development of mobile communication technology, a mobile terminal is no longer a means for providing only voice communication. In particular, a WAP capable mobile terminal actively connects to a gateway to access information desired by a user. Through a swappable mobile terminal, the user can immediately obtain the desired information such as flight time, ringtones and games, as well as real-time stock market quotes.

In order to survive the competition, there is a need for a mobile network operator to meet the individual needs of service subscribers and content providers to provide content to their mobile or wired terminals.

To this end, a mobile communication system operator is required to provide a mobile terminal subscriber with customized services, an intuitive and easy-to-use interface, security and convenience of access, quick access to content, and qualitative time use.

In addition, the operator of the wireless Internet should not only provide services for the user using the wireless Internet more conveniently, but also need to smoothly manage the contents provided to the user. have.

As one of them, even when providing free contents to a mobile terminal using wireless internet, a method and system for generating a billing log and managing which free contents are provided to which mobile terminal are desperately needed. Had been required.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a content providing method and system in the wireless Internet for generating and managing a billing log for a free content provided using the wireless Internet. To provide.

Method for providing content in the wireless Internet according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A) extracting subscriber information of the mobile terminal connected to the wireless Internet and requesting inquiry;

B) determining whether there is free content to be transmitted to the mobile terminal as a result of the inquiry; And

C) if the free content exists, generating a billing log when transmitting the free content to the mobile terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

Iii) extracting subscriber information of the mobile terminal connected to the wireless Internet and requesting inquiry;

Ii) determining whether there is free content to be transmitted to the mobile terminal as a result of the inquiry;

Iii) querying a billing log corresponding to the subscriber information when the free content exists;

Iii) determining whether the free content is the same free content previously sent through the billing log; And

Iii) a program for realizing the step of transmitting the free content to the mobile terminal after writing zero (0) in the billing field of the billing log if it is not the same free content as a result of the step iii); A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon is provided.

The content providing system in the wireless Internet according to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object,

An integrated management server that extracts subscriber information of a mobile terminal connected to use a wireless Internet and transmits the free content to the mobile terminal according to whether there is free content scheduled for transmission based on the subscriber information; And

And a billing server that receives a result of transmitting the free content from the integrated management server to the mobile terminal and writes a zero in a billing log corresponding to the subscriber information.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a billing log can be generated and managed even for free content provided through the wireless Internet.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing content in the wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system of the present invention includes a mobile terminal 100, a mobile communication network 200, an integrated management apparatus 300, a content providing server 400, a charging server 500, and an administrator terminal 600. It is configured to include.

The integrated management apparatus 300 is a portal platform for managing content providing managers for providing wireless internet and wired internet and providing content through the wireless internet and the wired internet.

The integrated management device 300 includes a wired / wireless terminal connection unit 320, a content provider (CP) connection unit 340, and a charging data collection unit 360.

The wired / wireless terminal connection unit 320 extracts subscriber information of a mobile terminal 100 or a wired terminal (not shown) connected to the integrated management device 300 to use wireless or wired internet, and performs authentication.

The CP connection unit 340 provides an interface for the integrated management device 300 to transmit and receive data with the content providing server 400, and the content providing server 400 manages the integrated management through the CP connection unit 340. The device 300 is accessed to upload information about the free content and / or the free content.

The billing data collection unit 360 collects the usage history of the content used by the mobile terminal 100, that is, billing data, and provides the billing server 500. At this time, the billing data collector 360 collects the billing data and transmits the billing data to the billing server 500 even when free content is provided to the mobile terminal 100.

The billing server 500 generates a billing log or a call detail record (CDR) based on the billing data received from the integrated management device 300, but does not generate a billing log for free content. Unlike in the case of the free content, the billing log is generated by writing that the fee is zero in the fee field of the billing log.

When the content providing server 400 generates a free content in association with the integrated management device 300 and receives a request message for transmitting the free content from the integrated management device 300 to a predetermined mobile terminal 100, The free content is transmitted to the mobile terminal 100.

The operating state of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing content in the wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The subscriber information of the mobile terminal 100 connected to the wireless Internet is extracted from the integrated management apparatus 300 to read free content corresponding to the subscriber information (S210 and S220). The free content is content generated from the content providing server 400 to achieve a predetermined purpose, and the content providing server 400 uploads the free content to the integrated management server 300 so that the integrated management server 300 extracts a mobile terminal meeting the above objectives and transmits them collectively.

In one application example, the content providing server 400 provides subscriber information of the mobile terminal to which the free content is to be provided, storage information of the free content, and the like to the integrated management device 300, and provides the free content. Stores in a predetermined database linked to the content providing server 400. Therefore, when the mobile terminal corresponding to the subscriber information is obtained from the integrated management device 300 that the mobile terminal accesses the wireless Internet, the free content is directly provided to the mobile terminal.

The integrated management device 300 collects and transmits billing data necessary for generating the billing log to the billing server 500 so as to generate a billing log even when providing the free content to the mobile terminal 100. . At this time, the charging server 500 writes that the fee for using the free content is zero in the charge field of the billing log.

In another application example, the integrated management device 300 requests an inquiry about a billing log corresponding to the subscriber information from the billing server 500 before downloading the free content to the mobile terminal 100 (S230). ).

If the billing log has a shipping history of downloading the free content to the mobile terminal 100, the billing server 500 notifies the integrated management server 300 to the matter, and the integrated management server 300 transmits the shipment history to the manager terminal 600 as set by the administrator (S270).

However, when there is no sending history of transmitting the free content to the mobile terminal 100 as a result of the inquiry of step S240, the integrated management apparatus 300 requests to generate a billing log to the billing server 500. Transfer the billing data. The billing server 500 receiving the billing data generates a billing log based on the billing data, and writes that the bill provided to the mobile terminal 100 is zero (0) in the billing field of the billing log ( S250).

After generating the billing log or while generating the billing log in the billing server 500, the integrated management device 300 downloads the free content to the mobile terminal 100 (S260).

As described above, the method of the present invention is implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a RAM, a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, and the like.

As described in detail above, according to the method and system for providing content in the wireless Internet of the present invention, it is possible to facilitate the management of the provision of free content by generating a billing log when downloading free content using the wireless Internet, There is an effect of preventing the duplicated free content to be transmitted to the mobile terminal.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the technical field to which the present invention belongs without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims. Anyone skilled in the art will have the technical idea of the present invention to the extent that various modifications or changes are possible.

Claims (6)

A) extracting subscriber information of the mobile terminal connected to the wireless Internet and requesting inquiry; B) determining whether there is free content to be transmitted to the mobile terminal as a result of the inquiry; And C) when the free content exists, generating a billing log when the free content is transmitted to the mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein in step C), And a zero (0) in the charge field of the billing log. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method D) querying the billing log when transmitting the free content to the mobile terminal to determine whether the free content is the same free content previously sent; And E) if the free content is not the same as the previously sent free content as a result of the determination, further comprising the step of writing a zero in the charge field of the billing log and transmitting the free content to the mobile terminal; Content providing method in the wireless Internet, characterized in that. Iii) extracting subscriber information of the mobile terminal connected to the wireless Internet and requesting inquiry; Ii) determining whether there is free content to be transmitted to the mobile terminal as a result of the inquiry; Iii) querying a billing log corresponding to the subscriber information when the free content exists; Iii) determining whether the free content is the same free content previously sent through the billing log; And Iii) a program for realizing the step of transmitting the free content to the mobile terminal after writing zero (0) in the billing field of the billing log if it is not the same free content as a result of the step iii); The computer readable recording medium that recorded the data. An integrated management server that extracts subscriber information of a mobile terminal connected to use a wireless Internet and transmits the free content to the mobile terminal according to whether there is free content scheduled for transmission based on the subscriber information; And And a billing server configured to receive a result indicating that the free content has been transmitted from the integrated management server to the mobile terminal, and to fill a zero in a billing field of a billing log corresponding to the subscriber information. Content providing system in the wireless Internet. The method of claim 5, wherein the integrated management server, Before transmitting the free content, the billing server is inquired about a history of transmitting the free content to the mobile terminal, and the billing server determines whether to transmit the free content according to a response to the inquiry. Content providing system in the wireless Internet.

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