KR100682314B1 - Method for providing collect call service using registered telephone number - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a collect call telephone service using a registered call number. When a caller uses a collect call telephone service with a number registered in a database, the caller registers an incoming call number in a database. Calls are connected to the called party number corresponding to the number, the caller can use a more convenient collect call telephone service.

According to the present invention, a user accesses a server for registering an incoming / outgoing number through a terminal, inputs an incoming / outgoing number, registers the inputted number in a database, and connects a caller communication terminal to a telephone processing server capable of a collect call telephone system. If the calling number is a number registered in the database, the call processing server reads the called number corresponding to the calling number, and the call is connected to the read called number to allow a call between the calling party and the called party to approve the call. By omitting the procedure and the caller's number input process, the caller can use a more convenient collect call telephone service.

Collect call, caller, called party, telephone

Description

Method for providing collect call service using registered telephone number}

1 is a flowchart of a conventional collect call telephone service.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system to which the operation to register the call destination number in the service providing method of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method for registering a call number in the database of FIG. 2. FIG.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system to which the operation of making a call between the caller and the called party in the service providing method of the present invention is applied.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of registering an incoming / outgoing call number by accessing the Internet in the service providing method of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of registering an incoming / outgoing call number by accessing an ARS system in the service providing method of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of calling a caller and a called party in the service providing method of the present invention.

* Description of symbols on the main parts of the drawings *

200: the Internet. 210: Server for registering call number.

220: database. 230: ARS system.

240; User terminal. 400: Caller communication terminal.

410, 430: telephone network. 420: telephone processing server.

440: called party communication terminal. 450: Database.

The present invention, in the collect call (Collect Call) telephone service, registers the destination number to accept the toll-free telephone service for a specific call number in the database, the caller to collect the call to the number registered in the database The present invention relates to a method of providing a collect call telephone service using a registered caller ID, which allows a caller to make a call by omitting a caller's call approval process and a caller's caller ID input process.

Collect call telephone service is a service that allows you to use the phone at the toll charge. As a result, the caller can use the phone even in a specific situation in which the caller has a burden on a telephone service charge. Recently, a collect call service in which a receiver pays a charge in a wired / wireless telephone service has been increasing.

However, the conventional collect call telephone service is inconvenient because the caller who accesses the service has to enter the telephone number of the called party and the call is available only when the called party has a call approval process.

This conventional technique will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a flowchart of a conventional collect call telephone service. As shown in step S100, the caller communication terminal is connected to a telephone processing server capable of a collect call telephone service. The caller accesses the telephone processing server through a telephone network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using a communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a public telephone, a general telephone, or the Internet.

In a next step S102, the telephone processing server requests and receives the telephone number of the called party. When the caller accesses a call processing server capable of a collect call service using a communication terminal, the call processing server broadcasts a call for inputting the telephone number of the called party to which the caller wants to call. According to the guidance, the caller inputs the telephone number of the called party whom he wants to call using the caller communication terminal.

In the next step S104, the telephone processing server notifies the called party of the caller's information. The call processing server issues a call to the received called number and notifies the called party of information such as the caller's voice or telephone number.

In the next step S106, it is determined whether the called party has approved the collect call. The called party decides whether to call the caller by using the notified caller information and inputs the caller's intention to the call processing server using the called party's terminal.

If the called party does not approve the collect call as a result of the determination in step S106, in step S108, the telephone processing server informs the caller that the call is impossible. The call processing server informs the caller that the call is currently unavailable when the caller and the caller cannot make a call such as the caller rejects the call with the caller.

When the called party approves the collect call as a result of the determination in step S106, in the next step S110, the telephone processing server connects the call between the caller and the called party. That is, when the called party approves the collect call call with the caller, the caller can make a call between the called party and the called party.

When the caller uses the conventional collect call service described above, the caller is inconvenient to input the phone number of the called party one by one. In addition, since the receiver must bear the charge of the telephone service, there was an inconvenience in that the receiver must confirm whether the call is approved. As a result, announcements necessary for a call between the caller and the called party are increased, resulting in an inconvenience of increasing the tedious time required for the caller to wait for the call to be connected.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for providing a collect call telephone service using a registered calling party number which allows a caller to omit a telephone number input of a called party in using a collect call telephone service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a collect call telephone service using a registered caller ID that allows a caller to omit confirmation of whether a caller approves a call in using the collect call telephone service.

In the method of providing a collect call telephone service using the registered call number, the present invention having the above-mentioned object is connected to a call number registration server through a terminal having an Internet access function, and inputs a call number. When the called party number is registered in the database, and the calling party communication terminal is connected to a telephone processing server capable of a collect-call telephone system, the telephone processing server determines whether the number of the calling party communication terminal is a number registered in the database. It is characterized by connecting the call and the caller and the called party.

In the database registration, the user accesses the Internet through the terminal to perform the subscriber authentication process, and when the authentication is completed, the caller ID number is input, and the caller ID registration server has an error of the entered caller ID. If it is determined that the error does not exist, the incoming and outgoing call number is registered in the database.

In addition, in the database registration, the user accesses the ARS system to perform the subscriber authentication process, and when the authentication is completed, an incoming / outgoing call number is input, and the calling / calling number registration server has an error of the entered callout number. If it is determined that the error does not exist, the incoming and outgoing call number is registered in the database.

Determining whether the calling number is a number registered in the database, the caller communication terminal is connected to a telephone processing server capable of a collect call telephone service, the telephone processing server is a number registered in the database the number of the connected caller communication terminal If the number is determined by determining whether the registered number is characterized in that the incoming number corresponding to the number of the caller communication terminal.

If the caller's number is not a number registered in the database, the caller and the caller's call connection perform an operation of a general collect call telephone service.

Hereinafter, a method for providing a collect call service using a registered call destination number of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system to which an operation of registering an incoming / outgoing call number in the service providing method of the present invention is applied. As shown, reference numeral 200 denotes an Internet which is a data communication network based on transmission control protocol / internet protocol (TCP / IP), reference numeral 210 denotes a server for registering an originating number, and reference numeral 220 denotes a server for registering an originating number. The database that is connected to. In the database 220, the telephone number data area 222 for storing a plurality of called number data and the called number data registered by the subscriber registered as a member in the called number registration server are stored separately. Subscriber area 221 for each other. The caller's number is a group of the caller's number and the caller's number which is directly connected to the caller's number when the callback system is connected to a specific caller's number.

Reference numeral 230 is an ARS system (Audio Response System) connected to the calling party number registration server. The ARS system 230 guides the registration of an incoming / outgoing call number by voice when the user is connected by using a communication means such as a general telephone, a public telephone, a mobile phone, and the like. The ARS system 230 uses the communication means. Users who access to can register the call number according to the guide.

However, the owner of the calling number and the owner of the called number must have a close relationship such as family and relatives to prevent unfair charging of the communication fee. Therefore, the calling party number registration server 210 has a confirmation procedure through the Internet or a telephone to the owner of the calling number and the owner of the called number when the calling number is input. Only after the verification procedure is completed, the incoming / outgoing call number is stored in the telephone number data area 221 of the database 220.

Reference numeral 240 denotes a user terminal. The user terminal 240 is a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a personal digital assistant (PDA). The user terminal 240 is connected to the caller ID number registration server 210 through the Internet 200 so that the user receives a call for registration of the caller's number and registers the caller's number according to the guide. do.

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of registering a call number in the database of FIG. 2. As shown in the figure, an area is set for each subscriber, and a called number and calling number registered by each subscriber are stored. One called number can be registered by connecting a plurality of calling numbers.

4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system to which an operation of making a call between a caller and a called party in the service providing method of the present invention is applied. As shown, reference numeral 400 is a caller communication terminal, 410 and 430 are telephone networks, 420 is a telephone processing server, 440 is a called party communication terminal, and 450 is a database.

The caller communication terminal 400 includes a means capable of telephone communication such as a wired telephone, a mobile phone, a PDA, etc., and connects to a telephone processing server 420 capable of a collect call telephone service through a telephone network 410 such as a PSTN or VoIP. do.

The called party communication terminal 440 is connected to a telephone processing server 420 capable of a collect call telephone service through a telephone network 430 such as a PSTN, VoIP, etc., including means for telephony such as a wired telephone, a mobile phone, a PDA, and the like. do.

The call processing server 420 searches for an incoming / outgoing call number registered in the database 450 when the caller communication terminal 400 is connected. If the calling result number is registered, the called number corresponding to the calling number is read, and a call is generated using the called number. This allows the caller to talk to the called party.

In the database 450, an origination and destination number of a collect call telephone service is registered.

Meanwhile, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of registering an incoming / outgoing call number by accessing the Internet in the service providing method of the present invention. As shown in step S500, the user accesses the Internet through the terminal. A user connects to the Internet through a user terminal 240 such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a PDA having an Internet access function.

In the next step (S502), the server for the call number registration transmits the initial screen for the call number registration, and in the next step (S504) performs a subscriber authentication process. Through the initial screen transmitted from the caller ID number registration server 210 performs the authentication process of the subscriber subscribed as a member to confirm the subscriber, if not registered as a member to join. Here, when a user of the user terminal 240 joins as a member, the calling party number registration server 210 opens the subscriber area 221 for registering the calling party number data input by the member in the database 220. Set it.

In the next step S506, the user inputs an incoming / outgoing call number using the user terminal. When the member authentication process is completed, the user inputs an incoming / outgoing call number using a user terminal connected to the Internet. For example, in order to bear the call charges sent from the mobile phone of the family to the home from the home telephone, the user inputs the home telephone number and the mobile phone numbers of the plural families into one group.

If the caller ID registered by the user is registered in the database 220, the caller ID registration server 210 receives data of the caller ID registered by the user from the database 220. Calling number registration server 210 to display the received data on the user terminal 240 through the Internet 200, the user can add or delete the data of the displayed call number.

In the next step (S508), the server for the call number registration determines whether there is an error in the input call number. Since the calling party number can also be input by a specific third party, the calling party number registration server 210 sends and receives the calling party using the Internet or a telephone to the owner of the calling party number and the called party number. Determine if an error exists in the number. In addition, since the calling number and the called number may not be a telephone number due to an error in the input, the calling party number registration server 210 determines whether an error exists.

If an error exists in the call number entered as a result of the determination in step S508, in step S510, the server for registering the call number is notified that an error exists in the telephone number input by the user.

If there is no error in the call origination number as a result of the determination in step S508, in step S512, the entered call origination number is registered in the database. If an error does not exist in the caller ID input by the user, the database 220 registers the caller ID number stored in the telephone number data area 222 in the subscriber area 221 set for the subscriber.

Meanwhile, FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of registering an originating call number by accessing an ARS system in the service providing method of the present invention. As shown in step S600, the user connects to the ARS system 230 through communication means such as a general telephone, a public telephone, a mobile phone, and the like. That is, the user connects to the ARS system that inputs the telephone number of the ARS system 230 allocated for the registration of the call origination number using a communication means such as a general telephone or a public telephone.

In the next step S602, the subscriber authentication process is performed. When the user accesses the ARS system 230, the ARS system 230 performs a subscriber authentication process by a predetermined announcement. For example, if the subscriber is not a subscriber to broadcast the announcement to join the member, if the subscriber to receive the password to confirm the subscriber. When a user joins as a member, the server 210 for calling / dial number registration sets up a subscriber area 221 for registering call number data input by the member in the database 220.

In the next step S604, the user enters an incoming / outgoing call number. The user enters the call destination number when the member authentication process is completed. When the caller ID number registered by the user is registered in the database 220, the caller ID registration server 210 receives data of the caller ID registered from the database 220. Calling party number registration server 210 notifies the user of the received data through the ARS system 230, the user can add or delete the data of the called call number.

In the next step (S606), the server for call number registration determines whether an error exists in the call number. The entered call number may be registered by a specific third party or may be a number that does not exist. Therefore, the caller ID registration server 210 determines whether an error exists in the caller ID through the verification procedure using the Internet or a telephone to the owner of the caller ID and the caller ID.

If there is an error in the call number as a result of the determination in step S606, the server for call number registration in step S608 notifies that an error exists in the call number entered by the user.

If there is no error in the call origination number as a result of the determination in step S606, in step S610, the call origination number input by the user is registered in the database. If an error does not exist in the caller ID inputted by the user, the database 220 registers the caller ID number stored in the telephone number data area 222 in the subscriber area 221 set in the subscriber.

On the other hand, Figure 7 is a flow chart for the operation of the call between the caller and the called party in the service providing method of the present invention. As shown in step S700, the caller communication terminal is connected to a telephone processing server capable of a collect call telephone service. That is, when the caller enters a phone number designated for the collect call telephone service, the caller communication terminal 400 is connected to the telephone processing server 420 through the telephone network 410.

In a next step S702, it is determined whether or not the number of the calling party communication terminal connected to the telephone processing server is the calling number registered in the database. The call processing server 420 searches whether the caller ID is a number registered in the database 450 when the caller communication terminal 400 is connected.

As a result of the determination in step S702, when the number of the calling party communication terminal is the calling number registered in the database, the called number corresponding to the calling number is read out in step S704. When the call processing server 420 searches the database 450 and the calling number is registered, the called number corresponding to the calling number is read.

As a result of the determination in step S702, when the number of the caller communication terminal 400 is not the calling number registered in the database 450, in step S706, the telephone processing server requests and inputs the telephone number of the called party. If the call processing server 420 searches the database 450 and the caller ID is not registered, the caller requests the caller's number through the guidance of the caller in order to make a call between the caller and the caller by the general method of providing a call service. Receive.

In a next step S708, the telephone processing server notifies the called party of the caller's information. The call processing server 420 generates a call to the phone number input by the caller and notifies the called party of the caller's information such as a voice or a phone number of the caller.

In the next step S710, it is determined whether the called party has approved the collect call. The called party determines whether to call the caller by using the notified caller information and inputs the caller's intention to the call processing server 420 using the caller communication terminal 440.

If the called party does not approve the collect call as a result of the determination in step S710, in step S712, the phone processing server informs the caller that the call is impossible. The call processing server 420 informs the caller by using the caller communication terminal 400 that the current call is impossible when the caller and the called party are not available.

In the case of reading the called number associated with the calling number in step S704 or when the called party approves the collect call as a result of the determination in step S710, in step S714, the call processing server 420 is a caller and the called party. Connect to make a call.

On the other hand, while the present invention has been shown and described with respect to specific preferred embodiments, various modifications and changes of the present invention without departing from the spirit or field of the invention provided by the claims below It can be easily understood by those skilled in the art.

As described above, the present invention does not require the caller who accesses the collect call telephone service system to enter the called party's telephone number one by one and does not need to determine whether the caller approves the call. Calls can be made using the service system.

Claims (8)

A caller communication terminal accessing a telephone processing server providing a collect call service; Determining, by the telephone processing server, whether a called number corresponding to a number of the connected caller communication terminal is stored in a database; And And if the called number is stored as the result of the determination, connecting the call between the caller communication terminal and the communication terminal of the called number by the telephone processing server. The method of claim 1, Called party number stored in the database, Accessing, by the other terminal of the caller, a server for registering an incoming / outgoing number through the Internet and inputting the number of the calling party communication terminal and the called number; And Registering the called party's communication terminal number and the called number in the database by the server for registering the called party number in the database. The method of claim 2, In the step of registering, the calling party number registration server does not register if there is an error in the input caller communication terminal number and the called party number, and notifies the other terminal of the caller that an error exists. Collect call telephone service providing method, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, Called party number stored in the database, The caller accessing a calling party number registration server through an ARS system and inputting a number of the calling party communication terminal and the called number; And Registering the called party's communication terminal number and the called number in the database by the server for registering the called party number in the database. The method of claim 4, wherein In the registering step, the calling party number registration server does not register when there is an error in the input caller communication terminal number and called party number, and notifies the caller through the ARS system that an error exists. A method for providing a collect call telephone service. delete The method of claim 1, If the called number is not stored, the call processing server requesting and receiving a new called party number; Notifying the caller's information to the communication terminal of the new called party number by the telephone processing server receiving the new called party's number; And The telephone processing server, when there is a collect call approval from the communication terminal of the new called party number, connecting a call between the caller communication terminal and the communication terminal of the new called party number. How to provide call phone service. The method of claim 7, wherein And when the telephone processing server determines that there is no collect call approval from the communication terminal of the new called party number, informing the caller communication terminal that the call is impossible. Way.

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