KR100874783B1 - How to change billing target - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for changing a person who has to a telephone charge is provided to enable a caller and a receiver to divide the telephone charge corresponding to a call made between them for a long time. A method for changing a person who has to a telephone charge comprises the following steps. According as a call service between terminals is connected(S200), one of the terminals is set up as the charging object(S202). It is determined whether a charging object change request is received from one of the connected terminals is received or not(S212). The charging object is changed in case the charging object change request is received(S214). The terminal requests the change of the charging object through the manipulation of a special key by a user.

Description

How to change your billing target {METHOD FOR CHANGING A CHARGE INDIGESTION}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile communication system for explaining a method of changing a charge during a call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of changing a charging target by a caller terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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100: caller terminal 120: mobile communication network

140: called party terminal 150: message server

160: billing target change server 170: billing server

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a charging method in a mobile communication system, and more particularly to a charging target changing method capable of changing the charging target during a call.

In general, a charge for the use of a mobile communication system allows a caller to bear all the communication fees, provided that the caller communicates as needed.

However, there is a toll-free telephone to pay the communication costs received for the purpose of reconsideration of the image to the customer in the enterprise, etc. In this case, there is a difference such that the unique number usually starts with 080.

Recently, as a collect call service is applied to a mobile communication system, when a collect call service request is made, the mobile communication system does not charge a caller but charges a communication fee to a called party.

On the other hand, when the general user makes a phone call to talk to the customer center or related employees of various companies without using the 080 service or the collect call service as described above, the general user who is the caller must charge the call, or To impose the charge on the customer center staff or related staff, there is inconvenience and time wasted that the customer center staff or related staff should call the user immediately after the user hangs up the telephone.

In addition, there is a need to share the charge according to the call when there is little time limit for the call limit of the user who is calling during a call between acquaintances or when the call charge is heavy due to economic conditions.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem of the prior art, by providing a function that can change the billing target during the call between the terminals, not only to share the burden of call charges due to long time calls, It is to provide a method of changing the billing subject to promote convenience.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for performing the above-described method, comprising: (a) setting any one of the terminals as a charging target as a call service between the terminals is connected, and (b) from any one of the call-connected terminals. Determining whether a billing target change request is received; (c) transmitting a message corresponding to the billing target change request to a billing target terminal when the billing target change request is received as a result of the determination; and (d) Changing the charging target based on a response to the message; (e) storing charging target change time information and information of the changed charging target terminal after changing the charging target; and (f) between the terminals. When the call service ends, the charging target change time information, the information of the changed charging target terminal, and the charging set in step (a) Phase and, (g) providing information of the terminal to the billing server on the basis of the information received from the service charging server and a step of performing a billing for the MS.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a method of changing a billing target of a conference call service between one caller terminal and a plurality of caller terminals, the method comprising: (a) the caller terminal as a conference call service between a caller terminal and a plurality of caller terminals is connected; Setting as a charging target; (b) determining whether a charging target change request message in which information of at least one called terminal is set is received from the calling terminal, and (c) changing the charging target; Changing the charging target to the called party terminal (s) corresponding to the information set in the charging target changing request message as the request message is received.

The present invention also provides a method of changing the billing target of a conference call service between one caller terminal and a plurality of caller terminals, the method comprising: (a) billing the caller terminal as the conference call service between the caller terminal and the plurality of caller terminals is connected; Setting a target; (b) determining whether there is a billing target change request from the at least one called party terminal; and (c) the called party requesting the billing target change if there is a billing target change as a result of the determination. Changing the charging target to the terminal (s).

Hereinafter, a process of changing a billing target during a call of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile communication system for explaining a method of changing a charge during a call according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication system to which the present invention is applied includes a calling party terminal 100, a mobile communication network 120, a called party terminal 140, a message server 150, a billing target change server 160, and a billing server ( 170).

The caller and the called party terminals 100 and 140 are mobile communication terminals for making a voice call by establishing a call call with each other through the mobile communication network 120. All terminals 100 and 140 are connected to the mobile communication service provider of the mobile communication network 120. A terminal unique number (Electronic Serial Number: ESN) and a terminal identification number (Mobile Identification Number: MIN) corresponding to the telephone number are assigned.

In addition, the caller and the receiver terminal (100, 140) is provided with a specific key for changing the billing target after the call is set, and transmits a message for changing the billing target to the mobile communication network 120 according to the operation of the specific key.

The mobile communication network 120 is a communication network that basically provides a wireless call service to all terminals including the calling party and the called party terminals 100 and 140. For example, a base transceiver station (BTS) 122, a base station controller (BSC: Base Station Controller) 124 and Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 126.

The base station transmitter 122 is located in each cell of the mobile communication system to identify the location of the plurality of mobile communication terminals, receives the voice signal transmitted from the identified mobile communication terminal, and receives the voice signal transmitted through the base station controller 124. ), And transmits the other party's voice signal to the mobile communication terminal.

The base station controller 124 controls the base station transmitter 122 and performs various call processing functions such as support for incoming and outgoing call processing and message processing of the base station transmitter 122. The base station controller 124 transmits the voice signal transmitted through the base station transmitter 122 to the radio switching center 126.

The wireless switching center 126 forms a call path between a plurality of mobile communication terminals, including the mobile communication terminal, and controls overall call processing and call processing accordingly.

On the other hand, a message server 150 for generating and transmitting a message is connected to the wireless switching center 126.

As described above, in the present invention, for convenience of description, the mobile communication network 120 has been described as an example of a 2G network, but WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), and TD-SCDMA (Time- Division Synchronous CDMA or Wireless Broadband Internet (WIBRO).

That is, when the mobile communication network 120 is WCDMA or HSDPA, the base station transmitter 122 corresponds to "NodeB" of WCDMA or HSDPA, and the base station controller 124 corresponds to "Radio Network Controller (RNC)" of WCDMA or HSDPA. The wireless switching center 126 corresponds to "WMSC (Wideband MSC)" of WCDMA or HSDPA.

In addition, when the mobile communication network 120 is a WIBRO network, the base station transmitter 122 corresponds to the "RAS (Remote Access Server)" of the WIBRO, and the base station controller 124 and the wireless switching center 126 are the "Access Control" of the WIBRO. Router) ".

The message server 150 generates a message related to the charging target change, for example, a voice or a short message, in cooperation with the charging target changing server 160, and then transmits the message to the caller or the called party terminal 100 or 140.

The charging target change server 160 requests the message server 150 to generate a message for changing the charging target, changes the charging target in conjunction with the wireless switching center 126, and changes information on the charging target, for example, the charging target. The changed time information, information of the changed charging target terminal, for example, the terminal unique number or the terminal identification number of the terminal are stored.

The billing server 170 includes information on when the billing target is changed from the billing target change server 160 when the call between the caller and the called party's terminal 100 and 140 is changed, information of the billing target terminal, and information on the billing target terminal set when the call is connected. Is provided and charges based on it. That is, the charging server 170 charges a call charge to the owner of the caller terminal 100 until the charging target change time, and charges a call charge to the owner of the called party terminal 140 from the charging target change time to the end of the call. do.

A process of changing the charging target by the mobile communication system having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of changing a charging target by a caller terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, as the caller terminal 100 is connected to the caller terminal 140 through a mobile communication network 120, a user of the caller terminal 100 and the caller terminal 140 starts a voice or video call. It is made (S200).

At this time, the billing target change server 160 is the caller terminal 100 except when the user of the caller terminal 100 makes a call with the called party terminal 100 by the caller charge service, for example, 080 service or collect call service. ) Is set as the charging target (S202).

As such, while the call service between the caller and the called party terminals 100 and 140 is in progress while the caller terminal 100 is set as the billing target, the billing target change server 160 receives a signal corresponding to a specific key from the caller terminal 100. It is determined whether is received (S204). At this time, the signal corresponding to the specific key will be transmitted to the billing target change server 160 through the base station transmitter 122, the base station controller 124 and the wireless switching center 126 connected to the caller terminal 100.

As a result of the determination of S204, when a signal corresponding to a specific key is received, the charging target change server 160 changes the charging target to the called party terminal 140 through the message server 150 to the called party terminal 140 that is the charging target terminal. Sending a message asking whether to agree to, for example, a text or voice message (S206). In this case, the message is transmitted through the wireless switching center 126, the base station controller 124 and the base station transmitter 122, which is a mobile communication network 120 connected to the called party terminal 140, the call back URL (billing) The target change server 160 is set.

In addition, the message server 150 generates a message asking whether to agree to change the billing target to the called party terminal 140 using an SMSDPP message or an Add deliver message according to a request of the billing target change server 160. To 140. Here, when the user of the receiver terminal 140 operates the call back button in the message, the receiver terminal 140 transmits a predetermined signal, for example, a message to agree to change the charging target, to the charging target changing server 160. do.

Thereafter, the charging target change server 160 determines whether there is a response to the message from the called party terminal 140 (S208). That is, the charging target change server 160 determines whether the message arrives at the caller terminal 140 according to the operation of the call button to the callback UI included in the message.

As a result of the determination of S208, when a response to the message arrives, the billing target change server 160 changes the billing target from the calling party terminal 100 to the called party terminal 140 (S210), when the billing target is changed, and the billing changed. Information of the target terminal and the called terminal 140 is stored (S212).

Then, the charging target change server 160 provides a notification message informing that the charging target has been changed to the caller terminal 100 through the message server 150 (S214).

Then, when the call service is terminated (S216), the billing target change server 160 displays the talk time, billing target change time information, the terminal identification number of the caller and the called party terminals 100 and 140, or the terminal unique number of the billing server ( 170, the billing server 170 performs billing based on the information provided from the billing target change server 160 (S218).

On the other hand, if it is determined in S208 that there is no response from the called party terminal 140 for a preset time, the process proceeds to S204 to determine whether a charging target change signal is received from the caller terminal 100.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a case in which the caller terminal 100 set as the charging target transmits a signal corresponding to a specific key to the charging target changing server 160 to request the charging target changing, but as the charging target. The receiver terminal 140, which is not set, may transmit a signal corresponding to a specific key to the charging target change server 160 to change the charging target to itself.

In this case, the charging target change server 160 changes the charging target based on the response of the calling terminal 100 after transmitting the message including the callback UEL to the calling terminal 100.

In the present invention, a one-to-one call between terminals has been described as an example. However, in another embodiment, a conference call, that is, a call service between the caller terminal 100 and the plurality of caller terminals 140 may be applied.

In the case of a conference call, a charge destination change request message is set in which information of at least one or more called party terminals 140 to be charged is selected from among caller terminals 100 and a plurality of called party terminals 140. The billing target change server 140 transmits the message to the called party terminal 140 (s) corresponding to the information in the billing target change request message through the message server 150. Then, the charging target is changed based on the response of the called party terminal 140 (s).

After changing the billing target, the billing target change server 160 stores the changed information of the called party's terminal 140, for example, a telephone number and a change point, and the information stored at the end of the call service and the caller terminal 100 By providing the information to the billing server 170, the billing server 170 performs billing based on the information.

Meanwhile, the billing target change server 160 receives a billing target change request message from one or more of the receiver terminals 140 performing the conference call service, and then sends the billing target change request message to the billing target 140. Change to) (s).

According to the present invention, by providing a function that allows the caller and the called party to change the billing target during the call, it is possible to share the call charges caused by the long-term call, as well as to the customer center or related employees with a special number of the called party If you can't connect, you can charge customer service staff or related employees by dialing a general phone number that is charged to the caller, reducing user inconvenience.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and various modifications can be made by any person having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes will fall within the scope of the claims.

As described above, the present invention provides a function that allows the caller and the called party to change the billing target during the call, thereby not only sharing the charge of the call due to the long-term call, but also using a special number of the called party. If you can't connect to the same employee, you can charge the customer center staff or related staff by dialing the general telephone number that is charged to the caller, thereby improving the user's convenience.

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delete delete delete delete delete (a) setting any one of the terminals as a charging target as a call service between the terminals is connected; (b) determining whether a charge object change request is received from any one of the call-connected terminals; (c) transmitting a message corresponding to the charge target change request to a charge target terminal when the charge target change request is received as a result of the determination; (d) changing the billing subject based on a response to the message; (e) storing the charging target change time information and the changed charging target terminal information after the charging target change; (f) providing information on the charging target change time point, information on the changed charging target terminal, and information on the charging target terminal set in step (a) to the charging server when the call service between the terminals is terminated; (g) performing charging for the terminals based on the information provided by the charging server; Charging target change method comprising a. As a method of changing the billing target during a conference call service between one calling party terminal and a plurality of called party terminals, (a) setting the caller terminal as a charging target as a conference call service between a caller terminal and a plurality of called party terminals is connected; (b) determining whether a charging object change request message is received from the calling terminal in which at least one called terminal information is set; (c) changing the charging target to the called party terminal (s) corresponding to the information set in the charging target changing request message as the charging target changing request message is received as a result of the determination; Charging target change method comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein Storing the information on the charge destination change time and the information on the called party terminal (s) corresponding to the information in the charge destination change request message after the charge destination change; At the end of the conference call service, providing the stored information and information of the caller terminal to a billing server; Billing the caller and the called party's terminals based on the information provided by the billing server; Charging target change method further comprising. As a method of changing the billing target during a conference call service between one calling party terminal and a plurality of called party terminals, (a) setting the caller terminal as a charging target as a conference call service between a caller terminal and a plurality of called party terminals is connected; (b) determining whether there is a charge object change request from at least one of the plurality of called party terminals; (c) changing the billing target to the called party's terminal (s) that has requested the billing target change if there is a billing target change as a result of the determination; Charging target change method comprising a. The method of claim 9, Storing the charging target change time information and the information on the called party terminals requesting the charging target change after the charging target change; At the end of the conference call service, providing the stored information and information of the caller terminal to a billing server; Performing charging for the terminals based on the received information at the charging server; Charging target change method further comprising.

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