KR100897990B1 - Method for Charging Which is used in Comunication Network - Google Patents

Abstract

The billing method according to the present invention is a billing method for an electronic commerce in a communication network environment, wherein a management server providing and managing the communication network collects purchase information for the commerce during a commerce between a buyer and a seller through the communication network. Making; Analyzing, by the management server, the purchase information to generate billing data for charging at least one of a sales fee and a communication network fee for the commerce; And charging, by the management server, to the seller based on the charging data.

Network, Billing, WiBro, Purchasing Information, Billing Data

Description

Charging Method for Communication Networks {Method for Charging Which is used in Comunication Network}

1 is a schematic diagram of an environment including a communication network 10 of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a charging method of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of Example 4. FIG.

4 is a schematic diagram of a communication network 10 environment of Embodiment 5;

5 is a flowchart of a charging method of Example 5. FIG.

6 is a flowchart of Example 8. FIG.

7 is a schematic diagram of a communication network 10 environment of Embodiment 9;

8 is a schematic diagram of a communication network 10 environment of Embodiment 10;

9 is a flow chart of a tenth embodiment.

A communication network, a service providing server for providing contents or selling goods or services through the communication network, a terminal connected to the communication network so that a service user can use the contents or purchase goods or services, and is connected to the communication network The service providing server relates to a charging method performed by the management server in a communication network environment including a management server for providing and managing the communication network to provide the content, goods and services to the terminal.

Services for selling paid content, goods, or services are widely spread through a communication network such as the Internet, and moreover, purchase and sale using a wireless terminal such as a mobile phone are widely performed through a mobile communication network.

In general, in the case of the above service, a content provider (a vendor providing a service for selling paid content or a product or a service, hereinafter referred to as a content provider) is used to advertise and sell using a communication network such as the Internet. Use the contact with the content provider to make a purchase. In this case, all of the sales revenue will have only the content provider, and the sales profit through the communication network is not divided among the communication network providers providing the communication network.

The network operator has conventionally received a certain amount from the network user for profit or a certain amount as the content provider uses the communication network. However, such a revenue structure is not able to keep up with the increasing economic flow through the network, and the content providers are expected to make huge profits compared to the relatively low cost of using the network.

Therefore, it is desired to create a new profit structure for a network operator who does not make a profit even after establishing a communication network by putting enormous capital and technology. In particular, WiBro operators, the next generation of telecommunications networks, have invested enormous development costs and need to find new revenue sources.

Conventional technologies have not been able to provide a service provider a way to profit from a network provider.

The present invention charges a sales fee to a service provider that provides a service using a content provider or a communication network to avoid a problem to a conventional network operator as described above, so as not to charge a buyer to generate revenue to the network operator. For the purpose of

It is another object of the present invention to provide a charging method for a service suitable for use in a WiBro network.

The billing method according to the present invention is a billing method for an electronic commerce in a communication network environment, wherein a management server for providing and managing the communication network collects purchase information for the commerce during a commerce between a buyer and a seller through the communication network. step; Analyzing, by the management server, the purchase information to generate billing data for charging at least one of a sales fee and a communication network fee for the commerce; And charging, by the management server, to the seller based on the charging data.

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Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows a configuration of an environment including the communication network 10 of the present invention. The environment in which the charging method of the present invention is performed is connected to each other through a communication network 10 as shown in FIG. 1, and is connected to a customer terminal (communication network 10) so that a service user can use contents or purchase goods or services. Buyer's terminal] 20 and a service providing server [terminal of a content provider (i.e. seller) that provides content or sells goods or services through the communication network 10) 30 and a management server [content, goods and services] Providing and managing the communication network 10 so that it can be provided to the buyer's terminal 20] (40).

The communication network 10 refers to tangible and intangible means for enabling communication using electrical signals. The present invention can be applied to various communication networks 10, and can be applied to the existing wire / wireless communication network 10 as well as to the WiBro communication network 10.

The terminal (buyer terminal) 20 is electrically connected to the communication network 10 and is a means for transmitting and receiving electrical signals through the communication network 10. The terminal 20 may be anything as long as it can be connected to the communication network 10. Examples include computers, mobile phones and personal digital assistants.

The service providing server 30 is a means for electrically connecting to the communication network 10 to provide various contents or to sell goods and services.

The management server 40 is connected to the communication network 10 and the electrical means for managing the communication network 10, the service providing server (seller terminal) 30 is the terminal (buyer terminal) 20 It provides a foundation for providing content to.

2 shows a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a charging method of the present invention.

In the first embodiment, when the service user purchases contents, goods, services, etc. provided by the service providing server 30 through the communication network 10 using the terminal 20, the terminal 20 and the service Step a1 in which the management server 40 receives the purchase information from at least one of the providing servers 30, and receives the purchase information from the management server 40 and analyzes the received purchase information to obtain billing data. And a3 step of creating and storing, and a3 step of charging the service providing server 30 by the charging data in the management server 40.

In the first embodiment, the step a1 is a web page provided by the service providing server 30 through a terminal 20 that a customer who wants to use various services provided through the communication network 10 can access the communication network 10. Access to the packet using the other communication network 10, etc. to purchase the content, services, goods, etc., and the management server 40 receives the information that the customer made a purchase from the service providing server 30.

In step a2, the management server 40 analyzes the purchase information received in step a1, and generates and stores charging data so that a predetermined amount of fee can be charged from the sales revenue of the service providing server 30. Say.

Step a3 is a step of charging the service providing server 30 in the management server 40 using the charging data generated in the above, the charging is based on the revenue obtained by the content provider (seller) to sell the content, etc. to the customer Corresponds to a certain percentage fee. However, the above billing is not limited to the sales fee, but also includes the billing for the telecommunication network 10 royalty and other expenses.

As described above, a certain amount of fee is charged to the content provider (seller), so that the network 10 provider side can realize a new profit.

In another embodiment of the present invention, there is a 'second embodiment' for the charging method for preventing the case in which the purchase information is transmitted to the management server 40 falsely.

The second embodiment includes a purchase information transmitting module in each of the terminal 20 and the service providing server 30 of the first embodiment. This means that a content provider (seller) or a customer (buyer) who wants to sell through the communication network 10 of the present invention does not have the purchase information transmitting module, so that a purchase cannot be made or an initial installation is recommended. Through the terminal 20 or the service providing server 30 to be provided.

In the second embodiment, the a1 step is such that the purchase information is received by the purchase information sending module to the management server 40. This is to collect accurate purchase information by enabling automatic reception so that artificial manipulation cannot be performed.

The purchase information transmitting module may be provided in at least one of the terminal 20 and the service providing server 30. Even if the terminal 20 is provided only with the purchase information transmission module, the purchase information received from the service providing server 30 can be compared with the purchase information received from the purchase information transmission module of the terminal 20. This is possible.

In another embodiment of the charging method for preventing the case in which the purchase information is transmitted to the management server 40 false, when the purchase is made by the terminal 20 in the step a1, the management server 40 is The method may further include granting a point to a user who uses the terminal 20 and receiving the purchase information from the service providing server 30. In step a2, the management server 40 performs the service providing server ( There is a 'Example 3' for creating and storing billing data by comparing the purchase information received from 30) with the points.

In the third embodiment, a point system is charged to a customer (buyer) at the time of a customer's purchase by using a point system in sales through the communication network 10 which is widely known, and the accumulated information of the points and a service providing server [service provider ( That is, the authenticity of the purchase information is checked based on the purchase information received from the terminal of the seller).

According to the second and third embodiments as described above, accurate purchase information for creating billing data can be obtained.

In another embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that the content provider (seller) sends false purchase information by the same method as in the second embodiment and the third embodiment, the charge is applied to the content provider (seller) by applying a formulation to the content provider (seller). There is a 'Example 4' to make this happen.

3 is a flowchart of Embodiment 4. In the fourth embodiment, step a2 further includes comparing the purchase information received by the management server 40 with the actual purchase information, and in step a3, the purchase information received by the management server 40 is actually purchased. If it does not match the information further comprises the step of blocking the payment of the terminal 20 to the service providing server 30.

The payment blocking does not impose additional sanctions on the service providing server 30 if the purchase information is matched according to the comparison, but if the payment is inconsistent, the payment for the purchase is not made from the terminal 20 to the service providing server 30. By blocking the sale through the communication network 10 according to the present invention. Therefore, in order to avoid such a preparation, the content provider (seller) should transmit the accurate purchase information through the service providing server 30.

On the other hand, there is a 'Example 5' applying the online affiliate marketing to the charging method of the present invention. The fifth embodiment is made under the environment of the communication network 10 shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the environment of the communication network 10 provides content or sells goods or services through the communication network 10 in addition to the communication network 10, the management server 40, the terminal 20, and the service providing server 30. It further comprises a sales server (becoming a terminal of the ad requestor) 50, which provides an advertisement for doing so.

5 shows a flowchart of the charging method of the fifth embodiment.

In the fifth embodiment, in step b1 of receiving a request for mediation from the sales server (which becomes the terminal of the advertisement requester) 50 in the management server 40 in parallel with the step of the first embodiment, the management server 40 Step b2 of providing the advertisement to the service providing server 30 by b), step b3 of displaying the advertisement on the web page provided by the service providing server 30 by the management server 40; When the purchase is made in the terminal 20 by an advertisement, step b4 for purchasing information by the management server 40 to the sales server 50 via the management server 40 and the management server 40. B5 step of generating and storing the billing data by the purchase information, and b6 step of billing the sales server 50 by the billing data in the management server 40.

In the step b1, a management server 40 for displaying an advertisement on a web page of another operator (seller) by an operator (advertiser requester) who wants to advertise to sell content, goods, services, etc. through the sales server 50. When requesting a mediation to the management server 40 corresponds to the step of receiving the request.

In step b2, the management server 40 receives such a request so that other operators (sellers) can display the advertisements, so that the operators (content providers, ie sellers) using the service providing server 30 are suitable. This corresponds to the step of selecting an advertisement and receiving the advertisement.

The step b3 corresponds to the step of displaying the advertisement by the management server 40 on the web page in the service providing server 30 to perform the advertisement.

In step b4, when a customer using the terminal 20 contacts the advertisement on a web page provided by the service providing server 30 and makes a purchase, purchase information indicating that the purchase is made is sold through the management server 40. Corresponds to the step sent to the server 50.

Step b5 corresponds to the step of collecting and purchasing the purchase information in the management server 40 to generate and store the billing data. In this case, the billing data refers to a fee of a certain percentage of the sales revenue of the content sold by the sales server 50.

The step b6 corresponds to the step of charging the operator (content provider, that is, the seller) using the sales server 50 by the charging data.

According to the fifth embodiment, a business operator (advertiser requester) using the sales server 50 may have more advertising opportunities, and a business operator (content provider, that is, a seller) using the service provision server 30 that displays an advertisement. May charge a certain fee to a business operator (advertiser requester) using the sales server 50, and the user of the communication network 10 may also charge a certain fee, thereby creating an opportunity to generate more economic benefits. Will be provided.

In another embodiment of the present invention, it is also possible to prepare and provide a report on the service in order to provide more business opportunities and information to the operator using the service of the present invention, which is shown in 'Example 6'.

In the sixth embodiment, in step a2 of the first embodiment, the management server 40 further includes the process of analyzing the received purchase information to classify and organize the information to produce a report, in step a3, It is to further include providing the produced report to the service providing server 30.

Through such a process, the service provider (content provider, that is, the seller) using the service providing server 30 can obtain information such as statistics about sales and the age group of the customer base in a specific area of interest, and thus can be effectively applied to the business. do.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as in the third embodiment, a point system is applied, which is 'Example 7'.

In the seventh embodiment, when a purchase is made by the terminal 20 in step a1 of the first embodiment, the management server 40 uses a user (buyer) and the service providing server ( 30) further comprising assigning and storing points for each business operator (content provider, ie, seller), and in step a3, charge only by subtracting the accumulated value of the stored points from the charging data as the upper limit. The point used is subtracted from the cumulative value (subtracted).

More preferably, the purchase is made by the points given to the user (buyer) of the terminal 20 in step a1, and the management server 40 subtracts the used points from the accumulated points (subtracted). Good to do.

According to the seventh embodiment of the present invention which enables users to use the points as described above, the burden of using the service of the present invention is reduced, and the customer is more frequently used to increase the profit, and from the point of view of the customer who makes the purchase It can be purchased by point, which is good for economic benefits.

In another embodiment of the present invention, by applying a third-party billing service that can be applied to the packet to charge the customer to use the content provider (seller) to reduce the burden on the customer (buyer) by paying the fee instead There is 'Example 8' to be.

6 shows a flowchart of Example 8. FIG. In FIG. 6, according to the eighth embodiment, when the terminal 20 requests a service provided by the service providing server 30, the terminal 20 includes a three-character billing tag. Step c1 the management server 40 is requested to use the billing tag, step c2 for authenticating the request from the terminal 20 in the management server 40, the third party in the management server 40 C3 step of transmitting the third party billing tag information to be displayed on the web page of the service providing server 30 when the charging tag is authenticated, and the web page of the service providing server 30 using the terminal 20. If using the third party billing tag information, the management server 40 further comprises the step c4 of charging the third party billing information usage fee to the service providing server 30 side, the step a1 in the web page Information using the management server (40) The method further includes a step of receiving, and in step a2, the management server 40 further includes a process of creating and storing billing data by analyzing the webpage usage information.

The eighth embodiment is for the third party billing, and does not apply to all services, but only to a web page or the like for which the third party billing service is applied. Third party billing refers to a system that bills service providers (sellers) rather than users (buyers) who use the service.

The third party billing service may be applied when the operator using the service providing server 30 first applies for the third party billing to the management server 40 side. After the application is authenticated and approved by the management server 40 side, and stores the third party billing information to be provided to the service providing server 30.

In the step c1, when the user includes the 3rd party billing tag in the service in order to use the service provided by the service providing server 30 in the terminal 20, the 3rd party billing tag information in the terminal 20. When the exposure is requested, the management server 40 refers to the step of receiving a request.

Step c2 refers to a step of authenticating whether the tag information exposure application is valid in the management server 40, and step c3 refers to tag information requested by the terminal 20 in the management server 40 when the authentication is received. Refers to the step of displaying on the service providing server 30.

In the step c4, if the third party billing tag information is used in the web page of the service providing server 30 using the terminal 20, the management server 40 provides the service fee for the third party billing information fee. The step of charging on the server 30 side.

If the user of the terminal 20 makes a purchase, the service providing server 30 is charged to the service providing server 30 as in the first embodiment. You will be charged afterwards.

More preferably, the communication network 10 may be used in a WiBro network. Since the eighth embodiment is basically used for the communication network 10 that must bear the packet usage fee, it is preferable to use the mobile telephone communication network 10 or the wireless communication network 10 or the like rather than the existing wired communication network 10. It would be more desirable to use it in the WiBro network.

In another embodiment of the present invention, there is a 'ninth embodiment' to further include SMS and MMS services.

Fig. 7 shows the environment of the communication network 10 of the ninth embodiment. In the ninth embodiment, the environment of the communication network 10 further includes a mobile telephone base station 60, and in step a1 of the first embodiment, a text input for inputting SMS and MMS from the service providing server 30 is possible. If the terminal 20 to input the SMS and MMS by providing a window, further comprising the step of receiving the input SMS and MMS information (which becomes the purchase information entered as text) from the management server 40, the step a3 In the management server 40 further includes sending the input SMS and MMS information to the mobile telephone base station 60 to send the SMS and MMS from the mobile telephone base station 60.

Embodiment 9 further provides a means for simply using SMS and MMS to increase the use of the user so that more customers can be formed.

In another embodiment of the present invention, there is 'Example 10' to which the integrated payment system is applied. FIG. 8 shows the communication network 10 environment of Embodiment 10, and FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of Embodiment 10. As shown in FIG.

The tenth embodiment is performed in a communication network 10 environment further including at least one service providing server 30, and the service is selected by the at least one service providing server 30 through the terminal 20. Step d1 for making an authentication request for purchase from the terminal 20 to the management server 40, step d2 for authenticating at the management server 40, and when the terminal is authenticated at the management server 40, the terminal 20 Step d3 of receiving the payment from the management server 40 and d4 step of transmitting the payment amount to the at least one service providing server 30 from the management server 40.

The step d1 refers to a step in which a customer using the terminal requests a payment for a purchase but requests the management server 40 instead of directly requesting the service provider. When a customer purchases a plurality of services from at least one service providing server 30, the customer has to go through a plurality of payment and authentication processes. Therefore, it is to receive the payment request from the management server 40 in a batch.

The step d2 refers to the step of performing the collective authentication for the collectively requested payment from the management server 40, and the step d3 refers to the payment from the terminal 20 in the management server 40 when the management server 40 is authenticated in step d2. Say the steps you will receive.

Step d4 refers to the step of transmitting the payment to the service providing server 30 side in the management server 40 received the collective payment.

The above steps are performed as in the first embodiment, the management server 40 collects the purchase information by the payment process, analyzes the purchase information, generates the billing data, and collectively the service providing server 30. Will be charged.

According to the tenth embodiment, the customer makes an integrated payment by the management server 40 having an integrated authentication process without directly contacting a service provider (seller) for payment, thereby improving security. You can make an efficient payment.

Embodiments 1 to 10 may be implemented respectively, and preferably, at least two or more embodiments may be used in duplicate. It is furthermore possible to implement all of the above embodiments simultaneously.

The present invention is not to be determined by the scope of the above embodiments, it is to be understood that the scope of the invention is determined by the claims.

The charging method according to the present invention is made by the configuration and operation as described above, by the charging method of the present invention the communication network 10 operators have a variety of profit structure to increase the financial profit, the content provider more customers The opportunity to get in touch with them and the wide variety of business models available will enable you to expect even more revenue.

Claims (16)

In the charging method for electronic commerce in the communication network environment, Collecting a purchase information of the commerce by a management server that provides and manages the communication network during a commerce between a buyer and a seller through the communication network; Analyzing, by the management server, the purchase information to generate billing data for charging at least one of a sales fee and a communication network fee for the commerce; And Charging, by the management server, to the seller based on the charging data Charging method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The purchase information, Billing method, characterized in that provided to the management server by the purchase information transmission module provided in at least one of the terminal of the buyer or the terminal of the seller. The method of claim 1, The management server, At the time of the commerce, the billing method, characterized in that the purchase information received from the purchase information transmission module provided in the terminal of the buyer and the purchase information received from the terminal of the seller to check the authenticity of the purchase information . The method of claim 1, The management server, At the time of the commerce, the charging method, characterized in that to give a point to the buyer, and to check the authenticity of the purchase information based on the accumulated information of the point and the purchase information received from the terminal of the seller. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The management server, If the purchase information is determined to be false, the billing method characterized in that the payment of the buyer to the seller is blocked. delete The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The management server, And receiving the advertisement for the commerce, providing the advertisement to the terminal of the seller, and displaying the advertisement, and collecting the purchase information when the commerce is performed by the advertisement. The method of claim 7, wherein The management server, And charging the advertisement requestor based on the charging data, by transmitting the purchase information to an advertisement requester. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The management server, Billing method characterized in that for producing a report by analyzing the purchase information, and providing the produced report to the seller. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The management server, At the time of the commerce, the charging method characterized in that a point is accumulated for each of the buyer and the seller, and charged by deducting the upper limit value of the accumulated point in the charging data, and then deducting the used points from the accumulated value. . The method of claim 10, The management server, Billing method characterized in that the purchase is made by the points given to the buyer, and the used points are subtracted from the accumulated points. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The management server, When the third party billing tag information is requested for exposure, the authentication is authenticated, the third party billing tag information is provided to the seller's terminal to be displayed, and the commerce is performed by using the third party billing tag information. Billing method characterized in that the third party billing information charges to the seller. The method of claim 12, The communication network, Billing method characterized in that the WiBro (WiBro) network. The method of claim 1, The purchase information, Billing method, characterized in that the information input from the terminal of the buyer via the character input window provided from the terminal of the seller. The method of claim 1, The purchase information, Billing method, characterized in that the management server is collected in the process of receiving payment from the terminal of the buyer, when the authentication request for purchase from the terminal of the buyer. The method of claim 15, The management server, Billing method characterized in that the transfer of the payment to the seller.

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