KR101504895B1 - Separable charge system for byod service and separable charge method for data service - Google Patents

Abstract

The separate billing system 1000 for the BYOD service includes an enterprise service server 430 for providing an enterprise service, a terminal 110 for requesting an enterprise service to the enterprise service server 430, a billing policy server for storing billing policy information A BYOD service gateway 140 for controlling the terminal 110 to transmit and receive data to and from the enterprise service server 430 via a wireless network, a BYOD service gateway 140 for generating billing data for transmission and reception, And a separate billing server 300 for generating separate billing information.

Description

[0001] SEPARABLE CHARGE SYSTEM FOR BYOD SERVICE AND SEPARABLE CHARGE METHOD FOR DATA SERVICE [0002]

The following description relates to a system for performing separate charging according to a service type in a system providing a BYOD service, and a method for performing separate charging according to a service type in a system for providing a data service.

Recently, as mobile devices such as smart phones have become popular, there is a growing demand for BYOD services that perform tasks using mobile devices.

A service provided by a user through a terminal can be classified into a personal service and a business service. Therefore, it is necessary to distinguish charges according to the type of service the user uses.

The user can use the personal terminal and the business terminal separately, but it is convenient and cost-effective to receive all the services from one terminal.

Conventionally, there is a technique of charging data using different rates according to service types such as Internet, moving picture or VOIP service. In addition, the prior art uses a method of separately charging an individual and an enterprise in a manner that a company pays a portion of service charges used by the user.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0038114 Korean Patent No. 10-0692650

It is difficult to distinguish personal services and business services from other conventional technologies in which different rates are applied according to the types of services. Also, the way a company pays a portion of the service fee used by the user is not an accurate method of calculating the fee.

In the following description, when a user receives a data service through a single terminal, the user tries to distinguish the personal service from the business service and separately charge the service.

The technology described below distinguishes between a service that a user pays, a service that a company pays, or a service that a third party sponsor pays if the user uses a data service using various access devices such as a network of a mobile communication provider or a WiFi network .

The solutions to the technical problems described below are not limited to those mentioned above, and other solutions not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

A separate billing system for the BYOD service includes an enterprise service server for providing enterprise services, a terminal for requesting an enterprise service to the enterprise service server, a billing policy server for storing billing policy information, an enterprise service server and data And a separate charging server for analyzing the charging data based on the BYOD service gateway and the charging policy information for generating charging data in accordance with transmission and reception and generating separate charging information.

A wireless network is a mobile communication network or a Wi-Fi network provided by a mobile communication provider.

The separation charging server can generate the separation charging information by any one or at least two or more combinations of the terminal ID, the wireless network type, the enterprise ID, and the charging standard including the type of the enterprise service.

The billing policy information includes at least one of a service domain, an access port number, a service type, an enterprise ID, a person to be charged, a billing reference variable, a service person, a QoS class, and a billing rate class.

The billing data is at least one of a wireless network type, a service name, a terminal ID, an enterprise service server ID, a service domain, a service providing time, a data capacity, a communication company ID and a billing data unique ID.

The charging policy server includes an interface unit for receiving charging policy information from a user or a separate server, and a policy transmission unit for transmitting the input charging policy information to at least one of the BYOD service gateway and the separation charging server.

The interface unit includes a subscriber information management unit for managing subscriber information to be provided with an enterprise service, a service information management unit for managing enterprise service information and enterprise information, a service policy management unit for managing a QoS level according to the service, From the external server and stores the received data.

The interface unit may further include a sponsor information management unit that manages sponsor information for billing a separate sponsor in addition to the user of the terminal or the enterprise that provides the enterprise service.

The separate billing server transmits the billing information generated by the user of the terminal, the enterprise providing the enterprise service, or the separate billing management unit and the separate billing management unit for generating the separate billing information to the third sponsor according to the billing policy information, And a charging information transmitting unit for transmitting the charging information to the system.

The billing policy information includes at least one of a service domain, an access port number, a service type, a company information, a billing criterion, a service person, a QoS class, and a billing rate class.

The charging method for the data service includes the steps of the charging policy server transmitting the service information to the BYOD service gateway and the charging policy information to the separation charging server, the terminal requesting the data service to the BYOD service gateway, Establishing a session with the terminal and a server providing the data service if the authentication is successful, transmitting the billing data generated by the BYOD service gateway to the data charging service using the enterprise service information to the separation charging server , A separate billing server generates billing information using billing data and billing policy information, and a separate billing server transmits the billing information to the billing system of the carrier.

The service information includes at least one of service information including at least one of a service domain, a service type, an enterprise ID, and an enterprise service server ID and service subscription, service termination, service activation and service deactivation for each user and enterprise of the terminal Subscriber information.

The billing policy information includes at least one of a service domain, an access port number, a service type, an enterprise ID, a person to be charged, a billing reference variable, a service person, a QoS class, and a billing rate class.

The step of generating the separation charging information may generate the separation charging information by any one or at least two or more combinations of the terminal ID, the wireless network type, the enterprise ID, the service type, and the charging reference including the charging object.

In the session establishment step, the terminal authentication can be performed by the BYOD service gateway through the authentication server (AAA) linked to the system providing the data service using the information of the terminal.

The technique described below allows an administrator to conveniently set and manage service information and policy information for separate billing.

The technology described below enables separate charging regardless of the type of the network connection device in which the user receives the data service.

The techniques described below are capable of making a detailed billing of data services using various criteria such as the type of service, the type of access device (path) to which the service is provided, the user, and the enterprise providing the service.

The effects of the techniques described below are not limited to those mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

Figure 1 is an example of a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration for a separate billing system for a BYOD service.
2 is an example of a block diagram illustrating another configuration for a separate charging system for a BYOD service.
3 is an example of a block diagram showing the configuration for the charging policy server.
4 is a table showing an example of billing policy information.
5 is an example of a block diagram showing a configuration for a separate charging server.
6 shows an example of a configuration for charging data.
Fig. 7 is an example showing the order in which the separate billing system for the BYOD service operates.
Figure 8 is an example of a flow chart for a separate charging method for data services.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, A, B, etc., may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms, but may be used to distinguish one component from another . For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

As used herein, the singular " include "should be understood to include a plurality of representations unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and the terms" comprises & , Parts or combinations thereof, and does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, components, components, or combinations thereof.

Before describing the drawings in detail, it is to be clarified that the division of constituent parts in this specification is merely a division by main functions of each constituent part. That is, two or more constituent parts to be described below may be combined into one constituent part, or one constituent part may be divided into two or more functions according to functions that are more subdivided. In addition, each of the constituent units described below may additionally perform some or all of the functions of other constituent units in addition to the main functions of the constituent units themselves, and that some of the main functions, And may be carried out in a dedicated manner. Therefore, the existence of each component described in this specification will be functionally interpreted, and for this reason, the configuration of the components according to the separate billing system 1000 for the BYOD service of the present invention is not limited to the above- It should be clear that it can be different from Fig. 1 to the extent that it can be done.

Also, in performing a method or an operation method, each of the processes constituting the method may take place differently from the stated order unless clearly specified in the context. That is, each process may occur in the same order as described, may be performed substantially concurrently, or may be performed in the opposite order.

The present invention relates to a system and method for generating charging information for a terminal that is provided with a data service through various paths such as a mobile communication network, a WiFi network, and a VPN (Virtual Private Network) provided by a mobile communication provider.

The terminal includes a general mobile terminal, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a notebook, a personal computer, and the like. A network provided by a mobile communication provider, a WiFi network, and the like are all included in the terminal of the present invention.

A terminal accesses a server providing a specific data service via a connection device such as a mobile communication network or a WiFi network. It does not matter what kind of connection device is used in the present invention.

A network provided by a mobile communication provider generally means a network using 2G, 3G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, or the like. The present invention can be applied to any communication method without being limited by the type of standard used in the data transmission / reception method and communication.

Also, the connection device in the present invention includes a WiFi network used in a house, a company, and other public places. Furthermore, it is not necessary to use the WiFi method, and it is applicable to various communication methods such as Wibro. Further, the access device also includes a separate VPN using a security protocol.

The present invention can be applied to a system that provides a BYOD service. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) service refers to a service that provides users with access to corporate information or execution of related application programs by using terminals owned by individuals. Since the user can receive the personal service and the business service using his own terminal, the personal service and the business service need to be separately charged in the BYOD system.

Hereinafter, the separation charging system 1000 for the BYOD service and the separation charging method for the data service will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is an example of a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration for a separate billing system 1000 for a BYOD service.

The billing policy server 200 is a configuration that supports the function of managing and delivering policies for processing separate billing to individuals and companies. The separate billing server 300 supports a function of separating user billing data into individual and corporate billing and billing. The BOYD service gateway (BSG: BYOD Service Gateway, 140) is a configuration that handles service requests and data of a user according to a service policy, and controls access control, subscriber authentication, and billing data generation functions.

The separate billing system 1000 for the BYOD service includes an enterprise service server 430 for providing an enterprise service, a terminal 110 for requesting an enterprise service to the enterprise service server 430, a billing policy server for storing billing policy information A BYOD service gateway 140 for controlling the terminal 110 to transmit and receive data to and from the enterprise service server 430 via a wireless network, a BYOD service gateway 140 for generating billing data for transmission and reception, And a separate billing server 300 for generating separate billing information.

Since the system is for the BYOD service, the server providing the data service is referred to as the enterprise service server 430. The wireless network means a connection device for the terminal 110 to access the enterprise service server 430. In FIG. 1, a connection device is exemplified by a mobile communication network 120 or a WiFi network 130 provided by a mobile communication service provider.

The mobile communication network 120 includes a mobile communication AP 121 such as a base station, a packet data network gateway (PGW) 122, and the like. The Wi-Fi network 130 includes a Wi-Fi AP 131 and the like. Since the path network device is well known to those skilled in the art, a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted.

The Wi-Fi network 130 is vulnerable. Thus, as shown in FIG. 1, the separation charging system 1000 for the BYOD service can use secure tunneling such as IPSec in the Wi-Fi network 130 path. The terminal 110 may transmit the IPSec protocol to the Wi-Fi AP 131 to form IPSec secure tunneling in the subsequent path.

The billing policy server 200 sets and manages policy information such as company information, service information, QoS information, sponsor information for each service, billing method, and the like to process separate billing for individuals and companies, (300). ≪ / RTI > The separate billing server 300 supports a function of dividing a service according to a billing policy defined for a billing data used by a user, separating the service into individual and corporate billing, and transmitting the generated billing information to an external server .

The BYOD service gateway 140 controls data transmission / reception between the access device and the enterprise intranet 400. Further, the BYOD service gateway 140 performs separation charging for the data service in cooperation with the charging policy server 200 and the separation charging server 300.

The BOYD service gateway includes a traffic processing function through LTE or WLAN, billing data generation function, a SeGW 420 interworking function in the corporate intranet 400 for security, a group communication function (communication function between the same corporate subscriber and external subscriber access Control of unused subscriber for a predetermined time, authentication of the terminal 110, and the like.

The terminal 110 accesses the mobile communication network 120 or the Wi-Fi network 130 using access information stored in a separate server having access information or the terminal 110 itself. At this time, the connection information may restrict the mobile communication AP 121 or the Wi-Fi AP 131 that can be connected. For example, a user working at a company can connect to the enterprise service server 430 via the Wi-Fi AP 131 installed in the company building.

The enterprise intranet 400 includes an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) 410, a Secure Gateway (SeGW) 420 and an enterprise service server 430. The AAA 410 is a configuration for authenticating whether or not the terminal 110 is capable of receiving an enterprise service together with the BYOD service gateway 140. The SeGW 420 is configured to grant security to the corporate intranet 400 using a security protocol. The enterprise service server 430 is a configuration for providing an enterprise data service. Enterprise service server 430 may allow a user to access information within a service provider's application server, in-house system, and limited enterprise through a WEB or application program.

2 is an example of a block diagram illustrating another configuration for a separate billing system 1000 for a BYOD service.

In FIG. 2, the terminal 110 can access the AP 1 and request the enterprise service from the BYOD service gateway 140 via the Internet. At this time, the AP 1 includes the mobile communication AP 121 or the Wi-Fi AP 131. AP1 is included in a network device capable of accessing the Internet. Also, the terminal 110 may access the AP 2 and request the enterprise service to the BSG via the VPN. A variety of connection methods such as 2G, 3G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, WiFi, and WiBro can be used as a path for connecting to the VPN. In addition, the access device can use a time division communication method as well as a frequency division communication method.

2 is different from FIG. 1 only in the connection device, and the remaining configuration is the same as FIG. Hereinafter, a configuration and a process of performing separation charging in the present invention will be described.

3 is an example of a block diagram showing a configuration for the charging policy server 200. As shown in FIG. The billing policy server 200 stores billing policy information for separate billing in the present invention. The billing policy server 200 transmits to the BYOD service gateway 140 the service information and the subscriber information necessary for the billing data generation in the BYOD service gateway 140 among the billing policy information. Also, the billing policy server 200 transmits to the separate billing server 300 the billing reference information necessary for generating the billing information in the billing server 300 among the billing policy information.

The billing policy server 200 includes an interface unit 210 for receiving billing policy information from a user or a separate server, and an input unit 210 for transmitting the billing policy information to at least one of the BYOD service gateway 140 and the separation charging server 300 And a policy transmission unit 220.

The interface unit 210 includes a subscriber information management unit 211 for managing subscriber information to be provided with enterprise services, a service information management unit 212 for managing enterprise service information and enterprise information, a QoS class according to the service, A service policy management unit 213 for managing the charging rate information according to the security level according to the QoS level and the service, and a database processing unit 214 for receiving and storing the charging policy information from the external server.

The interface unit 210 may further include a sponsor information management unit 216 for managing sponsor information for charging a separate sponsor in addition to the user of the terminal 110 or the enterprise providing the enterprise service.

The interface providing unit 215 allows an administrator to set information necessary for separate charging via a computer device or a web integratedly connected to a server. The interface providing unit 215 allows the user to input information necessary for separate billing through the web using the web engine 230. [

The subscriber information management unit 211 manages subscription, termination, activation and deactivation information of user information required for the policy.

The service policy management unit 213 manages QoS classes for providing services to the enterprise and supplementary classes for services. Furthermore, the service policy management unit 213 may set a QoS rate and a rate according to the supplementary grade for the service. For example, the service policy management unit 213 can manage BYOD policies in three categories: enterprise, service, and QoS. Each category also provides registration, deletion, change, and inquiry functions.

The service information management unit 212 provides a function of inputting enterprise and service information for separate billing. The service information management unit 212 can manage the company information to be charged for the specific service and the type of the service to be charged. The types of services include, for example, mail services, groupware services, financial services, and the like.

The database processing unit 214 receives policy information from a non-manager external server in a specified format and stores the information in a database.

The sponsor information management unit 216 manages service information on which the sponsor charges billing, service target subscriber, target period, and billing rate information.

The policy transmission unit 220 may include a policy synchronization management unit 221 and a policy transmission processing unit 222. The policy synchronization management unit 221 manages the distribution state according to the policy held by the charging policy server 200. [ Each policy is transferred to the policy transfer processing unit 222 by the policy synchronization management unit 221. [ The policy transfer processing unit 222 provides a function of transferring the policy delivered by the policy synchronization management unit 221 to the interworking system. That is, the policy synchronization management unit 221 divides and transmits information required by the BYOD service gateway 140 and the separation charging server 300 among charging policy information managed by the charging policy server 200, respectively. In addition, the policy synchronization management unit 221 can control the types of information transmitted from the BYOD service gateway 140 and the separation charging server 300 according to the setting.

4 is a table showing an example of billing policy information. The billing policy information may include at least one of a service domain, an access port number, a service type, an enterprise ID, a person to be charged, a billing reference variable, a service person, a QoS class, and a billing rate class.

The service domain means a URL or IP information in which a user requests a service through an access device. The port is an access port number for communicating with a service server for which a user requests service through the terminal 110. [ The service type is a group of services classified according to the type of service provided by the enterprise service server 430. The enterprise ID is information or an identifier of the enterprise providing the service through the enterprise service server 430. [

The person to be charged is information about the person who charges the service for the provided service. The person to be charged may be a user of the terminal 110, an enterprise providing the enterprise service, or a third sponsor. The billing reference variable is information about a criterion to perform billing for the service provided, such as usage amount and bandwidth used. The service target person is information on the subscriber group that can receive the corresponding service for each service. The service target may be an employee or all users of a specific company, a registered user, and the like.

The QoS class is the QoS class information according to the transmission performance and capacity of the provided service. The billing rate grade is the billing rate rating information that is negotiated according to the number of the service and data amount used by each company and the sponsor.

The billing process using the billing policy information will be described later.

5 is an example of a block diagram showing a configuration for the separate billing server 300. As shown in FIG.

The separation charging server 300 includes a policy receiving unit 311 for receiving charging juggling information from the policy management server, a charging data receiving unit 312 for receiving charging data from the BYOD service gateway 140, , A separate billing management unit 320 for generating separate billing information for a user of a company or a third sponsor, and a separate billing information generated by the separate billing management unit 320 are added to the billing system of the carrier And a billing information transmitting unit 330 for transmitting the billing information.

The data generated by analyzing the data service provided by the BYOD service gateway 140 by the terminal 110 is billing data and the billing related data finally generated by the separation charging server 300 using the billing policy information and the billing data Is separation charge information.

The policy receiving unit 311 performs a function of synchronizing the billing policy information in cooperation with the billing policy server 200. The billing data receiving unit 312 receives the billing data in cooperation with the BYOD service gateway 140.

The separation charge management unit 320 provides a function of managing policy information received from the billing policy server 200 and a function of managing charge information data (CDR) received from the BYOD service gateway 140.

The separation charge management unit 320 includes a policy management unit 321, a billing data processing unit, and a separation charging information generation unit 323.

The policy management unit 321 classifies the policy received from the billing policy server 200 into an enterprise, a service, a QoS criterion, and the like. The classified policy is used in the separate billing management unit 320 to generate separate billing for the billing data.

The billing data processing unit performs validation and analysis on the received billing data. The separation and billing processing unit 322 also provides a function of converting data according to the information required by the billing system of the communication carrier.

The separate billing information generating unit 323 analyzes the billing data according to the billing policy information and generates final billing information. The separation billing information includes information such as a user, data service related information provided by the user, billing for the provided data service, and information on the person to be charged.

The billing information transmission unit 330 transmits the final separation billing information to the billing system of the communication carrier.

6 shows an example of a configuration for charging data. The billing data includes at least one of a connection device type, a service name, a terminal ID, an enterprise service server ID, a service domain, a service providing time, a data capacity, a communication company ID and a billing data unique ID.

The BYOD service gateway 140 generates charging data periodically or non-periodically while continuing the session between the terminal 110 and the enterprise service server 430 and transmits the charging data to the separation charging server 300. The billing data is generated using billing policy information received from billing policy server 200 using subscriber information and service information. The charging data is generated by additionally using unique information (identifier, network type, etc.) transmitted from the terminal 110 and the communication network connection device.

6 is merely an example of billing data. The billing data may be various data having different formats. The billing data shown in FIG. 6 will be described below.

BYOD systems can provide data services over a wide variety of heterogeneous networks. Network Type 501 indicates a type of a wireless network (connection device) in which current charging information is generated.

A Mobile Identify Number (MDN) 502, a Served IMSI (Mobile Subscriber Identity) 503 and a Served MSISDN (Mobile Subscriber ISDN Number) 504 correspond to identification information on a user using the terminal 110 and the terminal 110 .

The Service Name 505 indicates the name of the BYOD service. A service can be composed of multiple names and represents a service name that contains current billing information.

The Session ID 506 indicates a unique ID for the billing information.

The PGW address 507 is the address information of the corresponding node for charging information generated in the LTE or 3G network. The Access Point Address (508) is the address information of the corresponding AP with respect to charging information generated in the Wifi network.

Terminal IP address 509 is address (IP) information given by the current user.

The Network Group Name 510 is an identifier for the corporate intranet 400, which is the destination network accessed through the BYOD service. The identifier may be a name, an ID, or address information.

The URL information (511) records URL information on the path accessed by the user. This corresponds to a request for a Web connection, and can provide analysis results for a particular protocol, if necessary.

The Record Opening Time (512) indicates the time at which the billing information starts. Duration 513 represents a time interval at which accounting data is calculated. Since the BYOD service gateway 140 generates billing data many times before the session is terminated, interval time information on the billing data may be needed.

Cause For Record Closing (514) means the reason that billing information is provided. Use a predefined value from the meaning of the normal session end to the abnormal end. Diagnostics 515 indicates the reason for the abnormal termination of the charging session.

The Sequence Number 516 indicates the order of charging data.

Data Volume - Uplink 517 and Data Volumn - Downlink 518 are traffic information that the user consumes in uplink and downlink, respectively.

The Charging ID 519 and the Changing Characteristics 520 indicate unique information and additional information on the billing information.

The PLMN Identifier 521 indicates a unique ID of the communication carrier.

FIG. 7 is an example showing the order in which the separation charging system 1000 for the BYOD service operates.

The charging policy server 200 receives charging policy information for separation charging from an administrator or receives necessary information from an external server (701).

The separate billing policy information may include information on a service provided by a company or a sponsor, company information, service subscriber information, quality of service (QoS) per service, security level, billing rate information per service or service provider . In addition, the policy information for separate charging may include a billing reference variable such as an access network type, a usage amount or a bandwidth, a service type, and the like.

The billing policy server 200 transmits service related information (including subscriber information) in the billing policy information managed by the BYOD service gateway 140 (702), and transmits billing policy information related to billing to the billing server 300 (703). Steps 702 and 703 may be performed irrespective of the order of the sequences, and may be performed simultaneously.

The terminal 110 requests the BYOD service gateway 140 to access a service for data service (704). The BYOD service gateway 140 authenticates the terminal 110 (user) using the identification information transmitted from the terminal 110 (705). The terminal authentication process can use a known method widely known in the field. If the terminal authentication fails, the subsequent service process does not proceed.

If the terminal authentication is successful, the BYOD service gateway 140 requests a service connection to the enterprise service server 430 (706). If the service is available, the enterprise service server 430 returns an ACK (707).

The BYOD service gateway 140 receives the ACK message from the enterprise service server 430 and confirms the connection status of the terminal 110 requesting the service (708). If the terminal 110 is connected to the network, the BYOD service gateway 140 performs session connection between the terminal 110 and the enterprise service server 430 (709).

When a session is established between the terminal 110 and the enterprise service server 430, the BYOD service gateway 140 informs the separation charging server 300 of information indicating that the session is started (710). The separate charging server 300 starts a charging session (711). The BYOD service gateway 140 periodically transmits the generated charging data to the separation charging server 300 until the session is terminated (712).

When the terminal 110 terminates the data service, the terminal 110 sends a connection release request to the service BYOD service gateway 140 (713). The BYOD service gateway 140 sends a disconnect request 714 to the enterprise service server 430, and the enterprise service server 430 returns an ACK message thereto (715). Thereafter, the BYOD service gateway 140 releases the connection with the terminal 110 (716) and requests the separation charging server 300 to terminate the session (717).

When the separation charging server 300 receives a termination request for the user's session from the BYOD service gateway 140, the charging server 300 stores the collected charging data for the user 1000 in a file or a database and terminates the charging session (718) .

The separate billing server 300 separates the stored billing data by service and generates separate billing information for each user, company, and sponsor according to the separate billing policy. The separate billing server 300 can determine the billing rate using the information of the separated billing policy information such as the service type, the QoS class, the billing type, the billing criteria, the security level, and the billing rate class.

8 is an example of a flowchart for a separate charging method 900 for a data service.

The separation charging method 900 for data service includes a step 901 of the charging policy server 200 transmitting service information to the BYOD service gateway 140 and the charging policy information to the separation charging server 300, The BYOD service gateway 140 authenticates the terminal 110 (step 903). If the authentication is successful, the terminal 110 and the data service 110 access the BYOD service gateway 140 A step 905 of setting up a session with a server providing the BYDP service gateway 140, a step 906 of transmitting billing data generated by the BYOD service gateway 140 using the service information to the billing server 300, (907) the billing server (300) generates separate billing information using the billing data and the billing policy information, and a step (908) of the separate billing server (300) transmitting the billing information to the billing system of the carrier . If the authentication of the terminal 110 fails in step 903, the authentication failure message may be transmitted to the terminal 110 (904), and the service is not performed thereafter.

The separation charging method 900 for data service includes charging the data service used by the user to the terminal 110 receiving the data service including the BYOD service for the user, the company providing the service or the third sponsor .

The service information transmitted to the BYOD service gateway 140 in step 901 includes (1) target service information including at least one of a service domain, a service type, an enterprise ID, and an enterprise service server ID, and (2) And subscriber information including at least one of service subscription, service termination, service activation and service deactivation for each of the enterprises.

The BYOD service gateway 140 uses the received target service information, subscriber information, service request information transmitted by the terminal 110, identification information of the terminal 110 transmitted by the access device (network device), network device identification information, And generates billing data.

The billing policy information may include at least one of a service domain, an access port number, a service type, an enterprise ID, a person to be charged, a billing reference variable, a service person, a QoS class, and a billing rate class.

The step 907 of generating the separation charging information may generate the separation charging information by any one or at least two or more combinations of the terminal ID, the connection device type, the business ID, the service type, and the charging reference including the charging object.

The terminal 110 authentication 903 may be performed by the BYOD service gateway 140 through the authentication server AAA 410 interworking with the system providing the data service using the information of the terminal 110.

The billing data includes at least one of a connection device type, a service name, a terminal ID, an enterprise service server ID, a service domain, a service providing time, a data capacity, a communication company ID and a billing data unique ID.

The step 906 of transmitting to the separate charging server 300 periodically transmits the charging data to the separation charging server 300 while the BYOD service gateway 140 maintains the session. Accordingly, the BYOD service gateway 140 can transmit billing data several times.

Hereinafter, a description will be made of an example in which charging for data services is performed according to the BYOD service of the present invention in accordance with the separation charging system 1000 or the separation charging method for the data service. An example of policy information for separate billing is shown in Fig.

In the present invention, the separation charging server 300 can generate the separation charging information by any one or at least two or more combinations of the terminal ID, the connection device type, the enterprise ID, the service type, and the charging reference including the charging object.

The present invention can perform billing based on any one of policy information for separate billing, or can perform billing using a combination of two or more. Variables involved in billing can be combined in various ways, and as a result, granular billing is possible. Separate billing is an important factor for the person who is responsible for billing and the billing amount.

Basically, the person to be charged may be changed according to the type of service requested by the user through the terminal 110. [ If the service requested by the user is a service domain registered in the billing policy information, the company providing the service or the company registered as a sponsor charges the service.

If the service requested by the user is not a service domain registered in the billing policy information or is not a registered service type, it can be determined that the service is used for personal use. In this case, the charge for the service is borne by the individual.

In the case of a business service to be borne by a company, the billing amount may be changed depending on the terminal (user) to which the service is provided. The user can be identified by the terminal ID. The separation charging server 300 can determine which group among the service targets in FIG. 4 the terminal ID is included in. For example, a business service provided by an enterprise A may be used by an executive of the company, or may be used by a company employee. Furthermore, if the service is not a service that includes corporate secrets and is a promotional service, it may be used not by a company employee. Thus, even if the same service is provided, the billing object, billing rate, etc. may be different depending on who is provided with the service.

The billing may vary depending on the type of the path (connection device) to which the terminal 110 connects to the corporate intranet 400. [ For example, when using a 3G / 4G path provided by a mobile communication provider for a fee, a portion to be provided to a communication carrier will be added. Using free-to-access routes such as WiFi can reduce the cost of access paths and reduce overall service billing costs. The type of the connection device may be classified according to the port number to which the terminal 110 connects. Even if the same mobile communication network 120 is used, the billing object or billing amount may vary depending on the port number.

Depending on the type of service the user provides, the billing object or billing amount may vary. For example, the type of service can be classified into a mail service, a groupware service, a specific application execution, a financial service, an advertisement service, a web portal service, and the like. Rates can be set differently depending on the type of service. Advertising services are not sponsored by individuals but sponsors are responsible, so the billing target may vary depending on the type of service.

In addition, depending on the contract with the service provider, the chargeable amount and billing amount may be different depending on which service is provided by a company. For example, the mail service provided by company A and the mail service provided by company B may have different rates. The services provided by the advertising agency may be borne by the advertising agency or a specific sponsor.

The separate billing server 300 can calculate the billing based on the billing reference variable. Criteria such as usage or bandwidth of data may be used for the charging reference variable.

The billing rate may vary depending on the QoS class for the service, and the billing rate may vary depending on the type of the service domain or service requested to the user.

As described above, according to the present invention, the charging object and the billing amount can be transferred to the billing system of the communication carrier according to various billing standards. As described above, the administrator can easily input or modify the policy information as a charging reference to the policy information server to easily manage the charging policy.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. It will be understood that variations and specific embodiments which may occur to those skilled in the art are included within the scope of the present invention.

1000: Separation charging system 110: Terminal
120: mobile communication network 121: mobile communication AP
122: PGW 130: WiFi network
131: WiFi AP 140: BSG
200: charging policy server 210: interface unit
211: Subscriber information management unit 212: Service information management unit
213: service policy management unit 214: database processing unit
215: interface providing unit 216: sponsor information management unit
220: policy transmission unit 221: policy synchronization management unit
222: Policy transmission processing unit 230: Web engine
300: Separation charging server 311: Policy receiving unit
312 billing data receiving unit 320 billing management unit
321: Policy management unit 322: Separation charge processing unit
323: Separation Charging Information Generation Unit 330: Charging Information Transfer Unit
400: Corporate Intranet 410: AAA
420: SeGW 430: Enterprise Service Server

Claims (17)

Enterprise service server providing enterprise service;
A terminal for requesting an enterprise service to the enterprise service server;
A billing policy server for storing billing policy information;
A BYOD service gateway for controlling the terminal to transmit and receive data to and from the enterprise service server via a wireless network and generating billing data for transmission and reception; And
And a separate billing server for analyzing the billing data based on the billing policy information and generating separate billing information,
Wherein the separation charging server generates separation charging information by any one or at least two or more combinations of a terminal ID, an access device type, an enterprise ID, a type of enterprise service, and a charging reference including a charging object. The method according to claim 1,
The wireless network
Separate billing system for mobile communication network or BYOD service which is WiFi network provided by mobile communication provider. delete The method according to claim 1,
The billing policy information
A separate charging system for a BYOD service including at least one of a service domain, an access port number, a service type, an enterprise ID, a billing target person, a billing reference variable, a service target person, a QoS class, and a billing rate class. The method according to claim 1,
The charging data
A separate billing system for a BYOD service that is at least one of a connection device type, a service name, a terminal ID, an enterprise service server ID, a service domain, a service providing time, a data capacity, a communication company ID and a billing data unique ID. The method according to claim 1,
The charging policy server
An interface unit for receiving charging policy information from a user or a separate server; And
And a policy transmission unit for transmitting the input charging policy information to at least one of the BYOD service gateway and the separation charging server. The method according to claim 6,
The interface unit
A subscriber information management unit for managing subscriber information to be provided with an enterprise service;
A service information management unit for managing enterprise service information and enterprise information;
A service policy manager for managing QoS classes according to services and security classes according to services; And
And a database processing unit for receiving billing policy information from an external server and storing the received billing policy information. The method according to claim 6,
The interface unit
Further comprising a sponsor information management unit for managing sponsor information for billing the user of the terminal or a separate sponsor in addition to the enterprise providing the enterprise service. The method according to claim 1,
The separation charging server
A separate billing management unit for generating separate billing information for a user of the terminal, a company providing the enterprise service, or a third sponsor according to the billing policy information; And
And a billing information transmitting unit for transmitting the billing information generated by the billing management unit to the billing system of the communication carrier. 10. The method of claim 9,
The billing policy information
A separate charging system for a BYOD service including at least one of a service domain, an access port number, a service type, an enterprise information, a charging standard, a service target person, a QoS class, and a charging rate class. A method for charging a data service in a system in which a terminal is provided with a data service via a mobile communication network or a WiFi network,
The charging policy server transmits service information to the BYOD service gateway and transmits charging policy information to the separation charging server;
The terminal requesting the data service to the BYOD service gateway;
Establishing a session with the terminal and the server providing the data service when the BYOD service gateway authenticates the terminal and authentication is successful;
Transmitting the accounting data generated by the BYOD service gateway to the data accounting service using the service information to the segregation accounting server;
The separation charging server generating separation charging information using the charging data and the charging policy information; And
And the separation charging server transmitting the separation charging information to a charging system of the carrier,
Wherein the billing policy information includes at least one of a service domain, an access port number, a service type, an enterprise ID, a to-be-charged person, a billing reference variable, a service target person, a QoS class, and a billing rate class. 12. The method of claim 11,
The service information
Target service information including at least one of a service domain, a service type, an enterprise ID, and an enterprise service server ID; And
A method for separate charging for a data service including subscriber information including at least one of service subscription, service termination, service activation, and service deactivation for each user and enterprise of the terminal. delete 12. The method of claim 11,
The step of generating the separation fee information
And a billing criterion that includes a terminal ID, a type of connection device, an enterprise ID, a type of service, and a person to be charged, and generates a separate billing information for the data service. 12. The method of claim 11,
In the establishing of the session,
Wherein the BYOD service gateway performs an accounting service on an authentication server (AAA) connected to a system for providing the data service using the information of the terminal. 12. The method of claim 11,
The charging data
Wherein the data service is at least one of a connection device type, a service name, a terminal ID, an enterprise service server ID, a service domain, a service providing time, a data capacity, a communication company ID and a billing data unique ID. 12. The method of claim 11,
The step of transmitting to the segregation charging server
Wherein the BYOD service gateway periodically transmits the accounting data to the segregation accounting server while the session is maintained.

Images