KR101511382B1

KR101511382B1 - Apparatus and method of providing international roaming access service

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Publication number: KR101511382B1
Application number: KR20080077597A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 원선관
Original assignee: 주식회사 엘지유플러스
Priority date: 2008-08-07
Filing date: 2008-08-07
Publication date: 2015-04-10
Also published as: KR20100018881A

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an international telephone service provider and a payment plan selection setting service apparatus and method thereof in an overseas roaming service.

The present invention for this purpose is to transmit the corresponding country and country code at the initial connection of the overseas communication network, to receive and display the international telephone carrier and the rate plan list information of the corresponding country, to display and transmit the international telephone carrier and the payment plan information selected by the user, A mobile communication terminal (100) using a roaming service; And receives the country and country code from the mobile communication terminal 100, and registers the use of the foreign roaming service and approval of use of the network in the corresponding CTN, and transmits the international phone service provider and corresponding fare list information And a domestic roaming server (200) for transmitting to the mobile communication terminal (100).

Mobile communication, overseas roaming service, plan selection, domestic roaming, overseas roaming,

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INTERNATIONAL ROAMING ACCESS SERVICE [0002]

Overseas roaming service is a concept that broadens the service area in which domestic mobile communication service providers allow domestic mobile phone users to use mobile phones in foreign countries through cooperation with foreign mobile communication service providers.

However, due to the breakthrough of technology, only voice roaming service was supported at the initial stage of overseas roaming service. But now, service area from text message (SMS) to caller ID (CID), catch call, data roaming, The trend is expanding. In other words, if you have just one mobile phone, you can easily enjoy various mobile communication services in over 140 countries.

However, in spite of the rapid development of the overseas roaming service described above, in the conventional roaming service, when a roaming service is desired to be provided in a foreign country, the user is automatically connected to an international telephone carrier and a charging system associated with a mobile communication company, There is a problem in that it is impossible to select a variety of low cost international carriers and a fee plan, and the satisfaction of the service is reduced accordingly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a service for a user to arbitrarily select and configure an international telephone service provider and a fee plan when a foreign roaming service is connected.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, an apparatus for providing an overseas roaming service according to the present invention transmits a country code and a country code at an initial connection of an overseas communication network, receives and parses and displays international telephone operator and rate plan list information of a corresponding country, A mobile communication terminal that uses the international roaming service by transmitting the international phone operator and the payment plan information selected by the user; And

Receiving the country and country codes from the mobile communication terminal, requesting registration of the use of the foreign roaming service and approval of use of the network for the corresponding CTN, and transmitting the international phone operator of the corresponding country and the corresponding rate plan list information to the mobile communication terminal And a local roaming server for transmitting the local roaming server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an international roaming service, the method comprising: transmitting a country code and a country code to a domestic roaming server when the mobile communication terminal initially connects to an external communication network;

Receiving the country and country code from the mobile communication terminal and requesting approval of use of the foreign roaming service and network use for the corresponding CTN;

Transmitting, by the domestic roaming server, the international telephone service provider of the corresponding country and the corresponding rate plan list information to the mobile communication terminal;

The mobile communication terminal receiving and parsing international phone operator and rate plan list information of a corresponding country from the domestic roaming server; And

And the mobile communication terminal transmits the international phone service provider and the payment plan information selected by the user to the domestic roaming server to use the overseas roaming service.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an overseas roaming service, the method comprising the steps of: when a domestic roaming server receives a country and country code from a mobile communication terminal during initial connection of an overseas communication network, ;

Requesting the domestic roaming server to approve use of the network for the corresponding CTN to the overseas telecommunication carrier; And

And the domestic roaming server transmitting the international phone service provider's corresponding rate plan list information to the mobile communication terminal.

According to the present invention, when an overseas roaming service is provided, when a customer arrives in a country and tries to connect to a roaming service, the list information such as an international telephone service provider, a fee plan, and the like available in the corresponding country is provided, By making it possible to arbitrarily select and set a desired international telephone operator and a rate plan, it is possible to select and use a more varied and less expensive communication plan for the user, thereby enhancing the economical or convenience of use and enhancing the competitiveness of the international telephone service provider This is an excellent effect that can contribute to profit generation.

Hereinafter, a configuration of an apparatus for providing an overseas roaming service according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a network configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for providing an overseas roaming service according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an apparatus for providing an overseas roaming service includes a mobile communication terminal 100 and a domestic roaming server 200.

The mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the corresponding country and country code automatically or manually set in the initial connection of the foreign communication network to the domestic roaming server 200 through the foreign communication network in the form of SMS data, 200, and receives and parses the international telephone carrier and the rate plan list information of the corresponding country, and displays the information to the user. When the user selects the international telephone carrier and the fee plan he / she desires from the international telephone carrier and the fare plan list, And transmits it to the domestic roaming server 200 to use the overseas roaming service.

At this time, the SMS data transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 100 to the domestic roaming server 200 includes an overseas roaming service name, a country name, a country code, and CTN information.

In addition, when the domestic roaming server 200 receives the corresponding country and country code from the mobile communication terminal 100, the domestic roaming server 200 performs the registration of the use of the foreign roaming service and the approval of the use of the network for the corresponding CTN, To the mobile communication terminal 100, the international phone service provider and the corresponding fee plan list information.

At this time, the domestic roaming server 200 transmits the international telephone service provider of the corresponding country and the corresponding rate plan list information in the form of XML data.

A method of providing an overseas roaming service according to an embodiment of the present invention using an apparatus having the above-described configuration will now be described with reference to FIG.

5 (a) and 5 (b), the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 turns on the power of the terminal after arriving at the home country, It automatically or manually sets the country code and tries to connect to the country's network.

5 (d), the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the corresponding country and country codes to the domestic roaming server 200 in the SMS data format (S101). At this time, the SMS data includes an overseas roaming service name, a country name, a country code, and CTN information.

5 (e), when the domestic roaming server 200 receives the corresponding country and country code from the mobile communication terminal 100, the domestic roaming server 200 requests the international roaming service use registration and network use approval request for the corresponding CTN (S102). At this time, the network use approval request of the mobile communication terminal 100 requests the foreign communication service provider.

5 (f), the domestic roaming server 200 transmits the international telephone service provider of the corresponding country and the corresponding rate plan list information to the mobile communication terminal 100 in the form of XML data (S103). At this time, the international telephone service provider of the corresponding country and the corresponding fee plan list information are shown in FIG. 5 (g).

5 (h), the mobile communication terminal 100 displays the information on the international telephone service provider and the fare list information of the corresponding country (S104) .

5 (i), the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 selects the international call service provider and the charge plan as shown in (i) of FIG. 5, And transmits the payment plan information to the domestic roaming server 200 to use the overseas roaming service (S105).

In the following, a process in the method of providing an overseas roaming service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the corresponding country and country code to the domestic roaming server 200 at the initial connection of the foreign communication network (S201).

Then, the mobile communication terminal 100 receives and parses the international telephone carrier and the rate plan list information of the corresponding country from the domestic roaming server 200 (S202).

At this time, if the user selects the desired international phone service provider and the fee plan, the mobile communication terminal 100 uses the international roaming service by transmitting the international phone service provider and the payment plan information selected by the user to the domestic roaming server 200 (S203).

In step S301, the domestic roaming server 200 receives the country code and the country code from the mobile communication terminal 100 when the foreign communication network is initially connected, and registers the use of the foreign roaming service for the corresponding CTN.

Then, the domestic roaming server 200 requests the overseas communication service provider to approve the use of the corresponding CTN (S302).

If the domestic roaming server 200 permits the use of the foreign roaming service and the approval of the use of the network, the domestic roaming server 200 transmits the international phone service provider and corresponding fare list information to the mobile communication terminal 100 , And provides the service so that the user can select and use the international telephone service provider and the fee plan he wants (S303).

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but on the contrary, A modification can be made.

1 is a network configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of an overseas roaming service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an overseas roaming service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a process in the foreign communication terminal 100 in the foreign roaming service providing method according to FIG. 2,

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a foreign roaming service providing method according to the present invention,

FIG. 5 is a reference diagram illustrating a process of a method for providing an overseas roaming service according to FIG.

Description of the Related Art

100: mobile communication terminal 200: domestic roaming server

Claims

When the initial connection of the overseas communication network is established, the corresponding country and country codes are transmitted, and the international telephone carrier and the rate plan list information of the corresponding country is received, and parsed and displayed, and the international roaming service is provided A mobile communication terminal; And

Receiving the country and country codes from the mobile communication terminal, requesting registration of the use of the foreign roaming service and approval of use of the network for the corresponding CTN, and transmitting the international phone operator of the corresponding country and the corresponding rate plan list information to the mobile communication terminal And a local roaming server for transmitting the roaming service.

The method according to claim 1,

Wherein the mobile communication terminal automatically sets a country and a country code when an overseas communication network is initially connected.

The method according to claim 1,

When the mobile communication terminal transmits the corresponding country and country code to the domestic roaming server, transmits the foreign roaming service in the form of SMS data through the foreign communication network.

The method of claim 3,

Wherein the SMS data transmitted from the mobile communication terminal to the domestic roaming server includes an overseas roaming service name, a country name, a country code, and CTN information.

The method according to claim 1,

When the domestic roaming server transmits to the mobile communication terminal an international telephone operator of the corresponding country and the corresponding rate plan list information in the form of XML data.

Transmitting a country code and a country code to a domestic roaming server when the mobile communication terminal initially connects to an overseas communication network;

And transmitting the international call provider and the payment plan information selected by the user to the domestic roaming server.

The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the step of the mobile communication terminal transmitting the country code and the country code to the domestic roaming server comprises:

Obtaining a country name, a country code and an overseas roaming service name; And

Transmitting a country name, a country code, an overseas roaming service name and CTN information acquired in a domestic roaming server using an overseas communication network in the form of SMS data.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of the mobile communication terminal transmitting the country code and the country code to the domestic roaming server comprises:

Receiving the country and country code from the mobile communication terminal when the domestic roaming server is initially connected to the foreign communication network, and registering the use of the foreign roaming service for the corresponding CTN;

And transmitting, to the mobile communication terminal, the international phone service provider of the corresponding country and the corresponding rate plan list information of the domestic roaming server.

11. The method of claim 10,

The step of the domestic roaming server transmitting the international phone operator and the corresponding rate plan list information of the corresponding country includes the steps of the domestic roaming server obtaining the international phone operator and the corresponding rate plan list information of the corresponding country, And

Converting the acquired information into an XML data format, and transmitting the XML data to the mobile communication terminal using an overseas communication network.