KR101616923B1 - Method and Apparatus for Account Management and Call Control based on Token - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a token-based charge management method, a call control method, and a call management apparatus.

An embodiment of the present invention includes: an individual token generation unit for generating individual tokens unique to individual calls included in an entire call generated between a plurality of subscribers and storing individual token information for individual tokens generated; An individual token holder for assigning one of the subscribers to an individual token holder of the individual token, storing subscriber information for the individual token holder, and transmitting the individual token information to the terminal of the subscriber designated as the individual token holder, Government; And a charging data generation unit for acquiring a holding time of the individual token with respect to the individual token holder who is the charging object and generating charging data for the individual call based on the determined holding time for the individual call, The call management apparatus comprising:

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to easily and flexibly change the to-be-charged person by using individual tokens for each call.

Token, billing, full call control

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a token-based billing management method, a call control method,

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a token-based charge management method, a call control method, and a call management apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a token-based charging management method, a call control method, and a call management apparatus that allow easy and flexible modification of a to-be-charged person and an entire call release control right holder using a token.

A charging method in a conventional mobile communication service or the like is a method of charging a caller to a caller in a call after completing the call. However, it is possible to charge a call fee to a caller other than a caller by special communication or collect call. However, in such a case, it is necessary to use a new call routing number and a separate call routing number and a specific feature code There is a problem that the billing data generation algorithm becomes complicated when changing the billing object. That is, in the conventional charging method, there has been a problem that the charging object can not be easily and flexibly changed.

Also, when a multi-party call, in which a plurality of subscribers make a call together, such as a conference call, all the calls are simultaneously released when a caller who first attempts a multi-party call releases the call. Therefore, There has been a problem that the subscriber can not continue the call, or the other subscriber has to resume the call by redialing the call again.

In view of the foregoing, an object of an embodiment of the present invention is to make it easy and flexible to change a person to be charged.

It is another object of an embodiment of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for preventing a total call from being released even when a caller who first tried to make a conference call during a multi- To continue the conversation.

An embodiment of the present invention includes: an individual token generation unit for generating individual tokens unique to individual calls included in an entire call generated between a plurality of subscribers and storing individual token information for individual tokens generated; Assigning one of the subscribers to the individual token holder of the individual token, storing the subscriber information for the individual token holder, and transmitting the individual token information to the terminal of the subscriber designated as the individual token holder Individual Token Holder Government; And a charging data generation unit for obtaining the holding time of the individual token with respect to the individual token holder as the charging target person and generating charging data for the individual call based on the determined holding time, Based call management apparatus.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a token-based accounting management method provided by a call management device, comprising: generating an individual token unique to each individual call included in an entire call generated between a plurality of subscribers, An individual token generating step of storing individual token information for the individual token; A subscriber of one of the subscribers is designated as an individual token holder of the individual token for the individual call, the subscriber information for the individual token holder is stored, and the corresponding individual token information is transmitted to the terminal of the subscriber designated as the individual token holder An individual token holder designation step; And a charging data generation step of acquiring the holding time of the individual token with respect to the individual token holder as the charging subject and generating charging data for the individual call based on the determined holding time for the individual call Based charge management method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a token-based call control method provided by a call management apparatus, comprising: generating a master token for an entire call generated between a plurality of subscribers to store master token information for the master token; Generating a master token; A master that designates one of the plurality of subscribers as a master token holder of the master token, stores subscriber information for the master token holder, and transmits the master token information to the terminal of the subscriber designated as the master token holder A token holder designation step; And a call control step of releasing the entirety of the plurality of calls in response to a total call release request of the master token holder which is the total call release control right holder.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, individual tokens are generated for each call, the individual tokens generated are held by the to-be-charged person, and individual tokens are transmitted to the changed to-be-changed person upon changing the to-be- It has the effect of making it easy and flexible to change the subject.

In addition, according to the present invention, when a plurality of subscribers make a multi-party call, such as a conference call, a caller who has attempted a multi-party call for the first time has a master token indicating an entire call release control, The master token is delivered to one of the remaining subscribers before the call is released, so that even if the caller who first tried the multi-party call releases the call, the remaining subscribers can continue the call.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals whenever possible, even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

1 is a block diagram of a token-based call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a token-based call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of subscriber stations The individual token (Token: T) is generated for each included call, and the individual token holder having the individual token generated for each call is set as the charging target, based on the holding time of the individual token of the charging person for the individual call A master token (MT) for an entire call generated between a plurality of subscribers, and generating a master token having a master token generated for the entire call And a call control unit 120 that performs a release function for the entire call with the holder holding the entire call release control right.

The billing management unit 110 described above. (Individual token holder) by exchanging individual tokens between two subscribers in individual calls, and generates billing data for individual calls based on the hold time of individual tokens for each changed billing person.

In addition, the call control unit 120 can transmit and receive the entire call release control right among a plurality of subscribers while exchanging a master token holder having a master token generated for the entire call among a plurality of subscribers, And controls the call release.

The above-mentioned "individual token" is a unique to-be-charged token generated for each individual call, and can be exchanged between two subscribers of the individual call, whereby the to-be-charged person can be changed. That is, the individual token holder becomes the person to be charged.

Further, the "master token" is a token for identifying the entire call release control right holders generated for the entire call in a multi-party call made through a plurality of calls, and can be exchanged among all subscribers who make a multi- You can change the total call release control holder for the call. That is, a subscriber of one of all subscribers making a multi-party call has a master token and the master token holder becomes a call-back control holder.

When generating these individual tokens and master tokens, the first individual token holder of the individual token and the first master token holder of the master token may be designated as the first caller who first attempted one-to-one and / or multi-party calls.

1, an accounting management unit 110 included in a token-based call management apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an accounting management unit 110 for managing individual to-be- An individual token generating unit 111 for storing individual token information for individual tokens generated by generating a token; For an individual call, a specific subscriber (one who has first attempted a one-to-one call or a multi-party call as a subscriber who first has an individual token or has received an individual token) is designated as the individual token holder of the corresponding individual token, An individual token holder designation unit 112 for storing subscriber information on a token holder and transmitting corresponding individual token information to a terminal of a specific subscriber; And a charging data generation unit 113 for acquiring the holding time of the individual token with respect to the individual token holder who is the charging object and generating charging data for the individual call based on the determined holding time for the individual call and the like.

The individual token holders initially designated for the individual tokens created for each individual call in the individual token holder assigner 112 may be the original caller for that individual call.

Meanwhile, the individual tokens generated by the individual token generating unit 110 can be exchanged between two subscribers in the corresponding individual call. To this end, as shown in FIG. 1, the token-based The billing management unit 110 included in the call management apparatus 100 transmits an individual token for performing a procedure of transferring a specific individual token between a specific subscriber and another specific subscriber for a specific individual call generated between a specific subscriber and another specific subscriber And may further include a portion 114. [

After the transmission of the particular individual token is performed by the individual token transmission unit 114, the individual token holder designation unit 112 described above transmits the individual token holder of the specific individual token to the specific specific subscriber And changes and stores the subscriber information for the individual token holder of the specific individual token for the specific individual call and transmits the specific individual token information to the terminal of another specific subscriber.

The above-described individual token transfer unit 114 transfers the transfer request of a specific individual token to a terminal of a specific subscriber (currently, a subscriber having a specific individual token, that is, a current individual token holder) or another specific subscriber A subscriber who has chosen to give a token, or a subscriber who wants to receive a specific individual token held by a specific subscriber), and transmits the received transfer request to a terminal of another specific subscriber or a terminal of a specific subscriber By receiving an acceptance from a terminal of another specific subscriber or a terminal of a particular subscriber, the procedure of transferring a particular individual token can be performed. That is, the individual token is transferred from a specific subscriber to another specific subscriber according to a delivery request of a specific subscriber as a current individual token holder, or is transmitted to a specific subscriber other than the current individual token holder as a current individual token holder And may be transmitted from a specific subscriber to another specific subscriber.

If the individual token transfer unit 114 receives the transfer rejection for the transfer request from the terminal of another subscriber or the terminal of one subscriber involved in the individual token transfer procedure by the individual token transfer unit 114, By not altering, by not passing individual tokens, you do not change the person to be charged.

When making a one-to-one communication between two subscribers (caller and receiver), the individual token generator 111 generates one individual token for one call (total call and individual call) generated between two subscribers. In this one-to-one communication, the individual token holder assigning unit 112 designates the subscriber who is the sender as the first individual token holder. If the token delivery unit 114 performs the delivery procedure of the individual token for the delivery request of the individual token of the subscriber who is the sender or the remaining subscriber (the called party), the individual token holder assigning unit 112 transmits the individual token holder It can be changed from the caller to the called party. Accordingly, the person to be charged for the call after the individual token is delivered is also changed from the caller to the called party.

In such a one-to-one call, one call between the caller and the called party is released through a general call release procedure in response to the call release request of either of the two subscribers.

In a multiparty call situation in which one caller sends a call to two or more called parties and two or more calls are made, conventionally, when the caller releases the call, all the calls are simultaneously released and the call is continued regardless of the will of the other callers There was no problem. In order to solve such a problem, the present invention proposes a concept of a master token for the entire call release control, and transmits a master token to the remaining one subscriber before the caller holding the master token releases the call to terminate the conference call , Allowing the caller to continue the call between the remaining subscribers even if the caller releases the call.

To this end, the token-based call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a master token holder holding a master token generated for an entire call among a plurality of subscribers, And the call control unit 120 having the function of controlling the entire call release through the communication with the subscriber.

Referring to FIG. 1, the call control unit 120 described above generates a master token for an entire call and stores master token information for the master token, if the entire call includes a plurality of individual calls, for a conference call A master token generating unit 121; A master token holder designation section 122 for designating a specific subscriber as a master token holder of a master token among a plurality of subscribers, storing subscriber information for the master token holder, and transmitting master token information to a terminal of a specific subscriber; And a call release control unit 123 for releasing the entire call in response to the entire call release request of the master token holder which is the total call release control right holder.

The subscriber designating as the first master token holder in the master token holder designation 122 may be the originator who first attempted the conference call.

1, the call control unit 120 includes a master token delivery unit 124 for performing a procedure for delivering a master token between a specific subscriber and a selected subscriber (a subscriber selected by a specific subscriber) among a plurality of subscribers After the delivery procedure of the master token is performed, the master token holder designation unit 122 described above changes the master token holder from the specific subscriber to the selected subscriber and specifies the subscriber to the master token holder Changes and stores the information, and transmits the master token information to the terminal of the selected subscriber.

If the master token transferring process is performed by the master token transferring unit 124 and the transfer acceptance of the master token is received from the selected subscriber who has received the transfer request of the master token, 122 designates changing the master token holder from a specific subscriber to the selected subscriber and, when receiving a rejection for the master token from the selected subscriber, the master token holder designation 122 may not change the master token holder have.

After the master token holder is changed, when the selected subscriber ends the conference call, the call release control unit 123 releases the entire call because the selected subscriber is the master token holder, and when the specific subscriber ends the conference call Since a particular subscriber is not the current master token holder, call control is performed so that the multi-party call between the other subscribers is continuously maintained.

In the above, the token-based call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a subscriber in an exchange involved in call generation, or may be divided into an exchange and a billing-related server.

The functions of the token-based call management apparatus 100, the billing management unit 110 and the call control unit 120 included in the token-based call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention have been described. Hereinafter, a token-based accounting management method performed by the accounting management unit 110 included in the token-based call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. A token-based call control method performed by the call control unit 120 included in the token-based call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

2 is a flowchart of a token-based charging management method provided by the call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a token-based billing management method provided by the call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an individual token unique to each individual call included in an entire call generated between a plurality of subscribers An individual token generation step (S200) of storing individual token information for each individual token generated and generated; An individual token holder designation step for designating a specific subscriber as an individual token holder of the individual token for the individual call, storing the subscriber information for the individual token holder, and transmitting the individual token information to the terminal of the specific subscriber S202); And a billing data generation step (S206) of grasping a holding time of individual tokens for individual token holders who are to be charged and generating billing data for individual calls based on the held hold times, and the like for individual calls.

Referring to FIG. 2, the token-based billing management method provided by the call management apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that after the individual token holder designation step S202, The individual token holder of a specific individual token is changed from a specific subscriber to another specific subscriber, the subscriber information for the individual token holder is changed and stored according to the procedure of transferring the specific individual token among the specific subscriber, And an individual token holder changing step (S204) of transmitting individual token information of a specific individual token to the terminal. Accordingly, after the delivery of the specific individual token, the person to be charged for the specific individual call in the billing data generation step (S206) becomes the changed individual token holder (i.e., the subscriber who has received the specific individual token).

3 is a flowchart of a token-based call control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a token-based call control method provided by the call management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a master token for an entire call generated between a plurality of subscribers, A master token generation step (S300) of storing master token information; A master token holder designation step (S302) for designating a particular subscriber among a plurality of subscribers as a master token holder of a master token, storing subscriber information for a master token holder, and transmitting master token information to a terminal of a specific subscriber; And a call control step (S306) of releasing the entirety of the plurality of calls in accordance with the entire call release request of the master token holder, which is the total call release control right holder.

After the master token holder designation step (S302) described above, a master token holder is changed from a specific subscriber to a selected subscriber according to a procedure of transferring a master token between a specific subscriber and a selected subscriber among a plurality of subscribers, Changing the subscriber information and storing the master token information, and transmitting the master token information to the terminal of the selected subscriber (S304). Accordingly, the entire call release control right holder in the call control step S306 is also the selected subscriber which is the changed master token holder.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a case where a to-be-charged person is changed through delivery of an individual token upon a one-to-one call.

In FIG. 4, it is assumed that a subscriber A, who is a sender, originates a call to a subscriber B, generates a call 1, and makes a one-to-one call. "A" means the terminal of the A subscriber, and "B" means the terminal of the B subscriber. And "R" means an exchange. Such an exchange may include the entire configuration or some configurations of the token-based call management apparatus 100 in the present invention.

4 (a), an A subscriber (sender) sends a call to a B subscriber (called party), and a call 1 is created between the A subscriber and the B subscriber through the exchange. The token-based call management apparatus 100 generates a unique individual token "T1" for the thus generated call 1, designates an individual token holder for the individual token "T1 " as the original caller A subscriber, Transmits the individual token information for the individual token "T1 " to the terminal of the A subscriber. In this way, the terminal of the A subscriber stores the individual token information for the individual token "T1 ". Here, it is assumed that the A subscriber has the individual token "T1" that the terminal of the A subscriber stores the individual token information for the individual token "T1 ". It also stores individual token information for the individual token "T1 " The token-based call management apparatus 100 then designates the person to be charged for call 1 as the A subscriber, which is the individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " That is, in FIG. 4 (a), the individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " for call 1 and the person to be charged become the A subscriber.

As shown in Fig. 4 (a), in the situation where the individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " for call 1 and the person to be charged are the A subscribers, , When the subscriber A sends a delivery request for transferring the individual token "T1" held by the subscriber A to the subscriber B in order to change the person to be charged to the subscriber B, the token-based call management apparatus 100 transmits The individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " is changed from the subscriber A to the subscriber B and designated when the request is transmitted to the subscriber B and the transfer acceptance is received from the subscriber B. Accordingly, the subscriber information about the individual token holder stored in the token-based call management apparatus 100 is changed from the subscriber information of the A subscriber to the subscriber information of the subscriber B. Accordingly, the token-based call management apparatus 100 changes the charging object for call 1 to the B subscriber, which is a new individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " That is, in FIG. 4B, the individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " for call 1 and the person to be charged are the B subscribers.

When the call 1 is released by the call release request of the A subscriber or the B subscriber while the one-to-one call is made in the situation shown in FIG. 4B, and the one-to-one call is terminated, the token- Lt; / RTI > When call 1 is released, the individual token "T1" generated for call 1 is deleted (withdrawn, destroyed).

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4C, the token-based call management apparatus 100 determines whether or not the subscriber A who is the individual token holder before the delivery of the individual token "T1 " t1) at which the individual token " T1 "held by the subscriber B as the individual token holder after the delivery of the individual token" T1 " t2-t1), the total call charge for generating and releasing the call 1 is distributed to the subscriber A and the subscriber B who are to be charged before and after the transmission of the individual token "T1 " .

5 is a diagram exemplifying a situation where a multi-party call is made using an individual token and a master token.

5A, a caller A creates a call 1 between a subscriber A and a subscriber B, a call 2 between an A subscriber and a C subscriber, and sends a call to three subscribers A It is assumed that a subscriber, a B subscriber and a C subscriber make a multi-party call through calls 1 and 2. "A "," B ", and "C" refer to terminals of A subscriber, terminals of B subscriber and terminals of C subscriber. And "R" means an exchange. Such an exchange may include the entire configuration or some configurations of the token-based call management apparatus 100 in the present invention.

5A, a call is made between an A subscriber (caller) and a B subscriber (called party) through an exchange, a call 1 is created between an A subscriber and a B subscriber, and an A subscriber (caller) The call management apparatus 100 generates a call 2 between the A subscriber and the C subscriber through the exchange, and the token-based call management apparatus 100 transmits the unique tokens "T1" and "T2 & T1 "and" T2 "as the original caller A, and individual token information for the individual tokens" T1 "and" T2 "is transmitted to the A subscriber Of the terminal. In this way, the terminal of the A subscriber stores the individual token information for the individual token "T1 ". Here, it is assumed that the A subscriber has the individual token "T1" that the terminal of the A subscriber stores the individual token information for the individual token "T1 ". It also stores individual token information for the individual token "T1 " The token-based call management apparatus 100 then designates the person to be charged for call 1 as an A subscriber, which is the individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " for call 1, and the person to be charged for call 2 as call number 2 Is designated as the A subscriber who is the individual token holder of the individual token "T2 ". That is, in FIG. 4A, the individual token holder of individual token "T1 " for call 1 and the individual token holder of individual token" T2 " Become a subscriber. This can be confirmed by the table shown in FIG. 5 (b).

5 (a), when a subscriber (sender) sends a call to a B subscriber (called party), a call 1 is created between the A subscriber and the B subscriber through the exchange, and the A subscriber (sender) ), A call 2 is generated between the A subscriber and the C subscriber through the exchange, and the token-based call management apparatus 100 generates unique tokens "T1" and "T2 "And generates a single master token" MT (Master Token) "for the entire call including calls 1 and 2, and sends the master token holder for the master token" MT "to the originator And transmits the master token information for the master token "MT " to the terminal of the A subscriber. In this way, the terminal of the A subscriber stores master token information for the master token "MT ". Here, it is assumed that the subscriber A has the master token "MT" that the terminal of the A subscriber stores the master token information for the master token "MT ". It also stores master token information for the exchange token "MT", which is the master token. Then, the token-based call management apparatus 100 designates the entire call release control holder for the entire call (including call 1 and call 2) to the A subscriber as the master token holder. 5A, the subscriber A, referring to the table shown in FIG. 5A, holds the individual token "T1" for the call 1 and the individual token "T2" for the call 2 , It is the person to be charged for the call 1 and the person to be charged for the call 2. Also, subscriber A is also the holder of the total call release control for the entire call.

5, an individual token "T1" for call 1 is selected from the individual token "T1 " for call 1, which is a billing token held by subscriber A, Is transmitted to the subscriber B, as shown in Fig. That is, FIG. 6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a case in which a to-be-charged person is changed through delivery of individual tokens during a multi-party call.

As shown in FIG. 6 (a), in the situation where the individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " for call 1 and the person to be charged are the A subscribers, in order for the subscriber A to change the person to be charged to the opposite subscriber B, When the token-based call management apparatus 100 transmits the received delivery request to the subscriber B and receives the delivery acceptance from the subscriber B, the token-based call management apparatus 100 transmits the delivery request for delivering the individual token "T1" , The individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " is changed from the subscriber A to the subscriber B and designated. Accordingly, the subscriber information for the individual token holder for the call 1 stored in the token-based call management apparatus 100 is changed from the subscriber information of the A subscriber to the subscriber information of the subscriber B. Accordingly, the token-based call management apparatus 100 changes the charging object for call 1 to the B subscriber, which is a new individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " That is, referring to FIG. 6 (b), the individual token holder of the individual token "T1 " for call 1 and the person to be charged become the B subscriber.

As shown in FIG. 6, the subscriber A can continue or end the conference after passing the individual token "T1" for the call 1 to the subscriber B. In order to maintain the continuous communication between the remaining subscribers B and C, the subscriber A immediately transmits the master token "MT " C subscribers. 7, subscriber A selects subscriber B as a subscriber for delivering the master token "MT" that it has just before releasing the call to terminate the conference call and forwards the master token "MT" Assuming a situation that allows you to do so. That is, FIG. 7 exemplifies a case where the entire call release control right holder is changed from the subscriber A to the subscriber B through the delivery of the master token "MT "

Referring to FIG. 7A, the subscriber B holds the master token "MT" after the transfer acceptance for the master token "MT" transfer request, It also holds the individual token "T1". As subscriber A terminates the multi-party call, call 1 generated between subscriber A and subscriber B is no longer needed, call 1 ends, and the hold time of the individual token "T1 " . Also, in order to keep the call between subscriber B and subscriber C continuously, the call between subscriber B and subscriber C can use the existing call 2 between subscriber A and subscriber C. To do this, the subscriber A passes the held master token "MT" just before releasing the call to end the conference call, and at the same time delivers the individual token "T2" to the call 2 held by subscriber B . Thus, referring to FIG. 7B, the subscriber B can keep the call between the subscriber C even if the subscriber A ends the call by holding the master token "MT " The individual token "T2 " for the call 2 received from the subscriber A can be used to continuously communicate with the subscriber C. [ The person to be charged for call 2 from this time becomes subscriber B.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, individual tokens are generated for each call, the individual tokens generated are held by the to-be-charged person, and individual tokens are transmitted to the changed to-be-changed person upon changing the to-be- It has the effect of making it easy and flexible to change the subject.

In addition, according to the present invention, when a plurality of subscribers make a multi-party call, such as a conference call, a caller who has attempted a multi-party call for the first time has a master token indicating an entire call release control, The master token is delivered to one of the remaining subscribers before the call is released, so that even if the caller who first tried the multi-party call releases the call, the remaining subscribers can continue the call.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the constituent elements may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the constituent elements may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware May be implemented as a computer program having a module. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. As the storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, or the like may be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The description above is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, one embodiment of the present invention is applied to the field of billing management and call control technology in the field of communication, so that the token can be used to easily and flexibly change the billing target person and the entire call release control right holder Is a very useful invention.

1 is a block diagram of a token-based call management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a token-based charge management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a token-based call control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram exemplarily showing a case where a to-be-charged person is changed through delivery of an individual token upon one-to-one communication,

5 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which a multi-party call is made using an individual token and a master token,

6 is a diagram exemplarily showing a case where a to-be-charged person is changed through delivery of an individual token in a multi-party call,

7 is a diagram exemplarily showing a case where the entire call release control right holder is changed through the transfer of the master token in the multi-party call.

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An individual token generation unit for generating individual tokens unique to individual calls included in an entire call generated between a plurality of subscribers and storing individual token information for individual tokens generated; For each individual call, a subscriber of one of the subscribers is designated as the individual token holder of the corresponding individual token, the subscriber information for the individual token holder is stored and the individual token information is transmitted to the terminal of the subscriber designated as the individual token holder Token Holder Government; And A billing data generation unit for obtaining billing data for individual calls based on the hold time of the individual tokens for the individual token holders, Wherein the token-based call management apparatus comprises: The method according to claim 1, Further comprising an individual token delivery unit for performing a delivery procedure of a corresponding individual token between one subscriber and another subscriber, After the delivery procedure is performed, The individual token holder designation unit, The individual token holder of the individual token is changed from one subscriber involved in the delivery procedure to another subscriber, the subscriber information for the individual token holder is changed and stored, and the changed subscriber token And transmits the token-based call management information to the terminal of the token-based call management apparatus. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the individual token transfer unit comprises: From a terminal of one subscriber or a terminal of another subscriber who has participated in the delivery procedure, And transmits the delivery request to a terminal of another subscriber or a terminal of one subscriber involved in the delivery procedure, Receiving the transfer acknowledgment for the transfer request from the terminal of another subscriber involved in the transfer procedure or the terminal of one subscriber, Wherein the token-based call management device changes the individual token holder of the corresponding individual token when receiving a delivery rejection for the delivery request from a terminal of another subscriber involved in the delivery procedure or a terminal of one subscriber . The method according to claim 1, For a multi-party call, if the entire call includes a plurality of individual calls, A master token generator for generating a master token for the entire call and storing master token information for the master token; Assigning one of the plurality of subscribers as a master token holder of the master token, storing subscriber information for the master token holder, transmitting the master token information to one subscriber terminal designated as the master token holder A master token holder governor; And And a call release control unit for releasing the entire call in response to an entire call release request of the master token holder, Based call management apparatus. 5. The method of claim 4, Further comprising a master token transferring unit for transferring the master token between a subscriber designated as the master token holder of the plurality of subscribers and a subscriber selected by the one subscriber designated as the master token holder, When the transferring procedure of the master token is performed by the master token transferring unit and the transfer acceptance of the master token is received from the selected subscriber, The master token holder designation unit, The master token holder is changed to a subscriber selected by the one subscriber designated as the master token holder, the subscriber information for the master token holder is changed and stored, and the terminal of the subscriber changed to the master token holder And to transmit the master token information. 6. The method of claim 5, Wherein the call release control unit comprises: After the master token holder is changed, When the selected subscriber ends the conference call, releases the entire call, and when the master token holder before the change ends the conference call, performs call control so that a multi-party call between the remaining subscribers is maintained. Management device. A token-based accounting management method provided by a call management apparatus, An individual token generation step of generating individual tokens unique to individual calls included in an entire call generated between a plurality of subscribers and storing individual token information for individual tokens generated; A subscriber of one of the subscribers is designated as an individual token holder of the individual token for the individual call, the subscriber information for the individual token holder is stored, and the corresponding individual token information is transmitted to the terminal of the subscriber designated as the individual token holder An individual token holder designation step; And A billing data generation step of generating a billing data for an individual call based on the hold time of the individual token for the individual token holder, Based charge management method according to claim 1, wherein the token-based charge management method comprises: 8. The method of claim 7, After the individual token holder designation step, For each individual call in which a delivery request has been issued, one of the subscribers involved in the delivery procedure is changed to another subscriber in accordance with the procedure of transferring the corresponding individual token between one subscriber and the other subscriber, Further comprising changing an individual token holder to change the information stored in the individual token holder, and transmitting individual token information for the individual token to the terminal of the other subscriber as the changed individual token holder. A token-based call control method provided by a call management apparatus, A master token generation step of generating a master token for an entire call generated when a conference call is performed, and storing master token information for the master token; A subscriber of the subscriber who designates one of the subscribers performing the conference call as a master token holder of the master token, stores subscriber information of the master token holder, and transmits the master token information to a subscriber terminal designated as the master token holder A master token holder designating step of transmitting; And A call control step of keeping the call between the remaining callers according to whether the master call token is held even if the caller of the first call attempt releases the call during the multi- Based call control method. 10. The method of claim 9, The master token holder designation step; And The master token holder is changed from the specific subscriber to the selected subscriber according to a procedure of transferring the master token among a specific subscriber and a selected subscriber among the subscribers performing the conference call and the subscriber information about the master token holder Modifying and storing the master token information, and transmitting the master token information to the terminal of the selected subscriber.

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