KR19990042276A - How to Transfer Billing Service Records in Portable Disk Devices - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is suitable for improving the operator's convenience when the new device portable disk device charges by a method of easily ending the charging service and transferring the standby service to the portable disk device using the portable disk device in service. The present invention relates to a charging service recording transfer method in a portable disk device. In the conventional technology, a transfer method between magnetic tapes existed. However, since the device is not large and detailed, the charging data, which is an important data during the transfer, is lost. Although there is a drawback of low reliability, in the present invention, the first and second portable disk units 250 and 290 including the plurality of portable disk devices 252, 254, 292, and 294 are used as a billing service recording apparatus. By providing a stable, reliable and By providing a billing service record switching method in the portable disk storage device capable of charging data (252, 254, 292, 294), to which can improve the above-mentioned drawbacks.

Description

How to Transfer Billing Service Records in Portable Disk Devices

The present invention relates to a charging service recording switching method in a portable disk device. In particular, the portable disk device, which is a new device, is a method in which an operator easily terminates the charging service and switches over to a portable disk device that is standby using a portable disk device in service. The present invention relates to a charging service recording switching method in a portable disk device that improves the operator's convenience when charging the device.

As is well known in the art, all of the data that occurs in an all-electronic exchange system is stored on a magnetic tape.

The use of magnetic tape in an electronic switching system serves as a recording of billing data, a back-up of package data, a dump of package data, and a package data backup.

However, in the prior art, a method of switching between magnetic tapes existed, but the device was large and inconvenient, which resulted in the loss of billing data, which is an important data in the transfer, and the reliability of data.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and is a new device that is a new device in a manner in which an operator can easily terminate the charging service and transfer to a standby portable disk device using a portable disk device in service. The present invention relates to a method for improving the operator's convenience when charging service.

In order to restore the reliability of the stored data, the recording medium of the stored data is duplicated to each of the portable disk devices and the respective disk devices, and when the transfer occurs during charging data recording of the duplicated data storage, the transfer is quickly processed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a charging service recording switching method in a portable disk device which stably preserves data by preventing data loss that may occur during processing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention receives an instruction from an operator, connects it to an exchange, finds out the state of the exchange, and operates the exchange. A command processing unit that translates the machine language into a machine language and provides the necessary information to the input / output unit and displays it to the operator, and stores the changed number and operation mode of the disk, receives the charging data under the control of the command processing unit, and stores the charging data, respectively. Billing data storage unit that provides information to the disk unit, a disk state management unit that detects abnormal state information in the event of hardware failure, a portable disk unit for easy backup, removable disk unit, disk-to-disk copy and file copy Perform backups, perform backups, and In a switch system comprising a disk controller for checking and controlling capacity during write and backup operations, if a command is input from the operator to the disk controller set to active through the I / O unit and the disk state manager set to the corresponding active, A first judging step of judging whether the command is a charging recording release request command; a second judging step of judging whether the charging service can be recorded on the portable disk device set to the active; The disk controller may determine whether the portable disk device is recording the charging service, and if the portable disk device is recording the charging service, the disk controller transmits a command to close the portable disk device. Portable disk cabinet A fourth determination step of determining whether the operation is closed, and if the portable disk device is closed in the fourth determination step, updating the state by opening the charging storage file and writing down the charging information, and the corresponding portable disk device set as standby is mounted. A fifth judgment step for determining whether there is a standby state, and if the portable disk device that is standby is mounted as determined in the fifth judgment step, switching the standby portable disk device to active and switching the active portable disk device to standby And displaying, via the input / output unit, a message informing that the completion of the transfer is completed, through the input / output unit.

1 is a block diagram of an exchange suitable for decommissioning charging service recording in an exchange according to the present invention;

2 is a flow chart illustrating the step of releasing charging service recording at an exchange in accordance with the present invention.

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200: subscriber call processing unit 202: call processing unit

204: billing data generation unit 210: input and output unit

220: instruction processing unit 230, 270: first and second operating holding unit

232, 272: first and second billing data storage unit

234 and 274: first and second disk state management unit

236 and 276: first and second disk control unit

240, 280: first and second fixed disk portions

250, 290: first and second portable disk portions

The above and other objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the configuration of the present invention with reference to Figure 1, the subscriber's call processing unit 200 for receiving the call of the subscriber to connect to the call, additional services to the subscriber with various service information, collecting information such as billing, and outgoing A call processing unit 202 that receives a call request from a subscriber and connects a call with the called party, a billing data generation unit 204 that receives billing information from the call processing unit 202 to generate billing data of the subscriber, and an operator. It receives input from the command and connects to the exchange to find out the state of the exchange and operates the exchange, and receives the command from the input / output unit 210, translates the command into machine language that the machine can understand, and inputs and outputs. Command processing unit 220 for providing the necessary information to the unit 210 to display it to the operator, and the changed number and operation mode of the disk A billing data storage unit 232 and 272 for storing the billing data by receiving the billing data under the control of the command processing unit 220 and providing the information to each of the disk units 240, 250, 280, and 290. In addition, the disk state management unit 234 and 274 which detects abnormal state information when hardware abnormality occurs, and a plurality of erasable disks are gathered together, and the fixed disk unit 240 which reads and writes and functions as a buffer in a fixed manner. 280, easy to backup, removable disk unit 250, 290 removable, disk-to-disk copying and file copying, performing the backup, the capacity when writing and backing up to an erasable disk, etc. And disk control units 236 and 276 for checking and controlling.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail, Figure 1 is a block diagram of a switch for recording and operating the disk, the subscriber call processing unit 200 and the call processing unit 202 and , Billing data generation unit 204, and the call processing unit 202 receives the call request from the calling subscriber, and receives the call request from the calling subscriber to connect and control the call with the called party and the call connection time and The type of call is recognized and the billing content is transmitted to the billing data generator 204.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in detail with respect to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 1 is a block diagram of a switch suitable for clearing the billing service recording in the exchange, subscriber call processing unit 200 is a call processing unit 202 and the billing data generator 204, the call processing unit 202 receives the call request from the calling subscriber, and connects and controls the call recipient from the calling subscriber, The call connection time and the type of the call are recognized, and the billing content is transmitted to the billing data generator 204.

The billing data generator 204 receives billing information from the call processor 202 and generates billing data of the subscriber.

The input / output unit 210 receives a command from an operator and connects it to an exchange to find out the state of the exchange, and operates the exchange. Information such as alarm information from the exchange can be output without inputting a command and state of the exchange. Can be identified.

In addition, the command processor 220 receives a command from the input / output unit 210 and translates the command into a machine language that the machine can understand, and receives the machine language information necessary for the input / output unit 210 and then understands it again by the operator. Graphic or language information to be displayed to the operator.

The command processor 220 processes a man machine communication (MMC) command input from the input / output unit 210.

The first billing data storage unit 232 stores the billing data generated by the billing data generator 204. That is, it stores the changed number and operation mode of the disk, and transmits data such as the changed number and operation mode to the operation maintenance unit 250.

The first billing data storage unit 232 receives and stores the changed subscriber number and mode information received through the call processing unit 202 and the billing data generation unit 204, and each of the disk state managers 234 and 274. Information is shared with each of the disc controllers 236 and 276.

Each disk state management unit 234, 274 sends an error such as a failure to the corresponding disk control unit 236 or 276 when an error such as a failure occurs in the fixed disk unit 240 or 280 or the portable disk unit 250 or 290. Notify that has occurred.

Each disk state management unit 234, 274 receives abnormal state information diagnosed by the operating system from the operating system when a hardware abnormality such as a power failure occurs, and fails to the disk control unit 236, 276 when an error such as a failure occurs. It is notified that an error has occurred and periodically checks an error such as a check sum of the fixed disk units 240 and 280 and the portable disk units 250 and 290, and corrects the error if an error occurs.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 receive the mode of the disk from the disk state managers 234 and 274 and notify the operator and update the current mode item of the database.

The mode is divided into charging mode, statistical mode, and unassigned mode.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 control the disk status managers 234 and 274, the fixed disk units 240 and 280, and the portable disk units 250 and 290, respectively, to write and back up billing statistics data, to back up and to dump the billing data. And the capacity and the like, and update the respective disc information in the database in the disc controllers 236 and 276.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 receive the disk-to-disk copy and file copy function commands from the input / output unit 210 and perform the input desired by the operator under the control of the disk controllers 236 and 276.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 receive the disk modes from the disk state managers 234 and 274 and notify the operator terminal and update the current mode items of the disk database 268.

The fixed disks 240 and 280 are made of a plurality of disks, and can be read and written. The fixed disks 240 and 280 are designed to give stability to the fixed disk, so that they are used as temporary storage devices such as buffers due to no disk movement.

For example, a hard drive may be employed to increase the stability and reliability of data recording.

Each of the fixed disk units 240 and 280 is duplicated into a first fixed disk unit 240 and a second fixed disk unit 280, and the first fixed disk unit 240 is a first disk unit 242. The second fixed disk unit 280 is dualized with the third disk device 282 and the fourth disk device 284.

The portable disk units 250 and 290 are made up of a plurality of disks, and may be stored only or read and written. However, the portable disk unit 250 or 290 preferably uses a read / write disk for data reuse. Make it easy to move and backup your disks.

Each of the portable disk units 250 and 290 is duplicated into the first portable disk unit 250 and the second portable disk unit. In addition, the first portable disk unit 250 is the first portable disk unit 252. ), And the second portable disk unit 290 is duplexed by the third portable disk unit 292 and the fourth portable disk unit 294.

The disk controllers 236 and 276 are connected to a disk by a small computer system interface (SCSI) bus, which is a connection standard between peripheral devices in a small computer.

Examples of the disc include a hard drive, a disc employing a Jaz drive, a disc employing a MO drive, and a rewritable CD. ZIP drives, power drives, and the like are available, and preferably, it is also possible to use MO drives or hard drives that have been proven stable, re-readable, and can be used in combination.

Since the operation description of the second operation holding unit 270 described above is similar to the first operation holding unit 230 described above, the second operation holding unit 270, the second fixed disk unit, and the second portable disk unit described above are described. Description of operation 290 will be omitted.

Referring to Fig. 2, the step of transferring the billing service recording in the portable disk devices 252, 254, 292, and 294 at the exchange will be described in detail. The first operation holding unit 230 is active and the second operation is described. A case in which the holding unit 270 operates in standby will be described.

When a command is input from the operator to the first disk control unit 236 through the input / output unit 210 and the first disk state management unit 234, it is determined whether the corresponding command is a charge-up release request command (step 302).

If it is determined in step 302 that it is not a charge recording release request command, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processing unit 220 to notify the operator that the charge recording release request command is incorrectly input (step 318). ).

The case where the first portable disk device 252 is active and the second portable disk device 254 operates in the standby mode will be described. If it is determined in step 302 that it is a charge recording release request command, the first portable disk device It is determined whether 252 is unmounted (step 304).

If it is determined in step 304 that the first portable disk device 252 is in an unmounted state, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220 and the first portable disk device 252 is not mounted. Inform the operator of the status (step 318).

If it is determined in step 304 that the first portable disk device 252 is not in an unmounted state, the first disk controller 236 determines whether the first portable disk device 252 is in an error state (step 306).

If it is determined in step 306 that the first portable disk device 252 is in an error state, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220 to indicate that the first portable disk device 252 is in an error state. Inform the operator (step 318).

If it is determined in step 306 that the first portable disk device 252 is not in an error state, the first disk controller 236 determines whether the first portable disk device 252 is in a blocked state (step 308). ).

The isolation state is write-protected and is set by the operator to prevent the loss of data when there is important data.

If it is determined in step 308 that the first portable disk device 252 is in an isolated state, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220 to indicate that the first portable disk device 252 is in an isolated state. Inform the operator (step 318).

If it is determined in step 308 that it is not in an isolated state, the first disk controller 236 determines whether the first portable disk device 252 that is currently inputting the command is recording the charging service (step 310).

If it is determined in step 310 that the first portable disk device 252 is not recording the charging service, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220 to charge the first portable disk device 252. Inform the operator that the service is not being recorded (step 318).

If it is determined in step 310 that the first portable disk device 252 is recording the charging service, the first disk control unit 236 transmits a command to close the first portable disk device 252 to transmit the first portable disk device ( It is determined whether 252 is closed (step 312).

If it is determined in step 312 that the first portable disk device 252 is not closed, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220 and the first portable disk device 252 is recording the charging service. Notify the operator (step 318).

If it is determined in step 312 that the first portable disk device 252 is closed, the charging storage file is opened and the state is updated by writing down the charging information (step 314).

It is determined whether the second portable disk device 254 that is standby is mounted (step 316).

If it is determined in step 316 that the second portable disk device 254 is not mounted, an error message is transmitted to the input / output unit 210 through the command processor 220 and the second portable disk device 254 is not mounted. Inform the operator of the status (step 318).

If it is determined in step 316 that the second portable disk device 254 that is standby is mounted, the second portable disk device 254 is switched to active and the first portable disk device 252 is switched to standby ( Step 320).

The first disk state manager 234 and the second billing data storage unit 272 transmit a command to the input / output unit 210 to output a message indicating that the transfer is completed to the command processing unit 220 and the input / output unit ( In step 210, the display indicates that the execution is completed to notify the operator that the charging service record is completed (step 322).

The principles of the invention have been described above in connection with specific devices, which are described by way of example only, and are not limited to the spirit of the invention as described in the appended claims.

As described above, the present invention uses the first and second portable disk units 250 and 290 including the plurality of portable disk devices 252, 254, 292, and 294 as a billing service recording apparatus, and provides a transfer method. Accordingly, there is an effect of providing a charging service recording switching method in the portable disk devices 252, 254, 292, and 294, which can reduce the loss of the charging data and can store the stable charging data.

Claims (2)

Receives a command from the operator and connects it to the exchanger to find out the state of the exchange and operates the exchanger, and receives a command from the input / output unit 210 and receives a command from the machine language that the machine can understand the command. The command processing unit 220 translates and provides the necessary information to the input / output unit 210 and displays the information to the operator, and stores the changed number and operation mode of the disk, and receives the charging data under the control of the command processing unit 220. Charging data storage units 232 and 272 which provide information to respective disk units 240, 250, 280 and 290 which receive and store the charging data, and a disk state management unit which detects information of an abnormal state when a hardware error occurs ( 234 and 274, easy backup, removable disk units 250 and 290 that can be detached, and disk to disk copying and file copying. In the system in the exchange consisting of a disk control unit 236, 276 performing and checking and controlling the capacity and the like at the time of writing and backup to each of the disk unit 240, 250, 280, 290, If a command is input from the operator to the disk control unit 236 set to active through the input / output unit 210 and the disk set to the active state management unit 234, the first determination to determine whether the command is a charge recording release request command. step; A second judging step of judging whether or not charging service recording is possible in the portable disk device 252 set as the active; A third determination step of determining whether the portable disk device 252 is recording a charging service in the disc controller 236 if the charging service can be recorded in the second determination step; If the portable disk device 252 is in the charge service recording as determined in the first determination step, the disk controller 236 transmits a command to close the portable disk device 252 to transmit the portable disk device 252. A fourth judging step of judging whether c) is closed; If the portable disk device 252 is closed in the fourth determination step, updating a state by opening a billing storage file and writing down billing information; A fifth determination step of determining whether the corresponding portable disk device 254 set as standby is mounted; In the case where the portable disk device 254 that is standby is mounted as determined in the fifth determination step, the standby portable disk device 254 is switched to the active state, and the active portable disk device 252 is standby. Switching to; And displaying a message indicating that the transfer is completed through the input / output unit (210). The method of claim 1, The second determination step is: A sixth determining step of determining whether the portable disk device 252 set to the active state is unmounted; A seventh determination step of determining whether the portable disk device 252 is in an error state when the portable disk device 252 is not in an unmounted state as determined in the second determination step; If the portable disk device 252 determines that the portable disk device 252 is not in an error state as determined in the third determination step, the disk controller 236 determines that the portable disk device 252 is in a blocked state. A charging service recording switching method in a portable disk device, characterized in that it comprises a step.