KR20000013381A - Free public telephone system by listening to commercial broadcast - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A free public telephone system enables a user to use a public telephone free if he/she listens to a commercial broadcast for a predetermined time. CONSTITUTION: If a user inserts a public telephone card for listening to a commercial broadcast or touches the buttons which a telephone service proprietor presets, a public telephone(100) outputs a control signal for outputting the commercial broadcast through a receiver(101) for a predetermined time, and becomes a waiting for call state so that the user can use the public telephone free after the commercial broadcast is finished. An exchange(200) outputs the pre-stored commercial broadcast to the public telephone if the control signal of that the user inserts a public telephone card for listening to a commercial broadcast or touches the preset buttons is inputted from the public telephone. After the commercial broadcast is finished, the exchange controls the connection with other exchange so that the user can call a person to be wanted. Therefore, the user can use the public telephone free. Also, both advertiser and telephone service proprietor can acquire profits.

Description

Free public telephone system by listening to commercials

The present invention relates to a free public telephone system through listening to commercials, and more specifically, a schedule before calling through a public telephone card for listening to commercials distributed free of charge to a user or a toll number set by a telephone service provider. The present invention relates to a free public telephone system through listening to commercials, which allows the use of public telephones for free when listening to the commercials provided by the operator for the benefit of benefiting both users as well as telephone service providers and advertisers.

In general, the telephone is the most basic means of communication that allows you to talk to other people in the distance.It is usually carried by wired / wireless telephones such as general home / office telephones, public telephones that are used for a set period of time with a certain call charge. It is divided into cellular phones that can be used regardless of time and place.

The public telephones are installed outside the city and can be used at low call costs. Coin and public telephone cards are used as a means of payment. Recently, credit cards are also used as a means of payment.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a public telephone according to the prior art as described above.

As shown, the public telephone includes a call circuit unit 2 for controlling the flow of voice signals input and output to the handset 1 under the control of the control unit 3 to be described later, and a control unit 3 for controlling each part of the public telephone. And a coin sorting unit 4 for judging whether or not the coin put therein is a pearl coin and outputting the information to the control unit 3, and accumulating coins coming from the coin sorting unit 4 and controlling the control unit 3. According to the present invention, a coin accumulator 5 for sending coins to the safe 6 described later, a safe 6 for storing coins coming from the coin accumulator 5, and a public telephone card inserted by a public telephone user are read. A card reader unit 7 for outputting the information to the controller 3, a key input unit 8 for transmitting a dialing signal by a user to the controller 3, and a call state and Display unit 9 which displays information about call charge, and unit currency Charge consists of a power supply 11 for supplying an operation power to the (e. G., 3 minutes at 50 won currency) unit charge setting portion 10 to set up, the parts described above.

In the case of using the public telephone configured as described above, first, when the user off-hooks the handset 1, the control unit 3 controls the display unit 9 to display a "charge input" message or an amount of money. '0' is displayed.

At this time, when the user inserts a coin into an input port (not shown) connected to the coin sorting unit 4 or inserts a public telephone card into the card reader unit 7, the amount of money or remaining amount is displayed on the display unit 9. do.

At the same time, the control unit 3 connects the call circuit unit 2 to make a call when the input amount or the remaining amount is equal to or greater than the unit amount set in the unit rate setting unit 10.

Now when the user hears a ringing tone, the user starts a call with a desired party through an exchange office (not shown), and when a certain time elapses during the call, the controller 3 sets the unit rate setting unit ( The coin is stored in the safe 6 from the coin accumulator 5 or the amount of the public telephone card is reduced by the unit rate set in 10) to continue the call.

However, if the balance of the coin storage unit 5 or the public telephone card is less than the unit rate, the call circuit unit 2 is blocked to prevent the call.

Now, when the user ends the call and on-hook the handset 1, the control section 3 erases the message shown on the display section 9 and returns the remaining amount to the coin accumulation section 5 or the card. The public telephone card in the reader unit 7 is returned to the user.

However, the conventional public telephones as described above have had many limitations in using public telephones because users have to exchange coins or purchase public telephone cards unless they have coins or public telephone cards.

In addition, due to the rapid increase of cellular phones in the telephone service providers, the public telephone usage rate of the general public is significantly decreased, and thus it is difficult to efficiently maintain and manage public telephones requiring huge installation costs.

It is an object of the present invention to listen to a commercial provided by a telephone service provider for a certain time so that a public telephone can be used free of charge, through listening to a commercial that can be beneficial to both users as well as telephone service providers and advertisers. To provide a free public telephone system.

Another object of the present invention is to insert a public telephone card for listening to a commercial when a user uses a public telephone in a public telephone or press a preset toll-free number, the commercial provided by the telephone service provider is fixed The present invention provides a free public telephone system through listening to commercials that is output for a time and allows a user to use a public telephone for free after listening to it.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a public telephone according to the prior art;

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a free public telephone system through listening to commercials according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a call process of a free public telephone system through listening to commercials of FIG. 2.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: public telephone 101: handset

102, 203: call circuit unit 103: control unit

104: coin selector 105: coin accumulator

106: safe box 107: card reader

108: key input unit 109: display unit

110: unit charge setting unit 111: power unit

200: exchange station 201: exchange station control unit

202: memory section

In order to achieve the above object, a free public telephone system through listening to a commercial according to the present invention is provided by a user inserting a public telephone card for listening to a commercial or pressing a toll-free number set by a telephone service provider. A public telephone that outputs a control signal to be output through a handset and makes a call waiting for a public telephone to be used free of charge when a commercial is terminated after a certain period of time. A public telephone for listening to commercials by a user from a public telephone. When a control signal indicating that a card or toll-free number is used is input, the commercial stored in advance can be output to a public telephone so that the user can listen to it. To control the connection with other exchanges And that the station is configured as characterized.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a free public telephone system through listening to commercials of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a free public telephone system through listening to commercials in accordance with the present invention, each part of the public telephone 100 except for the control unit 103 of the prior art of FIG. Since it is the same as each part, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The control unit 103 allows a user who wants to use a public phone to insert a public phone card for listening to a commercial in the card reader unit 107 or to press a toll-free number set by the telephone service provider through the key input unit 108. And outputs a control signal so that a user can listen to the commercial stored in the memory unit 202 of the switching center 200, which will be described later, through the call circuit unit 102. The control signal is output to 102 to make the call waiting state so that the user can use the payphone for free.

At this time, when the control unit 103 determines whether the public phone card that the user inserts into the card reader unit 107 is a public phone card that is generally used or a public phone card for listening to commercials, the magnetic part of the inserted public phone card Judging by the card serial number recorded on the card.

In other words, unlike a public payphone card, a commercial telephone listening card is produced by recording a specific number set in advance in a part of the product number (for example, the first four digits). You can do it.

In addition, the above-mentioned public telephone card for listening to commercials is produced so that it can be used like a general public telephone card by recording a certain amount of money. In addition, it can also be manufactured to be used semi-permanently without storing a certain amount of money.

Switching station 200 is connected to the public telephone 100, and controls the connection with other switching stations to talk to the other subscriber according to the dialing of the public telephone user, by the user from the control unit 103 of the public telephone 100 When a control signal indicating that a payphone or free telephone number for listening to a commercial is used is input, an exchange station controller 201 for outputting a commercial stored in the memory unit 202 to the payphone 100, and at the request of an advertiser Accordingly, the memory unit 202 includes a memory unit 202 for storing commercials input by the telephone service provider and a call circuit unit 203 for connecting another switching station under the control of the switching center control unit 201.

At this time, the commercial time that the telephone service provider stores in the memory unit 202 is set to about 10 seconds to about 15, and this time can be arbitrarily adjusted.

Next, the operation of the free public telephone system through listening to commercials according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed call process of the free public telephone system through listening to the commercial of FIG. 2.

First, when the user lifts the handset 101 of the public telephone 100 in order to use the public telephone 100, it is switched to an off hook state (S1).

In this way, after the public telephone 100 is switched off-hook state, the user uses a free telephone number set in advance by the telephone company to listen to commercials provided by the telephone service provider for a predetermined time and use the public telephone for free. For example, if 007 is input (S2), it is determined whether the number input by the user through the key input unit 108 is correct (S3).

When the toll-free number entered by the user is correct in this way, the public telephone 100 is switched to the commercial mode, and the commercial broadcast from the memory unit 202 under the control of the switching center controller 201 causes the handset 101 to be turned off. It is output through (S4).

At this time, the commercial recorded in the memory unit 202 of the switching center 200 is an advertisement produced by the advertiser paying a predetermined advertising fee to the telephone service provider.

Now, it is determined whether the commercial broadcast recorded in the memory unit 202 of the switching center 200 has elapsed by a predetermined time after being output to the user (S5), and when a predetermined time elapses, the output is output to the public telephone 100. The commercial is terminated and the call is switched to the standby state so that the call can be made free (S6).

Therefore, the user can make a phone call for free with the other party subscriber who wants to dial by dialing in the call waiting state (S7).

On the other hand, if the toll-free number is not entered in the second step (S2) described above it is determined whether the public phone card is inserted into the card reader unit (107) (S8).

As a result of the determination, when the public phone card is inserted, the control unit 103 determines whether it is a general public phone card or a public phone card for listening to commercials according to the card information input from the card reader unit 107 (S9). When the public telephone card for advertisement listening is inserted, the above-described fourth step (S4) is performed. When the public telephone card is inserted, the general public telephone call is performed (S10).

At this time, when the control unit 103 of the payphone 100 determines whether the payphone card inserted into the card reader unit 107 is a payphone card for general or commercial broadcasting, the magnetic part of each payphone card This is determined by the serial number recorded in the

In addition, if the coin is not inserted in the eighth step (S8) described above, it is determined whether the coin is inserted, and if the coin is inserted, the tenth step (S10) is performed (S11). The standby state in the off-hook state described above is entered.

Here, although not mentioned in the present invention, the public telephone is further provided with a key input means capable of making a call for free through listening to a commercial, and when the user operates the key input means, the user is connected to an exchange station to listen to the commercial. Of course, it can be configured to use public phones for free.

As described above, according to the free public telephone system through listening to commercials of the present invention, when a commercial service provided by a telephone service provider is listened for a predetermined time, a public phone can be used free of charge, thereby providing a great benefit to the general user. There is an advantage.

In addition, even if the advertisement for a short time can get the advertising effect similar to the advertising effect through the broadcast media at a low cost, it can attract a lot of attention to the advertiser, and also to the telephone service provider side of the public telephone system through the advertising fee from the advertiser There is an effect that can lead to maintenance, management and service improvement.

Claims (6)

When the user inserts a payphone card for listening to a commercial or presses a toll-free number set by the telephone service provider, a control signal is output so that the commercial is output through the handset for a predetermined time, and the commercial is terminated after a certain time. A public telephone, which makes the standby mode so that the public telephone can be used free of charge when it is available; And When a control signal is input from the payphone to use a payphone or free phone number for listening to a commercial, the pre-stored commercial is output to the payphone so that the user can listen. A free public telephone system through listening to commercials, characterized in that the exchange is configured to control the connection with other switching centers so as to be able to talk to the other subscribers according to the user's dialing after the termination. The system of claim 1, wherein the public telephone comprises: a public telephone; A card reader unit for reading a public telephone card inserted by a public telephone user and outputting information on the public telephone card; A key input unit for inputting a key signal such as a telephone number by a user; According to the public telephone card information received from the card reader unit and the dial signal inputted through the key input unit, it is determined that the public telephone card and the free telephone number for listening to commercials are used to display the commercials stored in the memory unit of the switching center. A control unit for outputting a control signal so that the user can hear through the handset, and making the call waiting state so that the user can use a public telephone for free when a commercial is terminated after a predetermined time; And Free public telephone system through listening to commercials, characterized in that the call circuit unit for controlling the flow of the voice signal input and output to the handset under the control of the controller. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the exchange station is selected from the group consisting of: A memory unit for storing commercials input by a telephone service provider according to an advertiser's request; It is connected to the public telephone and controls the connection with other switching centers so as to be able to talk to the subscribers according to the dialing of the public telephone user, and the public telephone card or the free telephone number for listening to commercials is used by the user from the control unit of the public telephone. A switching center control unit for outputting a commercial broadcast stored in the memory unit to a public telephone when a control signal is inputted; And Free public telephone system through listening to commercials, characterized in that the call circuit unit for connecting the other switching station under the control of the switching center control unit. According to claim 1, The public telephone card for listening to commercials; Unlike a public pay phone card, a free pay phone system through listening to commercials, which is produced by recording a specific number set in advance in a part of a product number. When a user inserts a payphone card for listening to a commercial or presses a toll-free number set by the telephone service provider, the commercial is recorded at each exchange station to which the public telephone is connected, and the commercial is terminated after a certain time. After the public phone is free to use the public pay phone call method, characterized in that the call is switched to the standby mode for use. The method of claim 5, wherein the free public telephone call method; A first step of determining an off hook state of the public telephone; A second step of determining whether a toll free number set by the telephone service provider is input; A third step of determining whether the number input is correct when the free number is input as a result of the determination of the second step; A fourth step of calling a commercial mode when the correct free access number is input through the third step, and outputting a commercial stored in a memory of an exchange station to be listened to by a user; A fifth step of determining whether a predetermined time has elapsed after the output of the commercial in the fourth step; A sixth step of switching to a call waiting state to terminate a commercial output to a public telephone and make a free call when a predetermined time elapses as a result of the determination of the fifth step; A seventh step of performing a telephone call free of charge with the other party subscriber who wants to call by dialing in the call waiting state of the sixth step; An eighth step of determining whether a public phone card is inserted into the card reader unit if the toll free number is not input as a result of the determination of the second step; A ninth step of determining whether the public phone card is a public pay phone card or a public pay phone card for listening to an advertisement when the public phone card is inserted as a result of the determination of the eighth step; A tenth step of performing a general public telephone call in the case of the general public telephone card as a result of the determination in the ninth step; And As a result of the determination of the eighth step, it is determined whether the coin is inserted if the public telephone card is not inserted, and if the coin is inserted, the eleventh step of performing the tenth step is performed. Way.