KR20000019219A - Method and apparatus for informing charge in exchanger - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for informing charge in an exchanger are provided to broadcast a recently used charge information or a charge information accumulated by the present to the subscriber through the subscriber's terminal. CONSTITUTION: As an exchanger is requested to inform a subscriber of a guidance information on the charge through a subscriber's terminal(1), the exchanger determines whether the request is about a charge information accumulated by the present requests or a recently used charge information. When it is determined that the request is about the accumulated charge information, the exchanger adds a message rate from the past to the present, which is stored in an application maintenance processor(3) to a recent message rate stored in a subscriber processor(2), and transmits the added value to the subscriber's terminal. When it is determined that the request is about the recently used charge information, the exchanger transmits a call charge obtained using the recent message rate charged in the subscriber processor to the subscriber's terminal. Thereby, reliability on the charge imposed is enhanced and the charge confirmation can be performed with ease.

Description

Charging announcement system and method of exchange

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for charging announcement broadcasting of an exchange, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for charging announcement broadcasting of an exchange capable of transmitting a real-time charging announcement in an automatic or manual mode using a frequency climbing data value.

In general, when using a communication service provided by an exchange, billing is made for a call generated by using billing data, which is data generated to bill for a generated call. Call messages for (e.g., Call Type, Call Kind, Line Type, Call Time, Call Number), etc. Will be created.

In addition, billing data is collected on a predetermined basis and recorded on magnetic tapes or disks provided in the exchanger. The billing data recorded on the magnetic tape or disk is transferred to the billing settlement center, analyzed by the billing settlement program, and used to charge the call to the calling terminal.

As described above, in the conventional exchange, the call rate is calculated using the billing data. If any caller terminal is registered in the call rate notification service in order to find out the call rate before calculating the call rate, any caller terminal makes a call. At the beginning, the exchange sends out an announcement for the call rate (for example, "call rate is 100 won per minute") to any calling terminal. However, this dispensing method has to be complicated in order to calculate the call charge for a few minutes call, and it is impossible to calculate the accumulated call charge from the previous to the recent. Therefore, there is a problem that it is not possible to know whether any calling terminal pays a communication fee corresponding to a call time and distance to a communication operator.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, the purpose is to send a call announcement for the call charges accumulated from the previous to the latest and the most recent call charges using the automatic or manual mode to the calling terminal The present invention provides a charging guidance broadcasting apparatus and method for an exchange so that each call rate is known.

In the present invention for achieving the above object, the charging announcement broadcasting device of the exchange determines whether the charging announcement is in the automatic mode or the manual mode, receives a special digit number for the manual mode from the calling terminal, and in the automatic mode, the calling terminal. A call processing unit for clearing the frequency data value for "0", activating a program for an automatic mode, and then determining whether a billing announcement service is registered; A billing data collection control section for selectively controlling whether a request for a frequency climbing data value that has been recently called or a request for a frequency climbing data value for which a call has been made from a previous to recent call by the frequency climbing data value request from the call processor; A frequency climbing charge recording unit for storing the frequency value obtained by dividing the call duration information transmitted from the call processing unit by the call duration per call distance for each subscriber; If the request is for the previous to the latest mountain climbing data value selected and transmitted from the charging data collection control unit, the billing data for controlling the frequency value stored in the mountain climbing mountain accounting book to be combined with the last mountain climbing mountain data value. Recording control unit; Frequency mountaineering billing that stores the frequency value divided by the talk time per call distance from the call processing unit by the subscriber, and the sum of the recently stored frequency value and the frequency value stored in the frequency mountaineering accounting book. DB unit; If it is a request for the recently called frequency climbing data value selected by the charging data collection control unit, the call rate is calculated for the recently called frequency value stored in the frequency mountaineering charging DB unit, and the previous to the latest selected by the charging data storing control unit. If it is a request for the frequency climbing data value that is called until, the frequency mountain climbing billing DB unit determines whether the sum of the frequency values is greater than "0", and if it is less than "0", the call charge is sent to the calling terminal for a certain period. A call rate processing DB unit for controlling, if greater than "0", calculating a call rate and transmitting the calculated call rate to the calling terminal; If the billing announcement broadcast service under the control of the call processing unit is not registered, the announcement broadcast "not registered" and the announcement broadcast that there is no call rate to be transmitted when it is less than "0" under the control of the call charge processing DB unit; And a guide broadcast transmitter for transmitting a guide broadcast on a call charge to be transmitted when it is greater than "0" to a calling terminal.

In another aspect of the present invention, the charging announcement method of the exchange includes determining whether the charging announcement broadcast is in an automatic mode or a manual mode; Determining whether a billing announcement service is registered after receiving a special digit number from a calling terminal in the manual mode in the determining step; In the determining step, in the automatic mode, clearing the frequency data value for the calling terminal to " 0 ", activating the program for the automatic mode, and then determining whether the billing announcement service is registered; If the billing announcement service is not registered, transmitting an announcement broadcast "not registered" to the calling terminal; Requesting the frequency climbing data value to the frequency mountaineering billing DB unit and the frequency mountaineering billing recorder if the billing announcement broadcast service is registered; Summing the frequency values stored in the frequency climbing charge DB unit and the frequency values stored in the frequency climbing charge storing unit; Determining whether the sum frequency is greater than " 0 "; If it is not greater than " 0 " in the determining step, transmitting no call charge to the calling terminal for a predetermined period; Calculating a call charge if greater than "0" in the determining step; And sending the call charge to the calling terminal for a certain period of time.

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus and method for charging announcement broadcasting of an exchange according to the present invention;

2 is a detailed flowchart of a charging announcement broadcast apparatus and method of an exchange according to the present invention;

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1 originating terminal 2 subscriber processor

3: operation maintenance processor 10: call processing unit

20: billing data collection control 30: frequency mountaineering billing recording unit

40: billing data recording control section 50: frequency climbing billing DB section

60: call charge processing DB unit 70: announcement broadcasting unit

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the configuration and operation of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus and method for charging announcement broadcasting of a switch according to the present invention, comprising: a calling terminal 1; A subscriber processor (2) provided with a call processing unit (10), a billing data collection control unit (20), a frequency hike billing DB unit (50), a call charge processing DB unit (60), and an announcement broadcast transmitting unit (70); The operation holding processor 3 is provided with the frequency climbing charge recording part 30 and the charging data recording control part 40. FIG.

The call processing unit 10 determines whether the charging announcement is in the automatic mode or the manual mode, and in the case of the manual mode, receives the special digit number for the manual mode from the calling terminal 1, and in the case of the automatic mode, the originating call. After clearing the frequency climbing data value for the terminal 1 to "0", activating the program for the automatic mode, it is determined whether the charging announcement broadcasting service is registered, and the frequency climbing data value is calculated for the charging data collection control unit 20. To).

Whether the billing data collection control unit 20 is a request for a frequency mountain climbing data value recently called by the frequency climbing data value request from the call processing unit 10 or a request for a frequency mountain climbing data value that has been previously called until recently. If it is a request for the frequency of the mountain climbing data recently called, control to calculate the call rate by using the frequency of the recent call stored in the frequency mountaineering billing DB unit 50, and from the previous If the request for the frequency climbing data value called up, the control data is transferred to the billing data storing control portion 40, and by using the frequency value that has been called from the previous to the latest, which is stored in the frequency climbing charge storing portion 30 itself. Control call rate calculation.

The billing data recording control unit 40 selects the frequency value stored in the counting mountain climbing billing storage unit 30 in the case of a request for a frequency mountaineering data value selected and transmitted from the billing data collection control unit 20 to the previous to recent call. Controls the sum of the frequency of mountain climbing data stored in the frequency mountaineering billing DB unit 50. In this case, the summation is controlled when there is a charge announcement broadcast transmission request for the entire call charge from the calling terminal 1 to the most recently called call charge. Here, the frequency climbing charge recording unit 30 stores the frequency value obtained by dividing the call duration information transmitted from the call processing unit 10 by the call time per call distance for each subscriber.

Frequency mountaineering billing DB unit 50 stores the frequency value for each subscriber by dividing the recently talked call duration information transmitted from call processor 10 by call time per call distance under the control of billing data collection control unit 20. . Here, when there is a charge announcement broadcast transmission request for the entire call charge from the calling terminal 1 to the call charge last called, the frequency is controlled by the charging data storing control unit 40. The sum of the frequency values stored in the climbing charge recording unit 30 and the frequency values recently called are transmitted to the call rate processing DB unit 60.

The call charge processing DB unit 60 uses the recently called frequency value stored in the frequency climbing fee billing DB unit 50 when the request for the recently called frequency climbing data value selected by the billing data collection control unit 20 is made. Calculate the call rate and transmit the calculated call rate to the announcement broadcast transmitting unit 70, and if the request for the frequency mountain climbing data value that has been called by the billing data storing control unit 40 from the previous to the latest, the frequency climbing billing DB If it is determined that the combined frequency value is greater than " 0 " in the unit 50, and is less than " 0 ", it transmits to the announcement broadcasting transmitter 70 to transmit no call charge to the calling terminal 1 for a predetermined period. , If greater than "0", calculates the call rate and transmits the calculated call rate to the announcement broadcast transmitting unit 70 to transmit the calculated call rate. In this case, the call rate is calculated by multiplying the combined frequency by the unit rate per unit frequency.

If the billing announcement service is not registered, the announcement broadcast sending unit 70 is a announcement of "unregistered", a announcement of no call charge to be transmitted when less than "0", and a greater than "0". When the announcement broadcasts the call charges sent to the calling terminal (1).

With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2, the charging guide apparatus and method of the exchanger which have the above-mentioned structure are demonstrated in detail.

When the calling terminal 1 presses a special digit number (for example, "* 257") in order to send out the billing announcement service, the call processing unit 10 inside the subscriber processor 2 receives the calling terminal 1. The billing information is calculated, and the billing data collection control unit 20 and the billing data recording control unit 40 in the operation maintenance processor 3 check whether there is a power climbing data value. In addition, the call processing unit 10 determines whether the charging announcement is in the automatic mode or the manual mode (step 200). In the first manual mode, after receiving a special digit number from the calling terminal 1 (step 201). In step 202, it is determined whether the charging announcement service is registered. Next, in the automatic mode, the frequency climbing data value for the calling terminal 1 is cleared to "0", the program for the automatic mode is activated (step 203), and it is determined whether the billing announcement broadcast service is registered. (Step 202).

If the charge announcement service is not registered in the above-described judgment, the announcement broadcast "not registered" is transmitted to the announcement broadcast transmitting unit 70 and sent to the calling terminal 1 (step 204), the billing announcement broadcast If the service is registered, the billing data collection control unit 20 and the billing data recording control unit 40 request the frequency climbing data value (step 205).

The billing data collection control unit 20 requests the frequency climbing data value requested by the call processing unit 10 or the request for the frequency climbing data value that has been recently called. If it is a request for the frequency of the mountain climbing data recently called, control to calculate the call rate by using the frequency of the recent call stored in the frequency mountaineering billing DB unit 50, and from the previous If the request for the frequency climbing data value called up, the control data is transferred to the billing data storing control portion 40, and by using the frequency value that has been called from the previous to the latest, which is stored in the frequency climbing charge storing portion 30 itself. Control call rate calculation. That is, when the billing data storing control unit 40 requests a frequency climbing data value that has been called from the previous to the latest, the counting data stored in the frequency climbing billing recording unit 30 is stored in the frequency climbing billing DB unit 50. Control to sum with the recently called frequency climbing data value. The reason for adding the frequency climbing data values is when there is a request for transmitting a charge announcement broadcast for the entire call charge from the calling terminal 1 to the most recently called call charge. In addition, the frequency climbing billing DB unit 50 stores the frequency value for each subscriber by dividing the recent call duration information transmitted from the call processor 10 by the call time per call distance. Here, when there is a charge announcement broadcast transmission request for the entire call charge from the calling terminal 1 to the call charge last called, the frequency is controlled by the charging data storing control unit 40. The sum of the frequency values stored in the climbing charge recording unit 30 and the frequency values recently called are added to the call charge processing DB unit 60 (step 206).

If the call charge processing DB 60 is a request for the recently called frequency mountain climbing data value selected by the billing data collection control unit 20, the call for the recently called frequency value stored in the frequency mountain climbing billing DB unit 50 Calculates the charge and transmits the calculated call charge to the announcement broadcast transmitting unit 70, and if the request for the frequency climbing data value that has been called from the previous to the latest call selected by the charging data storing control unit 40, the frequency climbing billing DB unit It is determined whether the sum of the frequency values at 50 is greater than " 0 " (step 207). If it is less than " 0 " in the above-described judgment 207, a call charge is sent to the calling terminal 1 for a period of time. And transmits the message "no call charge" to the announcement broadcast transmitter 70 (step 208), and if it is greater than "0" in the above-described judgment 207, calculates the call charge and sends the calculated call charge to the calling terminal. Broadcast announcement to send to (1) And it transmits it to 70. Here, the calculation of the call charge is a value obtained by multiplying the combined frequency value by the unit charge per unit frequency (step 209).

If the billing announcement service is not registered, the announcement broadcast sending unit 70 is a announcement of "not registered", a announcement of "no call charge" transmitted when it is smaller than "0", and " When greater than 0 ", the announcement of the calling rate is sent to the calling terminal 1 (step 210).

The present invention as described above is an automatic or manual mode, after calculating the call rate using the frequency climbing data value of the call amount of the caller terminal, and sends the announcement to the caller terminal, thereby providing the user with confidence in rate settlement. There is an effect that can be increased, you can conveniently check the fare.

Claims (3)

In the charging announcement broadcast apparatus of the exchanger, It is determined whether the charging announcement is in the automatic mode or the manual mode, and receives a special digit number for the manual mode from the calling terminal. In the automatic mode, the frequency data value for the calling terminal is cleared to "0". A call processing unit for determining whether a billing announcement service is registered after activating a program for an automatic mode; A billing data collection control unit for selecting whether a request is made for a frequency climbing data value recently called by the frequency climbing data value request from the call processing unit or a request for a frequency climbing data value that has been previously called until recently; A frequency climbing charge storing unit for storing a frequency value obtained by dividing call duration information transmitted from the call processing unit by call time per call distance for each subscriber; If the request for the frequency mountain climbing data value that has been selected and transmitted from the billing data collection control unit to the previous to recent telephone call is controlled, the frequency value stored in the frequency mountain climbing billing block may be combined with the frequency of mountain climbing data value that was recently called. Charging data recording control unit; Storing the frequency value obtained by dividing the recent call duration information transmitted from the call processing unit by the talk time per call distance for each subscriber, and adding the stored frequency value of the last call and the frequency value stored in the frequency mountaineering charge storing unit; Frequency mountaineering DB section; If the request for the recently called frequency climbing data value selected by the billing data collection controller, a call rate is calculated using the recently called frequency value stored in the frequency climbing billing DB unit, and the billing data recording controller If it is a request for a frequency climbing data value that has been called from the previous to the last selected call, it is determined that the frequency value summed by the frequency climbing billing DB unit is greater than "0", and is less than "0", the message "no call charge" Call rate processing DB unit for controlling to send to the calling terminal, and if greater than " 0 ", calculates a calling rate and sends the calculated call rate to the calling terminal; If the billing announcement broadcast service under the control of the call processing unit is not registered, the announcement broadcast " not registered " and the " call rate sent when the call charge processing DB unit is smaller than " 0 " And a guide broadcast transmitter for transmitting a guide broadcast for a call charge to be transmitted when it is greater than " 0 " to the calling terminal. In charging announcement broadcast method of exchange, Determining whether the charging announcement is in the automatic mode or the manual mode; Determining whether a billing announcement service is registered after receiving a special digit number from the calling terminal in the manual mode in the determining step; In the determining step, in the automatic mode, clearing the frequency data value for the calling terminal to "0", activating a program for the automatic mode, and then determining whether a billing announcement service is registered; If the billing announcement service is not registered, transmitting an announcement broadcast of "not registered" to the calling terminal; Requesting the frequency climbing data value to the frequency mountaineering billing DB unit and the mountaineering billing recorder if the billing announcement broadcast service is registered; Summing the frequency value stored in the frequency climbing charge DB unit and the frequency value stored in the frequency climbing charge storing unit; Determining whether the sum frequency is greater than " 0 "; If it is not greater than "0" in the determining step, transmitting a message "no call charge" to the calling terminal; Calculating a call charge if greater than "0" in the determining step; And charging the call charge to the calling terminal for a predetermined period. The method of claim 1, And the call rate is calculated by multiplying the frequency value summed by the frequency mountaineering charging DB unit and a unit rate per unit frequency (that is, a regional unit rate).