KR20000019486A - Free public telephone system through advertisement broadcasting audition of private enterprise - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A free public telephone system for advertisement broadcasting audition of a private enterprise makes the user use a public telephone with a free charge, when the user sees/hears advertisement broadcasting of either a department store or an enterprise during a predetermined time through IC card for advertisement broadcasting audition provided to the user from the department store or the enterprise. CONSTITUTION: A free public telephone system includes advertisement broadcasting audition IC card, a public telephone(100), and a telephone switching station(200). A telephone service enterpriser provides the IC card through advertisement promise between the telephone service enterpriser and an enterprise such as department store, etc. If the user inserts the IC card into a public telephone, the public telephone outputs a code signal of each enterprise pre-stored in the IC card, and thus advertisement broadcasting of the each enterprise is generated from a transceiver. If the advertisement broadcasting is finished after the predetermined time, the public telephone makes a speech standby state. If a code signal of each enterprise is generated from the public telephone, the telephone switching station discriminates the code signal, outputs a stored advertisement broadcasting of each enterprise to the public telephone, controls a connection of another telephone switching station according to a user's dialing of the public telephone after the advertisement broadcasting, and counts a free communication time of the user of each enterprise..

Description

Free public telephone system through listening to commercials by company

The present invention relates to a free public telephone system by listening to commercials for each company, and more specifically, for a predetermined time through commercial IC cards for commercial listening distributed to users in department stores, businesses, etc. for a certain period of time. When listening to a public pay phone for free, and the telephone service provider to the public pay phone system by listening to the commercial broadcast by the company to count and record the public phone call time used by each company.

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.

An object of the present invention is to insert a commercial listening IC card distributed free to users in department stores, businesses, etc. into a public telephone, each company, such as department stores, businesses provided by the telephone service provider according to the code for each company stored in the IC card It is to provide a free public telephone system through listening to commercials for each company that is output for a certain period of time, the user can use the public telephone after listening to it for free.

Another object of the present invention is to calculate the public telephone call time used by the user after listening to the commercials of each company on the telephone service provider side, and the telephone usage fee and constant advertising costs according to the call time, each company such as department stores, businesses It is to provide a free public telephone system through listening to commercials for each company that can be billed to.

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 for each company according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a call process of a free public telephone system through listening to commercials of each company 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: telephone switching center 201: telephone switching center control unit

202: memory section

In order to achieve the above object, a free public telephone system through listening to a commercial for each company according to the present invention has a code provided by the telephone service provider for each company through an advertising contract between the telephone service provider and each company such as a department store or a company. When the IC card for listening to commercials and the user inserts the IC card for listening to commercials, a code signal for each company is stored in the IC card and the commercials of each company are output through the handset. When the commercial is finished, the public phone makes the call waiting for free use of the public phone, and when the code signal of each company is input from the public phone, it determines which company's code and stores the commercial of each company. Output to a public phone so that the user can listen to it. Controlling the connection with other telephone exchanges so as to be able to talk to the other subscriber according to the dialing of the heavy telephone user, characterized in that the telephone exchange station configured to count the free talk time by the user for each company.

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

Figure 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a free public telephone system by listening to commercials for each company according to the present invention, each part except the control unit 103 and the card reader unit 107 of the public telephone 100 is described above. Since the same as each part of Figure 1 showing one prior art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The control unit 103 inserts an IC card for listening to a commercial provided by a department store or a company in the card reader unit 107 in order to use a public phone, and then executes the commercial of the corresponding company according to the codes for each company stored in the IC card. Outputs a control signal for each company code through the call circuit unit 102 to be described later through the call circuit unit 102, and outputs a control signal to the call circuit unit 102 when the commercial is terminated after a certain time Makes the call waiting so that users can use public phones for free.

At this time, the free public telephone service provided to the user after listening to the commercial for a certain time through the IC card for commercial broadcasting is set to make the basic call based on the local call, and the call time is the basic call time. When exceeding, it is set in the control part 103 so that a telephone call will be automatically disconnected.

The IC card for listening to commercials provided to the user at the department store or the company side described above is produced by recording a code previously promised with the telephone service provider in memory.

In other words, a code (for example, a four-digit order code of '1234') provided by a telephone service provider by each telephone service provider through an advertisement contract between the telephone service provider and the corresponding company is recorded and recorded in the memory of the IC card for commercial listening. By doing so, the telephone exchange office 200 can easily classify the corresponding companies according to the codes recorded in the memory of the IC card so as to output commercials.

The card reader unit 107 reads the code stored in the inserted IC card and outputs it to the control unit 103 when the IC card for advertisement listening is inserted by the user.

The telephone exchange station 200 is connected to the public telephone 100 and controls the connection with other telephone exchange stations so as to be able to talk to the other subscriber according to the dialing of the public telephone user, and from the control unit 103 of the public telephone 100 When a code signal for each company is inputted that an IC card for commercial listening is used instead of using a public phone, it is determined which company's code (unique identification number) is inputted to the corresponding company stored in the memory unit 202. A telephone exchange operator control unit 201 which outputs commercials to the public telephone 100 and classifies and records the free public telephone call times used after the commercials are output by each company, and a telephone service provider at the request of each advertiser. A memory circuit 202 for storing commercials input by the mobile station and a call circuit unit 2 for connecting another telephone exchange station under the control of the telephone exchange control unit 201. 03).

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.

In addition, the telephone service provider will bill the department or company for monthly or quarterly free public phone calls using the IC card for commercial users to listen to commercials.

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

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

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).

As such, when the public telephone 100 is switched to the off-hook state, the user listens to the commercials provided by each company such as a department store or a company stored at the telephone service provider for a predetermined time, and then uses each public telephone for free. It is determined whether the IC card for commercial listening distributed by the company is inserted into the card reader unit 107 of the public telephone 100 (S2).

If the result of the determination in step S2 is not inserted into the commercial listening IC card, a general public telephone call is performed (S3). If the result of the determination in step S2 is inserted into the commercial listening IC card, the card reader is inserted. The unit 107 reads the code for each company stored in the commercial listening IC card and outputs it to the control unit 103 (S4).

When the code of the IC card is output from the card reader unit 107 to the control unit 103 in this manner, the control unit 103 outputs this code signal to the telephone exchange station control unit 201 of the telephone exchange station 200 (S5).

Accordingly, the telephone exchange control unit 201 determines which company's code is stored in the IC card output from the public telephone control unit 103 (S6), and the card reader unit 107 in the telephone exchange control unit 201. When the code of the inserted IC card is determined, the mode is switched to the commercial mode, and under the control of the telephone exchange control unit 201, the commercial of the corresponding company stored in the memory unit 202 is output through the handset 101 (S7). .

At this time, the commercials recorded in the memory unit 202 of the switching center 200 are advertisements produced by each company according to a contract with a telephone service provider.

Now, it is determined whether the commercial recorded in the memory unit 202 of the switching center 200 has elapsed by a predetermined time after being output to the user (S8), and when the predetermined time elapses, the output is output to the public telephone 100. The commercial is terminated and the call is switched to standby so that the call can be made free (S9).

Therefore, the user dials in the call waiting state and performs a free phone call with the other party subscriber who wants to talk (S10).

In this way, the free talk time used after listening to the commercial is set to make a basic call based on a local call, and is set to automatically disconnect when the talk time exceeds the basic talk time.

Now, when all of the free calls are terminated, the telephone exchange station control unit 201 counts and records the free talk time by the respective companies (S11).

Accordingly, the telephone service provider can charge a free public telephone call charge using an IC card for listening to a commercial and a certain advertising fee according to the call time on a monthly basis or quarterly basis to a department store or a company.

Here, the free public telephone system through listening to commercials for each company according to the present invention has been described using an IC card as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, commercial broadcasting for each company using a general public phone card made of a magnetic card may be used. Of course, you can configure a free public telephone system through listening.

In addition, the above-described card reader unit has been described using an IC card for listening to commercials as an example, but is not limited thereto. The IC card inlet and the magnetic card inlet may be formed so that both the IC listening and commercial magnetic cards can be used. When the IC card for commercial listening is inserted by the user, the code stored in the inserted IC card can be read, and when the public telephone card of the general magnetic card is inserted, It can also be configured to read information.

As described above, according to the free public telephone system through listening to commercials for each company of the present invention, the public telephone can be used free of charge when the commercials of each company such as a department store and a company provided by a telephone service provider for a predetermined time. This has the advantage of providing a great benefit to the average user.

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 advertisers, such as department stores, businesses, etc. Since it is possible to receive public telephone bills and advertising costs, it is possible to induce maintenance, management, and service improvement of public telephone systems.

Claims (6)

An IC card for listening to commercials in which codes are provided for each company by the telephone service provider through an advertising contract between a telephone service provider and each company such as a department store or a company; When the user inserts the IC card for listening to the commercial, the code signal for each company is stored in the IC card so that the commercial of each company is output through the handset. A public telephone to make a call waiting for free use; And When the code signal for each company is input from the public telephone, the company determines which company's code and outputs the commercial of each company to the public telephone so that the user can listen to it. Free public service through listening to commercials by company, which consists of a telephone exchange station that controls the connection with other telephone exchanges so that users can talk with other subscribers according to the dialing, and counts the free call time by the user for each company. Telephone system. The system of claim 1, wherein the public telephone comprises: a public telephone; A card reader unit which reads an IC card inserted by a public telephone user and outputs code information for each company; A key input unit for inputting a key signal such as a telephone number by a user; It outputs a code signal for each company to the telephone exchange office to listen to commercials of each company according to the information of the IC card authorized from the card reader unit. Control unit for making a call waiting state to use; And Free public telephone system by listening to commercials for each company, 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. The telephone exchange system of claim 1, wherein the telephone exchange station is selected from the group consisting of: A memory unit for storing commercials input by a telephone service provider at the request of each company; It is connected to the public telephone and controls the connection with other telephone exchanges so as to be able to talk to the other subscriber according to the dialing of the public telephone user, and inputs a code signal for each company that the IC card for commercial listening is used from the control unit of the public telephone. When the code entered is to determine which company's code to output the commercials of each company stored in the memory to the public phone, and the free public phone call time used after the commercial output is classified by counting each company Telephone exchange control unit; And Free public telephone system through listening to the commercials for each company, characterized in that consisting of a call circuit unit for connecting the other switching center under the control of the telephone switching center control unit. The method of claim 2, wherein the control unit; The free public telephone service provided after listening to the commercials of each company through the IC card for listening to commercials is set to make basic calls based on local calls. Free public telephone system through listening to the company-specific commercials, characterized in that the phone is set to hang up. When the user inserts the IC card for listening to the commercials provided by each company, the commercials of each company are recorded in each telephone exchange office connected to the public telephone, and after a certain time, the commercials are terminated. The call is switched to the call waiting state so that the phone can be used free of charge, and the call time used after the call waiting state is free for public phone calls through listening to commercials, characterized in that the counted separately. 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 an IC card for listening to a commercial for inserting a public telephone for free is inserted after listening to a commercial produced by a department store or an enterprise for a predetermined time; A third step of reading the codes for each company stored in the commercial listening IC card when the commercial listening IC card is inserted, and outputting the code signal to the telephone exchange control unit; A fourth step of, when the code signal inputted to the telephone exchange station controller is determined to be a code of a company, the advertisement mode is switched to the commercial mode and the commercial signal of the corresponding company stored in the memory unit is output under the control of the telephone exchange controller; 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 for ending a commercial output to a public telephone and making a free call when a predetermined time elapses as a result of the determination of the fifth step; And And a seventh step of counting and recording the free talk time by the user for each company when the free call of the sixth step is ended.