KR20010059671A - Method for reporting charge information by short message service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for notifying billing contents by using a short message is provided so that a user can receive and re-confirm billing information, by receiving the billing information from a mobile communication system in form of a short message and storing the short message in a mobile communication terminal. CONSTITUTION: When a mobile communication terminal transmits a call(411), an exchange notifies call transmission to a service controller(413). The service controller analyzes the transmission call, and provides an analysis result to the exchange(415). The exchange connects the call(417). When the mobile communication terminal ends the call(419), the exchange cancels the call, and notifies call cancellation to the service controller(421). The service controller calculates billing contents of the mobile communication terminal(423). Thereafter, the service controller generates a short billing message and provides it to a short message service center. The short message service center transmits the short billing message to the corresponding mobile communication terminal(427). The mobile communication terminal displays the short billing message on a display unit(429). The user can store the short billing message in the mobile communication terminal.

Description

How to notify billing history by text message {METHOD FOR REPORTING CHARGE INFORMATION BY SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication system for providing an intelligent network service related to billing, and more particularly, to a method of notifying a service subscriber of various kinds of information on a call history in real time.

In general, among the intelligent network services, prepaid calling service, calling card service, and instant charging service are typical services that store / manage billing-related information in SCP, and SCP uses the information stored in the database to provide users with the following: The same type of billing guidance can be provided. First, in the case of a prepaid call service can be informed about the amount available before the call connection, and the rate for the call before the call. In addition, the user may periodically transmit a tone indicating that a certain amount of time or a certain amount of money is in use during the call, and may provide guidance on the amount of money used after the call is terminated.

In the case of the pre-call billing guide, as shown in FIG. 1, the user provides the user with the billing information of various contents by transmitting the announcement broadcast using the IP. On the other hand, in the case of the billing guidance during the conventional call is provided by using the tone transmission function of the exchange as shown in FIG. However, in the current WIN standard, announcements using IP cannot be performed after a call, and the matching standard between MSCs and SPCs is not suitable for sending and receiving announcement information with a variable value such as usage history and balance. Is showing. Therefore, in the conventional mobile communication system, the billing information changed due to the call cannot be delivered to the user after the call. This results in a failure to meet the requirements of subscribers using the service. In particular, in the case of an instant billing service, it is essential to obtain a usage amount immediately after a call in order to rent a mobile phone and immediately request a fee for the call.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for guiding billing using a text message in a mobile communication system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for guiding a text message about a balance and a used amount after termination of a call when providing a prepaid service in a mobile communication system.

The present invention for achieving the above object is to generate a text message for the billing guidance in the mobile communication system, if the subscriber to deliver the text message from the short service center delivered to the registered home location register, the home location register for billing guidance Characterized by providing a text message to the terminal of the subscriber.

1 is a message flow diagram for announcement broadcasting for billing using IP in a conventional mobile communication system.

2 is a message flow diagram for transmitting a tone for guiding charging in a conventional mobile communication system.

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile communication system to which the present invention is applied;

4 is a control flowchart for guiding a billing history using a text message in a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a menu for receiving information for generating / transmitting a text message according to the present invention.

6 is a procedure for transmitting a text message of the billing details in a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

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

3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a mobile communication system to which the present invention is applied and includes a mobile switching center 310, a service controller 320, a short message service center 330, and a home. It consists of a home location register (340), a base station (350) and a mobile station (mobile station: 360).

Referring to FIG. 3, the exchange 310 triggers a call to the service controller 320 for a call requiring an intelligent network service, routes the call according to the processed result, and transmits a text message service. Generate and deliver address information. The service controller 320 operates the intelligent network service logic for the call triggered from the exchange 310 to provide call distribution, number translation, and billing related services, and generates a billing information text message according to the present invention.

The service controller 320 generates a resource file capable of constructing a menu as shown in FIG. 5 to receive information for generating / transmitting a text message when a service is generated. Referring to FIG. 5, pCSSN is a variable containing PC_SSN information for a text service center (SMSC), Short Message Text is a text message content, $ 1 and $ 2 are variable parts of a text message, and creditValue is a credit value to be included in $ 1. This is a saved variable. The service controller 320 generates a message set in which a procedure for transmitting and receiving related messages and error handling is specified. For example, the message set includes a procedure for starting a timer after transmitting an SMSDeliverPointTopoint, receiving an SMSDelivery PointToPoint Return Result, receiving an SMSDeliveryPointToPoint Return Error, and ending the timer. In addition, the service controller 320 generates an SMSDeliverPointToPoint message using the information received from the resource file, and has an action function for storing necessary items among parameters of the received SMSDeliverPointToPoint Return Result. That is, the service controller 320 generates a text message by including a billing-related value in a predetermined sentence (“Your credit is $” as shown in FIG. 5) when the billing guide is required during call processing, and generates an echoing process. To the SMSDeliveryPointToPoint message. The SMS DeliveryPointToPoint message is formed in a format as shown in Table 1 below, and is transmitted to the text service center 330 using PC_SSN information of the corresponding text service center.

Parameter name Parameter value SMS_BearerData Text message SMS_TeleserviceIdentifier 'CDMA_Cellular_Messaging_Teleservice' MobileIdentificaitonNumber Identification number of the subscriber to receive the text message SMS_DestinationAddress Directory number of the subscriber to receive the text message SMS_MessageCount 'One' SMS_NotificationIndicator Notify me (as determined by the service developer)

The service controller 320 starts a timer after the message is transmitted, and receives a SMSDeliveryPointToPoint Return Result message from the message service center 330 as described in Table 2 within a designated time, and decodes the message in a string form. To the call recorder.

Parameter name Parameter value SMS_CasueCode Reason for sending text message failed

In contrast, if the service controller 320 receives a return error for SMSDeliveryPointToPoint, the service controller 320 stores the error reason in the call recorder and informs the service logic of this fact. In addition, if the service controller 320 does not receive any message until the driven timer expires, the service controller 320 notifies the service logic that the timer expires to take the next action.

In addition, the service controller 320 converts the structure-type message into a string form and transfers the message to the encoding unit, and converts the decoded string-type message into a structure form and delivers it to the action function. In the service controller 320, the encoding / decoding unit changes a message in a string form into a MAP message, and converts a MAP message into a string form message. In the service controller 320, the No. 7 stack is responsible for transmitting and receiving the MAP message.

The text service center 330 provides a text message service. The home location register 340 stores subscriber location information in real time and uses the same to connect incoming / outgoing calls. The home location register 340 receives the text message transfer request from the text service center 330, transfers it to the corresponding exchange 310, and passes the text message service address to the text service center 330.

4 illustrates a procedure of transmitting charging information using a text message in a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

3 and 4, a method of transferring charging information to a mobile communication subscriber using a text message in a mobile communication system according to the present invention will be described. When the mobile communication terminal 360 originates a call in step 411, the switch 310 notifies the call controller of the mobile communication terminal 360 to the service controller 320 in step 413. Then, the service controller 320 analyzes the outgoing call in step 415 and provides the result to the exchange 310. In operation 417, the switch 310 connects the call. When the mobile communication terminal 360 terminates the call in operation 419, the switch 310 releases the call in operation 421. Informed by. In operation 423, the service controller 320 calculates the charging of the mobile communication terminal 360. In operation 425, the service controller 320 generates a charging text message and provides the charging text message to the text service center 330.

The text service center 330 transmits the billing text message to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 360 in step 427. Then, the mobile communication terminal 360 displays the charging text message transmitted in step 429 to the display unit.

6 is a procedure for providing a billing details in a text message in a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

3 and 6, in step 601, the service controller 320 transmits the billing text message generated through the SMDPP message to the text service center 330. In step 602, the text service center 330 transmits a text message request request (SMSRequest) message to the home location register 340 where the subscriber included in the billing text message is registered. In operation 603, the home location register 340 transmits the text service request received from the text service center 330 to the exchange 310. In step 604, the exchange 310 transmits the SMSRequest Return Result message to the home location register 340. In step 605, the home location register 340 delivers the SMSAddress to the text service center 330 through the SMSRequest Return Result. do. In step 606, the text service center 330 transmits the SMDPP to the exchange 310 according to the transmitted SMSAddress. In operation 607, the text exchange center 310 transmits the SMD-Request to the mobile communication terminal 360. At this time, the text service center 330 queues a text message for the charging information to be transmitted when the mobile communication terminal 360 is busy. In operation 608, the mobile communication terminal 360 outputs a text message on the transmitted charging information and transmits the SMD-ACK message to the exchange 310. In operation 609, the exchange 310 transmits the SMDPP result to the text service center 330.

As described above, the present invention can transmit charging information to a user in a text message in a mobile communication system. In addition, the present invention can store the text message for the billing information transmitted from the mobile communication system in the mobile communication terminal can be reconfirmed by the user.

Claims (1)

In the billing history notification method using a text message in a mobile communication system, Generating a text message for the billing guidance in the service controller and transmitting the text message to the text service center; Transmitting a text service request from the text service center to a registered home location registrant to which the text message is to be delivered; When the home location register transmits a text service request to an exchange, transmitting a text service request result to the home location register by the exchange; Transmitting a text service address to the text service center through a text service request result at the home location register; Providing, by the text service center, a text message for billing guidance to a corresponding subscriber terminal through an exchange using the text service address; And outputting a charging guide text message from the terminal, and transmitting a response signal to the exchange.