KR20010096123A - Age development price plan managing method and apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An age-connected growth type communication charge management method and a system thereby are provided to manage charges varying with a subscriber's age by automatically updating a rate system suitable for his growth stage and to inform him of it through his mobile phone. CONSTITUTION: A control part reads client information from a client information database and judges whether the client's charge system is an age-connected growth type rating system(S201,S202). In case that the client's charge system is the age-connected growth type rating system, the control part judges whether tomorrow is his birthday(S203). If tomorrow is the client's birthday, the control part updates his age-basis detailed rate name, stored in the client information database, into a detailed rate name corresponding to his next age(S204). Then the control part transmits updated rate information to the client's terminal with a birthday greeting message using a short message or voice mail(S205).

Description

AGE DEVELOPMENT PRICE PLAN MANAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a fee management method of a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to an age-linked growth rate management method and apparatus for performing charge management that evolves according to a subscriber's age in a mobile communication system.

On the other hand, due to the development of mobile phone technology, the small size of the terminal, low price, low price, and ease of use are used by the majority of the economic population, and the number of users is expected to continue to increase in the future.

Despite the convenience of mobile phones, the elderly and youth are not economically inexpensive. Especially, the teenagers in their teens and teens have many external activities such as school and extracurricular activities, and both parents are engaged in economic activities. In many cases, despite the urgent need for mobile phones such as contact with parents, it is burdensome to use the current fare system with the high basic fee set for the general economic population due to the low volume of calls.

The current mobile phone tariff system provides various rate plans for the general public and corporate subscribers, for example, standard rates for most users, weekend rates for weekend users, diet rates for users with low call volume, There are royal fees for heavy callers, family or club charges for heavy callers, and rates for college students.

Upon initial subscription, the subscriber selects one of the tariffs, and the selected tariff is stored in the customer information database through the subscriber information input device. The fare system chosen at the time of subscription is usually maintained.If the fare system needs to be changed as the call pattern and call volume changes, the subscriber requests the change of the fare system through the customer service center of the mobile phone operator and the distributor. The operator changes the fare system of the customer stored in the customer information database using the subscriber information input device.

On the other hand, in spite of the above rate system, the normal rate is largely calculated in two ways. The fixed base rate and the fixed base rate include a certain amount of free call time and the additional base time. It is a flat fee type that charges an additional fee.

Some adolescents who use the flat rate form of the above rate system induce unrestricted use due to the free talk time provided to the teenagers, causing social problems such as communication overconsumption.

In other words, the basic fee, call rate, or free talk time provided by the conventional tariff system is a rate set according to the call volume or call pattern of the general economic population, and can be used at a low price by young people with low mobile phone usage and low discernment. There is an urgent need for a separate fare system.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, the present invention is to automatically update the fare system for the growth stage of the subscriber in the mobile communication system and inform it through the subscriber's mobile phone, according to the age of the subscriber An object of the present invention is to provide an age-linked growth rate management method and a device thereof for managing changing rates.

The present invention to achieve the above object

a) storing age-linked growth rate data;

b) inputting and storing subscriber information having a subscriber name, a subscriber's date of birth, a usage fee system name, and the like;

c) determining whether tomorrow is the birthday of the subscriber corresponding to the subscriber information entered and stored in step (b);

d) updating the detailed age-specific rate name of the age-linked growth rate system stored in the customer information database according to the determination result of step c); And

e) providing the age-linked growth rate management fee management method comprising the step of recognizing the contents of the age-linked growth rate system updated in step d) to the subscriber using a short message and / or voice mail. .

The present invention, if tomorrow is the birthday of the subscriber corresponding to the entered and stored subscriber information, update the age-specific detailed fee name of the age-linked growth rate stored in the customer information database, and from the date of birth of the renewed age-linked growth rate system Transmits the content using a short message and / or a voice letter, calculates the subscriber's communication fee according to the updated age-linked growth rate data, and tomorrow is not the birthday of the subscriber corresponding to the entered and stored subscriber information. In this case, it is preferable to calculate the corresponding communication fee of the subscriber on the basis of the old age-linked growth rate data from tomorrow.

In addition, another aspect of the present invention,

A subscriber information input / output unit for inputting information on a subscriber including a change application for a usage fee system;

A customer information database for storing a date of birth of the subscriber, an age-linked growth rate system name, etc. input through the subscriber information input / output unit;

A detailed call history processing unit which stores detailed call history of the subscriber which has been transmitted through the exchange;

The fee data corresponding to all the usage fee schemes are stored, including the fee data corresponding to the age-linked growth rate table, and the detailed call history input through the detailed call history processing unit and the age-linked growth rate fee supplied from the customer information database. A billing processing unit for processing charges according to the age-specific detailed charge names of the system;

A currency specification database that stores the charge charged by the charging processor;

A bill preparation unit for creating a bill for the charges of the currency specification database;

It is determined whether the birthday corresponding to the subscriber information stored in the customer information database is tomorrow, and if it is a birthday, the detailed age-specific fee name of the age-linked growth rate system of the customer information database is updated, and the contents of the changed fee system of the subscriber are updated. A control unit for transmitting the short message and / or the voice letter generator; And

And a short message and / or voice letter generator for generating a short message and / or a voice letter for transmission to the subscriber by using the subscriber's telephone number and contents of the changed fee system supplied from the controller. An age-linked growth rate management apparatus is provided.

1 is an age-linked growth rate management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention

A block diagram showing the configuration.

2 is an age-linked growth rate management method according to an embodiment of the present invention

It is a flowchart explaining.

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100: terminal 200: base station

300: exchange 400: charge device

401: subscriber information input and output unit 402: customer information database

403: detailed call history processing unit 404: billing processing unit

405: call specification database 406: bill creation unit

407: control unit

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

1 is a block diagram of the age-linked growth-type communication charge management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The age-linked growth rate management device includes a terminal 100, the base station 200, the exchange 300, and the charging system 400.

The terminal 100 is wirelessly communicated via the exchange 300 via the base station 200, the exchange 300 is a call start time, call end time of the terminal 100 to charge a communication fee The detailed call information including the calling number and the called number is transmitted to the billing system 400. Here, the exchange 300 includes a short message and / or voice letter generator 301 for generating short and / or voice letters.

The billing system 400 includes a subscriber information input / output unit 401, a customer information database 402, a detailed call history processing unit 403, a billing processing unit 404, a call specification database 405, and a bill generator 406. ), And a control unit 407.

The subscriber information input / output unit 401 inputs information such as the subscriber's name, telephone number, social security number, address, and usage fee scheme into the customer information database 402 when the subscriber initially subscribes, or the address, When requesting a change in the rate system, the subscriber information stored in the customer information database 402 is provided to update, and the customer information stored in the customer information database 402 is checked or requested by the subscriber. When the call specification data stored in the call specification database 405 is provided to output call specification data, such as the talk time, the other party, the call charge.

The detailed call history processing unit 403 stores detailed call information periodically transmitted from the exchange 300.

And, the billing processing unit 404 for storing all the rate table provided by the operator, including the age-linked growth rate table as shown in [Table 1] is a detailed call stored in the detailed call history processing unit 403 After reading the information periodically, the corresponding subscriber's fare system is read from the customer information database 402 to calculate the fare for the call and then stored in the call detail database 405.

In general, the fare system is applied on a daily basis. When the fare system of the customer information database 402 is changed, the billing processing unit 404 charges the fee of the fare system changed from the day after the change of the fare system of the customer information database 402 is made. It is configured to charge a communication fee using a table.

Age (grade) Basic fee Free call (all) Voice minutes Data (minutes) SMS Price name Cumulative discount rate () 5 5,000 50 50 V5 6 6,000 60 60 V6 0.5 7 7,000 70 70 V7 1.1 8 (1 sec) 8,000 80 50 30 30 VDS533 1.8 9 (seconds 2) 9,000 90 50 40 30 VDS543 2.6 10 (3 seconds) 10,000 100 60 40 40 VDS644 3.5 11 (4 seconds) 11,000 110 60 50 40 VDS654 4.5 12 (5 seconds) 12,000 120 70 50 50 VDS755 5.6 13 (6 seconds) 13,000 130 70 60 50 VDS765 6.8 14 (of 1) 14,000 140 80 60 70 VDS867 8.1 15 (of 2) 15,000 150 80 70 70 VDS877 9.5 16 of 3 16,000 160 80 80 70 VDS887 11.0 17 (high 1) 17,000 170 90 80 80 VDS988 12.6 18 (high 2) 18,000 180 90 90 80 VDS998 14.3 19 (high 3) 19,000 190 90 100 80 VDS9A8 16.1 20 (1) 20,000 200 100 100 100 VDSAAA 18.0 21 (large 2) 21,000 210 110 100 100 VDSBAA 20.0 22 (large 3) 22,000 220 110 110 100 VDSBBA 22.1 23 (large 4) 23,000 230 110 120 100 VDSBCA 24.2 24 24,000 240 110 130 100 VDSBDA 26.5

[Table 1] is an example of the age-linked growth rate system. The basic fee and free talk time grow in proportion to the age, but the basic fee and free talk time are appropriately adjusted according to the age-specific call volume. Changes such as increase or decrease are possible.

[Table 1] is an example of a flat rate form consisting of monthly base charge and free call time. When all the free call time of the month is used, outgoing call is restricted and only received. It is also possible to transform the call charge over time into a pay-as-you-go system.

In the above example, 5 to 24 years of age is indicated as a target age, but it is of course applicable to all ages without being limited to the above ages. It is possible to configure the voice call time and data communication time to change again according to age within the free call time that changes according to age so that young people can enjoy it. have.

In the age-linked growth rate system, detailed charge names are changed for each age, and the rate discount rate corresponding to 10 of the age corresponding to the past used rate is accumulated. In other words, the cumulative discount rate in [Table 1] shows the cumulative discount rate when the first age is reached and the age is reached. Of course, the discount rate may also be changed in various ways without being limited to the above examples.

The bill preparation unit 406 issues a bill by summing the usage charges corresponding to the billing period of the subscriber stored in the call detail database 405 on the phone billing date, which is set once a month.

The controller 407 reads the subscriber's fee system and the birthday information from the customer information database 402 every day, and if the tomorrow corresponds to the customer's birthday for the customers who have selected the age-based growth rate plan, the controller 407 reads the subscriber's fee system and the birthday information. A short message and / or a voice letter for guiding the contents of the changed fare system is generated at the same time as the fare system of the stored customer is updated to the next fare name of the age-linked growth rate system.

The short message and / or voice letter generated by the control unit 407 is supplied to the short message and / or voice letter generator 301 of the exchange 300 and is connected to the terminal 100 of the subscriber via the base station 200. Is sent.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing age-linked growth rate according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1 describes the age-linked growth rate management process according to the present invention.

First, the controller 407 reads the customer's fee system name and date of birth from the customer information database 402 to determine whether the customer's fee system is an age-linked growth rate system (step S202). As a result of the determination in step S202, if the fee system of the customer is the age-linked growth rate, it is determined whether tomorrow is the birthday of the customer (step S203).

As a result of the determination in step S203, when tomorrow is the subscriber's birthday corresponding to the subscriber information stored in the customer information database 402, the control unit 407 stores the age-linked growth rate system stored in the customer information database 402. The detailed fee name for each age is updated to the detailed fee name corresponding to the next age of the age-linked growth rate system (step S204). The updated detailed fee name is stored in the customer information database 402 and supplied to the billing processing unit 404 at 0 o'clock on the birthday, and the billing processing unit 404 is applied to the updated detailed fee name of the age-based growth rate system. The rate corresponding to the detailed call history supplied from the detailed call history processing unit 403 is calculated using the corresponding rate table, and the result is supplied to the call specification database 405.

For example, 13-year-old rate data in the age-based growth rate system, that is, the VDS765 rate of 13,000 won, 130 minutes of free total calls, 70 minutes of free voice calls, 60 minutes of free data communications, and 50 short text messages Suppose that the call charge of the subscriber is settled on the basis of.

At this time, if the controller 407 determines that tomorrow is a birthday, the VDS 765 stored in the customer information database 402 is updated and stored as VDS867, which is a detailed fare name corresponding to 14 years old, and from the date of the birthday, the billing processing unit 404 displays the above. Rate data corresponding to the VDS867, that is, from the detailed call history processing unit 403 using a rate table of 14,000 won, 140 minutes of free total calls, 80 minutes of free voice calls and 60 minutes of free data communications, and 70 short messages. The charge corresponding to the detailed call history is calculated and stored in the call detail database 405.

On the other hand, the control unit 407 generates a short message and / or voice letter to send a birthday message and the updated rate information to the terminal of the customer after updating the detailed price name for each age of the customer information database in step S204 ( In step S205), the generated short message and / or voice message is supplied to the short message and / or voice letter generator 301 of the exchange 300 and transmitted to the subscriber station 100 through the base station 200. do. In step S206, it is determined whether the customer is the last customer stored in the customer information database. If the customer is the last customer, the control is terminated and if there are more customers to be processed, step S201 is repeated.

On the other hand, in the case of a customer who does not use the age-linked growth rate system in step S202 and in the case of a customer whose tomorrow does not correspond to a birthday in step S203, step S206 is performed.

As described above, the present invention provides a low-cost system suitable for the youth group with a low call volume and a method of managing the same, thereby facilitating the mobile phone subscription of the youth group to enable the telecommunications provider to preempt the youth client who is the future customer. In addition, it is possible to induce the growing youth to learn a healthy communication consumption culture by using it within the free talk time provided by age, and can be extended to various age groups, from preschool children to the elderly, to consume lifelong communication consumption. Lifelong tariffs that fit the pattern can be provided

In addition, the young people in the growing season, the amount of communication gradually increases as the amount of communication is small and age increases. As the age of each year increases, the basic fee and the amount of free calls or additional services are gradually provided. By making it easier for young people to join and using mobile phones within the free talk time limit given by age, the use of mobile phones can be induced by growth stages by suppressing unnecessary use.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to certain preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but in the field to which the invention pertains without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed in the claims. Any person with ordinary knowledge will be able to make various modifications.

Claims (4)

a) storing age-linked growth rate data; b) inputting and storing subscriber information having a subscriber name, a subscriber's date of birth, a usage fee system name, and the like; c) determining whether the customer's fee system corresponds to the age-linked growth rate plan corresponding to the subscriber information entered and stored in step (b) and whether the tomorrow is the subscriber's birthday; d) updating the detailed age-specific rate name of the age-linked growth rate system stored in the customer information database according to the determination result of step c); And and e) recognizing the contents of the age-linked growth rate system updated in step d) to the subscriber using a short message and / or a voice letter. The method of claim 1, wherein the age-linked growth rate data is based on subscriber age. The age-based growth rate communication fee management method, characterized in that it comprises one or more of the basic fee, free voice call time, free data call time, free short message service number, rate name, and cumulative discount rate. [Claim 2] The age-linked growth rate data of claim 1, wherein the age-linked growth rate data includes at least one of a base rate, a voice call rate, a data communication rate, a rate name, and a cumulative discount rate that vary according to subscriber age. How to manage. A subscriber information input / output unit for inputting information on a subscriber including a change application for a usage fee system; A customer information database for storing a date of birth of the subscriber, an age-linked growth rate system name, etc. input through the subscriber information input / output unit; A detailed call history processing unit which stores detailed call history of the subscriber which has been transmitted through the exchange; The fee data corresponding to all the usage fee schemes are stored, including the fee data corresponding to the age-linked growth rate table, and the detailed call history input through the detailed call history processing unit and the age-linked growth rate fee supplied from the customer information database. A billing processing unit for processing charges according to the age-specific detailed charge names of the system; A currency specification database that stores the charge charged by the charging processor; A bill preparation unit for creating a bill for the charges of the currency specification database; It is determined whether the birthday corresponding to the subscriber information stored in the customer information database is tomorrow, and if it is a birthday, the detailed age-specific fee name of the age-linked growth rate system of the customer information database is updated, and the contents of the changed fee system of the subscriber are updated. A control unit for providing the subscriber with a short message and / or voice mail; And An age-linked growth type comprising a short message and / or a voice letter generator for generating the short message and / or voice letter by using the subscriber's telephone number and contents of the changed fee system supplied from the controller. Charge management device.