KR20020007004A - Method for billing announcement in voice mail system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for billing a guide broadcasting of a VMS(Voice Mail System) is provided to maximally decrease a call charge of a mobile communication subscriber by being connected to the VMS after the mobile communication subscriber sufficiently hears the guide broadcasting or message. CONSTITUTION: In case of power off, busy, no paging response, and no answer, an MSC(Mobile Switching Center) sets a channel between a VMS and an origination-side terminal(S20). The VMS selects one guide broadcasting among a message recorded by a termination-side mobile terminal user, a broadcasting(S21) selected in the VMS, or no broadcasting, and transmits the selected guide broadcasting to the origination-side terminal user(S22). If an origination-side terminal continuously maintains the channel, the VMS provides a guide broadcasting as if you does not wants, please hang up to the origination terminal(S23). The VMS provides a guide broadcasting as a message record is No. 1, a telephone number for receiving a communication is No. 2, and a facsimile transmission is No. 4 to the origination-side terminal(S24). In case that the origination-side terminal user records a voice message according to a guide broadcasting of the VMS, the user pushes No. 1 of a keypad and talks a message through a microphone of the terminal. If the origination-side terminal user pushes a random button, the voice of the origination-side terminal user is recorded in the VMS(S25). In case that the origination-side terminal user leaves a call number to the termination-side terminal according to a guide broadcasting of the VMS, the origination-side terminal user pushes No. 2 and pushes the call number left in the termination-side terminal(S26).

Description

Method for billing announcement in voice mail system {Method for billing announcement in voice mail system}

The present invention relates to a method for charging announcements of a voice mailbox system, and more particularly to a method for charging announcements of a voice mailbox system, which is suitable for charging after a sufficient announcement broadcast to a mobile subscriber.

The mobile communication system consists of a mobile terminal, a base station, a base station controller, and a mobile switching center. The mobile terminal is a mobile terminal such as a digital cellular network (DCN) and a personal communication service (PCS). The base station changes the signal format between the mobile terminal and the base station controller to be suitable for the wireless link and the wired link. The base station controller is a function of each element of the base station and an access means between cell operators. It performs service functions such as service status management of domestic hardware and software, resource allocation and configuration for call traffic, information collection on base station operation, base station operation, monitoring and fixed sub-devices. The mobile switching center then configures an access point for user traffic between the base station controller management and the mobile communication network and the mobile switching center of the general telephone network or the same mobile communication system.

With the development of wireless communication technology, the cost of using a mobile terminal is lowered and the call quality is also improved to allow a high quality call even in a driving vehicle.

The rapid increase in the use of mobile terminals is for mobile terminal users who want to make an immediate call with the other party or respond immediately to an incoming call. You may not be able to answer the call. One of the ones used in the mobile communication system is the voice mailbox system.

In general, a voice mail system (VMS) stores messages by human voice in a file so that voice messages input through a phone can be temporarily stored on a disk in the system and transmitted to a designated phone in a designated manner. System.

This voice mailbox system is a high-level function called 'voice store and forward' using computer technology. Stored on the device.

This stored voice message is later read at the request of the recipient.

Such a voice mailbox system is installed in a mobile switching center (or exchange) or connected to a mobile switching center to accommodate a large number of subscribers to provide additional services.

One of such additional services is to record in voice message or leave the message to the other party's mobile terminal if it cannot respond with Power off, Busy, No Paging Response, No Answer, etc. Since there are voice messages that can be sent to the terminal, the mobile terminal can be displayed in various ways that it can listen to the voice messages if desired), or to leave a call number.

With reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a guide broadcast charging method of the voice mailbox system according to the prior art.

Figure 1 will be described in the announcement broadcasting charging method of the voice mailbox system according to the prior art.

According to the prior art, the announcement broadcasting charging method of the voice mailbox system is that any caller terminal makes a call using a call method of a conventional mobile communication system in order to make a call with any called party's mobile terminal. Search for the current state of the called-party mobile terminal using the visitor location register (VLR) connected to the caller, and call the called-party mobile terminal through the base station at the current location of the called-party mobile terminal. Then, the called mobile terminal recognizes the incoming call and opens a flip of the mobile terminal or presses a call button to make a call with the calling terminal user.

However, in the case of Power Off, Busy, No Paging Response, and No Answer as described above, the mobile switching center cannot establish a call path between the calling terminal and the called mobile terminal. Therefore, in such a case, the mobile switching center establishes a call path between the voice mail system and the calling terminal (S10).

Then, the voice mailbox system provides an announcement to the calling terminal that the calling mobile terminal is not called (S11). At this time, the announcement included 'Customers can't answer the phone, so they are connected to the voice mailbox.' In the initial charge of the mobile communication service, the charge calculation was performed on the calling terminal when the calling terminal was connected to the voice mailbox system.However, the call is charged by the Ministry of Information and Communication. After a predetermined time (about 2-3 seconds), if the calling terminal terminates the call (closes the on-hook or flips or presses the end key), the call fee cannot be charged.

Subsequently, if the calling terminal does not terminate the call for a predetermined time, the voice mail system (VMS) is a calling announcement recorded by the called mobile terminal user (typically as a voice message, called by the called mobile terminal user). If the user does not receive the call in advance in case of being stored in advance) or the voice mail system selected one of the selected broadcast or no broadcast to transmit to the calling terminal user (S12). From here, the mobile switching center starts to charge in the preset time unit at the calling terminal.

Subsequently, the voice mailbox system (VMS) provides the announcement to the calling terminal such as 'message recording 1, telephone number to be contacted 2, fax transmission 4' and the like (S13).

Then, when the calling terminal user wants to record a message (voice message) according to the announcement of the voice mailbox system, when the user presses 1 of the keypad on his terminal, the voice mailbox system leaves a voice after a while. When you are finished, press any button on the terminal (set by voice mailbox system). When the voice prompt appears, talk to the recipient terminal the message you want to leave through the voice input part (microphone) of your own terminal. Pressing, the voice is recorded in the voice mailbox system (S14). Such a voice recording is transmitted to the called terminal, indicating that voice recording is made to the called terminal, and when the called terminal user wants to check, it is connected to the voice mailbox system.

If the calling terminal user wants to leave the calling number to the called terminal according to the announcement from the voice mailbox system, pressing 2, a voice prompt saying 'press the desired number and then press any button' Exit and press the call number (for example, his terminal number) to be left in the called terminal (S15). Then, the mobile switching center notifies the called terminal that the message has arrived, and transmits the number of the called terminal to the called terminal, and the called terminal stores the number and, if requested by the called terminal user, the called party. Display on the display of the terminal.

If the calling terminal user presses 4 of the fax transmission according to the voice broadcasting system's announcement, the message 'Please press the start button or the start button' appears.Then press 4 and then follow the next announcement. Proceed to step (S16).

In the conventional broadcasting method of voice mailbox system, if the user of the called terminal does not answer the phone, the charge (call charge) starts immediately after the voice prompting that the user connects to the voice mailbox and charges for the voice mail. Therefore, in the next step (S12), even if the calling terminal user hears the message left by the called terminal user (customer), or listen to the announcement selected by the voice mailbox system, the call fee must be paid. In this case, even if the called terminal user leaves a message indicating that he / she cannot make a call (for example, "for some reason, I cannot make a call for some time"), the call fee must be charged. That is, the calling terminal user has a problem of switching to a voice mailbox system in which call charges are charged without knowing the exact reason for switching to a voice mailbox.

An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the mobile phone subscribers to listen to the announcement or a message enough to be connected to the voicemail system to reduce the voice charges of the subscriber as much as possible It is to provide a method for charging announcements in a mailbox system.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, when the calling terminal is connected to the voice mailbox system because the call path is not established for a set time with the called terminal, the voice mailbox system to the calling terminal; The first step of requesting to leave a message recorded by the user of the called terminal or the announcement selected by the voice mailbox system or the calling terminal, after the first step is charged when the voice mailbox is used by the calling terminal. And a third step of charging the calling terminal in a set time unit if the calling terminal does not hang up the phone within a set time after the second step.

1 is a flowchart for explaining a method for charging announcements of a voice mail system according to the related art.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for charging announcements of a voice mailbox system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a configuration and an operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for charging announcements of a voice mail system according to the present invention.

In the announcement broadcasting charging method of the voice mailbox system according to the present invention, when an arbitrary calling party terminal makes a call using a calling method of a conventional mobile communication system to make a call with an arbitrary called party's mobile terminal, the mobile switching center performs a call. Search for the current state of the called-party mobile terminal using the visitor location register (VLR) connected to the caller, and call the called-party mobile terminal through the base station providing the mobile telephone service to the called-party mobile terminal. Then, the called mobile terminal recognizes the incoming call and opens a flip of the mobile terminal or presses a call button to make a call with the calling terminal user. At this time, in case of power off, busy, no paging response, and no answer, the mobile switching center cannot establish a call path between the calling terminal and the called mobile terminal. Therefore, in such a case, the mobile switching center establishes a call path between the voice mail system connected to the wired terminal and the calling terminal (S20).

Then, the voice mailbox system (VMS) is the calling terminal. 1. A message recorded by the called mobile terminal user (typically a voice message, and stored in advance in case the called mobile terminal user cannot receive a call). Release), 2. a broadcast selected by the voice mailbox system (S21), or 3. select one of the broadcast announcements and transmit it to the calling terminal user (S22).

Then, if the calling terminal continues to maintain the call path, the voice mailbox system broadcasts a call to the calling terminal saying, 'If you do not want it, call charges will be charged when using the voice mailbox' (S23). That is, according to the command of the Ministry of Information and Communication, the call is terminated by the calling terminal within a predetermined time (about 2-3 seconds) after the announcement that 'use of voice mailbox is charged' (close on hook or flip, or press the end key). Press) so that the calling terminal user hears the message recorded by the called terminal in the previous step (S22) of providing the announcement that the caller is 'connected to the voice mailbox system' (S23), The voicemail system allows you to listen to the selected broadcast, so you can connect to the voicemail system and choose whether to leave a voice message, make a call, or hang up.

Subsequently, the voice mailbox system (VMS) provides the announcement to the calling terminal such as 'message recording 1, telephone number to be contacted 2, fax transmission 4' and the like (S24). From here, the billing for the connection time is made to the billing account of the calling terminal.

If the calling terminal user wants to record a message (voice message) according to the announcement of the voice mailbox system, he presses 1 of the keypad on his terminal. When the voice is over, press any button on the terminal (set up by the voice mailbox system). When the voice prompt shows, the user wants to leave the message on the called terminal through the voice input part (microphone) of his terminal. When the button is pressed, his voice is recorded in the voice mailbox system (S25). Such a voice recording is transmitted to the called terminal, indicating that voice recording is made to the called terminal, and when the called terminal user wants to check, it is connected to the voice mailbox system.

If the calling terminal user wants to leave the calling number to the called terminal according to the announcement from the voice mailbox system, pressing 2, a voice prompt saying 'press the desired number and then press any button' Exit and press the call number (for example, his terminal number) to be left on the called terminal (S26). Then, the mobile switching center notifies the called terminal that the message has arrived, and transmits the number of the called terminal to the called terminal, and the called terminal stores the number and, if requested by the called terminal user, the called party. Display on the display of the terminal.

If the calling terminal user presses 4 of the fax transmission according to the announcement of the voice mailbox system, the message 'Press the start button or the start button' appears.Then press 4 and the following procedure is performed. Proceed (S27).

As described above, the present invention changes the order of the announcements provided to the calling terminal user in the voice mailbox system so that the calling terminal user listens to the announcement of the called mobile terminal user and then connects to the announcement broadcasting system. It is possible to listen to the announcement without charge, thereby minimizing the burden on the caller.

Claims (2)

When the calling terminal is connected to the voice mailbox system, the voice mailbox system provides the announcement to the calling terminal, the announcement recorded by the user of the called terminal, the announcement selected by the voice mailbox system, or the calling party. Requesting to leave a message to the terminal; A second step of providing an announcement to be charged when using a voice mail to the calling terminal; And a third step of charging the calling terminal in a set time unit if the calling terminal does not hang up the phone within a set time after the second step. The voice mailbox system of claim 1, wherein the requesting to provide the announcement or leaving the message is performed in the first step, when the call path is not established for a predetermined time between the calling terminal and the called terminal. Guide broadcast charging method of the voice mailbox system, characterized in that provided or requested to the calling terminal.