KR20020016756A - Accounting Method of Telephone Information charges Using a Telephone Card or a Prepaid Card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for settling telephone information fee using a telephone card or a pre-paid card is provided to use information at anywhere a user uses a public telephone by settling information fee as soon as the user uses information. CONSTITUTION: Money left over at a telephone card is displayed a display window by inserting the telephone card into a card type public telephone. A user confirms displayed amount and pushes a telephone number of a company providing information for trying connection. If call connection is completed, the user selects the desired information code for listening information. A server of a communication service company reduces the displayed amount by calculating telephone charges by the hour and reduces the displayed amount by stipulated calculating information fee per hour by the minute at the same time during the telephone call. After terminating the telephone call, amount information displayed at the display window until then is stored at the telephone card.

Description

Accounting method of telephone information charges using a telephone card or a prepaid card}

The present invention relates to a method of using information provided by using a telephone and paying a corresponding information usage fee and a telephone fee using a telephone card or a prepaid card. Particularly, the present invention relates to a telephone information provider using a public telephone. The present invention provides a method and system for receiving information and paying a corresponding information fee using the amount remaining on a telephone or prepaid card.

In general, a method of providing information by using a telephone and charging a fee for using the information is provided by a wired / wireless subscriber having an individual's own telephone number after completing a telephone connection to an information provider using his / her telephone. Provided or used, the information provider charges the bill used by the user to the telephone bill billed by the telecommunications carrier, and the user pays the information and the mailbox bill by paying it.

However, there is a problem in that the means for using the telephone information is limited because a wired or wireless telephone, which is subscribed in the name of an individual or a corporation, is required to use the information by using the subscriber's telephone.

In addition, when another person used the information by using his / her telephone, a dispute occurred between the service provider and the subscriber due to an information fee charged.

In addition, there is a problem that people who do not have a telephone subscription in their own name, such as foreign workers can not use even if they want to use the phone information.

In addition, the payment of the fee after using the information and the mailbox is a post-paid payment because there is a problem that if the information and the mailbox user does not pay the telephone fee does not receive the fee.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for calculating the information fee using a telephone card or a prepaid card that is currently used to make a call to a public telephone to solve the above problems, so that anyone can use the information without limitation of the means of use. It aims to do it.

It is another object of the present invention to settle the usage fee for the used information at the same time as the use of the information so that complete payment can be made for the used information.

In addition, many foreigners who do not have a phone number registered in their own name can purchase phone cards or prepaid cards in order to provide their information to their foreigners in their own language. The purpose is to make sure.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes the steps of inserting a telephone card into the card-type public telephone to display the remaining balance on the telephone card on the display window; Attempting to connect by dialing the telephone number of the company providing the information and checking the amount displayed on the display window; Selecting a desired information code and listening to information when a call connection is completed with the pressed telephone number; While the connection is connected and the call continues, the server of the telecommunication service provider setstles the telephone fee on an hourly basis and decreases the amount displayed on the display window, and at the same time the payment rate is settled on the display window at the same time. Subtracting from the displayed fee; If the call is blocked after listening to the information, characterized in that the method for calculating the telephone information usage fee using the telephone card comprising the step of storing the amount information of the displayed display window until the telephone card.

In addition, after purchasing a prepaid card issued by the information provider and registering the user information with a unique number of the prepaid card by telephone or the Internet to the information provider; When the registration is completed, paying the amount to be charged to the card by bank transfer or credit card; Attempting a telephone connection to an information provider by using the user registration card and the money charging card; Inputting a unique number of a card owned by the user when the call is connected, checking the balance remaining on the card and inputting an information code to use the information; If the user hangs up the telephone after using the above information, the method of calculating the telephone information usage fee using a prepaid card may be further included.

In addition, after purchasing the international telephone prepaid card, accessing the international telephone prepaid card operator server of the telecommunication service provider using wired / wireless telephone and public telephone; Authenticating the prepaid card of the user who attempted to access the prepaid card; Connecting to an information providing server when the prepaid card is authenticated; Connecting to the information providing server, using the information, and then cutting off the information used until then from the balance of the international telephone prepaid card; Another feature is a method for calculating an information usage fee using an international telephone prepaid card including the step of automatically transferring the reduced information usage fee to an information provider by a prepaid card provider.

A general telephone information providing system is connected to a telephone set held by an individual subscriber, a telephone operator connected to the telephone users, a telephone operator connected to a telephone user, and a billing fee according to a usage time, and an integrated unit on a monthly basis. It is composed of information providers that provide various information to telephone users who request access.

The telephone information providing system is a configuration that is currently generally implemented and used, the telephone must be a telephone having its own telephone number. However, in the present invention, the telephone further includes a wired / wireless telephone and a public telephone of another person, and the telephone information can be used using the telephones. At this time, the payment for the information usage fee is to be able to pay immediately using the information using a telephone card or a prepaid card.

A calling card is a flat card that allows a telecommunications operator to make a phone call using a public phone so that a unique amount and deducted amount information can be stored on a magnetic line and used until the amount is used up. For this purpose, the card pay phone reads the amount information stored in the magnetic on the back of the calling card, and by using the read amount information, deducts the amount corresponding to the time unit during the phone call and displays it on the display window of the pay phone. The remaining amount is stored in the phone card's magnetic so that the balance can be checked and used later.

In the present invention, first, a method of using telephone information using a telephone card and a public telephone will be described. To this end, it is possible if the above-described information providing system is programmed in the server of the communication provider according to the agreement for the information usage fee of the card-type public telephone and the communication service provider and the information provider.

In more detail, the server of the telecommunication service provider is connected with the information provider to calculate the usage fee used by the public telephone user to calculate the hourly rate of information usage and transmit the reduced amount information to the public telephone to settle the information usage fee. It further includes a program that can be. In the information billing method using the telephone card and the card-type public telephone, the user who wants to use the information first purchases a commercially available telephone card and picks up the handset of the card public telephone to insert the card. When the card is inserted as described above, the public telephone terminal reads the amount information contained in the card and displays it on the display window. When the amount is displayed as described above, the user attempts to make a call by pressing the telephone number of the desired telephone information provider or mailbox provider. When the user attempts to make a telephone call as described above, the server of the telecommunications provider receives the phone number read from the public telephone and connects the user and the information providing server to receive the amount information read by the public telephone. The next time the user and the information providing server are connected and the use of information begins, the server of the service provider starts counting the time and, as time passes, transmits the corresponding telephone charge to the public telephone terminal, reducing the amount displayed on the display window. Record the contents on the card's magnetic. At this time, the phone bill is settled along with the phone bill according to the time counted with the information provider in advance, for example, 30 won per minute. Next, when the user finishes using the information and puts down the handset, the user records the information on the phone and the information usage fee reduced until then, and ejects the card.

As described above, the method of using the telephone information using the telephone card makes it possible to use the information wherever there is a card-type public telephone regardless of the time and place even if there is no telephone subscribed to the telecommunications company.

In addition, in the case of a pay phone using cash, the service provider transfers the coin to the coin phone in real time as much as the contracted amount with the information provider so that the telephone information can be used by using all the pay phones and the information usage fee is used in real time. Make it possible to settle.

Next, as another embodiment of the present invention, a method of using telephone information and paying a fee using a prepaid card that can be charged will be described.

Here, the prepaid card is used by an information provider or a prepaid card provider authorized by the carrier to sell the prepaid card, and the person who purchased the card uses the telephone information after charging the desired amount by bank transfer or credit card payment. A prepaid card that allows a company to use phone information as much as it charges by reducing the estimated charges.

In the present invention, the information provider issues such a prepaid card, and the person who purchased the issued card can make a call using a public telephone or a subscriber's phone.

The prepaid card has a unique card number and distributes it to users who want to provide information free of charge, and registers their personal information together with the unique number of the card possessed by the user using the Internet or a telephone. At this time, the registrant transfers the amount to be charged to the card to the account of the information provider, and the information provider checks the amount transferred and stores it in the card registrant's information.

When the card charging is completed as described above, the card holder can use the information using the card.

The method first attempts to connect to an information provider's server using a public telephone or a general telephone, and enters the unique number of the card written on the card when the card is carried by the information providing server. When the card unique number is input, the information providing server informs the remaining amount of money, checks whether the information is available, and selects the information to be used so that the information can be used.

When the information user hangs up after using the information through the above process, the amount of information described in the registration information of the cardholder is corrected by calculating the information usage fee charged by the unit of time or information until then.

By repeating the above process, the prepaid card holder will use the information, and if the amount of money is used up, the information provision server will notify the balance on the next call and recharge it using unpaid deposit or card payment. Make sure

In the above-mentioned information usage method using the prepaid card, the telephone charge is processed by the telephone bill of the telecommunications operator or immediately used when using a public telephone, and the information usage fee is based on the amount charged or charged by the prepaid card. It is not necessary to distinguish the type of telephone to receive the information because it can be settled after using the corresponding information.

Next, as another embodiment according to the present invention will be described how to settle the telephone information fee using an international telephone prepaid card.

The international telephone prepaid card is provided by an international telephone prepaid card licensed by a telecommunications operator and sells an international telephone prepaid card filled with a certain amount, and allows the person who purchased the card to access the international telephone prepaid card provider. It is a prepaid card that reduces the amount of money charged to the card until it is completed and initiated an international telephone call after authentication of the card connected to the number.

In order to use the telephone information using the above international prepaid card and settle the information usage fee corresponding to the used information, first purchase the international prepaid card and then use the wired / wireless telephone and the public telephone to prepaid the international telephone prepaid card operator. After connecting to the server, the connected international telephone prepaid card provider authenticates the prepaid card of the user who attempted the connection. If the prepaid card is authenticated, the server of the international telephone prepaid card provider connects to the information providing server to which the user wants to connect. When the user is connected to the information providing server as described above, the user hangs up the phone after using the desired information. If the telephone connection is blocked as described above, the international telephone prepaid card operator reduces the usage fee of information used up to that time from the balance of the international telephone prepaid card, and the reduced information usage fee is automatically transferred to the information provider by the prepaid card provider. This completes the settlement of the information fee.

Such a card can be issued by a prepaid card operator affiliated with a number of information providers as well as an information provider, and by using the international telephone prepaid card of the current international telephony carriers to use telephone information. Maximize the range of information available.

The information usage fee settlement method using the above-mentioned telephone card, prepaid card and international telephone prepaid card can be used not only for phone information but also for use of a telephone mailbox.

As described above, the present invention enables the use of telephone information by using a telephone card or a prepaid card, and by allowing the user to settle the information usage fee immediately after using the information, wherever there is a public telephone regardless of time and place. Information is available at any time.

In addition, even those who do not subscribe to the telephone or foreign workers staying in Korea can use the information through wired / wireless telephones and public telephones of other persons, thereby quenching thirst for information, and information providers can expand the range of users. There is an advantage that it can.

In addition, since the fee for using the information can be settled in real time or paid in advance, it is possible to solve the problem of late payment of the fee caused by subsequent billing.

Claims (3)

In the method of using the telephone information by using a telephone card and a card public telephone, Inserting the calling card into the card-type public telephone to display the remaining balance of the calling card on the display window; Attempting to connect by dialing the telephone number of the company providing the information and checking the amount displayed on the display window; Selecting a desired information code and listening to information when a call connection is completed with the pressed telephone number; While the connection is connected and the call continues, the server of the telecommunication service provider setstles the telephone fee on an hourly basis and decreases the amount displayed on the display window, and at the same time the payment rate is settled on the display window at the same time. Subtracting from the displayed fee; If the call is blocked after listening to the information, the phone information usage fee settlement method using the phone card, characterized in that it comprises the step of storing the amount information of the displayed display window to the calling card. In the method of using the telephone information using a prepaid card, Purchasing a prepaid card issued by the information provider and registering user information with a unique number of the prepaid card by telephone or the Internet to the information provider; When the registration is completed, paying the amount to be charged to the card by bank transfer or credit card; Attempting a telephone connection to an information provider by using the user registration card and the money charging card; Inputting a unique number of a card owned by the user when the call is connected, checking the balance remaining on the card and inputting an information code to use the information; If the telephone line is disconnected after using the information, the telephone information usage fee settlement method using the prepaid card, characterized in that it comprises the step of setting the charge of the information used by the user up to then reduced from the balance. In the method of using the telephone information using the international telephone prepaid card, Purchasing an international prepaid card and accessing the international prepaid card operator server by using a wired / wireless telephone or a public telephone; Authenticating the prepaid card of the user who attempted to access the prepaid card; Connecting to an information providing server when the prepaid card is authenticated; Connecting to the information providing server, using the information, and then cutting off the information used until then from the balance of the international telephone prepaid card; The prepaid card provider automatically transfers the reduced information usage fee to the information provider.