KR20030042660A - A billing management system and the billing managing method in a network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A billing process system through a network and a billing process method therefor are provided to process billing through a web page without installing an additional billing program at a computer. CONSTITUTION: A billing information request module(410) receives purchase association billing information about goods or contents from a CP(Contents Provider) system(300), and requests a web page including billing information to the CP system(300). A billing process module(420) receives information about the purchase goods or contents from the billing web page, and processes billing information. A billing database(430) stores billing process item data about the goods or contents requested from the CP system(300).

Description

Billing processing system and billing processing method through network {A BILLING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE BILLING MANAGING METHOD IN A NETWORK}

The present invention relates to a network service, and more particularly, to a billing processing system and billing processing method through a network that can process billing for a product or content that a user wants to purchase through a web page or web document including billing information. will be.

As the use of networks, in particular, the use of the Internet, has emerged, a new concept of commerce order has emerged, and the new concept of commerce is called Electronic Commerce (EC). Electronic commerce is a form of commerce in which a shopper can purchase and purchase goods in an internet virtual mall site, which is a virtual space through a network such as the Internet, without a buyer going to a store that sells products directly. The e-commerce is not limited to the operating hours of the seller, and can reduce the time required for the buyer to move directly to the store and the cost of the movement, and thus it is becoming a main form of commerce for the general public.

The general method of selling a product is a method in which a seller displays a product in a sales shop and sells the product directly to a visiting buyer. However, when a buyer orders a product advertised in a catalog or a television by telephone, the seller Indirect sales methods for delivering goods to buyers are also being made. Recently, with the rapid increase of the Internet spread, e-commerce sales methods for buyers around the world are being used through the same media as the Internet.

In this e-commerce, when a buyer wants to purchase a product on a shopping mall site, the user registers his / her personal information through the membership registration process, selects the product to be purchased, and inputs payment information and personal information of the buyer to credit the purchase price. Purchase goods by paying through cards, electronic money (electronic money) or electronic wallet (electronic wallet).

1A and 1B show a conventional charging method.

As shown in FIG. 1A, when the billing processing is requested according to a product purchase from the client 10 through the Internet 20 (①), a content provider system (CP: Contents Provider, 30 transmits the billing processing request data according to the purchase of the corresponding product to the billing server 40 by the billing module 31, which is a program installed and installed in advance (②), and the billing processed from the billing server 40. It was a method of receiving the result data (③) and transmitting the charge processing result data to the client 10 (④).

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1B, when the billing processing according to the product purchase is requested from the client 10 through the Internet 20 (①), the content provider system 30 is charged by the proxy module 31 by the proxy server. The billing processing request data is transmitted to the proxy server 50, and the billing processing request data according to the purchase of the product is transmitted to the billing server 40, and the proxy server 50 bills the billing server 40 again. Transfer process request data (③). The proxy server 50 receives the charging result data processed from the charging server 40 (④) and transmits the result data to the content provider system 30 (⑤), and the content provider system 30 receives the received charging process. As a result, the billing processing result data is transmitted to the corresponding client 10 (6). As such, information about the billing is obtained between the content provider system 30 and the billing server 40 via a proxy server, and the proxy server 50 is provided between the content provider system 30 and the billing server 40. Collect data usage while relaying requests and responses.

However, the conventional payment method has a problem in that a module communicating with a billing server for a target to be charged is directly installed or modified in the content provider system.

In order to solve such a problem, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to enable the system to be configured without directly installing a program for processing billing in the system.

1A and 1B show a conventional charging method.

2 is a block diagram showing a charging processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a billing processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Billing processing system via a network according to one feature of the present invention for achieving the above object,

When a request is made to a content providing system for charging a user-selected purchased product or content from a client connected through a network, the system processes the charging for the purchased product or content from the content providing system for providing the purchased product or content. ,

A billing information request unit which receives billing-related billing information for a product or content from the content provider system and requests a web page including billing information from the content provider system;

A billing processing unit which receives the information on the purchased product or the content from the billing web page and processes billing information; And

Billing data storage unit for storing the billing processing matter data for the goods or content requested from the content provider system

It includes.

Billing processing system via a network according to another feature of the present invention,

A billing processing system that receives a billing processing result from a billing system that processes billing for a user-selected purchased product or content from a client connected through a network.

A web page constructing unit configured to reconstruct a cyber document including billing information on a product or content selected by the user while maintaining a connection with the client requesting access through the network;

A billing information support unit for requesting billing processing from the billing system and receiving a billing result processed from the billing system to support billing processing according to provision of information on the product or content; And

A product information data storage unit for storing one or more pieces of client information and information about one or more products or contents selectable by the user

It includes.

Charging processing method through a network according to another feature of the present invention,

When a request is made to a content provider system to charge a user-selected purchase product or content from a client connected through a network, a method for processing the charge for the purchased product or content from the content provider system that provides the purchased product or content. ,

Receiving billing request data for a purchase product or content selected by the user from the content provider system and requesting the content provider system a cyber document including billing information for the product or content;

Receiving the cyber document from the content provider system and processing charging based on the received cyber document; And

Transmitting a charging processing result to the content provider system so that the processing result is transmitted to the client.

It includes.

Charging processing method through a network according to another feature of the present invention,

When receiving a billing request for a user-selected purchase product or content from a client connected through a network, the billing processing method for processing the billing in conjunction with a billing system that processes the billing for the product or content,

Receiving a payment request for the product or content from the client and requesting a billing process to the billing system;

Receiving a billing web page information transmission including information on the goods or contents from the billing system and transmitting a billing web page on the goods or contents to the billing system; And

Receiving a charge processing result processed by the charging system and transmitting a charge processing result to the client

It includes.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram showing a charging processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the billing processing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention accepts a connection through the Internet 200 from a client 100 to provide one or more purchased goods or content information, and a purchase selected by a user. A content provider system 300 constituting a billing web page for a product or content; In response to a charge request from the content provider system 300, the billing server 300 requests a billing web page for the corresponding purchased product or content, and processes billing from the billing web page received from the content provider system 300. Include.

The client 100 may include a payment request module 110 for requesting the content provider system 300 to pay for a purchased product or content; And a billing result notification module 120 for supporting the settlement of the cost for the purchased goods or contents from the user's account through the bank system 500.

The content provider system 200 maintains a session with the client 100 requesting access through the Internet 200, and reconfigures a billing web page for a product or content selected by the user. Web server 310 having a; A billing information support server 320 for requesting billing processing to the billing server 300 and supporting billing processing according to a corresponding product purchase or content information from a billing result processed by the billing server; And a database server 330 having a client database 331 for storing one or more client information, and a product information database 332 for storing information on one or more products or contents selectable by the user.

The billing information support server 320 may include a billing request module 321 for requesting billing for the corresponding purchased product or content selected by the billing server 400; A billing information transmission module 322 for receiving a processing result of a billing web page for a product or content requested from a billing server 400 from a web server 310 and transmitting a billing web page to a billing server 400; It further includes a billing result processing module 323 for receiving the billing processing result processed from the billing server 400 and stores in the database server 330.

The billing server 400 may include a billing information request module 410 for requesting web server 310 for billing information regarding purchase of goods or content from the content provider system 300; A billing processing module 420 for receiving billing web page information on a purchased product or content and processing billing information; A billing request product database 431 for storing detailed information on goods or content requested from the content provider system 300, and a billing processing database 432 for storing the billing processing results completed by the billing processing module 420; The branch further includes a billing database 430.

Hereinafter, the operation of the billing processing system through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a billing processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the user runs a web browser (not shown) installed in the client 100, the client 100 is connected to the Internet 200 (S100). When a user inputs a uniform resource locator (URL) that can access the content provider system 300 on a web browser, the content provider system 300 allows the client 100 to access the Internet 200 through the web server 310. Set the environment that can be accessed through, and execute the initial access web page document on the web browser to display.

The user is authenticated through a predetermined login process, and the description of the above login process will be omitted below.

The web server 310 provides one or more purchased goods or content information stored in the product information database 332 on the web browser of the client 100 (S110). The user performs a purchase for a desired purchase product or performs a content information request (S120).

The web server 310 receives the purchase request or the content information request data from the client 100 and requests the billing information support server 320 to pay the cost of the corresponding information according to the information request (S130). The billing request module 321 of the billing information support server 320 requests a billing from the billing server 400 (S140).

The billing information request module 410 analyzes which purchase product or content is a billing request for the current client 100 from the data received from the billing request module 321 (S150). The billing information request module 410 requests billing information for the web page selected by the user to the web server 310 via the Internet 200 (S160).

The web page configuration module 311 of the web server 310 searches for a file of a product code including product code information stored in the product information database 332 of the database server 330 (S170). The web page construction module 311 reconstructs the product information on the web page by calling the retrieved file (S180). For example, when a purchase request is made for a product having a product code of 100, the web page configuration module 311 calls a product category, a product name, and a product price for the product to display a web page having a file name of 100.htm. The merchandise category, product name, and merchandise price described above are reconstructed and included. At this time, the product information database 332 stores general information (product category, product name, product price, etc.) about the product in one file, and the web page configuration module 311 calls the file to reconstruct the web page. In addition, the present invention is not limited only to the embodiments.

The billing result processing module 323 receives the reconstructed web page information from the web page construction module 311, processes the billing for the corresponding product, and stores the billing for the corresponding product in the client database 331. The charging result processing module 323 notifies the charging information processing module 322 of the completion of the charging result processing, and the charging information transmitting module 322 transmits the product information from the web page including the corresponding product information (S190). In this case, the billing information transmission module 322 transmits the web page including the product information, but may transmit a web document including the additional information together with the web page including the product information in addition to the embodiment of the present invention. The present invention is not limited only to the examples.

The billing processing module 420 of the billing server 400 processes billing from the web page received through the Internet 200 (S200). When the billing process is completed, the billing processing module 420 stores the processing result in the billing processing database 432 and transmits the billing processing result to the content provider system 300 (S210).

The charging result processing module 323 of the content provider system 300 stores the received charging processing result in the client database 331 again, and notifies the charging information transmitting module 322 of the storage completion processing result. The billing information transmission module 322 is transmitted to the client 100 via the Internet 200 (S220), so that it can be displayed on a web browser.

The charging result notification module 120 of the client 100 stores the transmitted charging information in an information storage medium (hard disk or the like) not shown. The billing determination notification module 120 also requests the bank system 500 to access the Internet through the Internet 200 and then settles the bill according to the received billing processing result (S230).

The embodiment of the present invention is only one embodiment, and many modifications and variations of the components are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

As described above, the billing processing system and billing processing method through the network of the present invention can process billing using only a web page without directly installing a billing processing program in the system. It is not limited to various types of system environments such as Linux (LINUX) and Windows NT, and is not limited to a system hosting a web hosting system or a homepage service.

In addition, even if the web page according to the present invention is written in a programming language such as ASP, PERL, PHP, or the like, the load due to charging processing does not affect the system.

Further, the present invention eliminates the need for a specific billing data collection device capable of obtaining billing information from a web page.

Claims (13)

When a request is made to a content providing system for a user-selected purchase product or content from a client connected through a network, a system for processing the charge for the purchased product or content from the content provider system that provides the purchased product or content. , A billing information request unit which receives billing-related billing information for a product or content from the content provider system and requests a web page including billing information from the content provider system; A billing processing unit which receives the information on the purchased product or the content from the billing web page and processes billing information; And Billing data storage unit for storing the billing processing matter data for the goods or content requested from the content provider system Billing processing system via a network comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the billing data storage unit A billing request product database for storing detailed information on the purchased goods or contents; A billing processing database that stores a billing processing result processed by the billing processing unit; Billing processing system via a network comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the content provider system A web page constructing unit configured to reconfigure a billing web page for a product or content selected by the user while maintaining a connection with the client requesting access through the network; A billing information support unit for requesting billing processing by the billing processing unit and supporting billing processing according to the provision of information on the product or content based on the billing result processed by the billing processing unit; A product information data storage unit for storing the one or more client information and information about one or more products or contents selectable by the user Billing processing system via a network comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the client A payment request unit for requesting the content provider system to make a payment for the product or the content purchase; And Billing result notification unit to support the settlement of the cost of the goods or content from the user's account through the payment system connected to the network Billing processing system via a network further comprising. In a billing processing system that receives a billing result from a billing system that processes billing for a user-selected purchase product or content from a client connected through a network, A web page constructing unit configured to reconstruct a cyber document including billing information on a product or content selected by the user while maintaining a connection with the client requesting access through the network; A billing information support unit for requesting billing processing from the billing system and receiving a billing result processed from the billing system to support billing processing according to provision of information on the product or content; And A product information data storage unit for storing one or more pieces of client information and information about one or more products or contents selectable by the user Billing processing system via a network comprising a. The system of claim 5, wherein the charging system is A billing information request unit configured to receive billing-related billing information for goods or content from the content provider system and request the cyber document including billing information from the content provider system; A billing processing unit which receives the information on the purchased product or the content from the billing web page and processes billing information; And Billing data storage unit for storing the billing processing matter data for the goods or content requested from the content provider system Billing processing system via a network comprising a. The method of claim 5, wherein the client is A payment request unit for requesting the content provider system to make a payment for the product or the content purchase; And Billing result notification unit to support the settlement of the cost of the goods or content from the user's account through the payment system connected to the network Billing processing system via a network further comprising. In the method for processing the billing for the purchased goods or content from the content provider system for providing the purchased goods or content when requesting the content provider system for billing for the user-selected purchase goods or content from a client connected through a network , Receiving billing request data for a purchase product or content selected by the user from the content provider system and requesting the content provider system a cyber document including billing information for the product or content; Receiving the cyber document from the content provider system and processing charging based on the received cyber document; And Transmitting a charging processing result to the content provider system so that the processing result is transmitted to the client. Charging processing through the network comprising a. The method of claim 8, wherein the charging step Receiving, by the content provider system, a request for the cyber document to retrieve a cyber document associated with each code assigned to the product or content; Reconstructing the billing information for the found product or content in the cyber document; Transmitting and receiving the cyber document having reconstructed billing information for the product or content Charging processing through the network comprising a. In the billing processing method of receiving a billing request for a user-selected purchase product or content from a client connected through a network, the billing system interworks with a billing system that processes billing for the product or content. Receiving a payment request for the product or content from the client and requesting a billing process to the billing system; Receiving a billing web page information transmission request for information regarding the goods or contents from the billing system, and transmitting a billing web page for the goods or contents to the billing system; And Receiving a charge processing result processed by the charging system and transmitting a charge processing result to the client Charging processing through the network comprising a. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the charge processing request step Transmitting the billing request data for the purchased goods or contents selected by the user, and causing the billing system to request a web page including billing information for the goods or contents; . The method of claim 10, wherein the billing web page transmission step Receiving a request for transmission of the billing web page from the billing system, retrieving and calling a file associated with each code assigned to the product or content from an information storage medium; Reconstructing billing information of the product or content from the called file into the billing web page; Transmitting a billing web page having reconfigured billing information for the product or content to the billing system; Charging processing through the network comprising a. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the charging processing result transmission step Receiving the web page to process the charge from the received billing web page; And storing the billing processing result processed by the billing system on the information storage medium, and transmitting the billing web page to the client.