KR20030083942A - System and Method for Providing a Call Service Ticket in Mobile Communication Network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for supplying a call gift certificate in a mobile communication network is provided to implement call gift certificates online, and to automatically manage usage of the call gift certificates in a wireless terminal accounting server, thereby preventing a risk of loss with an easy-to-use function. CONSTITUTION: A database(110) stores terminal user information and call gift certificate information. A user authenticator(102) confirms whether a call gift certificate user and a wireless terminal user receiving a call gift certificate are legal users in reference to the database(110). A call gift certificate manager(104) manages kinds of call gift certificates stored in the database(110). A call detail manager(106) manages communication service usage details of the wireless terminal user, and transmits the call details to an accounting server.

Description

System and Method for Providing a Call Service Ticket in Mobile Communication Network}

The present invention relates to a system for providing a gift certificate through a communication network, and more particularly, to a system and a method for providing a gift certificate using a communication service through a wireless terminal.

Currently, physical gift certificates, such as paper or PPI cards, are issued and distributed in an anonymous manner, and the range of their use has also expanded, and telephone prepaid cards have recently been distributed. However, these gift certificates are basically sold and used on the premise of offline, and users have to visit a gift voucher shop in order to purchase a gift voucher and have to bring a gift voucher with them.

On the other hand, with the recent development of communication technology and the proliferation of portable wireless terminals, wireless terminals have become an essential element of life for modern people. As the use of wireless terminals has become more common, many of them have been proposed to provide various services to provide more useful and systematic information to users of wireless terminals.

The telephone prepaid card service has begun to be serviced according to the generalization of such a wireless terminal. Telephone prepaid cards were sold through distribution networks such as mobile carrier dealerships, and users who wish to purchase them should visit the dealerships directly. Compared to other vouchers, the service is being used up as a gift.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a system and method for providing a call voucher in a mobile communication network that can conveniently purchase an intangible call voucher that can use a communication service through a wireless terminal. There is a problem.

In addition, another technical problem of the present invention is that when a user who purchases a gift voucher presents the gift voucher to another person, the call voucher is automatically reduced and processed by the billing server of the mobile communication service provider to which the user who receives the gift voucher subscribes. The present invention provides a system and method for providing a gift voucher in a mobile communication network that can be conveniently used.

1 is an exemplary diagram of a communication network to which a system for providing a gift certificate according to the present invention is applied;

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the currency gift certificate providing system shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a currency gift certificate according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: call voucher providing system 20-1 ~ 20-n: wireless terminal

30: billing server 40: wired terminal

50: Internet 102: user authentication means

104: currency voucher management means 106: call history management means

108: message generating means 110: database

112: user database 114: currency voucher database

116: message database

The present invention for achieving the above-described technical problem is provided with a call voucher connected to a wireless or wired terminal to provide a call voucher and connected to the billing server of the mobile communication service provider to manage the call voucher usage history, the terminal user A database for storing information and the currency voucher information; User authentication means for confirming whether the call voucher buyer or the wireless terminal user who receives the call voucher by the buyer is a legitimate user with reference to the database; Currency gift certificate management means for managing a type of currency gift certificate stored in the database; And call history management means for managing the communication service usage history of the call gift certificate receiver and delivering the call history to the billing server.

In addition, the present invention provides a call voucher in a call voucher providing system for crisis to manage the call voucher use history is connected to a wireless or wired terminal to provide a call voucher and connected to the billing server of the mobile communication service provider, Providing a currency voucher list to a buyer in accordance with a desire to purchase the currency voucher by accessing the currency voucher providing system; Receiving a call voucher type and a receiving wireless terminal number from the buyer; Transmitting the purchase history of the buyer to the billing server; And transmitting the purchased currency gift certificate to the receiver.

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

1 is an exemplary diagram of a communication network to which a system for providing a gift certificate according to the present invention is applied.

As shown, the call gift voucher providing system 10 has an environment capable of wirelessly communicating with the wireless terminals 20-1 through 20-n and can communicate with the wired terminal 40 via the Internet 50. have. In addition, the billing server 30 or connected to the independent billing server 30 to charge and pay the call charges according to the call history of the user of the wireless terminal (20-1 ~ 20-n).

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the user of the wireless terminal 20-1 to 20-n connects to the call voucher providing system 10 on the wireless terminal 20-1 to 20-n, the wired terminal 40 or offline. You can buy the currency vouchers of your choice. The purchased gift certificate may be used to pay for the wireless terminal communication fee of the user, or may be presented to another person to pay for the wireless terminal communication fee of another person.

The call voucher providing system 10 pays the call voucher purchase details as the user purchases the call voucher, and when the user purchases the call voucher through the wireless terminals 20-1 to 20-n, the call voucher is purchased. The bill may be billed together with the communication fee through the billing server 30.

When the user presents the gift voucher to another person, the call gift voucher providing system 10 transmits the call voucher details to the billing server 30 of the mobile communication service provider to which the user who wants to receive the call voucher is subscribed. The telecommunication charges used shall be exempt from the currency gift certificate.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the currency gift certificate providing system shown in FIG. 1.

The call gift certificate providing system 10 includes a user authentication means 102, a call gift certificate management means 104, a call history management means 106, a message generating means 108, and a database 110. In addition, the database 110 includes a user DB 112, a currency voucher DB 114 and a message DB 116, which may be composed of each table or may be composed of one table.

When the user authentication means 102 confirms that the user who wants to purchase the currency gift certificate or the wireless terminal user who receives the gift certificate by the purchaser of the gift certificate is a legitimate user, referring to the user DB 112, Only currency gift certificate transactions and futures are made.

The currency gift certificate managing unit 104 manages various types of currency gift certificates stored in the currency gift certificate DB 114. The currency gift certificates can be classified into a currency time unit, a money unit, an additional service use unit, and the like.

The call history management means 106 is a means for managing a call voucher buyer or a recipient who received a gift voucher from the buyer using the communication service as a call voucher, and manages the call voucher in units of time and amount according to the type of the call voucher. The usage history is stored in the user DB 112.

The message generating means 108 is a means for receiving a gift voucher for a currency voucher when a gift voucher is presented to another person or providing a formal message stored in the message DB 116.

When a user connected to the call gift certificate providing system 10 having such a configuration inputs the number of the wireless terminal to receive the call gift certificate, the user authentication means 102 checks whether the receiver is a legitimate user. If the verification result is a legitimate user, the buyer checks whether a message to be delivered to the receiver exists. If the buyer wants to enter a message, the buyer receives a message from the buyer, and if the buyer does not enter the message, the message DB 114 A message to be sent by the message generating means 108 is generated using the standardized message stored in the message. Thereafter, the currency gift certificate is transmitted along with the generated message to the corresponding recipient, and the message is preferably transmitted in a short form (SMS). The recipient can also be the purchaser himself or another person owning the wireless terminal.

In addition to sending the call voucher and message to the recipient, the call voucher providing system 10 notifies the billing server 30 that the call voucher has been delivered to the specific receiver. As the gift voucher receiver uses a communication service such as a telephone call, an SMS, and a data service, the call log management means 106 transmits the call log of the receiver to the billing server 30 so that the call charge according to the service usage history is called. To be exempted from In this case, the usage fee is reduced within the remaining use range of the call gift certificate transmitted to the receiver.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a currency gift certificate according to the present invention. In the following description, a case where a user who wants to purchase a call gift certificate is connected to the call gift certificate providing system 10 by the wireless terminals 20-1 to 20-n is described. 20-n) as well as can be connected through the wired terminal 40 and can be purchased offline.

First, when the user of the wireless terminal 20-1 to 20-n connects to the call gift certificate providing system 10 and purchases a call gift certificate (S101), the call gift certificate managing means 104 of the call gift certificate providing system 10 is provided. Provides a list of currency gift certificates to the buyer with reference to the currency gift certificate DB 114 (S102). The currency gift certificate may be provided in various ways such as a talk time unit, a money unit, and an additional service use unit.

The purchaser selects a call gift certificate to be purchased from the list of gift certificates presented by the call gift certificate management means 104 (S103), and inputs the numbers of the receiver wireless terminals 20-1 to 20-n to which the call gift certificate is to be received ( S104). Accordingly, the user authentication means 102 of the call voucher providing system 10 refers to the wireless terminal 20-1 to 20-n number input by the purchaser with reference to the user DB 112 for user authentication. The names of the users of the terminals 20-1 to 20-n are informed to the purchaser (S105).

As a result of checking whether the name and name of the receiver's wireless terminals 20-1 to 20-n match in step S105 (S106), if the user is not a legitimate user, the user authentication means 102 sends the receiver to the receiver wireless terminal 20. -1 to 20-n) is required to be re-entered (S107). On the other hand, when it is confirmed that the user is a legitimate user, the currency gift certificate management means 104 of the currency gift certificate providing system 10 transmits the purchase history to the charging server 30, while the message generating means 108 transmits the message to the receiver. It is confirmed whether to input a message to be wished (S109). The call voucher purchase history may be performed by any one of the available methods such as billing together with the purchaser's wireless terminal fee or online payment, card payment, cash payment.

If the buyer does not enter a message to be sent to the receiver, the message generating means 108 generates a formalized message with reference to the message DB 116 (S110), and transmits a currency gift certificate and a formal message to the receiver (S112). ), When the buyer inputs a message, the received message and the call gift certificate are transmitted to the receiver's wireless terminals 20-1 to 20-n (S112).

Thereafter, the receiver checks whether the recipient has received the gift voucher (S113), and if the recipient has not correctly delivered the gift voucher, retransmits the gift voucher and the message (S112). The message is transmitted (S114).

In this way, as the user who receives the call gift certificate uses a communication service such as a telephone call, an SMS, and a data service, the call log management means 106 transmits the call log of the receiver to the billing server 30 to record the service usage. Ensure that the resulting call charges are waived from the currency gift certificate. In this case, the usage fee is reduced within the remaining use range of the call gift certificate transmitted to the receiver.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, call vouchers can be purchased by accessing the wireless Internet using a wireless terminal. In this case, the currency gift certificate menu should be additionally configured in the menu. In addition, it is also possible to purchase a currency voucher by using an answering service. A user who wants to purchase a currency voucher can access the answering service and determine the type of the gift voucher according to the announcement and then enter the receiving number to purchase the currency voucher. Can be presented to any recipient. In addition, currency vouchers are not limited to using telecommunication services, but can also be used to purchase tangible merchandise online / offline.

The call gift voucher providing system 10 of the present invention may be additionally operated by a mobile communication service provider or operated by an independent operator.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be understood as illustrative in all respects and not as restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, according to the present invention, an intangible call voucher for a wireless terminal can be freely purchased online and offline, and the purchased call voucher can be presented online to others who own the wireless terminal. The purchased call voucher may be charged together with the wireless terminal usage fee, and the wireless terminal user who receives the call voucher may use various communication services as much as the remaining service usage amount of the call voucher.

Such a gift voucher is intangible online so there is no risk of loss, and since the amount of use of the call voucher is managed by a wireless terminal billing server, the rate reduction is automatically made, which is convenient to use.

Claims (14)

A call gift voucher providing system for providing a call voucher connected to a wireless or wired terminal and managing a call voucher usage history connected to a billing server of a mobile communication service provider. A database for storing the terminal user information and the currency voucher information; User authentication means for confirming whether the call voucher buyer or the wireless terminal user who receives the call voucher by the buyer is a legitimate user with reference to the database; Currency gift certificate management means for managing a type of currency gift certificate stored in the database; And Call history management means for managing a communication service usage history of the call gift voucher receiver and delivering the call history to the billing server; Call voucher providing system in a mobile communication network having a. According to claim 1, The system for providing a gift voucher further includes message generating means for providing a delivery message received from the purchaser or a standardized message stored in the database when the buyer of the gift voucher wants to deliver the currency voucher to another person. Monetary gift voucher system. The method of claim 2, The message generating means is a system for providing a gift voucher in a mobile communication network for generating a message input from the buyer and a formal message in the form of a short message. According to claim 1, The database is a system for providing a call voucher in a mobile communication network that stores the types of call vouchers classified by call time unit, amount unit, additional service use unit. According to claim 1, The call history management means is a system for providing a call voucher in a mobile communication network for managing the call history in units of time and money according to the type of the received call voucher. According to claim 1, The database includes a user database for storing the telephone number and name of the terminal user; A currency voucher database for storing the currency voucher type; And A message database for storing formatted messages; Call voucher providing system in a mobile communication network having a. According to claim 1, The call gift certificate providing system is a call gift certificate providing system in a mobile communication network operated by a mobile communication service provider or an operator independent of the mobile communication service provider. A method of providing a gift voucher in a system for providing a gift voucher for a crisis to be connected to a wireless or wired terminal to provide a gift voucher and to be connected to a billing server of a mobile communication service provider to manage the use of the currency voucher. Providing a currency voucher list to the buyer as the buyer wants to purchase the currency voucher by accessing the currency voucher providing system; Receiving a call voucher type and a receiving wireless terminal number from the buyer; Transmitting the purchase history of the buyer to the billing server; And Transmitting the purchased currency voucher to the receiver; Call voucher providing method in a mobile communication network comprising a. The method of claim 8, And receiving the receiving wireless terminal number further comprises authenticating whether the receiver is a legitimate user. The method of claim 8, Before receiving the receiving wireless terminal number from the buyer and transmitting the purchased gift voucher to the receiver, Confirming whether to input a message to the buyer, generating a standardized message when the buyer does not input a message, and generating a transmission message by the input message when inputting the message; Transmitting the call voucher together with the recipient's wireless terminal; The call gift certificate providing method in a mobile communication network further comprising. The method of claim 10, The method of claim 1, wherein the message is generated in a short service format. The method of claim 8, The method of claim 1, wherein the currency gift certificate is provided in a communication time unit, an amount unit, and an additional service use unit. The method of claim 8, And transmitting a communication voucher of the receiver to the billing server and calculating a communication fee after transmitting the call voucher to the receiver. The method of claim 8, And transmitting a receipt acknowledgment message to the buyer after transmitting the currency gift certificate to the receiver.