KR20040105939A - Telephone time setting method for mobile communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for setting a call duration of a mobile communication terminal is provided to set a call enable duration in a terminal, and to extend the call duration by receiving a permission of a telephone charge payer if all the set call duration is consumed. CONSTITUTION: A call management server(20) decides whether a call duration set for a designated rate system is exceeded. If so, the call management server(20) limits a call of a subscriber terminal(10), and forwards an SMS message including an ARS service number for setting the call duration. If a telephone charge payer calls with the ARS service number, the call management server(20) confirms whether the call duration is extended. If so, the call management server(20) receives the call duration to be extended, while maintaining a call limit setup if the call duration is not extended.

Description

How to set talk time on mobile terminal {TELEPHONE TIME SETTING METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a method for setting a talk time of a mobile communication terminal, and in particular, when the talk time is set in the terminal and the set talk time is exhausted, the talk time can be extended by receiving the permission of the payer of the terminal. A communication time setting service method of a mobile communication terminal.

Recently, as mobile communication terminals have been spread to middle and high school students as well as elementary school students, some of the teenagers are indiscriminately making phone calls to increase their communication costs.

Of course, each service provider has a youth plan, and text messages or talk time can be adjusted according to the youth's taste.However, unlike parents who use it for the delivery of necessary matters, the youth pays the fee. It is often used to communicate minor content between friends without having a personal information system.

If you use more than the free call time specified in the plan as described above, you can use it without any notice or restriction to the actual fee payer. There is a problem that adds to the communication cost burden in the situation using.

Therefore, the present invention has been created to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. If the set talk time is set in the terminal and the set talk time is exhausted, the talk time is extended by receiving the permission of the payer of the corresponding terminal. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication time setting service method of a mobile communication terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for setting a call time of a subscriber mobile communication terminal, comprising: determining whether a call time set in a designated rate plan of a subscriber terminal is exceeded through a call management server; Sending an SMS including an ARS service number for limiting a call of a subscriber station and setting a call time to a terminal of a payer when the set call time is exceeded; When the fee payer makes a call to the ARS service number, checking, by the call management server, whether the fee payer is authenticated or whether the call is extended; If a positive response to the call time extension confirmation received and added to the call time to be extended, and if the extension cancellation response characterized in that it comprises a step of maintaining the call limit setting as it is.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a call time setting service method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: subscriber terminal 20: call management server

30: fee payer terminal

The present invention relates to a method for allowing a payer (parent) to directly control the talk time of a child in a situation where a parent pays for the mobile phone charge of a teenager, that is, a charge when the subscriber and the payer are different. The present invention relates to a method of designating a plan and allowing a user to conduct a call in excess of the talk time specified in the plan by the payer's permission. The server asks the payer whether to approve the call, via SMS or ARS, and allows the payer to allocate more call time and allow it.

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

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting a call time of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. When a subscriber wants to talk over a designated call time, the call management server notifies the fee payer of the call payer and asks for permission. If the payer allows it, allow more time for the call.

Referring to FIG. 1, first, the call management server 20 determines whether the call time specified in the monthly flat rate plan of the subscriber terminal 10 is exceeded. For example, if you are using a three-hour free talk time plan, set a call limit after three hours.

In order to notify the subscriber of the remaining talk time, the call management server 20 outputs a guide message at the beginning of the call or during the call at predetermined time intervals (5 minutes, 2 minutes, 1 minute, etc.) at least 10 minutes before the remaining talk time. In advance, in order to prevent a sudden interruption of the call during the call due to the end of the call time, it is preferable to check the fee payer in advance before a predetermined time (eg, 10 minutes before the remaining call time).

That is, when the specified call time is exceeded (actually, a predetermined time before it is exceeded), the call payer who has the authority to extend the call time may be searched, and the call time may be set by the payer terminal 30. Send SMS with ARS service number.

Accordingly, the fee payer who receives the SMS calls the ARS service number included therein, and the call management server 20 performs the fee payer customer authentication through the ARS guide message, and then, If you are confirmed that you are a payer, ask if you want to extend the call.

For example, "Would you like to extend the talk time of the terminal (019-XXXX-XXXX)?" "1" for extension of call extension, "2" for cancellation of extension, print out a message, and when the payer presses "1" in response, the number of minutes to extend After pressing, press the "#" key. ", And when the user responds to the" 30 "and press the" # "key, the terminal will extend the talk time by 30 minutes. The same process is performed when the extended call time is exceeded.

If the extension cancel key is pressed for the extension of the call duration confirmation message, the call limit setting is maintained as it is, so that the call can no longer be performed.

In other words, when the subscriber attempts to make a call, the call time is exceeded, and the process of obtaining the call extension permission from the payer increases the call waiting time or the call restriction state, so the operator before the call time is exceeded. In order to prepare for the case by performing the procedure for extending the talk time in advance before the predetermined time (before the predetermined time remaining).

In addition, the process for obtaining the permission to extend the talk time can be performed in several stages, and if the payer knows the corresponding ARS service number, even if the caller does not receive the SMS guide message, the call is extended in advance. You may.

As described above, the call time setting service method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention may extend the call time by setting a callable time in the terminal and when the set call time is exhausted, receiving the permission of the payer of the corresponding terminal. It is effective.

In addition, the present invention specifies a call rate for all the terminals, if the attempt to exceed the specified call rate, the subscriber to perform a procedure to check by calling a separate terminal registered to confirm the extension of the call time By doing so, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent the unauthorized use of the phone due to the loss of the terminal.

Claims (3)

In the call time setting method of the subscriber mobile communication terminal, Determining whether the call time set in the designated plan of the subscriber station is exceeded through the call management server; Sending an SMS including an ARS service number for limiting a call of a subscriber station and setting a call time to a terminal of a payer when the set call time is exceeded; When the payer makes a call to the ARS service number, checking, by the call management server, whether the payer customer authentication and the call duration are extended; If a positive response to the confirmation of the extension of the call time is added to receive the call time to be extended, and if the extension cancel response, the call time setting service of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises a step of maintaining the call limit setting as it is Way. The method according to claim 1, wherein the call duration extension confirmation is performed at predetermined time intervals from a predetermined time before the remaining time of the call so as not to limit the call during the call, and to notify the subscriber by outputting a guide message at the start of the call or during the call. Talk time setting service method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that made. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the terminal for confirming the extension of the talk time becomes a terminal of the payer when the subscriber and the payer are different, and when the subscriber and the payer are the same, the terminal can be designated as another terminal desired by the subscriber. Call time setting service method of a mobile communication terminal.