KR20050031601A - Information providing method which provides various services with different usage fee through a single phone number - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for supplying various services with different charges is provided to connect a phone number capable of supplying an integrated service, select and use one desired service among various services having different charges, and pay off the corresponding service charge from charged settlement amount according to a CID. A user accesses a telephone information settlement server by a general telephone or a mobile phone(S1). A desired telephone number is automatically inputted into CID and corresponding settlement amount is automatically processed(S2). Otherwise, the user accesses an Internet PC, pays the charge in advance through a credit card, and inputs a desired telephone number. A settlement server stores the settlement amount and the telephone number in a database which is shared with a service providing server(S3).

Description

Information service that provides multiple services with different rates at one phone number {INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD WHICH PROVIDES VARIOUS SERVICES WITH DIFFERENT USAGE FEE THROUGH A SINGLE PHONE NUMBER}

The present invention relates to an information providing method for providing a plurality of services having different rates to one phone number, and more specifically, to prepay with a telephone information payment number or other payment means to store the CID and the amount of payment and to integrate services. By connecting to a phone number and selecting a desired service from a plurality of services with different rates, the service fee may be reduced from the CID payment amount, so the service provider may advertise only one number, and the user may use only one number. The present invention relates to an information providing method of providing a plurality of services having different rates to one telephone number to enable several services.

In general, the ARS telephone information payment method is an hourly rate or a fee per connection in units of individual numbers, so if a company has several services with different rates, it is necessary to have each phone number. Therefore, in order to promote each service, each number needs to be promoted, and a lot of promotional costs are required. In addition, from the user's point of view, even though the class of service provided by the company unit is similar, there are problems such as having to remember each phone number because each service charge is different.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores the CID and the payment amount by prepayment with a telephone information payment number or other payment means, and connects to a phone number capable of integrated services to provide a desired service among a number of different services. When selected and used, the service fee will be reduced from the payment amount of CID, so the service provider may advertise only one number, and the user can pay the fee to one phone number that allows the user to use multiple services with only one number. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information providing method for providing a plurality of other services.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an ARS payment server or other payment server, an integrated phone number capable of an integrated service, and a user's mobile phone, whereby the user accesses the ARS payment server using a mobile phone and prepays the ARS payment. The server stores the CID and the payment amount, the user accesses the integrated phone number, and checks the payment balance according to the CID to guide the payment balance and the service menu through the ARS, and the user selects a service from the menu. It is characterized by consisting of the step of using, reducing the service charge provided from the balance according to the CID.

Hereinafter, described in detail by the accompanying drawings as follows.

1 is a system configuration according to the present invention is provided with a mobile phone 10, a general telephone 11, the Internet PC 12 to make a payment and provide services, ARS payment server or other payment server 20, It is composed of a database 30 for storing the CID phone number and the balance balance, and a service providing server 40 connected to the general line for providing the service.

2 is a flowchart of a payment process of making a prepayment, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of providing a service within a prepayment amount by connecting to a general line.

Looking at the information providing method for providing a plurality of services with different rates to one phone number that is the target by the process as shown in Figure 2 to Figure 3 in the same state as in FIG.

When the prepayment process of FIG. 1 is described in the started state, the telephone number to be used is automatically entered into the CID by accessing the telephone information payment server 20 by the general telephone 11 or the mobile phone 10 to receive the service (S1). And the amount of telephone information payment is automatically settled (S2), or connected to the Internet PC 12 (S1) to enter the number of the telephone you want to pay and use other payment methods such as credit card (S2). . Here, the telephone information settlement 20 refers to a telephone number that is charged by accessing the billing system such as 700-1004.

The payment server 20 stores the payment amount and the phone number to which the user is to receive the service in the database 30 shared with the service providing server 40 (S3). In this case, when the remaining balance is added, it is stored in addition to the existing balance.

The user is connected to the general telephone access number 40 in which various services are integrated, not the telephone information payment 20, to the mobile phone 10 or the general telephone 11 to receive the service registered in advance in order to receive the service (S4). ). For example, 1588-1004's integrated telephone number is used so that no charge is caused by the connection.

The service providing server 40 inquires (S5) the balance stored in the first step according to the CID of the telephone number in the database 30 (S5) to guide the balance guidance and service menus as shown in FIG. 4 through the ARS (S6). do.

The user listens to the ARS guide and selects the desired service number to use the service (S7).

When the service providing server 40 completes the use of the service, the service usage fee provided by the balance information of the phone number according to the CID of the database 30 is reduced and stored in the database 30 ( S8).

The provided menu S6 may be configured in plural by partially selecting all services that can be connected to a telephone line in order to provide a service for a fee. In other words, listening to recorded voice information, one-on-one counseling, service requests such as ring-down, international phone call connection, etc. are configured on the menu.

By connecting to the integrated service phone number in the above process, the service provider may advertise only one number, and the user may use multiple services with only one number.

As described above, the present invention stores a CID and a payment amount by prepaying by a telephone information payment number or other payment means, connects to a phone number capable of integrated service, and selects and uses a desired service among a plurality of services having different rates If the service fee is reduced from the CID payment amount, the service provider may advertise only one number, and the user may use multiple services with only one number.

1 is a system configuration diagram according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of a payment process for making a prepayment.

3 is a flow chart for providing services within a prepaid amount of money connected to a general line.

Figure 4 is an example of the configuration of the menu is connected to the integrated phone number guided.

Claims (2)

ARS payment server or other payment server, Integrated phone number for integrated service, By having a user's mobile phone A step (1) in which the user accesses the ARS payment server using a mobile phone and prepays the payment; Storing, by the ARS payment server, the CID and the payment amount (2); The user accessing the integrated telephone number (3); Inquiring the payment balance according to the CID and guiding the payment balance and the service menu through the ARS (4); A user selecting and using a service from a menu (5); Information providing method for providing a plurality of services with different rates to one phone number, characterized in that step (6) of reducing the service charge provided from the balance according to the CID. The method of claim 1, wherein the menu provided to the ARS in step (4) is for listening to recorded voice information that can be connected to a telephone line to provide a service for a fee, one-on-one consultation, application for a service such as a ringtone, or international telephone call connection. An information providing method for providing a plurality of services having different rates to one phone number, characterized in that a plurality of services may be partially selected and configured.