KR20060118881A - Public transportation fee settlement method and system for use in mobile network - Google Patents

Abstract

A public transportation fee paying method using a mobile communication network and a system thereof are provided to install an MBS(Mobile Base Station) which functions as a BS(Base Station), in a public transportation means, and to use registration between an existing BS and a mobile communication terminal, so that a user can use the public transportation means through registration with the MBS without a boarding procedure. An MS(Mobile Station)(210) receives and uses a service for enabling a user to pay for a usage fee by using a mobile communication network in case of the user using public transportation. An MBS(220) is installed in a public transportation means, and registers payment of the usage fee when the user having the MS(210) gets on and off the transportation means. The first and second wireless BSs(230,240) transmit location registration information of the registered MS(210) to the MBS(220), and perform handoff and wireless support management functions of the MS(210). An MSC(Mobile Switching Center)(250) has a function of collecting charging data on the MS(210). A VLR(Visitor Location Register)(252) temporarily stores subscriber information on the MS(210) when location registration of the MS(210) is performed. An HLR(Home Location Register)(254) stores a service profile on the subscriber information. An IP(Internet Protocol) network(270) connects the MSC(250) with a service server, and receives payment information from the service server to send the received information to the MS(210). A usage fee payment server(260) calculates the user's usage fee based on get on/off location information to pay for the fee.

Description

Public Transportation Fee Settlement Method and System For use in Mobile Network

1 is a view showing a mobile communication terminal equipped with a conventional IC chip,

2 is a block diagram showing a public transportation fare payment system using a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart showing a method for paying a public transportation fee using a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating an example screen of public transportation fee payment using a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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110: mobile communication terminal 120: IC chip

130: IC chip mounting portion 210: MS

220: MBS 230: first wireless base station

240: second wireless base station 250: mobile communication switching center

252: VLR 254: HLR

260: Billing server 270: IP network

The present invention relates to a method and a system for payment of public transportation fees using a mobile communication network. More specifically, by installing a mobile base station (MBS) serving as a base station in the public transportation means, and a method and system for paying public transportation fees using the registration with the existing base station (mobile station) and mobile communication terminal (Registration) will be.

Credit cards in use today are physical cards made of plastic with magnetic strips or IC chips attached. After receiving a card from a credit card company, a user can carry a credit card or perform a credit transaction online through the Internet.

Also, in recent years, due to the spread of mobile communication terminals, most people carry mobile communication terminals on a daily basis. Mobile communication terminals are being developed from first generation analog terminals to second generation and 2.5 generations, and then to third generation terminals in which smart cards and mobile communication terminals are combined. Smart cards are also referred to as Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICCs) and include micro-processor units (MPUs), memory, card operating systems (COS), security algorithms, and electronically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM). It has a built-in COB (Chip On Board) card with arithmetic processing and mass storage.

As SK Telecom has recently been able to provide a payment service using a mobile communication terminal equipped with an IC chip by combining a smart card with its own arithmetic processing and mass storage function. In the form of a subscriber identification module (SIM) chip, a smart card, which is a type of IC card, is used as a financial settlement means including payment of public transportation fees by mounting a smart card, a type of IC card, inside a mobile terminal. have.

1 is a view showing a mobile communication terminal equipped with a conventional IC chip.

The conventional mobile communication terminal equipped with an IC chip has an IC chip mounting unit 130 that can be fixed by mounting the IC chip 120 inside the mobile communication terminal 110, the user of the IC of the financial institution to use When the chip 120 was mounted on the IC chip mounting unit 130, the public transportation fee payment service could be used by contacting the mobile communication terminal 110 equipped with the IC chip in a fare payment reader. .

The conventional public transportation fee payment service using a mobile communication terminal equipped with an IC chip has a problem in that it does not sufficiently utilize the mobile characteristics of the mobile communication system by simply transferring the IC chip of the transportation card to the mobile communication terminal. It could be used even if the IC chip was not attached to the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, there is a problem that the reader has to contact the reader every time to pay for the public transportation fee, and if the IC chip is damaged, the IC chip must be reissued.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, by installing a mobile base station (MBS) serving as a base station in the public transportation means, public transportation using the existing base station (Registration) and the authentication with the mobile communication terminal (Registration) The purpose is to provide a payment method and system.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, in the public transportation fee payment system using a mobile communication network, not only performs a telephone call by wireless communication with the other party via the mobile communication network, the mobile communication network when using public transportation MS (Mobile Station) to receive and use the service to pay the use fee; The operator of the mobile communication network is installed on buses and subways, which are public transportation means, in cooperation with public transportation companies, and when the user who owns the MS gets on and gets off the public transportation means, he / she authenticates payment of a fee. Mobile Base Station (MBS); A first wireless base station and a second wireless base station transmitting location registration information of the MS authenticated with the MBS and performing handoff and wireless support management functions of the MS; It has a control function and an interworking function with a switch of a public telephone network so that the first wireless base station and the second wireless base station can be efficiently operated, and is composed of a control unit, a call path unit and a peripheral device, and charges for the MS. Mobile switching centers with data collection capabilities; A visitor location register (VLR) for temporarily storing subscriber information of the MS when location registration of the MS is performed through the first wireless base station and the second wireless base station; A Home Location Register (HLR), which is a database that stores service profiles related to subscriber information of the MS; An IP network which connects the mobile communication switching center and a service server, receives the billing information from the service server, and transmits the billing information to the MS; And it provides a public transportation fee payment system using a mobile communication network, characterized in that it comprises a payment server for calculating and paying the user's fee on the basis of the ride and get off location information.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, in the public transportation fare payment method using a mobile communication network, (a) a user who subscribes to the public transportation fare payment service has a mobile station (MS) to use public transportation Upon boarding means, determining whether the MS of the user is in an automatic or manual authentication mode; (b) In step (a), if the MS is in the automatic authentication mode or the user wants to pay the bill in the manual authentication mode, the MS performs an authentication procedure with a mobile base station (MBS) installed in the public transportation means. And displaying, by the MS, an authentication confirmation message to a user; (c) after displaying an authentication confirmation message to the user, transmitting the boarding position registration information to the fare payment server; (d) if the user attempts to stop using the public transportation, the MS performs a procedure of authenticating the termination of the use of the public transportation with the MBS, and displaying the getting off location to the user through the MS; ; (e) checking the authentication message in step (d) and getting off, transmitting the getting off location registration information to the billing server through location registration to the base station around the getting off location; And (f) calculating and paying a fare using the boarding position information of the MS and the received drop-off position information at the fare settlement server, and notifying a user of a payment message through the MS. Provides a method of payment for public transportation fare using a communication network.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2 is a diagram showing a system for paying a public transportation fee using a mobile communication network according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The public transportation fare payment system using a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile station (MS) 210, a mobile base station (MBS) 220, a first wireless base station 230, a second wireless base station ( 240, mobile communication switching center 250, VLR (Visitor Location Register) 252, HLR (Home Location Register) 254, billing server 260 and IP network 270.

MS 210 not only performs a telephone call with the other party through a mobile communication network by wireless communication, but also receives and uses a service for paying a fee using a mobile communication network when using public transportation including a bus and a subway. to be. The MS 210 transmits the ride and fault location information to the fare payment server 260 through authentication with the MBS 220, which is a mobile base station for buses and subways, and location registration through the MBS 220 when using public transportation. Pay the bill.

The MBS 220 is a mobile base station that operators of mobile communication networks install on buses and subways that are public transportation means through cooperation with public transportation companies. When a user who has subscribed to the public transportation fare payment service of the present invention possesses the MS 210 and rides on a bus for public transportation use, the MS 210 authenticates and registers the location in the MBS 220 and then rides the user. The location information is transmitted to the bill payment server 260 through the mobile communication network. In addition, when the user gets off, the user is authenticated to close the use of public transportation, and the user registers the location in a neighboring base station and transmits the disembarkation location to the billing server 260 so that the billing service server 260 charges the fee. To do it.

MBS 220 is a handoff with the base station that is in charge of the cell (Cell) that is changed while moving on the bus, so that the user can be provided with a mobile communication service while moving on the bus, as well as the authentication process at the time of boarding and getting off and Perform wireless support management functions.

If the user succeeds in authenticating with the MBS 220 to pay for the public transportation fee through the MS 210, the MBS 220 notifies the bus driver that the user has been authenticated through a terminal installed on the bus. If the bus driver does not receive such an authentication message after the user boards, the fee is charged by other means, for example, by cash or transportation card.

The first wireless base station 230 includes a base station (BS) 232 and a base station controller (BSC) 234, and performs handoff and wireless support management functions of the MS 210. do.

The BS 232 performs wired / wireless conversion, wireless signal transmission, and the like, between the MS 210 and the BSC 234, and charges the server 260 to obtain ride position information of the MBS 220 and the authenticated MS 210. To transmit to. Each BS 232 is arranged on a cell-by-cell basis and transmits a call request originating from the MS 210 to the mobile switching center 250 or to a wireless communication call to the MS 210 existing in the cell area under its control. It maintains call or communication path.

The BSC 234 controls the BS 232 and performs radio channel de-allocation, handoff, and output control of the radio signal to the MS 210. The BSC 234 performs various functions necessary for radio call processing such as handoff while controlling and managing a plurality of BSs 232. In addition, the BSC 234 transmits subscriber information of the location registered MS 210 to the mobile switching center 130.

Like the first wireless base station 230, the second wireless base station 240 includes a BS 242 and a BSC 244, and performs handoff and wireless support management functions of the MS 210. When the MS 210 of the user performs authentication to close the public transportation with the MBS 220, the second wireless base station 240 charges the location information at the time of getting off so that the fee payment server 260 can calculate the usage fee. It serves to transmit to the payment server (260).

The mobile communication switch 250 serves as a control function for allowing the first wireless base station 230 and the second wireless base station 240 to operate efficiently and an interworking function with an exchange of a public telephone network. The mobile communication switching center 250 is composed of a control unit, a call path unit and a peripheral device, and also has a charging data collection function for the MS 210. When the mobile station switching center 250 registers the location of the MS 210 through the first wireless base station 230 and the second wireless base station 240, the VLR (Visitor Location Register) in the mobile communication switching center 250 ( After temporarily storing the subscriber information of the MS 210 in 252, the MS 210 requests a location registration of the MS 210 to the home location register (HLR) 254.

Location registration is a processing procedure that informs the mobile switching center 250 via its wireless base station of the boarding and disengaging location, status, identifiers, slot periods, and other features of the MS 210, when the user uses public transportation. This is a procedure for transmitting the location and the getting off location to the billing server 260. The location registration of the MS 210 is not only at the time of getting on and off for public transportation, but also when the power of the MS 210 is turned on or off. It is implemented when moving the liver and when the parameters of the MS 210 are changed.

Here, the HLR 254 is a database that stores a service profile of subscriber information of the MS 210 user, including a subscriber's telephone call, a mobile identification number (MIN) of the MS 210, and a terminal uniqueness. Contains information about Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and service type.

The IP network 270 connects the mobile communication switching center 250 and the fare payment server 260, transmits the user's ride and disembarkation location from the MS 210 to the fare payment server 260, and provides a fare payment server ( 260 receives the payment information from the bill and transmits to the MS (210).

The fare payment server 260 receives and stores the boarding location registration information authenticated by the MBS 220 when the user boards the bus to use public transportation, and stores the boarding location registration information when the user gets off the bus. This function calculates the user's fee based on the boarding location and the getting off location. In this case, the billing fee is the amount set in partnership with the public transportation company.

3 and 4 are diagrams illustrating a method and an example screen for paying a fare for public transportation using a mobile communication network according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

When the user who has subscribed to the public transportation fare payment service according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention possesses the MS 210 and gets on the bus for public transportation (S310), the user's MS 210 is in an automatic or manual authentication mode. Determine whether (S320). In this case, the authentication mode is set in advance by the user in the MS 210. If not set, the manual authentication mode is used.

In the automatic mode, to prevent all MSs 210 around MBS 220 from being authenticated, once all MSs 210 have been authenticated to MBS 220, periodically, for example, at intervals of one minute. The 220 confirms the position of the MS 210 and finally processes only the MS 210 that uses the MBS 220 as an active cell.

In the case of the manual authentication mode, a message for determining whether to pay for the use of the boarded bus through the service of the present invention is notified to the user as shown in FIG. 4A (S330). If the user does not want to pay the fee is terminated.

If the authentication mode of the MS 210 is the automatic authentication mode or the user wants to pay the bill in the manual authentication mode, the MS 210 performs an authentication procedure with the MBS 220 installed in the bus on which the passenger boards the vehicle (S340). After performing the authentication procedure, the MS 210 displays the authentication confirmation message as shown in FIG. 4B to the user by text, voice, beep, and vibration. In addition, the bus driver also obtains the information that the user authenticated through the terminal installed in the bus from the MBS 220 (S350).

After displaying the authentication confirmation message to the user, the MS 210 transmits the ride position registration information to the fare payment server (S360).

The fare payment server 260 stores the ride position registration information of the user received from the MS 210 and uses it in the calculation for fare payment.

When the user finishes using the public transportation and attempts to get off, the MS 210 performs a procedure for authenticating the termination of the public transportation with the MBS 220 (S370), and shows the getting off location as shown in FIG. Display via MS 210. In this case, a message may be transmitted by text, voice, beep, vibration, or the like.

After getting off, the location registration information is transmitted to the bill payment server 260 through location registration with neighboring base stations (S380).

The bill payment server 260 calculates and pays the fee using the stored MBS, the authenticated ride location information, and the received drop-off location information (S390), and the payment message is voiced and texted as shown in FIG. 4 (d). Notify user via 210.

The method of charging the fee calculated by authentication and location registration through the MBS 220 is determined through a contract with the mobile carrier when the user subscribes to the service. As a billing method, a bill may be charged together with a mobile communication fee, a withdrawal from a separate bank account, or a payment method using a credit card in connection with a credit card company.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, if the user possesses the mobile communication terminal and the power is turned on, the user authenticates with the MBS without having to contact the card reader directly with the mobile terminal equipped with the IC chip when using public transportation. Through the public transportation can be used without any boarding process can increase the convenience.

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In the public transportation fare payment system using a mobile communication network, A mobile station (MS) which not only performs a telephone call with the other party through the mobile communication network through wireless communication, but also receives and uses a service for paying a fee using the mobile communication network when using public transportation; The operator of the mobile communication network is installed on buses and subways, which are public transportation means, in cooperation with public transportation companies, and when the user who owns the MS gets on and gets off the public transportation means, he / she authenticates payment of a fee. Mobile Base Station (MBS); A first wireless base station and a second wireless base station transmitting location registration information of the MS authenticated with the MBS and performing handoff and wireless support management functions of the MS; It has a control function and an interworking function with a switch of a public telephone network so that the first wireless base station and the second wireless base station can be efficiently operated, and is composed of a control unit, a call path unit and a peripheral device, and charges for the MS. Mobile switching centers with data collection capabilities; A visitor location register (VLR) for temporarily storing subscriber information of the MS when location registration of the MS is performed through the first wireless base station and the second wireless base station; A Home Location Register (HLR), which is a database that stores a service profile regarding subscriber information of the MS; An IP network which connects the mobile communication switching center and a service server, receives the billing information from the service server, and transmits the billing information to the MS; And Charge billing server that calculates and pays the user's fare based on the boarding and getting off location information Public transportation fee payment system using a mobile communication network comprising a. The method of claim 1, The MS is provided with a service by transmitting the ride and disembarkation location information to the fare payment server through the registration and location registration with the MBS which is a mobile base station of the bus and the subway when the public transportation is used. Public transportation fee payment system using a mobile communication network. The method of claim 1, The MBS is a mobile base station installed in the public transportation means, and when the user possesses the MS and authenticates the MS when getting on and off the public transportation means, the MS can register a location with a neighboring base station. Public transportation fee payment system using a mobile communication network, characterized in that the. The method of claim 1, The MBS performs a handoff and radio support management function with a base station that manages a cell that is changed at the time of movement so that a user can be provided with a mobile communication service while moving using the public transportation means. Public transportation fare payment system using a mobile communication network. The method of claim 1, The first wireless base station is responsible for transmitting the boarding location information of the MBS and the authenticated MS to the billing server, and is arranged in a cell unit to transmit a call request generated by the MS to the mobile communication switching center. The base station (BS) having a function of maintaining a wireless communication call or communication path with respect to the MS existing in the cell area under its jurisdiction, and controlling and managing a plurality of the BSs And a base station controller (BSC) for performing radio channel de-allocation, handoff and wireless signal output control functions, and transmitting subscriber information of the location-registered MS to the mobile communication switching center. Public transportation fare payment system using a mobile communication network. The method of claim 1, When the MS of the user performs authentication to close the use of the MBS and the public transportation, the second wireless base station pays the location registration information at the time of getting off so that the payment server can calculate the usage fee. Public transportation fee payment system using a mobile communication network characterized in that the transmission to the server. The method of claim 1, The location registration is a processing procedure for notifying the mobile switching center via a corresponding wireless base station of features including the riding and discharging location, status, identifier, and slot period of the MS, when the user uses the public transportation means. And the first wireless base station and the second wireless base station transmit the riding and discharging positions to the fare payment server. The method of claim 1, The fee payment server receives and stores the boarding location registration information authenticated by the MBS of the user, and when the boarding location registration information is transmitted at the time of getting off, the fee is calculated based on the stored boarding location and the boarding location. Public transportation fee payment system using a mobile communication network, characterized in that for performing a payment function. In the method of payment for public transportation charges using a mobile communication network, (a) determining whether the MS of the user is in an automatic or manual authentication mode when a user who has subscribed to the public transportation fare payment service has a mobile station (MS) and rides on public transportation to use public transportation; (b) In step (a), if the MS is in the automatic authentication mode or the user wants to pay the bill in the manual authentication mode, the MS performs an authentication procedure with a mobile base station (MBS) installed in the public transportation means. And displaying, by the MS, an authentication confirmation message to a user; (c) after displaying an authentication confirmation message to the user, transmitting the boarding position registration information to the fare payment server; (d) if the user attempts to stop using the public transportation, the MS performs a procedure of authenticating the termination of the use of the public transportation with the MBS, and displaying the getting off location to the user through the MS; ; (e) checking the authentication message in step (d) and getting off, transmitting the getting off location registration information to the billing server through location registration to the base station around the getting off location; And (f) calculating and paying the usage fee by using the boarding location information of the MS and the received location information of the MS, and informing the user of the payment message through the MS; Public transportation fee payment method using a mobile communication network comprising a. The method of claim 9, wherein in step (a), The authentication mode is set by the user in advance in the MS, but if not set, the public transportation fee payment method using a mobile communication network, characterized in that proceeds to the manual authentication mode. The method of claim 9, wherein in step (b), When the authentication mode is the automatic mode, in order to prevent all MSs surrounding the MBS from being authenticated, once the MBS authenticates all the MSs periodically, for example, every one minute, the MBSs are connected to the MSs. And confirming the location and performing final authentication only for the MS using the MBS as an active cell. The method of claim 9, wherein in steps (b) and (f), Method of transmitting a message to the user as a method of payment for public transportation charges using a mobile communication network comprising a text, voice, beep and vibration. The method of claim 9, The method of charging the fee calculated by the MBS authentication and location registration is determined through a contract with a mobile carrier when the user subscribes to the service, and the billing method is billed together with the mobile communication fee or a separate bank account. Method of payment for public transportation charges using a mobile communication network comprising a method of withdrawal or payment by credit card in connection with a credit card company.

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