KR20060133665A - Method and system for processing data communication cost according to receiver communication cost defrayment service - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for processing the data communication charge in accordance with a collect call service for data communication are provided to cut the fee for data communication by making a contents server bear the data communication charge of a connected terminal user. A data communication charge processing system(70) comprises a data recording unit(72), a billing information creation unit(74), and a billing processing unit(76). The data recording unit(72) records communication detail record data, such as the amount of data packets transmitted and received between each terminal and each contents server, communication time, the information of each contents server, etc. The billing information creation unit(74) classifies the communication detail record of each terminal, received from the data recording unit(72), according to associated contents servers, creates billing information, and transmits it to the billing processing unit(76). The billing processing unit(76) recognizes a category ID corresponding to the class of each contents server and creates billing information for each category ID.

Description

Method and System for processing data communication cost according to receiver communication cost defrayment service}

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall system for providing a called party toll charge service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a data communication fee processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a called party toll charge service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which each device of the data communication fee processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention processes charging according to communication between a terminal and a content server.

5 is a view showing a process of charging according to the charging information in the charging processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view showing an available terminal table stored in a charging processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

10: terminal

100: base station (BTC)

102: base station controller (BCS)

30: Packet Data Service Node (PDSN)

35: IP network

37: gateway

50a, 50b, ... 50n: content server

70: data communication fee processing system

72: data recording device

74: billing information generating device

76: charging processing device

The present invention relates to a data communication fee processing method and system of a wired / wireless communication network, and more particularly, to a data communication fee processing method and system according to a receiver communication fee paying service that bears a communication fee for data communication in a server to which a terminal is connected. .

At present, voice call service is provided by the payer. That is, when a caller applies for a caller toll service or makes a call to a specific number, a service is provided to charge the caller according to the call, but the caller or a third party payer is not provided for the data service.

The mobile communication network is evolving at a very high speed. Accordingly, in the early days of the mobile communication service, text-based services were provided, but now multimedia services such as VOD and video telephony services are provided, and the rate of return per subscriber (Average Revenue Per User; ARPU) is also gradually transitioning from voice service to data service.

In addition, the infrastructure of access network and core network is developing more and more. Initially, it provided service at 9Kbps transmission rate, but now it is possible to forward transmission up to 2.4Mbps and data transmission at 135Kbps transmission rate even in reverse transmission. In the future, with the development of mobile communication networks such as WCDMA and High Portable Internet (HPI), data transmission rate is expected to be possible from several Mbps to several tens of Mbps.

As the mobile communication network develops and evolves, services that can be provided are becoming more diverse, and data services based on high data rates such as knowledge information delivery and information provision services are increasing.

However, there is a problem that the cost due to wireless data communication can be a big burden for the general user.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a communication billing processing method and system capable of performing data communication using a terminal without paying a communication fee due to data communication. .

Another object of the present invention is to charge the communication charges according to the data communication service of the terminal by charging the charge instead of the content server connected to the terminal, the communication charges processing method according to the recipient communication charges service that can reduce the communication charges due to the data communication of the terminal user and To provide a system.

Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent through the preferred embodiments described below.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method of processing a communication fee in accordance with the data communication of the terminal connected to at least one content server subscribed to the receiver communication fee burden service, (a) data recording apparatus Recording a communication history including a packet amount and a communication time transmitted and received between the terminal and each content server; (b) generating charging information by dividing the communication history by each category ID preset to correspond to each content server or the content server in a charging information generating device combined with the data recording device; And (c) charging the respective content servers so as to correspond to the charging information in the charging processing device combined with the charging information generating device.

Here, step (b) may recognize each content server or category ID through any one of a URL, an IP address, and a predetermined class ID of the content server.

In addition, the step (c) may include (c1) calculating a communication fee according to the charging information to the terminal; And (c2) when the communication fee is charged for a predetermined period of time, the communication fee corresponding to the communication details to the content server. In addition, the step (c) may include (c1) calculating a communication fee based on the charging information to correspond to the content server; And (c2) billing the communication server for a predetermined period of time to the content server.

The billing processing device may further include determining whether the called party's communication fee paying service is available based on the information of the terminal. If the determination result is not available, the billing processing device may charge the terminal for the communication fee according to the billing information. have. The determining of the availability may include transmitting an availability request message including the terminal information to the content server; And receiving information on availability from the content server. In addition, it is possible to determine whether the called party toll service provision is available through the stored available terminal table.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the system for processing a communication fee according to the data communication of the terminal connected to at least one content server subscribed to the receiver communication fee burden service, the terminal and each content A data recording device for recording a communication history including a packet amount and a communication time transmitted and received between the servers; A billing information generation device for classifying the communication details for each content server or a category ID preset to correspond to the content server; And a billing processing device for billing the respective content servers so as to correspond to the separated communication details.

Here, the charging information generating device includes a storage unit for storing a table including at least one of a URL, IP address, class ID and category ID of at least one content server, the URL of the content server included in the communication history The category ID may be recognized from the table through any one of an IP address and a preset class ID.

In addition, the billing processing device may store an available terminal table for determining whether the terminal is available for service.

Hereinafter, a data communication fee processing method and system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and in the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same or corresponding components regardless of reference numerals are the same. Reference numerals will be given and overlapping description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall system for providing a called party toll charge service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the entire system for providing a called party toll service includes a terminal 10, one or more content servers 50a, 50b,..., 50n, hereinafter 50, a data communication fee processing system 70, and a terminal ( 10) a data service to the terminal 10 through a base station (BTC) 100 for performing wireless section communication, a base station controller (BCS) 102 for controlling the base station 100, and a base station controller 102. The packet data service node (PDSN) 30, the IP network 35, and the terminal 10 that provide wired communication, such as a PC, to provide a communication service through an IP network. Gateway 37 for the purpose of communication.

Here, the PDSN 30 is a device for connecting the wireless network and the IP network 35. In addition to the PDSN 30, all devices capable of connecting the wireless network and the IP network 35, which are currently developed or later developed, are the same. It is obvious that it can be applied.

The terminal 10 is connected to a mobile communication terminal including a PCS, PDA, smart phone, etc., as well as Internet access and data through wired or wireless, such as a wireless LAN (LAN) terminal, a Bluetooth terminal, a portable Internet terminal, and a PC. Refers to all terminals capable of communication. Hereinafter, a mobile communication terminal will be described as an example, but as described above, all terminals capable of internet access and data communication can be equally applied.

The content server 50 operates a site such as Naver, Yahoo, Magic N, Sori, Picture, etc. to provide the requested data to the terminal 10 accessing the site. In particular, the content server 50 providing the called party communication fee burden service according to the present invention bears part or all of the communication fee incurred during the connection of the terminal 10 connected to the site. Of course, the communication fee is borne by a predetermined loaner such as a representative of the content server 50 or a corporation.

In addition, the content server 50 may determine whether to provide a corresponding service according to preset service providing information without providing the receiver communication fee paying service to all the terminals 10 connected thereto. For example, only the subscriber terminal 10 may provide the receiver communication fee burden service, or may provide only a predetermined packet. That is, the subscriber terminal 10 pays the communication fee according to data communication only by a certain packet (for example, 10 megabytes (Mbytes)) per month.

The data communication fee processing system 70 performs a function of charging a communication fee according to data communication of the terminal 10. In general, billing information is charged by generating charging information according to a packet amount or a communication time communicated to the terminal 10 performing data communication. That is, the terminal 10 recognizes the corresponding subscriber through the terminal 10 information, such as a telephone number or a serial number, and bills the subscriber for the communication fee according to the data communication. Typically, the billing of the communication fee is billed by integrating it with the subscriber after storing information on the communication fee incurred for a certain period (usually one month).

Corresponding to the called party communication fee burden service according to the present invention, the data communication fee processing system 70 does not charge the terminal 10 for the communication fee incurred at the time of data communication of the terminal 10, and the corresponding content accessed by the terminal 10. The server 50 charges a communication fee. Here, in order to charge and bill the communication fee to the content server 50, a specific number (for example, a phone number of the general terminal 10) may be set in the content server 50. That is, the content server 50 may also be set as the same subscriber as the user of one terminal 10 and charged to the corresponding number. In addition, it is apparent that a separate payment processing method may be used that is different from the general terminal 10 user.

Of course, without storing the communication fee to all the content server 50, and stores the information about the content server 50 that provides the recipient communication fee burden service according to the present invention, the communication fee only for the content server 50 registered in advance Charge In addition, as described above, according to the information provided from the content server 50, only the specific terminal 10 may provide the called party's communication fee burden service according to the present invention.

Here, since the communication fee should be charged to the corresponding content server 50, the data communication fee processing system 70 should be able to recognize the content server 50 to which the terminal 10 is connected. When the content server 50 uses the web method, the URL or IP address to which the terminal 10 accesses, or when the content server 50 services the terminal 10 through the application program, the class set in advance The corresponding content server 50 may be recognized through an ID.

With reference to FIG. 2, the structure of the data communication fee processing system 70 is demonstrated.

2 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a data communication fee processing system 70 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 2, the data communication fee processing system 70 includes a data recording device 72, a billing information generating device 74, and a billing processing device 76.

The data recording device 72 is a packet amount and communication time of the data transmitted and received between the terminal 10 and at least one content server 50 to which the terminal 10 is connected, and each content server 50 such as a URL or an IP address. ) To record communication details (for example, call detail record (CDR)) including information. The content server 50 information is information capable of recognizing each content server 50 to which the terminal 10 is connected in order to provide a called party communication fee burden service according to the present invention. In addition to the URL or IP address, the corresponding content server 50 is recognized through a class ID of the preset content server 50.

The charging information generating device 74 generates charging information including the packet amount and the communication time of the data transmitted / received for each content server 50 of the communication history of the terminal 10 received from the data recording device 72, The charging information is transmitted to the charging processing device 76. For example, when the terminal 10 connects to Magic & N for 60 seconds and transmits and receives 100 bytes of data, and connects to Sori Nara for 70 seconds through Magic & N, and 200 bytes of data is transmitted and received, 'Magic & -100 byte-60 And charge information of "second" and "sound country-200 bytes-70 seconds" are transmitted to the charging processing device 76.

Here, the charging information generating device 74 stores a category table as shown in Table 1 below, which can recognize each content server 50.

 TABLE 1

Category ID URL IP address Class id 10 www.magicn.com 332.23.333.02 100 www.magicn.com/sori 332.23.333.03 101 www.magicn.com/grim 332.23.333.04 102 11 www.magicn.com/mp3 111.22.322.01 110 12 www.naver.com/sori 111.22.322.02 111 www.naver.com/grim 111.22.322.03 112 … … … …

Referring to Table 1, the content server 50 is recognized through at least one of a URL, an IP address, and a class ID of the content server 50 to which the terminal 10 is connected, and each URL and IP ( IP) The category ID corresponding to the address and the class ID is recognized through the category table. One content server 50 (for example, Magic & N) may provide a plurality of web pages or content data (hereinafter referred to as classes), and each class may be charged the same or differently. For example, the charging information generating device 74 is charged 10 won per packet for the Magic and Sound country class and the picture country class that provides ringtones, and 15 won per packet for the MP3 class that provides MP3 is processed. To do this, set the category ID corresponding to each class.

Therefore, the charging information generating device 74 is a category corresponding to the class of the corresponding content server 50 through at least one of the URL, IP address, and class ID of the content server 50 to which the terminal 10 is connected. Recognize ID and generate billing information for each category ID.

The charging processing device 76 charges the communication fee to the terminal 10 and the content server 50 through the charging information received from the charging information generating device 74 and calculates the communication fee charged for a predetermined period (usually one month). To perform the function of claiming. That is, the communication fee is calculated according to the category ID through the charging information in which the packet amount and the communication time are divided for each category ID received from the charging information generating device 74, and bills the communication fee to the corresponding content server 50.

Here, the charging processing device 76 may store information on the category ID and service subscription type for each content server 50 as shown in Table 2 below.

 TABLE 2

Content Server (50) Category ID Join type Magic and 10 Full Supplement 11 Some assistance (50%) Naver 12 Full Supplement … … …

Accordingly, the charging processing device 76 recognizes the corresponding content server 50 and the subscription type through the category ID and charges the corresponding content server 50 accordingly.

The billing processing in the billing processing device 76 may be of two billing processing methods according to the receiver communication fee burden service according to the present invention. The first method is to charge the content server 50 directly from the beginning. That is, when there is data communication between the content server 50 and the terminal 10 providing the called party communication fee burden service according to the present invention, the billing process is performed by the corresponding content server 50 according to the billing information, and thereafter, a predetermined period of time. Billed communication charges to the respective content server 50.

Secondly, after performing all the billing processing on the terminal 10, when charging the communication fee for a certain period, the communication fee according to the communication with the content server 50 providing the receiver communication fee burden service according to the present invention is reduced to Billing to the terminal 10, the reduced communication charges are billed to the content server 50. Here, since there may be preset communication fee settlement information for each content server 50, the communication fee charged to the content server 50 may be different from the communication fee charged to the terminal 10.

Hereinafter, according to the first method described above, it will be described by taking the charge processing to the corresponding content server 50 as an example, but the above-described billing processing and the communication fee billing method according to the second method can be equally applied. Will be self-evident.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a called party toll charge service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In step 310, the terminal 10 accesses the content server 50 that provides the called party's communication fee burden service. In operation 320, the data communication fee processing system 70 recognizes the connection, and records the communication details according to the communication between the terminal 10 and the content server 50.

When the connection between the terminal 10 and the content server 50 is released in step 330, the data communication fee processing system 70 uses the communication history recorded during the connection period between the terminal 10 and the content server 50 in step 340. The billing process is performed by the content server 50, and then the communication fee for a predetermined period is charged to the corresponding content server 50 in step 350.

Hereinafter, a process of billing in the data communication fee processing system 70 will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which each device of the data communication fee processing system 70 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention processes charging according to communication between the terminal 10 and the content server 50, and FIG. 6 is a view showing a process of charging according to the charging information in the charging processing device 76 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is available storage stored in the charging processing device 76 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention It is a figure which shows the terminal table.

Referring to FIG. 4, in operation 410, the data recording apparatus 72 recognizes that the terminal 10 accesses an arbitrary content server 50, and thus, in operation 420, one or more content servers connected to the terminal 10. The communication history between the 50 is recorded until the connection between the terminal 10 and the content server 50 is terminated in step 430. The communication history recorded in step 440 is transmitted to the charging information generating device 74.

In operation 450, the charging information generating device 74 generates charging information by separating the amount of communication transmitted and received for each content server 50 (or category ID as described above) to which the terminal 10 has connected, and the communication time. do. Here, the charging information generating device 74 may generate the charging information by separating only the category ID for providing the called party's toll charge service according to the present invention without separating all of the category IDs. That is, the billing information to be charged to the terminal 10 is generated without including the category ID to generate all the billing information, and to generate the billing information by distinguishing only the category ID to be charged to the content server 50.

In operation 460, the charging information generating device 74 transmits the generated charging information to the charging processing device 76, and in operation 470, the charging processing device 76 charges the corresponding content server 50 through the charging information. . Thereafter, in step 480, the communication fee charged for a predetermined period is settled and billed to the corresponding content server 50.

Hereinafter, a process of charging in the charging processing device 76 will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 5, in operation 471, the charging processing device 76 recognizes the corresponding content server 50 through the received charging information. That is, the category ID of the charging information is recognized.

In step 472, it is determined whether the corresponding content server 50 accessed by the terminal 10 is the content server 50 subscribed to the called party's toll service according to the present invention through the corresponding category ID.

As a result of the determination, in the case of the service-subscribed content server 50, the available terminal 10 in which the terminal 10 may receive the called party communication fee burden service according to the present invention corresponding to the corresponding content server 50 in step 473. Determine whether or not.

That is, the charging processing device 76 may have available terminal 10 information for each category ID or content server 50.

Referring to FIG. 6, the billing processing device 76 includes a table 600 of available terminals 10 in which information of a terminal 10 capable of receiving a receiver communication fee pay service according to the present invention and service availability information are recorded for each category ID. ) Can be stored. Of course, the contents server 50 corresponding to each category ID and the information that can recognize the communication fee (amount per packet or communication time) information is naturally stored.

The available terminal 10 table corresponding to the category ID is extracted through the information of the connected terminal 10 (for example, a phone number), and the terminal 10 information is extracted in the extracted available terminal 10 table. Search to determine if the service is available. The service available information includes the billing processing by the content server 50 without restriction on the amount of all packets or the communication time, and the corresponding terminal 10 in correspondence with the amount of packets such as 10 megabytes or 5 megabytes per month. You can also provide the caller toll service. In the case of providing a limited called party communication fee paying service, information on the amount of available packets or communication time for a certain period of time is included.

That is, the billing processing device 76 provides the receiver communication fee burden service according to the present invention for the data communication with the content server 50 corresponding to the category ID by the terminal 10 through the available terminal 10 table 600. Determine whether or not it can be provided.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, without storing the table of the available terminal 10 as shown in FIG. 6, the content server 50 determines whether the corresponding terminal 10 is the service available terminal 10. There may be ways to do this. That is, as the terminal 10 information is transmitted to the corresponding content server 50, a result of determining whether the service is available from the content server 50 may be received to determine whether the terminal is the service available terminal 10. have. In this case, the table of the available terminal 10 as shown in FIG. 6 may be stored in the corresponding content server 50.

Referring back to FIG. 5, in the case of the service-enabled terminal 10 as a result of determination, the content server 50 is charged in step 474.

If it is not the content server 50 subscribed to the service in step 472 or the terminal 10 available in step 473, the terminal 10 charges the processing in step 475.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many variations are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by charging the communication fee according to the data communication to the content server connected to the terminal, the communication fee according to the receiver communication fee burden service that can reduce the communication fee burden due to the data communication of the terminal user There is an effect that can provide a billing processing method and system.

In addition, by providing a communication billing processing method and system that can perform data communication using the terminal without paying the communication fee according to the data communication, there is an effect that can increase the utilization rate of the data communication.

In addition, by managing the terminal to which the receiver communication fee burden service is provided for each content server, it is possible to increase the number of subscribers of the content server, thereby increasing awareness.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art that various modifications of the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below And can be changed.

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Claims [1] A method for processing a communication fee in accordance with data communication of a terminal connected to at least one content server subscribed to a called party communication fee paying service. (a) recording a communication history including a packet amount and a communication time between the terminal and each content server in a data recording apparatus; (b) generating charging information by dividing the communication history by each category ID preset to correspond to each content server or the content server in a charging information generating device combined with the data recording device; And (c) billing the respective content servers to correspond to the billing information in a billing processing device combined with the billing information generating device; Communication fee processing method according to the data communication comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) A communication fee processing method according to data communication for recognizing each content server or category ID through any one of a URL, an IP address, and a predetermined class ID of the content server. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) (c1) calculating a communication fee according to the charging information to the terminal; And (c2) billing the communication fee corresponding to the communication details to the content server when the communication fee is charged for a predetermined period of time of the terminal; Communication fee processing method according to the data communication comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) (c1) calculating a communication fee according to the charging information to correspond to the content server; And (c2) charging a communication fee settled in the content server for a predetermined period of time; Communication fee processing method according to the data communication comprising a. The method of claim 1, The billing processing device further comprises the step of determining whether to provide the called party toll charge service provision based on the information of the terminal, The communication fee processing method according to the data communication that charges the communication fee according to the charging information to the terminal when the determination is not available. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining of the availability Transmitting an availability request message including the terminal information to the content server; And Receiving information on availability from the content server Communication fee processing method according to the data communication comprising a. The method of claim 5, Communication fee processing method according to the data communication to determine whether the called party toll charge service provision is available through the stored available terminal table. Claims [1] A system for processing a communication fee according to data communication of a terminal connected to at least one content server subscribed to a called party's communication fee paying service. A data recording device for recording a communication history including a packet amount and a communication time transmitted and received between the terminal and each content server; A billing information generation device for classifying the communication details for each content server or a category ID preset to correspond to the content server; And A billing processing device that bills each content server to correspond to the separated communication details. Data communication fee processing system comprising a. The method of claim 8, The charging information generating apparatus includes a storage unit for storing a table including at least one of a URL, an IP address, a class ID, and a category ID of at least one content server, wherein the URL, IP of the content server included in the communication history is included. A data communication fee processing system for recognizing the category ID from the table through any one of an address and a predetermined class ID. The method of claim 8, And the charging processing device stores an available terminal table capable of determining whether the terminal is available for service.

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