KR20070073415A - Method and system for providing service for watching together wireless data content - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for providing a service for watching wireless data contents together are provided to increase service satisfaction of users by enabling a user to share the charge for contents, provided through a wireless Internet service, with other users who enjoy the contents together with the user. A billing server, receiving a wireless data service request signal from a mobile terminal, judges whether the user selects a "watch-together" menu(S210-S230). If the user selects the watch-together menu, the billing server provides a screen for inputting the number of persons, who will watch wireless data contents together, and each person's charge segmentation rate(S240). If the user inputs the number of persons and each person's charge segmentation rate through the provided screen, the billing server requests the user to input a password for authentication and the other users' mobile phone numbers(S250). If the password and the other users' mobile phone numbers are all inputted, the billing server provides the requested contents(S260). Then, the billing server executes charging to the inputted mobile phone numbers according to the inputted charge segmentation rates(S270).

Description

Method and System for Providing Service for Watching Together Wireless Data Content}

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication system for providing a viewing service together with wireless data contents according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a viewing service together with wireless data contents according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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110: mobile communication terminal 120: wireless access network

130: billing server 140: content server

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a viewing service together with wireless data content. More specifically, it provides a user with a wireless Internet service to view the content when downloading and real-time providing content for providing a wireless data service. The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a wireless data content viewing service that receives a number and a rate division ratio and divides the charge according to the provided content to a plurality of users.

With the rapid development of computer, electronic and communication technologies, various wireless communication services using a wireless communication network have been provided. The most basic wireless communication service is a wireless voice call service that provides a voice call wirelessly between mobile terminal users regardless of time and place. In recent years, a wireless Internet service has been provided that provides a communication service using the Internet through a wireless communication network while a user of a mobile communication terminal moves without restriction of a place.

As a result of the development of communication technology, a service provided by a code division multiple access (CDMA) system is not only a voice service but also a multimedia communication service that transmits data such as circuit data and packet data. Is developing.

In recent years, IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000), a third generation mobile communication system that has been established as a standard by ITU-R due to the development of information and communication, has been commercialized. IMT-2000 is CDMA 2000 1X, 3X, EV-DO, Wide-band CDMA (WCDMA), etc. IS-95A, IS-95B using IS-95C network that has evolved from IS-95A and IS-95B networks. It is a service that can provide wireless Internet at 144 Kbps, which is much faster than 14.4 Kbps or 56 Kbps, which is supported by the network. In particular, the IMT-2000 service can improve the quality of existing voice and wireless application protocol (WAP) services and provide various multimedia services at a faster rate.

Therefore, the subscribers of the mobile communication service can freely move and talk with the other party anytime and anywhere by using the wireless communication service, and through the wireless Internet service, various information necessary for life, for example, news, weather, sports, securities, Exchange rates and traffic information may be provided in various forms such as text, voice, and image. Wireless Internet is an environment and technology that allows a user to use Internet services through a wireless network while using a mobile communication terminal. The development of mobile communication technology and the rapid increase in the penetration rate of mobile communication terminal further promoted the development of this wireless Internet environment.

With the development of the wireless Internet environment, mobile operators and other telecommunication operators are promoting the use of the wireless Internet by providing various and useful services to the users of the wireless Internet. Such wireless Internet services include texts, voice and video messages, e-mails, cards, letters, games, geography, life information, learning, and cartoons.

In such a conventional mobile communication system, subscribers can use a wireless Internet service, such as NATE ^{TM of} SK Telecom. Or JUNE ^TM It has been provided with a wireless data service that accesses a web site or downloads various contents.

In a conventional wireless data service, when a user accesses a wireless Internet service, searches for and downloads a desired content or watches in real time, the user charges the provided data. The billing method uses a 1: 1-based billing system in which the user pays the fee for the entire data used by the user.

However, since mobile communication systems have high base station construction costs, wireless Internet service fees are high, and the amount of data currently used by users is increasing, causing a burden on data usage. It is becoming. Therefore, there is a need for a new billing method that can minimize the user's charge burden.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a user with a view menu when downloading and real-time providing content for providing a wireless data service to a user who uses the wireless Internet service, and when the user selects the view menu together, the view is displayed together. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and a system for providing a wireless data content viewing service that divides a charge according to a provided content to a plurality of users by receiving a mobile communication terminal number and a fee split ratio of another user.

To achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing a viewing service together with wireless data content.

The present invention not only performs a voice call wirelessly through a mobile communication network, but also receives a request for access of a mobile terminal, a terminal receiving a wireless data service by accessing a wireless Internet service, and the wireless Internet service of the mobile terminal. A radio access network (RAN) and a mobile communication terminal accessing the wireless Internet service, performing a function of handoff processing and radio resource management, and providing a transmission path of the wireless data service. In the mobile communication network including a content server for providing the content by searching the stored database to request the download and real-time provision of the content in order to use the wireless data service, the mobile communication system for providing the wireless Internet service In the, the mobile communication terminal Charge the fee according to the content of the provided wireless data service, and provide a view menu in the download or real-time provision menu of the content, and the billing of the content in addition to the user of the mobile communication terminal. It provides a wireless data content viewing service providing system comprising a billing server for providing a viewing service together with the wireless data content divided by one or more other users to use.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal that not only performs a voice call wirelessly through a mobile communication network, but also receives a wireless data service by accessing a wireless Internet service, the wireless Internet of the mobile communication terminal A radio access network (RAN) for receiving and processing a connection request of a service, performing a function of handoff processing and radio resource management, and providing a transmission path of the wireless data service; Requests a download and real-time provision of content to access the wireless Internet service and to use the wireless data service, the content server providing the content by searching the stored database and the wireless information provided to the mobile communication terminal. Charges in accordance with the above content of the data service Wireless charging is performed to overcharge and divide the charging to one or more other users who use the contents together with the user in addition to the user of the mobile communication terminal by providing a viewing menu together in the download or real-time provision menu of the content. A method of providing a wireless data content viewing service in a mobile communication network including a charging server for providing a data content viewing service, the method comprising: (a) receiving a request signal of the wireless data service from the mobile communication terminal; (b) providing the view together menu to the download and the real-time provision menu of the content according to the request of the wireless data service; (c) determining if the user selects the view menu; (d) if the viewing menu is selected in step (c), receiving a number of persons and a rate division rate for using the wireless data contents viewing service; (d) receiving the mobile terminal number and the password of the other user who will use the wireless data content viewing service; And (e) calculating the fee according to the provision of the content by using the number of persons, the rate division ratio, and the mobile communication terminal number of the other user after providing the content, and performing the charging. It provides a wireless data content viewing service providing method characterized in that.

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.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication system for providing a viewing service together with wireless data contents according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

A mobile communication system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a radio access network (RAN) 120, a charging server 130 and a content server 140.

The mobile communication terminal 110 is a terminal that not only performs a voice call wirelessly through a mobile communication network but also accesses a wireless Internet service and receives a wireless data service. The mobile communication terminal 110 is equipped with a wireless Internet platform for driving wireless Internet-related applications to perform wireless data communication, and has a built-in browser for wireless Internet access for accessing wireless Internet services.

Here, the wireless Internet platform may include a wireless Internet platform for interoperability (WIPI), a WI-TOP (WI-TOP open platform) manufactured by SK Telecom, based on WIPI, and the like. WI-TOP can be coded in the Java language. Browsers for wireless Internet access include Microsoft Internet Explorer (MIE) and HDTP (Handheld) based on Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), as well as WAP browsers based on Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). Device Transport Protocol), NTT DOKOMO's i-Mode or SK Telecom's 'NATE' and 'JUNE'.

Mobile communication terminal 110 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, Hand-Held PC (Global System for Mobile) Phones, wide-band CDMA (W-CDMA) phones, CDMA-2000 phones, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phones, and the like. Here, MBS phone refers to a terminal to be used in the fourth generation system currently being discussed.

In addition, the mobile communication network according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is IS (Interim Standard) -95 network, GSM network, CDMA2000 1x network, CDMA2000 3x network, CDMA2000 EV-DO (Evolution-Data Only) network, WCDMA network and Wibro ( It may include a wireless access network 120 by various mobile communication systems such as a wireless broadband Internet (Wireless Broadband Internet) network.

The wireless access network 120 receives and processes a wireless internet service access request of the mobile communication terminal 110, performs handoff processing, wireless resource management, and the like, and provides a transmission path of a wireless data service. .

The wireless access network 120 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base station transmitter 122, a base station controller 124 and a mobile communication switch 126, and supports both synchronous and asynchronous mobile communication systems. Here, in the synchronous mobile communication system, the base station transmitter 122 is a base transceiver station (BTS), the base station controller 124 is a base station controller (BSC), and in the case of an asynchronous mobile communication system, the base station transmitter 122 is an RTS (Radio). The base station controller 124 is a transceiver network (RNC).

The base station transmitter 122 receives a call request signal from the mobile communication terminal 110 through a traffic channel of the signal channel and transmits it to the base station controller 124. In addition, the base station transmitter 122 is a network termination device that performs baseband signal processing, wired / wireless conversion, wireless signal transmission and the like, and is directly connected to the mobile communication terminal 110. Each of the base station transmitters 122 is arranged in units of cells and transmits a call request generated from the mobile communication terminal 110 to the mobile communication exchange 126 or exists in a cell area under its control. Location registration is performed to determine the location of 110.

The base station transmitter 122 transmits the position information of the base station transmitter 122 from the Global Positioning System (GPS) (not shown) to the mobile communication terminal 110 through a system parameter message of the forward link call channel. The mobile communication terminal 110 may register new location information by calculating the moving distance of the mobile communication terminal 110 by using the location information of the base station transmitter 122 of the cell to which the mobile communication terminal 110 belongs.

Location registration is a procedure of informing the mobile communication switch 126 of the mobile communication terminal 110 of the location, status, identifier, slot period, and other features of the mobile communication terminal 110 through the base station transmitter 122. This is a procedure for effectively calling the mobile communication terminal 110 when the incoming call is to be set up by the mobile communication switch 126. The location registration of the mobile communication terminal 110 is performed when the mobile communication terminal 110 is powered on or off, when the mobile communication terminal 110 is handed off, and the system of the mobile communication terminal 110. It is implemented when a parameter is changed.

The base station controller 124 controls the base station transmitter 122, allocates and releases a radio channel to the mobile communication terminal 110, controls transmission output of the mobile communication terminal 110 and the base station transmitter 122, and soft handoff. Soft Handoff and Hard Handoff determination, transcoding and vocoding, GPS clock distribution, operation and maintenance of the base station transmitter 122, and the like. The base station controller 124 transmits subscriber information of the mobile communication terminal 110 in which the location information is registered to the mobile communication exchange 126, and transmits a call request signal received through the base station transmitter 122 to the mobile communication exchange 126. To pass.

In addition, the mobile communication exchange 126 performs basic and additional service processing, incoming and outgoing call processing of the subscriber, location registration procedure and handoff procedure, interworking with other networks. The mobile communication switch 126 of the IS-95 A / B / C system includes an access switching subsystem (ASS) that performs distributed call processing, an INS (interconnection network subsystem) that performs centralized call processing, operation and Subsystems include a Central Control Subsystem (CCS), which is responsible for the centralization of maintenance, and a Location Registration Subsystem (LRS), which performs storage and management of information on mobile subscribers.

In addition, the mobile communication switch 126 for the third and fourth generation may include an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch (not shown). The ATM switch increases the transmission speed and the efficiency of line use by packet transmission per cell. Let's do it. In addition, the ATM switch performs call processing on a cell-by-cell basis, a mobility control subsystem performing a subscriber registration, updating function for performing wireless communication of the mobile communication terminal 110, and an interface function with the base station controller 124. Subsystems such as a Call Control Subsystem, a Service Control Subsystem for billing various supplementary service subscribers, and an Intelligent Peripheral Subsystem for providing various supplementary services. do.

When the mobile communication switch 126 registers the location of the mobile communication terminal 110 through the wireless access network 120, the mobile communication switch 126 of the mobile communication terminal 110 is connected to a visitor location register (VLR) (not shown). After temporarily storing the subscriber information, a location registration request of the mobile communication terminal 110 is requested to a home location register (HLR).

The charging server 130 charges a fee according to the data amount of the wireless data service provided to the mobile communication terminal 110 to perform the charging. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the billing server 130 uses a mobile data terminal 110 of one user to access a wireless Internet service and uses a wireless data service while downloading content or real-time use of the content. If the information usage fee for the content is incurred, the 'view together' menu is provided in the download or real-time provision menu before providing the content. When the user selects the View menu together in the download or real-time providing menu of the content, the fee charged according to the provision of the content is divided and billed to a plurality of users using 'view together' in addition to the user of the mobile communication terminal 110. Provides viewing service with data content.

If the user selects the view menu together, the billing server 130 receives an input of how many people to view together and at what rate each rate is divided. The billing server 130 receives a pre-registered password from the user together with the mobile communication terminal numbers of other users who will use the content when the number of users and the fee split ratio of the wireless data content viewing service are determined. Here, the use of the password is to prevent theft using another user's mobile terminal number.

The billing server 130 provides the contents of the wireless data service requested by the user when the user inputs the number of users and rate division rate of the viewing service together with the wireless data contents and the mobile terminal number and password of other users. The billing is performed on the mobile communication terminal numbers of the other users according to the rate division ratio received from the user.

When the mobile communication terminal 110 requests the download and real-time provision of the content in order to access the wireless Internet service and use the wireless data service, the content server 140 searches the stored database and provides the corresponding content. Here, the wireless data service refers to providing information such as news, weather, maps, and travel as well as entertainment services such as movies, music, music videos, and dramas in the form of packet data.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a viewing service together with wireless data contents according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the charging server 130 receives the request signal of the wireless data service from the mobile communication terminal 110 (S210), the 'view together' menu in the download and real-time providing menu of the content requested by the user Provided with (S220).

The billing server 130 determines whether the user selects the view menu together (S230), and if the user does not select the view menu together, provides the content requested by the user to the mobile communication terminal 110 (S232) and the mobile communication terminal 110. ) Is charged in full according to the use of the content (S234).

When the user selects the viewing menu in step S230, the mobile communication terminal 110 provides a screen for inputting the number of users of the wireless data contents together viewing service and the rate division rate of each person. The ratio is input (S240).

After the input of the number of users and the rate division rate, the mobile terminal number of the other users who will use the wireless data content viewing service and the password for authentication are received (S250).

When the number of users and the rate division rate, the mobile terminal number and password of other users are input, the content of the wireless data service requested by the user is provided (S260), and the other users input according to the rate division rate input from the user. The charging is performed to the mobile communication terminal number (S270).

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, it is possible to share the charges with other users who share the charges for the content provided by using the wireless Internet service, thereby reducing the burden on the user's fee, thereby increasing the user's service satisfaction. have.

In addition, as the charge burden decreases, the usage of the wireless data service increases, thereby increasing the call volume.

Claims (8)

In addition to performing a voice call wirelessly through a mobile communication network, the mobile terminal, which receives a wireless data service by accessing a wireless Internet service, receives and processes a connection request of the wireless Internet service of the mobile terminal, A Radio Access Network (RAN) for performing handoff processing and radio resource management, and providing a transmission path of the wireless data service, and the mobile communication terminal access the wireless Internet service and In the mobile communication network including a content server for providing the content by searching the stored database to request the download and real-time provision of the content in order to use the data service, in the mobile communication system for providing the wireless Internet service, Charge the fee according to the content of the wireless data service provided to the mobile communication terminal, and provide a viewing menu in the download or real-time providing menu of the content, so that the charge is added to the mobile communication terminal. A billing server that provides a wireless data content viewing service that divides the content into one or more other users who have used the content together Wireless data content viewing service providing system comprising a. The method of claim 1, And when the user selects the view menu together, the billing server receives information including the number of persons using the wireless data content viewing service and a rate division rate. The method of claim 1, The billing server is a wireless data content viewing service providing system, characterized in that for receiving the mobile terminal number and password of the other user from the user. The method of claim 3, wherein And said password is registered in advance by a user of said wireless data content viewing service in advance. The method of claim 1, The billing server may perform the billing by calculating the fee according to the provision of the content by using the number of persons input from the user, the fee split ratio, and the mobile communication terminal number of the other user. Wireless data content viewing service providing system. The method of claim 1, The wireless data service includes at least one or more of an entertainment service including a movie, music, music video, and drama, and a service for guiding information including news, weather, maps, and travel. Content viewing system. In addition to performing a voice call wirelessly through a mobile communication network, the mobile terminal, which receives a wireless data service by accessing a wireless Internet service, receives and processes a connection request of the wireless Internet service of the mobile terminal, Radio access network (RAN) that performs handoff processing and radio resource management, and provides a transmission path of the wireless data service, and the mobile communication terminal accesses the wireless Internet service and When requesting the download and real-time provision of the content in order to use the data service, the content server that provides the content by searching the stored database and charges according to the content of the wireless data service provided to the mobile communication terminal Perform the charging, the content Providing a view menu together with a download or real-time providing menu of a, providing a wireless data content viewing service that divides the charge to one or more other users who used the content together with the user in addition to the user of the mobile communication terminal. In a mobile communication network including a billing server, a method for providing a wireless data content viewing service, (a) receiving a request signal of the wireless data service from the mobile communication terminal; (b) providing the view together menu to the download and the real-time provision menu of the content according to the request of the wireless data service; (c) determining if the user selects the view menu; (d) if the viewing menu is selected in step (c), receiving a number of persons and a rate division rate for using the wireless data contents viewing service; (d) receiving the mobile terminal number and the password of the other user who will use the wireless data content viewing service; And (e) after the provision of the content, calculating the fee according to the provision of the content by using the number of people, the rate division ratio, and the mobile communication terminal number of the other user to perform the charging; Wireless data content viewing service providing method comprising a. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein in step (c), The billing server provides the content to the mobile communication terminal when the user does not select the view menu together, and charges the entire amount of the fee according to the provision of the content to the user. How to provide data content viewing services.

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