KR20090015755A - Apparatus and method for changing call mode for prepaid subscriber - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for switching a call mode, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for switching a call mode in a user terminal subscribed to a prepaid fee service.
Recently, the penetration rate of mobile phones has increased rapidly, and mobile phones have become a necessity for modern people. Such a mobile phone can be referred to as a functional multimedia communication device because it provides not only a voice call service but also various data transmission services and various additional services. A prepaid fee service is provided as a kind of such supplementary service, and recently, a video call that allows a user to talk while looking at the other party's face is also provided.
The prepaid fee service is a service that saves a fee for using a mobile phone by prepaying a certain amount in advance in order to control the fee of a mobile phone.
In the case of a user subscribed to such a prepaid fee service, the usage fee is limited, and there is an inconvenience in that a call cannot be continued if the balance of the prepaid fee is exhausted even during a call. In addition, since a video call is more expensive to use than a voice call, it is necessary to convert the video call to a voice call before the user of the user who subscribes to the prepaid fee service runs out. Therefore, it is required to change the call mode by allowing the user who is in the video call to know the current balance.
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for switching a call mode of a user subscribed to a prepaid fee service, which is devised by the above-described needs.
That is, the present invention checks whether the caller terminal subscribed to the prepaid rate service connected to the receiver terminal and the video call has the remaining balance up to the present, and if it is less than the designated balance, the method of switching the call mode of the user subscribed to the prepaid rate service to switch to the voice call And an apparatus.
Technical problems presented by the present invention will be easily understood through the following description.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a call mode switching method is provided.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for switching a call mode by a caller terminal subscribed to a prepaid rate service, the method comprising: connecting a video call with a receiver terminal through a mobile communication network; Transmitting a balance information request signal for requesting current balance information of the caller terminal to which the video call is connected to a charging server; Receiving balance information corresponding to the balance information request signal from the charging server; Comparing the balance information with a designated balance stored in the caller terminal; And transmitting a voice call transfer notification signal to the receiver terminal and receiving a voice call transfer response signal from the receiver terminal when the balance information is less than or equal to the designated balance. There is provided a call mode switching method, wherein the video call is converted into an audio call.
The method may further include displaying information on the current balance on an information output unit of the caller terminal, when the balance information is less than or equal to the designated balance.
In addition, if the balance information is less than the specified balance, the call mode further comprises the step of indicating whether or not to switch the voice call to the information output unit of the caller terminal and maintains a video call or switch to a voice call according to the selection of the caller terminal A conversion method is provided.
If the balance information is less than or equal to the designated balance, indicating whether to switch to postpay payment in the information output unit of the caller terminal, and maintaining prepaid payment or switching to postpay payment according to the selection of the caller terminal. Provided is a call mode switching method comprising.
In addition, when switching to postpaid payment according to the selection of the calling party terminal, indicating whether the voice call is switched to the information output unit of the calling party terminal and maintaining a video call or switching to a voice call according to the selection of the calling party terminal. Provided is a call mode switching method comprising.
In addition, when switching to postpaid payment according to the selection of the caller terminal, the billing server is provided with a call mode switching method characterized in that to settle the fee after the deducting of the prepaid fee.
In addition, when the balance information is less than or equal to the designated balance, the receiver terminal receives the voice call transfer notification and displays voice call transfer information indicating that the voice call is switched to the information output unit of the receiver terminal. A method is provided.
In addition, the information output unit is provided a call mode switching method, characterized in that the display or speaker of the terminal.
In addition, the balance information received from the billing server is a balance information calculated after the billing server receives the balance information request signal, after calculating the fee used by the caller terminal to date from the prepaid fee is provided by the call mode switching method do.
In addition, the specified balance is provided a call mode switching method, characterized in that the predetermined amount of money set in advance by the user in the caller terminal subscribed to the prepaid rate service.
In addition, the specified balance is provided a call mode switching method, characterized in that the preset amount in proportion to the prepaid rate of the caller terminal subscribed to the prepaid rate service.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for switching a call mode by a caller terminal subscribed to a prepaid fee service, the method comprising: receiving a video call request signal for requesting a video call connection; Transmitting a balance information request signal for requesting current balance information of the caller terminal receiving the video call request signal to a charging server; Receiving balance information corresponding to the balance information request signal from the charging server; Comparing the balance information with a designated balance stored in the caller terminal; And when the balance information is less than or equal to the designated balance, the video call request signal is converted into a voice call request signal, and a voice call is sent to a called party terminal.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal capable of switching a call mode is provided.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a mobile communication terminal connected to a charging server through a mobile communication network, a balance information request signal including current balance information is generated and transmitted to the charging server, and the balance information request signal A transceiver for receiving corresponding balance information; A balance processing unit which compares whether the balance information is a predetermined designated balance; When the balance information is less than or equal to the designated balance, a mobile communication terminal including a call processing unit for transmitting a voice call transfer notification message to a receiver terminal and receiving the voice call transfer response message to connect a voice call is provided.
In addition, when the balance information is less than or equal to the specified balance, a mobile communication terminal is provided further comprising an information output unit for outputting at least one or more of whether the current balance, whether the voice call is switched, and whether the postpay bill transfer.
In addition, when the balance information is less than or equal to the specified balance, a mobile communication terminal is provided which indicates whether to switch the voice call and maintains a video call or switches to a voice call according to the selection of the caller terminal.
In addition, when the balance information is less than or equal to the specified balance, a mobile communication terminal is provided which indicates whether to switch to postpaid payment and maintains prepaid payment or switches to postpaid payment according to the selection of the caller terminal.
In addition, when switching to postpaid payment according to the selection of the calling party terminal, a mobile communication terminal is provided which indicates whether to switch the voice call and maintains a video call or switches to a voice call according to the selection of the calling party terminal.
In addition, when the balance information is less than or equal to the designated balance, the receiver terminal receives a voice call transfer notification and displays voice call transfer information indicating that the call is converted to a voice call.
In addition, the balance information, the billing server receives the balance information request signal, calculates the frequency calculated by the caller terminal subscribed to the prepaid rate service to date, and calculates the remaining balance of the caller terminal to the present A mobile communication terminal is provided which is calculated information.
In addition, the balance processing unit is provided with a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for storing a predetermined balance which is a predetermined predetermined amount.
Through the method and apparatus for switching the call mode of the user subscribed to the prepaid fee service according to the present invention, it is possible to continuously monitor whether or not the balance of the caller subscribed to the prepaid fee service is exhausted.
In addition, it is possible to maintain a long talk time by converting the voice call to a relatively low-cost voice call before the balance is exhausted through automated processing for maintaining the call.
As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.
When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.
Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.
In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components regardless of reference numerals will be given the same reference numerals and duplicate description thereof will be omitted. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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2 is a block diagram of a caller terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of switching a call mode of a user subscribed to a prepaid fee service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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4 to 6 are flowcharts illustrating a method of switching a call mode in a caller terminal to which a video call is connected according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Each step to be described below may be steps performed in each component included in the
Referring to Figure 3, the video call is connected between the
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Here, when the balance information is received from the charging
On the other hand, when the current balance of the
Here, the balance notification display may be variously displayed through text, a signal tone, a voice message, a vibration, and the like through the
In addition, a message indicating that the call is switched to a voice call according to whether or not the
Referring to FIG. 5 as another embodiment of the present invention, steps S400 to S404 described in FIG. 4 are performed in the same manner.
Then, when the current balance of the
Here, the indication of whether the voice call is switched may be variously displayed through text, a signal tone, a voice message, a vibration, and the like through the
When the user does not input the selection button or whether the user inputs the selection button for maintaining the video call, the video call is maintained until the current balance is exhausted (S502).
On the other hand, when the
Referring to FIG. 6 as another embodiment of the present invention, steps S400 to S404 described in FIG. 4 are performed in the same manner.
Thereafter, when the current balance of the
Here, whether to switch to the postpaid payment may be variously displayed through text, a signal tone, a voice message, a vibration, and the like through the
When the user does not input the selection button or inputs the selection button for maintaining the prepaid payment, whether the user switches to the postpaid payment or not, the user selects whether to switch to the voice call and converts the video call to the voice call (S602). . In this case, a message indicating that the call is switched to the voice call according to whether or not the
When the user inputs a selection button for switching to postpaid payment, whether or not to switch to postpaid payment, the user is selected whether or not to switch to a voice call and is switched to a voice call (S602), or maintains a video call (S612).
In the case of switching to the postpaid payment, the user subscribed to the prepaid rate service can be converted to the postpaid rate from the time after the prepaid call rate is used up, thereby maintaining the communication service.
In the above, the method of switching the call mode by the
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of switching a call mode in a caller terminal that has sent a video call according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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Although the above has been described with reference to embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art may variously modify the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. And can be changed.
1 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram of a caller terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for switching a call mode of a user subscribed to a prepaid fee service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of switching a call mode in a caller terminal to which a video call is connected according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for switching a call mode in a caller terminal to which a video call is connected according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of switching a call mode in a caller terminal to which a video call is connected according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for switching a call mode in a caller terminal that has sent a video call according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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