KR20100051918A - Method for searching for a best call charge service by using a virtual machine application and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of providing an optimal plan service to a user of a mobile communication terminal, and analyzes a call pattern of a mobile communication subscriber and recommends a plan suitable for the customer, thereby reducing the communication fee of the mobile terminal. The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an optimal plan service to a user.

An optimal call rate searching method using a VM application according to the present invention includes the steps of downloading a plan information by accessing a service provider server to a VM embedded in a user's mobile communication terminal; Querying the call history stored in the mobile communication terminal of the user and calculating a call rate for any one or more of the downloaded tariffs based on the call history.

Description

Method for Searching for a best call charge service by using a virtual machine application and System

The present invention relates to a method of providing an optimal plan service to a user of a mobile communication terminal, and analyzes a call pattern of a mobile communication subscriber and recommends a plan suitable for the customer, thereby reducing the communication fee of the mobile terminal. The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an optimal plan service to a user.

In general, several domestic carriers have a number of communication plans.

If you choose a good rate plan among the numerous communication plans, you can reduce the communication fee, but because there are hundreds of service plans of these carriers, it is not easy for customers to know the call fee according to their call history. .

In addition, these various plans offer a free call, discounts on call charges according to specific conditions, and the discount options are similar for each plan, making it difficult for customers to choose the plan and the complexity of the plan, making it difficult for consumers to know the exact contents of the plan. Since it is impossible to know one by one, the user of the mobile communication terminal has a lot of difficulty in selecting a fee system suitable for his usage pattern.

In order to correct these problems, in order to provide the plan information to the mobile terminal user, the optimal plan information providing menu is provided on the homepage of the mobile carrier, or the counselor of the customer center is most suitable for the customer through one-on-one consultation with the customer. We will guide you through the best plan information.

However, the process is too complicated and too low for the user to go through such a process, and there are many disadvantages in terms of time and cost. In addition, it is virtually impossible for customers to be aware of updated plan information at all times, so even if a new plan is more favorable to them, they often lose money by using the existing plan without knowing it.

Accordingly, in recent years, the operator supports a function to select a favorable plan for the user. However, in order to use such a service, the user needs to access the service provider's server through the wireless Internet from his terminal. However, the wireless internet call charges and service charges are not low, and the charges are generated. I'm worried about call charges, so I can't choose carefully, and there are inconveniences such as disconnection due to internet speed and network conditions.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, the operator recommends the optimal rate plan for the user's call preferences and patterns to the user of the mobile communication terminal, so that the rate change at any time in real time or a period set by the user It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for providing an optimal plan service to a user of a mobile communication terminal that can reduce the fee.

In addition, in such a recommendation method, there is provided a method and a system which can be executed as a VM in a terminal after the user connects and downloads only once at first without having to connect to the operator's server at that time.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of searching for an optimal call rate using a VM application, wherein a VM embedded in a user's mobile communication terminal accesses an operator server to download plan information; Querying the call history stored in the mobile communication terminal of the user and calculating a call rate for any one or more of the downloaded tariffs based on the call history.

The VM further includes a step of determining whether information on a plan is updated in a server, and the plan information download step is preferably performed only when there is an update of information on a plan.

The method may further include receiving a selection of a plan to be calculated from the plan information by the user, wherein the step of calculating the call rate for the plan selected by the user.

And storing in the user's mobile communication terminal a call log including the telephone number of the receiver, the call duration and information indicating whether the receiver is a subscriber in the network.

And further comprising the step of receiving a change in the rate plan from the user, it is preferable to further include the step of changing the rate of the user by transmitting the change information to the server of the operator.

In addition, it is preferable that the plan includes any one or more of a basic plan, an optional plan, an additional plan and a free plan.

And a step of receiving a calculation section from the user, wherein the calculating step preferably calculates a call charge based on a call history corresponding to the input calculation section.

If the end point of the calculation section is after the current date, analyzing the call pattern of the user based on the call history of a specific time point and calculates the call charge of the calculation section based on the call pattern analysis information of the user It is desirable to.

And if the calculation section is this month, it is preferable to analyze the call pattern of the user based on the call history of the last month, and calculate the call rate of the user this month based on the call pattern analysis information of the user.

In addition, if the calculation period is this month, it is determined whether the current date has passed the set period, and if the set period has passed, the call pattern is analyzed based on the call history up to now, and the call pattern analysis information of the user It is desirable to calculate the call charge of the user based on this month.

And it is preferable that the user terminal further comprises the step of accessing the server of the operator to download the VM.

Meanwhile, an optimal call rate search terminal utilizing a VM application according to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a portable terminal with a built-in VM application, and the VM application is connected to an external operator server to pay a fee. Download module for downloading information; An inquiry module for inquiring the call history stored in the mobile communication terminal and a calculation module for calculating a call rate for any one or more of the downloaded rate plan based on the call history.

In addition, the download module determines whether information on the plan is updated in the operator server, and preferably downloads only when there is an update of the plan information.

The apparatus may further include an input module configured to receive a selection of a plan to be calculated from among the plan information by the user, wherein the calculation module calculates a call rate for the plan selected by the user through the input module.

The rate plan may include at least one of a basic plan, an optional plan, an additional plan, and a free plan.

The input module may further include a function of inputting a calculation section from a user, and the calculation module preferably calculates a call charge based on a call history corresponding to the calculation section input through the input module.

In addition, the download module determines whether the VM application is included in the user's terminal, and if it is not included, it is preferable to download the VM by accessing a server of an operator.

Meanwhile, an optimal call rate search system utilizing a VM application according to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a mobile terminal and a service provider server in which a VM application is embedded. A download module for accessing a service provider server and downloading plan information; An inquiry module for querying a call history stored in the mobile communication terminal and a calculation module for calculating a call rate for any one or more of the downloaded rate plans based on the call history;

The operator server stores the plan information provided by the operator.

As described above, by using the method and the system provided in the present invention, by checking the call propensity and pattern such as individual talk time and the number of calls, the user can select the most suitable plan for himself and the fee can be reduced. have.

In addition, by utilizing the VM installed in the user's portable terminal has the effect that it is possible to utilize the service more comfortable than when using the wireless Internet.

The VM (Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine, or VM), which is the basis of the wireless Internet service, is an operation platform solution that can download and run contents and applications required from the wireless Internet server and run on a terminal.

It can be said to be an execution environment for executing a specific application service. The biggest feature of VM is portability and abstraction of API (Application Programming Interface), so programmers can freely develop programs using the same API even with different mobile phones. And you don't have to care about the environment at a lower level.

VM technology downloads contents (comics, games, ebooks, etc.) developed as VMs on a mobile phone by connecting them to a wireless internet server, stores them in memory, and executes them on a mobile phone anytime, anywhere and offline. It is to enable multimedia services such as game, video, karaoke, etc.

By using the VM, you can download and run the entire program at the first time, so you can enjoy faster and more realistic functions. Also, since you are connected to the server only when you download the first time, you pay only once to use the service fee. Will be heard.

Until now, such VMs have been used mainly for contents such as cartoons, games, and EBooks as described above.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described the present invention in more detail.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a call fare searching system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Call rate search system according to an embodiment of the present invention is largely composed of the user's mobile communication terminal 100 and the operator server 120.

The mobile communication terminal 100 is provided with a VM application 110 for the call rate search service according to the present invention.

The VM 110 again includes a download module 112, an inquiry module 114, an input module 116, and a calculation module 118.

The download module 112 accesses the operator server 120 connected to the outside through a network and performs a function of downloading plan information. Since rate information changes from time to time, the download function is inevitably required to maintain recent rate information.

The inquiry module 114 performs a function of inquiring the call history stored in the mobile communication terminal 100.

The input module 116 performs a function of receiving information such as a selection of a plan or a calculation section from a user through a button of the mobile communication terminal 114.

The calculation module 118 calculates a call fee for any one or more of the plans based on the call history inquired by the inquiry module 114, which will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

2 is a flowchart provided to explain an optimal call rate search method using a VM application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in order to execute the service of the present invention, when the VM 112 is not installed in the mobile communication terminal (S200-N), the VM 112 is downloaded from the operator server 120 (S205).

After that, the user runs the VM in his mobile terminal. The VM then checks whether the information about the new plan is updated in the server (S210). If there is a new plan information has changed since the update (S210-Y), access to the service provider server to download the plan information (S215). In the case of the update check, you only need to compare a few bytes of information through the update date.It is enough to access the server for a very short time compared to the method of calculating the plan by accessing the operator's server through the wireless Internet. There is a big difference in rates and convenience.

After that, the user inputs a calculation section that he / she wants to see his call charge (S220).

After receiving the calculation section, the mobile terminal inquires the call history (S225).

In the case of the conventional terminal, only the information such as the telephone number of the receiver, the call duration, etc. has been stored in the call log. In recent years, however, call rates have been created to discount phone rates among the same networks. Therefore, in the present invention, unlike the conventional history, whether or not the receiver is a subscriber in the history should also be left in the history.

The information can be known whether or not the subscriber in the network through the TLDN information sent from the destination MSC to the HLR when the request from the HLR to the destination MSC. That is, when the originating MSC receives the TLDM information of the called party and adds information indicating whether the recipient is in the network, and if the receiver knows whether the recipient is the subscriber in the history, the discount rate system in the network can be calculated based on the history information. .

If the user selects in advance the amount of the current month in step S220, since the end point is after the current date (S230-Y), the currency pattern is analyzed (S235).

More specifically, assuming that today's date is September 10, the call history contains only the calls from September 1 to September 10, but from September 10 to September 30. I can't. On the other hand, in order to know the call charges for the month of September, the call history from September 10 to September 30 is necessary. Based on the call history so far, the future call history is analyzed based on patterns. do.

In this case, the call history of the month of August can be extracted, and it can be calculated assuming that the number of calls will be made in September.

Alternatively, the call history for the remaining days may be calculated based on the call history from September 1 to September 10. However, when calculating the details of the remaining periods in the call history up to the current time of the current month, it is preferable to calculate only after a predetermined period has passed. In other words, if two weeks have passed each month, the call history is calculated using the currency pattern between the last two weeks.

Of course, if the user selects the last charge recalculation in step S220, the call pattern analysis step is unnecessary because there is already a call history of the period (S235).

After this, the user selects a plan to be calculated (S240).

When the user selects a plan, in case of the plan, the fee is calculated and displayed according to the call history (S245).

At this time, the user can view the rates by switching between the various plans and accordingly, they can know which plan is the cheapest.

After knowing the plan that is most favorable to the user, the user can enter a plan change (S250-Y), and then the VM accesses the operator server again and changes the user's plan to the plan entered by the user. It is to be registered (S255).

3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a screen for inputting a calculation section according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figs. 3A and 3B, the user may want to preview the amount to be billed this month, and may want to know how the amount already billed last month has come out under different rates.

If the recalculation of the last fare is selected in FIG. 3A, a screen for inputting a month that the user wants to see is displayed as shown in FIG. 3B.

Of course, Figures 3a and 3b is only an embodiment, and in addition to such an input screen, it is also possible to select with a pointer through a calendar, and the unit is not limited to the month, but is input by date, such as from several days to several months. It's okay to do it too.

4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating screens when a user calculates a current plan. The user is currently using the standard plan, and if the user calculates the current plan, it shows the current month's rate when the standard plan continues to be used.

The user can view the call charge history and detect that the cost of the domestic call charge is quite large among his charges, and this time, it can be changed to another rate and recalculated.

5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating a case where a user selects a different plan instead of a plan he is using and a calculation result accordingly.

First, when the user chooses to change to another plan, all plans available to the user are listed as shown in FIG. 5A. Among the plans listed above, the user selects a B 500 plan because a lot of domestic call charges appear in his call pattern. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5B, a fee when the B500 plan is selected is displayed.

Eventually, the basic fee will increase slightly from the existing standard plan to the B500 plan, but the domestic call rate will be much reduced, and as a result, the B500 plan will be more suitable for your call pattern.

Up to now, the preferred call rate search method using the VM application has been described in detail with a preferred embodiment.

While the above has been shown and described with respect to preferred embodiments of the invention, the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, it is usually in the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a call fare searching system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart provided to explain an optimal call rate search method using a VM application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3A to 5B are diagrams illustrating an example of a screen of a terminal of each step.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: user terminal 110: VM application

112: download module 114: lookup module

116: input module 118: calculation module

120: operator server

Claims (17)

A VM embedded in a user's mobile communication terminal accessing an operator server to download plan information; Querying the call history stored in the mobile communication terminal of the user; And calculating a call rate for any one or more of the downloaded rate plans based on the call history. The method of claim 1 The VM further comprises the step of determining whether the information on the plan in the server has been updated, The step of downloading the plan information is optimal call rate search method using a VM application, characterized in that is performed only when there is an update of the information on the plan. The method of claim 1, Receiving a selection of a plan to be calculated from the plan information by the user; The calculating step is the optimal call rate search method using a VM application, characterized in that for calculating the call rate for the plan selected by the user. The method of claim 1, Optimizing a call utilizing a VM application, characterized in that the mobile communication terminal further comprises the step of storing the call history including the telephone number of the receiver, the call time and information indicating whether the receiver is a subscriber in the network; How to navigate fares. The method of claim 1, The method further includes the step of inputting a change plan from the user, Transmitting the change information to the server of the operator to change the user's plan further comprises the step of using the VM application, characterized in that the optimal call rate search method. The method of claim 1, The method may further include receiving a calculation section from a user. The calculating step is the optimal call rate search method using a VM application, characterized in that for calculating the call rate based on the call history corresponding to the input calculation section. The method of claim 6, If the end of the calculation section is after the current date, Analyzing a call pattern of a user based on a call history at a specific point in time; and Optimal call rate search method using a VM application, characterized in that for calculating the call rate of the calculation section based on the call pattern analysis information of the user. The method of claim 6, The input step of the calculation section is a case of receiving a specific month, In the calculating step, when all of the input call history of the specific month is not generated, a specific section is selected from previously stored call history, and the call pattern of the user is analyzed based on the call history of the selected section. Optimal call rate search method using a VM application, characterized in that for calculating the call rate of the particular month input based on the call pattern analysis information of the user. The method of claim 6, If the calculation period is this month, Determine if the current date is past the set period, If the set period has passed, the call pattern is analyzed based on the call history up to now. Optimal call rate search method using the VM application, characterized in that for calculating the call rate of the user based on the call pattern analysis information of the user. The method of claim 1, A method of searching for an optimal call rate using a VM application, further comprising the step of a user terminal connecting to an operator's server and downloading a VM. In a mobile terminal including a VM application, The VM application, A download module for accessing an external service provider server and downloading plan information; An inquiry module for inquiring call history stored in the mobile communication terminal; And a calculation module for calculating a call rate for any one or more of the downloaded rate plans based on the call history. The method of claim 11 The download module determines whether information on the plan is updated in the operator server, Optimal call rate search terminal comprising a VM application, characterized in that the download is performed only when there is an update of the information on the plan. The method of claim 11, Further comprising an input module for receiving a selection of the plan to be calculated from the plan information from the user, The calculation module Optimal call rate search terminal comprising a VM application, characterized in that for calculating the call rate for the plan selected by the user through the input module. The method of claim 11, The rate plan is an optimal call rate search terminal including a VM application, characterized in that any one or more of a basic plan, an optional plan, an additional plan and a free plan. The method of claim 11, The input module It further includes a function for inputting the calculation section from the user, The calculation module Optimal call rate search terminal comprising a VM application, characterized in that for calculating the call rate based on the call history corresponding to the calculation section input through the input module. The method of claim 11, The download module Determine whether the user's terminal contains the VM application, If it is not included, the optimal call rate search terminal including the VM application, characterized in that for downloading the VM by connecting to the server of the operator In a system including a mobile terminal and a carrier server with a built-in VM application, The VM application, A download module for accessing an external service provider server and downloading plan information; An inquiry module for inquiring call history stored in the mobile communication terminal; A calculation module for calculating a call charge for at least one of the downloaded rate plans based on the call history; The operator server Optimal call rate search system using VM application, characterized in that the plan information stored by the service provider.

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