KR20100132148A - Method and apparatus for providing number portability service - Google Patents

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KR20100132148A
KR20100132148A KR1020090050813A KR20090050813A KR20100132148A KR 20100132148 A KR20100132148 A KR 20100132148A KR 1020090050813 A KR1020090050813 A KR 1020090050813A KR 20090050813 A KR20090050813 A KR 20090050813A KR 20100132148 A KR20100132148 A KR 20100132148A
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PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for providing a number portability service are provided to supply the phone number portability for a wired phone by storing number portability information on a wire communication network and a VoIP network to a number portability database. CONSTITUTION: An NPDB(Number Portability Database)(124) stores number portability information on at least one of a mobile network, a wire network and a VoIP(Voice over Internet Protocol) network. An originating service unit(122) receives number portability response signal for a receiving number from the NPDB. The originating service device the connection of an originating call to a receiving terminal(140) through a receiving service unit(130) identified by the number mobility response signal.

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Method and Apparatus for Providing Number Portability Service {Method and Apparatus for Providing Number Portability Service}

One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing number portability service. More specifically, the number portability information of at least one or more of a wired communication network and a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) network is stored in a number portability database used in a mobile communication network to establish a separate database in a wired carrier's communication network or a switchboard. The present invention relates to a number portability service providing method and apparatus for providing number portability for a landline telephone.

In general, in the telephone network, in order to support number portability, each telephone network operator has a database for each carrier, and exists in the internal network of the calling network whether it is an All Call Query (ACQ) method or a Query on Release (QoR) method. Only after going through the process of querying the database, can the connection be made to the destination network according to the number portability call processing?

Here, number portability refers to enabling a service subscriber to change a service provider, a service location, and a service type without changing a telephone number previously used. In other words, even if the subscriber of the number portability changes his communication provider means that the existing phone number to continue to use the phone number.

Under such a conventional system, telephone network operators have to introduce a database for each service provider, which requires a considerable investment, and the database thus introduced has a considerable cost for updating and maintaining the information.

In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing a number portability service for providing number portability for a landline telephone without having to establish a separate database or update an exchange in a wireline communication network. The main purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention includes a number portability database (NPDB) for storing number porting information for at least one or more of a mobile communication network, a wired communication network and a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network; And when there is an outgoing call request from the originating terminal of the mobile communication network to the called terminal of the wired communication network or the VoIP network, receiving a number porting response signal for the called number from the number portability database, and receiving the number porting response signal by the number porting response signal. And an originating service device for controlling the originating call to be connected to the called terminal through the identified called service device.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, the step of receiving an outgoing call request from the originating terminal of the mobile communication network to the destination terminal of the wired communication network or VoIP network; Receiving a number transfer response signal for the called number from the number portability database; And an outgoing call connection step of controlling the outgoing call to be connected to the called terminal through an incoming service device identified by the number porting response signal.

As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the number portability information of at least one or more of a wired communication network and a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) network is stored in a number portability database used in a mobile communication network. It has the effect of providing number portability for wireline telephones without the need to build a separate database or update the exchange.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by providing the number portability processing of the landline telephone as well as the mobile number portability in the exchange and the number portability database of the outgoing mobile communication provider to make the landline telephone number portability is made efficient and economical It is possible to improve the communication quality and to simply configure the system, and in particular, there is an effect that can provide a fixed telephone number portability without renewing the exchange of the wireline telephone operator.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but there may be another configuration between each component. It is to be understood that the elements may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a number portability service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The number portability service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a calling terminal 110, a calling service apparatus 122, a number portability database (NPDB) 124, a called service apparatus 130, and a called terminal. 140.

The calling terminal 110 refers to a mobile communication terminal that performs a normal voice call and data communication by wireless communication in association with a mobile communication network.

The calling terminal 110 may be a personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular phone, personal communication service (PCS) phone, hand-held PC (PC), CDMA-2000 phone, WCDMA phone, portable multimedia player (PMP), or PSP. (PlayStation Portable) and MBS (Mobile Broadband System) phones.

In the present invention, for convenience of explanation, the originating service device 122 and the number portability database 124 will be described with the concept of the number portability service providing device 120. Of course, these are merely illustrative of the technical idea of one embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art to which one embodiment of the present invention belongs to the mobility without departing from the essential characteristics of one embodiment of the present invention Various modifications and variations to the components included in the service providing apparatus 120 may be applicable.

The mobility service providing apparatus 120 stores number porting information for at least one of a mobile communication network, a wired communication network and a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network, and is a destination terminal of a wired communication network or a VoIP network from an originating terminal of the mobile communication network. If there is an outgoing call request, refers to a device for controlling the outgoing call is connected to the destination terminal through the end operator switch by querying the number porting information.

Specifically, the call service device 122 refers to a device that provides a call service for wired / wireless phone calls or data communication, such as an exchange or SIP server in an area where the call terminal 110 is located, and voice communication service and / or data communication. It performs basic and additional service processing to provide services, incoming and outgoing call processing of subscribers, location registration and handoff procedures, and interworking with other networks.

The originating service device 122, when there is an outgoing call request from the originating terminal 110 of the mobile communication network to the called terminal 140 of the wired communication network or the VoIP network, requests an inquiry to the number portability database 124 for the called number. Receives a number porting response signal, and performs a function of controlling the outgoing call to be connected to the destination terminal 140 through the incoming service device 130 corresponding to the number porting response.

Here, the number porting information refers to information stored by matching the changed service provider information with the serviced telephone number when the communication service provider providing the telephone service to an arbitrary phone number is changed to another communication service provider.

In addition, the number porting information may include a routing number for identifying changed carrier information and an additional number for providing a wired telephone mobility scheme.

The number portability database 124 stores the number porting information for at least one of a mobile communication network, a wired communication network, and a VoIP network.

The incoming service device 130 refers to a device that provides an incoming service such as an exchange of a communication service provider that receives an outgoing call from the outgoing service device 122, and includes a basic service for providing a voice communication service and / or a data communication service. Perform additional service processing, incoming and outgoing call processing of subscriber, location registration and handoff procedure, interworking function with other network. In addition, the incoming service device 130 performs a function of connecting the outgoing call to the destination terminal 140 when the outgoing call is connected from the outgoing service device 122.

The called terminal 140 refers to a wired terminal that performs a normal voice call or data communication through wired communication in conjunction with a wired communication network or a VoIP network.

The incoming terminal 140 may be implemented as a landline telephone, a computer having a telephone function, a call center computer, or the like.

In addition, the called terminal 140 transmits the incoming call signal indicating that the bell is ringing after the outgoing call is connected to the calling service device 122 via the called service device 130 and the number portability database 124. do.

The called terminal 140 transmits a user response signal indicating a user response to the calling service device 122 via the called service device 130.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an outgoing service device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The originating service apparatus 122 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal interworking unit 210, a number portability inquiry unit 220, and a call connecting unit 230.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the outgoing service device 122 is described as including only the terminal interworking unit 210, number portability information inquiry unit 220 and the call connection unit 230, which is one of the present invention As merely illustrative of the technical spirit of the embodiment, those skilled in the art to which one embodiment of the present invention belongs to the originating service device 122 without departing from the essential characteristics of one embodiment of the present invention Various modifications and variations to the included components will be applicable.

The terminal interworking unit 210 performs a function of checking whether there is an outgoing call request in association with the originating terminal 110 of the mobile communication network. In the present invention, the terminal interworking unit 210 is described as only confirming the outgoing call request from the originating terminal 110 of the mobile communication network, in the actual implementation of the invention, the terminal interlocking unit 210 of the wired communication network or VoIP network It may be implemented by checking whether an outgoing call request is linked with the terminal.

The number portability inquiry unit 220 performs a function of receiving a number porting response signal for the called number by requesting an inquiry to the number portability database 124 for a called number to which the calling terminal 110 of the mobile communication network is to be connected. do. That is, the number portability information inquiry unit 220 checks whether or not the communication service provider that provided the telephone service to the called number in connection with the number portability database 124 has been changed to another communication service provider, and based on the result of the check, other communication. When the service provider is changed to a service provider, a number porting response signal including the changed service provider information is received.

The call connection unit 230 performs a function of controlling the outgoing call to be connected to the called terminal 140 through the incoming service device 130 corresponding to the number porting response. That is, the call connection unit 230 is to connect the outgoing call to the destination service device 130 corresponding to another communication service provider corresponding to the received number porting response, the destination service device 130 to the destination terminal 140 ) Can be connected.

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a number portability database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The number portability database 124 stores and manages number porting information for at least one of a mobile communication network, a wired communication network, and a VoIP network in a database, which may be implemented inside or outside the originating service device 122. have. That is, the number portability database 124 stores data which can freely search (extract), delete, edit, add, etc., number movement information of at least one of a mobile communication network, a wired communication network, and a VoIP network in a general data structure. Will be saved in the form. In addition, the number portability database 124, if the communication service provider that provided the telephone service to any telephone number is changed to another communication service provider, the number porting information by matching the changed service provider information for the serviced telephone number to the serviced telephone number Can be stored as

In addition, the number portability database 124 may store the number porting information including the routing number for identifying the changed carrier information and the mediation number for providing a wired telephone mobility scheme.

That is, the number portability database 124 manages a routing number (RN) so as to identify a carrier for a mobile phone number portability (ACQ) method, and additionally assigns a parameter number to provide a wired phone number portability (RCF) method. To manage. Here, the mediation number is a kind of identification information for identifying the incoming service device of the changed telecommunication company when the number is shifted to the landline telephone number.

Here, the RCF method is a method for providing wired number portability, and detects the fact that the user changes the communication service provider in the number-owning service provider exchange and transmits the detected incoming call to the final service provider. In this way, since all calls are connected through the number-owning service provider, effective routing is difficult, wastes number resources, and takes longer to process the call.

On the other hand, the ACQ method is a mobile phone number porting providing method, the calling service provider exchanges the number portability database query and route to the final operator exchange.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a number portability service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the calling terminal 110 of the mobile communication network makes a call to the called terminal 140 of the wired communication network or the VoIP network, the calling terminal 110 requests an outgoing call to the calling service apparatus 122 (S410).

When the originating service device 122 receives the outgoing call request from the originating terminal 110 of the mobile communication network to the terminating terminal 140 of the wired communication network or the VoIP network, the number portability database 124 is used to query the number portability database 124. Request number porting information in step (S420).

That is, the originating service device 122 queries the number portability database 124 to confirm whether the called number has moved.

The originating service device 122 receives a number porting response signal for the called number from the number portability database 124 (S430).

Here, the number portability database 124 is a number stored by matching the changed carrier information for the telephone number that was serviced to the telephone number that was serviced, if the carrier that provided the telephone service to any telephone number is changed to another communication provider Stores mobile information, and manages by including the routing number for identifying the changed carrier information and the intermediary number that provides the wired telephone mobility method in the number porting information.

That is, when the number portability database 124 receives the number porting request signal from the originating service device 122, the number portability database 124 transmits a number porting response signal including the changed service provider information, the serviced telephone number, a routing number, and an intermediate number. It performs the function of delivering to the device 122.

The calling service device 122 connects the calling call to the called service device 130 corresponding to the number porting response (S440).

The incoming service device 130 performs an incoming call for connecting the outgoing call to the called terminal 140 of the wired communication network or the VoIP network (S450).

When the called terminal 140 transmits the incoming call signal indicating that the bell is ringing after the outgoing call is connected to the called service device 130 (S462), the called service device 130 sends the incoming call signal to the number portability database 124. (S464), the number portability database 124 transmits the incoming signal to the calling service device 122 (S466).

When the user receives a call, the called terminal 140 transmits a user response signal indicating a response to the called service device 130 (S472), and the called service device 130 transmits the user response signal to the number portability database 124. In step S474, the number portability database 124 transmits a user response signal to the calling service device 122 (S476).

In FIG. 4, the outgoing service device 122 and the incoming service device 130 are described as sequentially executing steps S410 to S476. However, this is merely illustrative of the technical idea of an embodiment of the present invention. Persons skilled in the art to which an embodiment of the present invention belongs may make the originating service device 122 and the incoming service device 130 perform the order described in FIG. 4 without departing from the essential characteristics of the embodiment of the present invention. 4 may not be limited to the time-series order because the present invention may be modified and modified in various manners by changing or executing one or more steps of steps S410 to S476 in parallel.

As described above, the method for providing a number portability service according to an embodiment of the present invention described in FIG. 4 may be implemented in a program and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a method for providing a number portability service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes all kinds of recording devices storing data that can be read by a computer system.

Examples of such computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc., and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet) . The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, functional programs, code, and code segments for implementing an embodiment of the present invention may be easily inferred by programmers skilled in the art to which an embodiment of the present invention belongs.

In the above description, all elements constituting the embodiments of the present invention are described as being combined or operating in combination, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to the embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented in one independent hardware, each or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having a. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, and the like.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be included, unless otherwise stated, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms commonly used, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be construed in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art 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, the present invention is applied to a method and apparatus for providing a number portability service for providing number portability for a landline telephone, so that the landline telephone number portability can be efficiently and economically improved to improve communication quality and system. It is a very useful invention that can be easily configured, and in particular, the effect of providing a fixed telephone number portability without renewing the exchange of the wireline telephone operator.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a number portability service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an outgoing service device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a number portability database according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a number portability service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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110: calling terminal 122: calling service device

124: Number Portability Database 130: Incoming Service Device

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A number portability database (NPDB) for storing number porting information for at least one of a mobile communication network, a wired communication network and a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network; And When there is an outgoing call request from the originating terminal of the mobile communication network to the called terminal of the wired communication network or the VoIP network, a number porting response signal for the called number is received from the number portability database and identified by the number porting response signal. An outgoing service device that controls the outgoing call to be connected to the called terminal through an incoming service device Number portability service providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, The number porting information, When the communication service provider that provided the telephone service to an arbitrary telephone number is changed to another communication service provider, the number portability service providing apparatus, characterized in that the information stored by matching the stored carrier information with the telephone number of the service. The method of claim 2, The number porting information, And a routing number for identifying the changed communication service provider information and an intermediate number for providing a wired telephone mobility scheme. The method of claim 3, wherein The number portability database, When receiving a number transfer request signal for requesting inquiry from the originating service device, the originating service device transmits the number transfer response signal including the changed service provider information, the serviced telephone number, the routing number, and the intermediate number. Number portability service providing apparatus, characterized in that for transmitting to. The method of claim 1, The called terminal, And a forwarding signal indicating that the bell is ringing after the outgoing call is connected to the outgoing service device via the inbound service device. The method of claim 5, The called terminal, And a user response signal indicating a user response to the calling service device via the called service device. Receiving an outgoing call request from a calling terminal of a mobile communication network to a called terminal of a wired communication network or a VoIP network; Receiving a number transfer response signal for the called number from the number portability database; And An outgoing call connection step of controlling the outgoing call to be connected to the called terminal through an incoming service device identified by the number porting response signal; Number portability service providing method comprising a.
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