KR20120140345A - Method, server and computer readable recording medium for providing toll-free internet telephone with cost per data - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for providing a toll free Internet telephone that can be charged according to the amount of data. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll-free Internet telephone method capable of charging according to a data amount, comprising: (a) receiving, by an Internet telephone server, a telephone number search request transmitted from a customer terminal; (b) searching for information on a telephone number search request and transmitting a search result to the customer terminal; (c) performing a call connection process between the advertiser terminal having the telephone number and the client terminal when the call request for the telephone number included in the search result is transmitted from the client terminal; And (d) determining whether a communication cost according to the call occurs for the customer terminal after the call is terminated, and a communication cost based on the amount of data generated according to the call only when a communication cost according to the call occurs for the customer terminal. It is proposed an Internet phone providing method comprising the step of charging the advertiser terminal.
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The present invention relates to a method for providing a toll-free Internet telephone, a server and a computer-readable recording medium capable of charging according to the amount of data. Provide toll-free Internet telephony services to the business phone number directed at the customer's request, but only in accordance with the amount of data incurred by the advertiser, provided that the data charges are incurred by the customer's use of the internet phone. The present invention relates to a toll-free Internet telephone providing method, a server and a computer-readable recording medium capable of charging according to the amount of data.
With the spread of the Internet, the use of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using IP networks is increasing. Such an internet phone enables a call to an existing wired or wireless network through a dedicated program installed in an internet phone terminal, for example, a computer. The main advantage of this VoIP is that by integrating telephone service using existing IP network, telephone users can receive long distance and international telephone service in internet and intranet environment at low cost. Furthermore, with the advent of wireless terminals such as smartphones that can use the wireless Internet, Internet telephones have evolved into mobile internet telephones (mVoIP), and the use of mobile internet telephones has rapidly increased as wireless terminals such as smartphones are widely used. I'm doing it. Sales models related to mobile internet phones have been proposed as the use of mobile internet phones has been activated, but models that expose advertisements on mobile internet phone apps installed on user terminals, and operators operating mobile internet phone systems, can provide the right to call users. Only sales models that are irrelevant to the nature of the mobile Internet phone are being proposed, such as models for sale, and no appropriate sales model has been proposed.
On the other hand, when people do not know the phone number of a particular business, it is common to call 114 using a telephone and receive a phone number of the business through a receptionist. There is also a widely used method of accessing a number guide site and searching for a telephone number of a desired business. In addition, a sales model using a telephone number guide service using the Internet has been proposed. The sales model using the telephone number guide service according to the prior art is to provide the user with a free call while charging the communication fee according to the call to the advertiser, but the fixed fee charged per call is too high for the advertiser. There is a problem that it is not activated, and also there is a problem that can not be applied to the aforementioned mobile Internet phone.
In addition, the sales model using the telephone number guide service according to the prior art provides a simple call connection service only from an advertiser's point of view, and does not provide any additional information.
An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.
An object of the present invention is to enable the customer to be informed of the desired phone number of the business using the customer terminal, to provide a toll-free Internet telephone connection service to the guided business phone number according to the customer's call request, the customer's Internet Provides toll-free Internet telephony, server and computer-readable recording media capable of billing according to the amount of data that can be charged based on the amount of data incurred, provided that data charges are incurred by telephone usage. It is.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a toll-free Internet telephone providing method, a server and a computer-readable recording medium capable of billing according to the amount of data that can provide an advertiser with additional information about a customer who requested a call.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method for providing a toll-free Internet telephone, a server and a computer-readable recording medium capable of charging according to the amount of data that can generate and provide statistical information about customers who have requested a call to an advertiser. will be.
In order to achieve the above-described object of the present invention and to achieve the specific effects of the present invention described below, the characteristic structure of the present invention is as follows.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toll-free Internet telephone method capable of charging according to a data amount, comprising: (a) receiving, by an Internet telephone server, a telephone number search request transmitted from a customer terminal; (b) searching for information on a telephone number search request and transmitting a search result to the customer terminal; (c) performing a call connection process between the advertiser terminal having the telephone number and the client terminal when the call request for the telephone number included in the search result is transmitted from the client terminal; And (d) determining whether a communication cost according to the call occurs for the customer terminal after the call is terminated, and a communication cost based on the amount of data generated according to the call only when a communication cost according to the call occurs for the customer terminal. Provided is an Internet phone providing method comprising the step of charging to the advertiser terminal.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a toll-free Internet telephone server capable of billing according to the amount of data, the search results including the telephone number of the advertiser corresponding to the search word according to the telephone number search request transmitted from the customer terminal said customer Telephone number guide unit for transmitting to the terminal; An internet telephone processor for performing a call connection process between the advertiser terminal having the telephone number and the client terminal when the call request for the telephone number included in the search result is transmitted from the client terminal; And determining whether a communication cost according to the call is generated for the customer terminal after the call is terminated, and providing the communication fee based on the amount of data generated according to the call only when the communication cost according to the call is generated for the customer terminal. There is provided an internet telephone server comprising a charging unit for charging a terminal.
As described above, according to the present invention, the customer can be guided to the desired phone number of the business using the customer terminal, and at the request of the customer to provide a toll-free Internet telephone connection service to the business phone number guided by the customer, Only when data charges are incurred according to the method of using the Internet phone, the advertiser can be charged according to the amount of data generated.
In addition, according to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to provide additional information about the customer who requested the call to the advertiser when the call connection according to the customer's request.
In addition, according to the present invention, there is an effect that can generate and provide statistical information about the customers who requested the call to the advertiser.
1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an entire system including a customer terminal, an internet phone server, and an advertiser terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing the detailed configuration of the Internet telephone server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a customer app installed in the customer terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of an advertiser app installed in an advertiser terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating a process of providing a free call of the system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings that show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain features, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in connection with an embodiment. It is also to be understood that the position or arrangement of the individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full range of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several views.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.
[Preferred Embodiment of the Present Invention]
In an embodiment of the present invention, the term "free call" refers to a call that does not incur a communication cost from a customer requesting a free call as the communication cost generated by the free call is charged to the receiver (advertiser).
In addition, the term "advertiser" refers to the business owner who purchased a specific phone number query through the purchase / bid page for the phone number search advertisement provided from the Internet phone server, the term "advertisement information" is a telephone provided from the Internet phone server The information is registered by the advertiser through the number search advertisement registration page, and means information including at least one of an advertiser (business) phone number and a name, address, business type, and promotional phrase of the business.
Complete system configuration
1 is a view schematically showing an entire system including a
As shown in FIG. 1, the Internet phone system according to the present invention includes a
The
On the other hand, the
On the other hand, as described above, when the
More preferably, the
The advertiser terminal 150 receives a call connection signal according to the customer's free call request from the
Internet phone server
2 is a diagram showing the detailed configuration of the Internet telephone server according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a detailed configuration and function of the
As shown in FIG. 2, the
The
In addition, the
The
When the free call request for a specific advertiser is transmitted from the
On the other hand, the Internet
For example, "Customer A has 0 free calls to past advertiser B", "Customer C has 10 free calls to past advertiser B", and "Customer D has 20 free calls to past advertiser B" Assume a case where customers A, C, and D request a free call while the customer information of 'Blacklist registration at the request of advertiser B' is stored in the database. Since it is determined that the customer A requests the free call for the advertiser B for the first time, the
In addition, the customer information transmitted from the
In addition, the customer information transmitted from the
On the other hand, the Internet
On the other hand, the Internet
The
On the other hand, the
In addition, the
Furthermore, the
In addition, the
Meanwhile, in FIG. 2, the
For customers With the app Advertiser App
3 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of a customer app (App) installed in the customer terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the
First, the
The
The phone
In addition, the phone
The Internet
On the other hand, the Internet
4 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of an advertiser app installed in an advertiser terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the
The
The phone
The Internet
Further, more preferably, the Internet
The
Example of how to offer free calls
Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating a process of providing a free call of the system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, with reference to Figure 5, it will be described in detail the specific providing process of the Internet telephone system according to the present invention.
First, when the customer executes the
In this case, the access request transmitted to the
On the other hand, if the login to the
The
After receiving the free call request transmitted from the
The advertiser terminal 150 receiving the customer information and the call connection request transmitted from the
The advertiser recognizes that a free call is requested through the incoming call screen and the incoming call notification sound output through the display unit of the advertiser terminal 150, and at the same time confirms the customer information displayed on the incoming call screen. If the free call requested by the advertiser confirming the customer information is approved, the advertiser terminal 150 transmits the call connection request acceptance information to the telephone server 200 (S524).
The
On the other hand, the
On the other hand, the advertiser terminal 150 provides the advertiser with an interface for inputting additional information about the customer after the end of the free call, and stores additional information about the customer input according to the advertiser's operation through the interface ( S536).
Embodiments according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media and ROM, RAM, flash memory and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.
In the present invention as described above has been described by the specific embodiments, such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but this is provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations are possible from these descriptions.
Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, belong to the scope of the present invention .
100: customer terminal 110: mobile communication network
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By internet phone server,
(a) receiving a telephone number search request transmitted from a customer terminal;
(b) searching for information on a telephone number search request and transmitting a search result to the customer terminal;
(c) performing a call connection process between the advertiser terminal having the telephone number and the client terminal when the call request for the telephone number included in the search result is transmitted from the client terminal; And
(d) determining whether a communication cost according to the call occurs for the customer terminal after the call is terminated, and determining a communication cost based on the amount of data generated according to the call only when a communication cost according to the call occurs for the customer terminal. Internet phone providing method comprising the step of charging the advertiser terminal.
Before the step (a)
(a1) receiving a customer terminal telephone number, mobile carrier information and login information transmitted from the customer terminal; And
(a2) performing a login by using the login information and storing the customer terminal phone number and mobile communication company information in association with a customer ID included in the login information;
The phone number search request,
And at least one search term transmitted from the customer terminal.
In the step (a2), when the address book download request is transmitted from the customer terminal after login, the address book information of the customer corresponding to the stored customer ID is transmitted to the customer terminal, and the address book upload request is transmitted from the customer terminal. Receiving the address book information transmitted from the customer terminal and updating the address book information of the customer corresponding to the already stored customer ID.
The step (d), the Internet phone providing method characterized in that for storing the call-related information for the customer requesting a call after the call.
The step (c)
(c1) receiving the call request sent from the customer terminal;
(c2) extracting customer information corresponding to the customer terminal and transmitting a call connection request including the extracted customer information to a call request target advertiser terminal; And
(c3) when the acceptance information according to the call connection request is transmitted from the target advertiser terminal, performing a call connection process between the client terminal and the target advertiser terminal.
In step (c2), when the target advertiser terminal is connected through a public telephone network, only a call connection request is transmitted, and when the target advertiser terminal is connected through a mobile communication network or an internet network, the call includes the customer information. Internet telephone providing method characterized by transmitting a connection request.
And the customer information transmitted to the target advertiser terminal in step (c2) includes customer classification information determined by referring to the stored call information for the customer.
The Internet telephone providing method,
(e) generating a call report for each advertiser, and transmitting the generated call-by-advertiser call report to an advertiser's terminal of the corresponding advertiser.
In the step (c), when the customer terminal requesting the call is a terminal that cannot use an Internet telephone, the Internet terminal generates an Internet telephone access message and transmits the message to the terminal that can use the Internet telephone by referring to the customer information. And when a call connection request is transmitted from the terminal receiving the message, performing a call connection process with the target advertiser terminal.
A phone number guide unit for transmitting a search result including a phone number of an advertiser corresponding to a search word to the customer terminal according to a phone number search request transmitted from a customer terminal;
An internet telephone processor for performing a call connection process between the advertiser terminal having the telephone number and the client terminal when the call request for the telephone number included in the search result is transmitted from the client terminal; And
After the call is terminated, it is determined whether a communication cost according to the call with respect to the customer terminal occurs, and the communication cost based on the amount of data generated according to the call only when the communication cost according to the call occurs with respect to the customer terminal. Internet telephone server comprising a charging unit for charging.
The Internet telephone server,
Receiving a customer terminal phone number, mobile carrier information, login information transmitted from the customer terminal, and further comprising a customer management unit for storing the customer terminal phone number and mobile carrier information in association with the customer ID included in the login information; Internet telephone server, characterized in that.
The customer management unit transmits address book information of a customer corresponding to the stored customer ID to the customer terminal when the address book download request is transmitted from the customer terminal after login, and the address book upload request is transmitted from the customer terminal. Receiving the address book information transmitted from the terminal and updating the address book information of the customer corresponding to the already stored customer ID.
The customer management unit, the Internet phone server, characterized in that for storing the call-related information for the customer requesting a call after the call.
The customer manager generates a call report for each advertiser, and transmits the generated call report to the advertiser terminal of the advertiser.
When the call request is transmitted from the customer terminal, the Internet telephone processor extracts customer information corresponding to the customer terminal and transmits a call connection request including the extracted customer information to the call request target advertiser terminal. Featured Internet Phone Server.
The Internet telephone processor transmits only a call connection request when the target advertiser terminal is connected through a public telephone network, and when the target advertiser terminal is connected through a mobile communication network or an internet network, a call connection including the customer information. Internet telephony server, characterized in that it transmits a request.
The customer information transmitted from the Internet telephone processor to the target advertiser terminal includes customer classification information determined by referring to the stored call information for the customer.
If the customer terminal requesting the call is a terminal that cannot use the Internet telephone, the Internet telephone processing unit generates and transmits an Internet telephone access message to the terminal that can use the Internet telephone by referring to the customer information. And when a call connection request is transmitted from the terminal receiving the message, performing a call connection process with the target advertiser terminal.
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