KR950000972B1 - Telephone fare collecting method - Google Patents

Abstract

The method for totalling the call charge of the public telephone at a remote place includes the steps of: (a) transmitting the request signal of the call charge collection from the apparatus to the telephone after calling it; (b) transmitting the ready signal of the call charge collection from the telephone to the apparatus; (c) transmitting the ready signal of reception of the call charge collection from the apparatus to the telephone; (d) transmitting the information signal for the collected call charge from the telephone to the apparatus; and (e) receiving and storing the information signal in the apparatus.

Description

Call rate counting method

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for counting call charges of a conventional public telephone;

2 is a block diagram of the accounting device of FIG.

3 is a configuration diagram of a call charge aggregation system according to the present invention;

4 is a detailed configuration diagram of the remote toll collection device of FIG.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a call charge counting process of the call charge counting system according to the present invention, where (a) is an operation flowchart of a long distance charge counting device and (b) is an operation flowchart of a public telephone.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

30, 41: modem 31: switchboard

33: long distance billing device 50: public telephone

The present invention relates to a call charge aggregation method for counting call charges of a payphone, and more particularly, to a call charge counting method for counting call charges of a payphone at a distance.

In general, when a call charge of a payphone is counted, the call charge is read by reading information on the call charge stored in the memory of the payphone.

The conventional method of counting call charges of a public telephone will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the public telephone 15 includes a control circuit section 1, a coin sorting section 2, a coin accumulating section 3, a safe 4, a display section 5, a power supply section 6, It consists of a keypad (7), call circuit unit (8), handset (9), unit charge setting switch (10), storage unit (11) and serial port (12). It is connected to the serial port 12 of the public telephone 15 at the time of billing.

First, a process of counting a fee in the payphone 15 will be described. When the handset 9 is on-hook, the control circuit 1 maintains the operation stop state. When the handset 9 is off hooked, the coin selector 2 can accept the coin. When the coin is inputted, the coin selecting unit 2 determines whether the coin is a similar coin and passes only the specified coin to the coin accumulating unit 3. At this time, the control circuit unit 1 displays the amount of coins determined as the prescribed coins on the display unit 5, and when a coin higher than the unit rate set by the unit rate setting switch 10 enters, the exchange and the call circuit unit 8 Connect and make it dialable via keypad (7). When the dialing is finished, the call is in a call state, and the charging signal comes from the exchange at a predetermined time interval during the call. The control circuit unit 1 stores the coin in the coin storage unit 3 in the safe box 4 whenever the charging signal is received. To control. The control circuit unit 1 stores the amount of money stored in the storage unit 11 each time the coin is stored in the safe box 4, and when the handset 9 is hooked on, the control circuit unit 1 is again in the stopped state. In addition to the storage amount, the storage unit 11 stores not only the amount of money but also information such as the total number of calls, the number of long-distance calls, the number of city calls, the total number of city forced cuts, the sum of the call charges, and the sum of the change in refunds. do.

When the call charge information stored in the storage unit 11 of the payphone 15 is aggregated, the serial port 21 of the charge accounting device 13 is connected to the serial port 12 of the payphone 15, and the keypad When a command is given to aggregate call rate information using 23, the counting control unit 20 of the counting device 13 reads the call rate information stored in the storage unit 11 of the public telephone 15 and stores the storage unit. The data is stored in the printer 22 or output through the printer 24.

As described above, when the call charge information is aggregated, the call charge information stored in the storage unit 11 of the payphone 15 is aggregated by connecting the existing charge aggregation device 13 with the payphone 15. Since the tally agent carries the charge counting device 13 and goes directly to the place where the public telephone 15 is located, the tally agent has a problem economically unreasonable because it takes a lot of manpower and time when counting the call charge information.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a call charge aggregation method for aggregating call charge information at a long distance so that call agent information can be collected without having to go to a place where a pay phone is located. There is a purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first process in which the far-invoicing device calls a public telephone through an exchange and transmits a call charge collection notification signal to the public telephone through the exchange; After the first process, the public telephone receives the call signal through the exchange, receives a call charge collection notification signal applied through the exchange from the remote charge aggregation device, and transmits to the remote charge aggregation device through the exchange. A second process of transmitting a signal; A third step of, after the second process, the remote toll-counting device receives a transmission preparation completion signal applied from the public telephone through the exchange and transmits the reception preparation completion signal to the public telephone through the exchange; A fourth step in which the public telephone receives a reception preparation completion signal applied through the exchange from the remote tariff collecting device after the third process, transmits call charge information to the remote tariff collecting device through the exchange, and then terminates the operation; ; And a fifth process of terminating the operation after receiving and storing the call charge information applied through the exchange from the public telephone after the fourth process.

By this method, the present invention can quickly collect the call charges at a long distance without having to go to the place where the public telephone is located at the time of call charges, thereby reducing the manpower and the time required to economically aggregate call charges do.

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

3 is a configuration diagram of the call charge aggregation system according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the remote charge aggregation device shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a call charge aggregation process of the call charge aggregation system according to the present invention. It is a flow chart showing.

As can be seen from FIG. 3, the call charge aggregation system is roughly composed of a public telephone 50, an exchange 31, and a remote charge aggregation apparatus 33. As shown in FIG. The public telephone 50 includes a control circuit unit 1, a coin selecting unit 2, a coin accumulating unit 3, a safe box 4, a display unit 5, a power supply unit 6, a keypad 7 and a call circuit unit 8 ), A handset 9, a storage unit 11, and a modem 30, which are similar to the public telephone 15 of FIG. 1, except that a modem 30 for transmitting call charge information is added. The modem 30 of the public telephone 50 is connected to the exchange 31 via the line L, and the remote charge accounting device 33 is connected to the exchange 31 via the line L '.

The remote tariff 33 has a central controller 40, a modem 41, a display 42, a storage 43, a printer 44 and a keypad 45 as shown in FIG. 4. It is done by The modem 41 receives the call charge information supplied through the switchboard 31 from the modem 30 of the public telephone 50 and outputs it to the central controller 40. The central control unit 40 collects the call charge information supplied from the modem 41, stores it in the storage unit 43, and outputs the display unit 42 to the printer unit 44 side. The display unit 42 displays call rate information applied from the central control unit 40, and the printer unit 44 prints call rate information applied from the central control unit 40. FIG. The keypad 45 inputs an operation command to the central controller 40.

In the case of counting call charges, the operation is performed in the order shown in FIG. FIG. 5A is a flowchart of operation of the remote toll-counting device 33, and FIG. 5B is a flowchart of the operation of the public telephone 50. As shown in FIG.

First, the central control unit 40 of the remote toll-counting device 33 installed in the jurisdiction telephone station calls the public telephone 50 through the modem 41 and the exchange 31 (step 51), and then establishes a call path. The collection notification signal is transmitted to the public telephone 50 side (step 52). At this time, the control circuit unit 1 of the public telephone 50 receives the call signal from the switch 31 through the modem 30 (step 61), and then switches the switch 31 from the remote charge accounting device 33. When the call charge collection notification signal applied through the modem 30 is received (step 62), the transmission completion signal is transmitted to the far-field charge collecting device 33 through the modem 30 and the exchange 31 ( Step 63). Then, after receiving the transmission ready signal from the public telephone 50 (step 53), the central controller 40 of the remote tariff collecting apparatus 33 receives the public telephone (through the modem 41 and the exchange 31). The reception preparation completion signal is transmitted to the 50) side (step 54). Thereafter, when the control circuit unit 1 of the public telephone 50 receives the reception ready signal from the remote charge aggregation device 33 via the modem 30 (step 64), the call charge information of the storage unit 11 is received. Is transmitted via the modem 30 (step 65), and the operation ends. Then, the central control unit 40 of the remote tariff collecting device 33 receives the call charge information applied through the exchange 31 and the modem 41 from the public telephone 50 and stores it in the storage unit 43 ( Step 55), the operation ends.

When the call charge counting is completed in this manner, the call charge counting is repeated in the same manner for the other public telephones. The call rate information collected from each public telephone can be quickly databased in the storage unit 43 of the remote rate aggregation device 33, and the call rate information is displayed through the display unit 42 and the printer unit 44 if necessary. You can print

Claims (1)

1. A call charge counting method, comprising: a first step in which a far-counter charge collecting device calls a payphone through an exchange and transmits a call charge collection notification signal to the payphone through the switch; After the first process, the public telephone receives the call signal through the exchange, receives a call charge collection notification signal applied through the exchange from the remote charge aggregation device, and transmits to the remote charge aggregation device through the exchange. A second process of transmitting a signal; A third step of, after the second process, the remote toll-counting device receives a transmission preparation completion signal applied from the public telephone through the exchange and transmits the reception preparation completion signal to the public telephone through the exchange; A fourth step in which the public telephone receives a reception preparation completion signal applied through the exchange from the remote tariff collecting device after the third process, transmits call charge information to the remote tariff collecting device through the exchange, and then terminates the operation; ; And a fifth process of terminating the operation after the fourth rate is received by the remote rate accounting device from the public telephone and receiving and storing the call rate information applied through the exchange.