KR960011709B1 - Integrated billing method about the charge for telephone call and information using compouned billing pulse in full electronic switching system - Google Patents

Abstract

The method for the integrated charging to impose charge to client with periodic pulse metering(PPM), comprises the steps of: generating service control information through data communication; generating PPM code for calling charge and information charge grade from intelligent network service member information: transmitting billing information into billing processing part to provide the guide information and to impose the charge for public telephone: receiving the billing information and providing service member with guide information: providing public telephone with integrated billing pulse to impose additive charge in case of public telephone, providing the charge processing part with calling complete information, The method informs the service charge to the user and imposes the charge with using the service.

Description

Integrated billing method for call charges and information charges using synthetic billing pulses

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic switching system to which the present invention is applied.

2 is an exemplary cycle according to the generation of synthetic charging pulses.

3 is a flow chart of the integrated billing method for the call charges and information charges using the synthetic billing pulse according to the present invention.

4 is a detailed flowchart of a method for generating synthetic charging pulses according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100: service control system (SCP) 101: service switching system (SSP)

102: common line (No. 7) signal network 103: matching exchange subsystem (ASS)

104: central control subsystem (CCS) 105: auxiliary storage device

106: intelligent network call processing unit 107: charging data generation unit (CDG)

108: billing function processing unit

The present invention generates a periodic pulse metering (PPM) code according to the calling / calling number in order to charge a user during the service such as a service for a public telephone in an electronic switchboard. The present invention relates to an integrated billing method that generates an information fee grade and integrates the charges for the toll charges and information charges using the synthetic supercharged pulses generated according to the PPM code and the supplementary fee grade.

Conventionally, the voice service provided by the electronic switchboard is a service that provides the caller with the desired caller, but only charges for the call. However, since the introduction of the intelligent network service, the service range has been expanded, and only the call between the caller and the caller can be used. In addition, because the service is advanced to provide a variety of information, the charges for the service includes not only the call charge but also the information charge, so you need to use one billing pulse to charge the call charge and information charge during the service. It is necessary to generate a charging pulse in which the charging pulse for and the charging charge for information are combined into one.

However, in the current exchange, only PPM codes for call charges are managed, so that only charges for calls can be charged and charges for information cannot be charged.

The present invention devised to solve all the problems with the prior art is a service that charges call charges and information charges in the electronic switching system (for example, information charge agency service) before the service start fee guidance (for example, how many minutes to minutes PPM code and information fee grades for commonly used call charges and synthesized charge pulses for them so that they can be charged during service, such as for public telephones. The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrated billing method for call charges and information charges using synthetic billing pulses in an electronic exchange that charges bills.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, in the integrated billing method applied to the electronic switching system, the intelligent network call processing unit receives a request for intelligent network call, the periodical pulse measurement (PPM) code for the call charge and the information charge rating for the information charge A first step of generating and transmitting the generated data to the charging function processor; The billing function processor receives the PPM code and information fee grade for the call charge from the intelligent network call processor, generates and synthesizes respective charge pulses for them, calculates the guide fee, and then calculates the synthesized billing cycle and billing guide information. Transmitting to the intelligent network call processor; The intelligent network call processing unit receives the synthetic charging cycle and the charging guide information from the charging function processing unit and provides the user with a guide broadcast on the charge, and in the case of a process telephone service, provides a synthetic charging pulse to a public telephone to charge a fee. A third step of transmitting the call completion information including the billing information to the billing function processing unit, and transmitting the call completion information including the billing information to the billing function processing unit if it is not a public telephone service; And a fourth step (412, 413) of receiving the call completion information including the charging information from the intelligent network call processing unit to configure the charging record, and recording the charging data on the magnetic tape using a disk.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment according to the present invention;

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic switching system to which the present invention is applied, in which 100 is a service control system (SCP), 101 is a service switching system (SSP), and 102 is a common line (No. 7) signal network. 103 is a matching exchange subsystem (hereinafter referred to as ASS), 104 is a central control subsystem (hereinafter referred to as CCS), 105 is an auxiliary memory device, 106 is an intelligent network call processing unit, 107 is a billing data generation unit (hereinafter, 108 denotes a charging function processing unit.

Among the systems configured to provide intelligent network services to general telephone users, a hardware device representing a process of generating a synthetic charging pulse and a device using the synthetic charging pulse, as shown in the figure, performs an intelligent network service. The system elements process the logic of the intelligent network service and generate a PPM code for the call charge and an information service grade for the intelligent network service subscriber. SSP (Service Switching Point) 101 to receive the service control information to perform the intelligent network service, and the common line (NO.7) signal network 102 used for information exchange between the SCP (100).

The SSP 101 is a matching exchange sub-system 103 that generates a synthetic charging pulse and performs connection and exchange of subscribers and relay lines, and centrally controls each ASS 103 and performs an operation and maintenance function. A control subsystem 104, an auxiliary memory 105 composed of a magnetic tape MT and a disk DISK, is provided.

If the intelligent network service processing unit 106 of the SSP 101 transmits the intelligent network service initial charging information to the charging data generation unit 107 before starting the intelligent network service, the CDG unit 107 synthesizes the received intelligent network service initial charging information. Generates billing cycle and billing guide information and transmits it to the intelligent network call processing unit 106.When the intelligent network service is completed, the call completion information transmitted from the intelligent network call processing unit 106 is received by the billing function processing unit 108 to generate a synthetic charging pulse. The billing data is included and finally recorded on the magnetic tape MT using the disk DISK.

2 is an example of a cycle according to the generation of a synthetic billing pulse, to show a method of calculating a synthetic billing cycle in which a billing cycle for a call charge and an information charge is integrated from a billing cycle for a call charge and an information charge. It is an example of a cycle.

In general, the exchange system uses a PPM code to charge the public telephone service by specifying one cycle of the charging pulse, so that the charge for the first frequency is fixed and the charging pulse is based on the hourly rate for the service. Adjust the cycle time. Since only one charging pulse is used to charge public telephones, if more than one charging pulse for call and information fees exists, they must be combined into one to charge a fee.

In Figures (a), (b) and (c), A is a different billing cycle 201 to the PPM code for the toll, B is the billing cycle 202 according to the toll rating, and X is the toll and the fee If the billing cycle 203 is a synthesized billing cycle 203, and C is the service usage time 204, the frequency for the toll is C / A, and the frequency for the toll is C / B. The sum of the data is C / A + C / B.

In other words, the fee to be charged for the service used during C hour is the charge for C / A + C / B frequency, and the synthetic billing cycle (X), which combines the charge cycle of call charge and information charge, is C / (C / A + C / B), and the equation shows that the synthetic charging period (X) is A × B / (A + B).

3 is a flow chart of the integrated billing method for the call charges and information charges using the synthetic billing pulse according to the present invention, the PPM code and the intelligent network for the call charges for generating a synthetic billing pulse from the reception of the intelligent network service request in the SSP 101 A flowchart illustrating a process of providing an information fee level for a service subscriber and a procedure of using the synthetic charging pulse and the fee guide information generated by the billing function processor 108 is provided.

When the telephone subscriber picks up the handset and presses the telephone number, the intelligent network call processing unit 106 receives their information (301) and analyzes the received information to recognize the intelligent network service request (302).

In order to perform the perceived intelligent network service, service control information is generated by transmitting and receiving information between the SSP 101 and the SCP 100 (303), and a PPM code for the call charge is generated from the calling / called number, and the information is received from the intelligent network service subscriber information. Generate a medical grade (304). In order to provide the user with announcements of charges and to charge charges for public telephones, the intelligent network service initial billing information including the PPM code for the call charges and the information charge rating is transmitted to the billing function processor 108 (305). In response to receiving the charge information including the synthetic billing cycle and the rate guide information (306) and provides a service announcement for the service announcements (307). In addition, it is determined whether the service is a public telephone (308), and in the case of the public telephone service, the synthetic charging pulse is provided to the public telephone to further charge (309). When the call is completed while the user is charging the public phone instead of the public phone or the public phone, the call function processing unit 108 provides call completion information including charge information such as talk time and synthetic billing cycle to configure the billing record data. To be able to (310).

4 is a detailed flowchart of a method for generating a synthetic billing pulse according to the present invention. The SSP 101 and the billing function processor 108 receive the intelligent network service initial billing information from the intelligent network call processor 106 to generate a synthetic billing pulse. In order to use it in the intelligent network service, a synthetic charging pulse is generated and the charging data is generated and stored in the secondary memory device MT.

When the CDG unit 107 receives the call information from the intelligent network call processing unit 106 (401), the CDG unit 107 analyzes the call information to determine whether the intelligent network service basic billing information or the call completion information including the PPM code and the information fee grade for the call charge ( 402).

As a result of the judgment on the call information, if it is the initial charging information, in order to increase the reliability of the charging data, it is checked whether the data value of each item is included in the range of values that can be held (403). The billing information is output and ends (404). If normal data, the PPM code for the call charge is extracted from the intelligent network service initial charging information (405), and the charging period for the PPM code is generated from the PPM period table in which the period for the PPM code is stored (406). Then, the information fee grade is extracted from the checked intelligent network service initial charging information (407), and a charge period for the information fee grade is generated from the information fee grade period table in which the period for the information charge grade is stored (408). As described above, after the charge periods for the call charges and information charges are generated, a synthetic charge cycle as shown in FIG. 2 is generated (409), and a charge for a specific time is calculated (410) for the announcement of the charges. The generated synthetic charging cycle and the fee guide information are transmitted to the intelligent network call processing unit 106 so as to be used in the intelligent network service processing process, and ends (411).

As a result of the determination on the call information, if the received information is call completion information including charging information such as call time, synthetic billing cycle transmitted from the intelligent network call processing unit 106, the charging record is configured according to the charging record format already defined. (412) When a certain number of billing records are defended, the billing data is recorded on the magnetic tape using the disk and the process ends (413).

According to the present invention configured and operated as described above, the service requester charges a call charge and an information charge (eg, an information charge receiving agent service) in the electronic exchange system, to provide a service fee requestor (eg, how many minutes to a few minutes) before the service starts. In addition, there is an effect that a fee can be charged during the service, such as a service for a public telephone.

Claims (2)

In the integrated billing method applied to the electronic switching system, the intelligent network call processing unit 106 generates a periodic pulse measurement (PPM) code for the call charge and an information charge grade for the information charge when the intelligent network call request is received. First step (301 to 305) for transmitting to 108; The charging function processing unit 108 receives the PPM code and the information rate for the call charge from the intelligent network call processing unit 106, generates and synthesizes respective charge pulses for them, and calculates the information charge and then synthesizes the charge cycle. A second step (401 to 411) for transmitting the billing guide information to the intelligent network call processing unit (106); The intelligent network call processing unit 106 receives the synthetic billing cycle and the billing guide information from the billing function processing unit 108 and provides the user with a guide broadcast on the charge, and then in the case of a public telephone service, transmits the billing pulse to the public phone. After providing and charging a fee, the call completion information including the billing information is transmitted to the billing function processing unit 108, and if it is not a public telephone service, the call completion information including the billing information is charged. Transmitting to the third step (306 to 310); And the charging function processing unit 108 receives the call completion information including the charging information from the intelligent network call processing unit 106 to configure the charging record, and then records the charging data on the magnetic tape using a disk (412,413). Integrated charging method for call charges and information charges using synthetic charging pulses in all electronic exchanges. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second step (401 to 411), the billing function processing unit 108 receives the call information from the intelligent network call processing unit 106 to analyze the periodic pulse measurement (PPM) code for the call charge Determining whether the intelligent network service initial billing information or the call completion information including the policy level is received (401, 402); As a result of the determination of the steps 401 and 402, if the call completion information, the fourth step (412, 413) is performed, and if the initial charging information, the data value of each item is within the range of the data value for each item to increase the reliability of the charging data. Checking 403 for inclusion; As a result of the inspection of the step 403, if abnormal data is detected, abnormal charging information is output, and if normal data, the periodic pulse measurement (PPM) code is extracted by extracting the periodic pulse measurement (PPM) code for the toll from the intelligent network service initial charging information. Generating a charging period for the periodic pulse measurement (PPM) code from the periodic pulse code (PPM) period table in which the period for the signal is stored (404 to 406); After performing the steps 404 to 406, extracting the information fee grade from the initial charge information to generate a charge period for the information fee grade from the information charge grade cycle table in which the period for the information charge grade is stored (407, 408); And after performing the steps 407 and 408, after generating charge cycles for the call charges and information charges, respectively, generate a synthetic charge cycle, and calculate the charges for a specific time for the announcement of the charges. And a charge cycle and charge guide information to the intelligent network call processor (106) (409 to 411).