WO1998032275A1 - Procede de facturation applicable a un reseau de telecommunications - Google Patents

Procede de facturation applicable a un reseau de telecommunications Download PDF

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WO1998032275A1
WO1998032275A1 PCT/SE1998/000023 SE9800023W WO9832275A1 WO 1998032275 A1 WO1998032275 A1 WO 1998032275A1 SE 9800023 W SE9800023 W SE 9800023W WO 9832275 A1 WO9832275 A1 WO 9832275A1
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Carl Ander
Frederik Palmaeus
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Gratistelefon Svenska Ab
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Priority to JP53421398A priority patent/JP2001508624A/ja
Priority to AU56847/98A priority patent/AU5684798A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/09—Third party charged communications
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/07—Split billing, i.e. both A-party and B-party charged for the communication
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M3/00—Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M3/42—Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers
    • H04M3/487—Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
    • H04M3/4872—Non-interactive information services
    • H04M3/4878—Advertisement messages
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2203/00—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges
    • H04M2203/35—Aspects of automatic or semi-automatic exchanges related to information services provided via a voice call
    • H04M2203/352—In-call/conference information service
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/01—Details of billing arrangements
    • H04M2215/0192—Sponsored, subsidised calls via advertising, e.g. calling cards with ads or connecting to special ads, free calling time by purchasing goods
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/64—Split billing, sharing the cost of calls, e.g. between calling and called parties
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/66—Third party billing, i.e. third party can also be the predetermined telephone line of the caller if he is calling from another telephone set

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  • the present invention pertains to a method relating to telecommunications wherein a call connection is setup between two sub- scribers and the call is billed to a third subscriber.
  • Swedish Patent No. 9403793-4 teaches a method of forwarding and billing a telephone call wherein a first subscriber telephone is connected to a second subscriber telephone via a standard telephone network.
  • the standard telephone network may be either a fixed network or a mobile telephone network.
  • a call connection is setup by vitue of the first subscriber dialling a prefix followed by a subscriber number that leads to a third subscriber and then dialling a subscriber number that leads to a second subscriber. This procedure results in the setup of a connection between the first and the second subscribers while billing the third subscriber for the call between said first and second subscribers.
  • prefix is meant a number, e.g. 030 or some other appropriate number.
  • the prefix and subscriber number causes the telephone network to connect the call through the telephone network to a network connected computer unit of the third subscriber.
  • the prefix also causes the computer unit to forward the call to the second subscriber via said computer unit, so as to connect the first subscriber with the second subscriber.
  • the computer unit is caused to transmit advertisements or publicity media at given time intervals during the duration of the call connected between the first and the second subscribers. For instance, a chain of hamburger restaurants or a chain of gas stations may transmit during the course of the call connection advertisements relating to sales offers or ongoing campaigns.
  • the first subscriber is not billed for the call to the second subscriber, or is only billed for a part of the call, while a company or an organization is able to advertise its activities to the first and the second subscribers.
  • the invention according to this patent is characterized in that the advertisement or some other promotion message is controlled in accordance with the districts between which the first and the second subscribers are connected. For instance, if the first subscriber is located in Sweden and the second subscriber is located in Gothenburg and the first subscriber dials a prefix followed by the number of a Swiss company, an advertisement relating to a Swedish company can be sent to the first subscriber and an advertisement relating to a Gothenburg company can be sent to the second subscriber at the same time.
  • the advertise- ments are thus controlled with respect to the districts or areas in which respective subscribers are located.
  • the present invention solves this problem and provides a method in which telephone advertising becomes interesting on the part of companies that target a large group and also on the part of companies that target a relatively small group.
  • the present invention pertains to a method relating to telecommunications wherein a call is connected between two subscribers and the call is billed to a third subscriber, wherein a first subscriber telephone is connected to a second subscriber telephone via a standard telephone network, wherein the first subscriber dials a subscriber number, preferably preceded by a prefix, that leads to the third subscriber, and dials a subscriber number that leads to the second subscriber, wherein the telephone network is caused to connect the call to a computer unit that is connected to the telephone network and that forwards the call to said second subscriber so as to connect said first subscriber with said second subscriber, and wherein the call between the first and the second subscriber is billed to the third subscriber, and wherein advertisements or other publicity media are transmitted on the call setup between the first and the second subscriber, wherein the method is characterized by causing the computer unit to sense the respective subscriber numbers of said two subscribers, causing the computer unit to search a database in which the subscriber number of at least the first subscriber is
  • Figure 1 is a block schematic illustrating apparatus for carrying out the method.
  • Figure 1 illustrates an inventive arrangement for forwarding and billing a telephone call in which a first subscriber telephone 1 is connected to a second subscriber telephone 2 via a standard telephone network reference generally 3.
  • a third subscriber has a computer unit 4 that is connected to the telephone network 3.
  • the computer unit 4 is adapted to sense a prefix dialled by a first subscriber and followed by a subscriber number that leads to the third subscriber.
  • the third subscriber may have a local telephone exchange or switching centre 5 to which the computer unit 4 is connected.
  • the telephone exchange 5 may be adapted to connect incoming calls to the computer unit in response to sensing the prefix.
  • the computer unit 4 functions to forward the call, via the telephone network, to a subscriber number dialled by the first subscriber after the first-mentioned subscriber number and leading to a second subscriber, so as to connect the first subscriber with the second subscriber.
  • a subscriber number and/or said prefix may be numerical or alphanumerical or include other characters.
  • the telephone network 3 is also adapted to bill the third subscriber subscription for the call connected between the first and the second subscriber, when sensing said prefix.
  • the prefix is suitably sensed in a telephone exchange or switching centre of a telephone station 6 belonging to the telephone network and responsible for call debiting.
  • Advertisements are sent on the call connection between the first and the second subscriber at different time intervals.
  • the computer unit is caused to sense the respective subscriber numbers of the first and the second subscriber.
  • the computer unit is also caused to scan a database 7 in which the subscriber number of at least the first subscriber is stored together with first subscriber data, such as age, interests, etc.
  • a subscriber will preferably be required to sign a separate subscription agreement with the third subscriber that entitles said subscriber to connect a call to a second subscriber.
  • the subscriber will divulge different types of information that is then fed into the database. This information may include age, sex, earnings, leisure interests, vacation habits, etc., so as to provide a subscriber profile.
  • the computer unit 4 it is also conceivable to cause the computer unit 4 to interact with a subscriber who rings to the third subscriber for the first time, by asking the first-time subscriber profile relevant questions through the medium of a voice message, therewith presenting the person concerned with different alternatives and answers to which he/she responds by pressing (touching) appropriate keys on the telephone keypad.
  • the computer unit may be caused to ask the person making the connection to the third subscriber (with a voice message) to press a person unique digit on the telephone so as to identify himself/herself to the computer unit.
  • the computer unit is caused to transmit one or more available advertisements to the first subscriber during the course of the call, in accordance with the data stored in the database.
  • a number of advertisements and like messages are recorded on data media in said database or in some other database 8. These advertisements are suitably categorized in an appropriate order. For instance, the advertisements may be categorized in accordance with age, sex, earnings and district. Naturally, categorization of the advertisements may be more finely sorted that the afore- said.
  • the profiles of the various persons in the database 7 are preferably categorized in the same way.
  • the computer unit When a call is connected and the computer unit scans the database 7 for the profile of the subscriber number involved, the computer unit collects appropriate data in the form of a code or several codes that characterizes or characterize the subscriber, wherein the same code or codes is/are used when causing the computer unit to transmit one or more advertisements or messages directed to the subscriber or subscribers.
  • the calling person will thus be sent advertising messages that are directed to the target group corresponded by the person ' s profile in the database, this enables an advertising purchasing company to distribute its announcements more effectively on the telephone network.
  • the computer unit 4 is caused to transmit one or more advertising messages on the basis of the district or area in which the second subscriber is located.
  • the computer unit 4 When the database 7 contains data relating to the second subscriber, the computer unit 4 is caused to transmit one or more available advertising messages to the second subscriber during said call on the basis of second subscriber data in the database 7.
  • the computer unit 4 is caused to store in the database 7 those advertising messages that are transmitted in the course of a predetermined time period to those subscribers about whom data is stored in the database 7. This means that one and the same subscriber will hear different advertising messages that are in accord with his/her profile. Such a procedure may also be the basis of the billing made by the first subscriber to the advertising purchasing companies or organizations.
  • the aforesaid prefix may be the subscriber number of the third subscriber.
  • the database may be comprised of several physical databases, and the computer unit may comprise several different computers. It will thus be evident that the present invention is not restricted to the aforedescribed exemplifying embodiments thereof and that modifications can be made within the scope of the following Claims.

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  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Telephonic Communication Services (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé applicable à un réseau de télécommunications, consistant à établir une liaison entre deux abonnés via un réseau téléphonique ordinaire et à facturer cette liaison à un troisième abonné. Le premier abonné compose le numéro d'abonné, de préférence précédé d'un préfixe, du troisième abonné, puis le numéro d'abonné du deuxième abonné. Le réseau téléphonique est amené à établir la liaison avec un ordinateur qui renvoie l'appel du premier abonné vers le deuxième abonné. L'ordinateur peut accéder à une base de données qui stocke les numéros d'abonnés conjointement avec des données personnelles de l'abonné. La liaison est facturée au troisième abonné, des publicités étant transmises pendant l'établissement de la communication entre le premier et le second abonné.
PCT/SE1998/000023 1997-01-15 1998-01-09 Procede de facturation applicable a un reseau de telecommunications WO1998032275A1 (fr)

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EP98901146A EP1038388A1 (fr) 1997-01-15 1998-01-09 Procede de facturation applicable a un reseau de telecommunications
JP53421398A JP2001508624A (ja) 1997-01-15 1998-01-09 電気通信網における課金方法
AU56847/98A AU5684798A (en) 1997-01-15 1998-01-09 A billing method in a telecommunication network

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SE9700096A SE9700096D0 (sv) 1997-01-15 1997-01-15 Förfarande vid telekommunikation
SE9700096-2 1997-01-15

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WO2000021271A1 (fr) * 1998-09-24 2000-04-13 Jarod Worldwide Ltd. Procede d'etablissement d'une connexion telephonique et lecteur de carte destine a etre utilise dans ce procede
WO2000062518A1 (fr) * 1999-04-12 2000-10-19 Telsurf Networks, Inc. Transmission de messages d'informations audio ou multimedia aux utilisateurs
SG105454A1 (en) * 2000-03-21 2004-08-27 Checkfree Corp Distributed data accessing technique
WO2002015552A2 (fr) * 2000-08-17 2002-02-21 Evercom Systems, Inc. Systeme et procede de facturation d'un appel telephonique a l'arrivee
WO2002015552A3 (fr) * 2000-08-17 2003-01-30 Evercom Systems Inc Systeme et procede de facturation d'un appel telephonique a l'arrivee
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US8180028B1 (en) 2003-08-13 2012-05-15 Securus Technologies, Inc. System and method for called party controlled message delivery
GB2415107A (en) * 2004-05-06 2005-12-14 Siemens Ag Charging telephone calls to a telephone account
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