WO1998053596A1 - Verfahren zur rabattierung von telekommunikationsdiensten - Google Patents
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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
- H04M15/83—Notification aspects
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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
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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
- H04M15/80—Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects
- H04M15/8083—Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions or volume discounts
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- 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
- H04M2215/0184—Details of billing arrangements involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions, volume discounts, cell discounts, group billing, frequent calling destination(s) or user history list
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
- H04M2215/82—Advice-of-Charge [AOC], i.e. notify subscriber of charges/cumulative charge; meter at the substation
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- a price warfare agent is the discounting of telecommunication services.
- AMA records charge data records
- post processing post processing
- Fee distribution to the participant (such as advice of charge, announcement of charges for analog / ISDN participants, subscriber metering for analog participants)
- the invention is based on the object of specifying a method by which the disadvantages mentioned are avoided.
- the method according to the invention already detects a call as a discount call in the exchange. This enables online or offline discounting and / or online administration of the discounting to be supported.
- An embodiment of the invention according to claim 2 realizes an online administration of the discount by the
- An embodiment of the invention according to claim 4 frees an offline discount for AMA charging from the assessment of whether it is an F&F call or not.
- An embodiment of the invention according to claim 5 realizes online charging. The need to use an external offline charging system for calculating the discounts is therefore eliminated.
- the “discount” feature is also expressed below by the abbreviation "F&F” (Friends and Family).
- FIG. 1 shows the control structure of a switching center and the handling of a call for a subscriber who makes use of the F&F feature.
- the control structure of the exchange comprises a coordination processor CP and a plurality of group processors GP, the coordination processor CP coordinating the call handling of the group processors GP.
- F&F possible and send a list of the F&F phone numbers (F&F: DNx, DNy, DNz in FIG. 1) that completely or partially match the dialed digits to the GP (Note: Even such phone numbers of the F&F list be sent to the GP that completely match the digits received. This is necessary because at this point it is not yet clear whether the A-subscriber will dial additional digits. An additional check in the GP is always necessary at the moment when it is clear that all dialed digits have been received. This is the only way to ensure that the dialed digits match exactly and completely with an entry in the F&F list).
- the GP If the GP has received the information via the command C: SET_UP that the call has been recognized as an "F&F candidate", the GP saves the supplied F&F list until all B digits are available (ie report R: ACM has been received). From this point on, the GP can search the F&F list for a list member's correspondence with the dialed digits. If a match has been found, a "F&F call" flag is set.
- the group processor GP-A sends the message M: CALL_DATA, which contains billing information (tariff, call duration, etc.) for charging the call .
- the message M: CALL_DATA contains in particular the information of the "F&F call" flag, ie whether the call is an F&F call.
- the information mentioned is then stored on a hard disk in a so-called AMA record, which is later used for a post-processing process serves to generate invoices.
- a limit is set for the number of changes in the F&F list. Changing the F&F list using SCI is only possible if the list has been deactivated beforehand. After the list has been deactivated by SCI, the A-subscriber can make his changes. When the new F&F list is complete (and checked), the A participant can reactivate the list. This deactivation is only possible once a month. An attempt to deactivate within the blocking time is rejected with a corresponding tone and / or a corresponding announcement.
- the SCI entries can be protected with a password. Protection can be administered using an access code.
- the password itself can be administered by the participant.
- FIG. 3 shows the processes taking place in the call processing of the coordination processor CP when a subscriber deactivates his F&F list using SCI.
- the “activation date” contains the month and year on which the F&F list was last activated
- the “actual date” contains the date on which the SCI was carried out. If the deactivation has been successfully completed, the participant receives a positive confirmation and can then edit the list.
- 4 shows the processes taking place in the call processing of the coordination processor CP when a subscriber wants to edit his F&F list using SCI.
- the call processing checks whether the number of the entered place in the list is valid, i.e. within the permitted dimensions of an F&F list.
- the call processing checks whether the entered DN is valid. For example, the entered DN is not valid if:
- the entered DN is the same as your own DN, - the entered DN has a length that exceeds the maximum DN length that can be saved in an F&F list,
- the digits entered define an SCI string or an access code necessary for the use of a feature
- the DN entered is an international number and the maximum number of permitted determinations is exceeded as a result, - the DN entered leads to a destination that belongs to a restrected traffic class,
- 5 shows the processes taking place in the call processing of the coordination processor CP when an A-subscriber activates his F&F list with the help of an SCI procedure.
- the F&F list can be administered not only by the participant via SCI, but also by the provider via Machine-Man-Language (MML).
- MML Machine-Man-Language
- the operator MML commands for entering, changing and deleting numbers in the list and for displaying the entire list of an A subscriber as well as for activating and deactivating the list and finally for displaying the status of the feature.
- MML commands that are used to assign one or more variants of the F&F feature to an A subscriber.
- authorization to administer the F&F list via SCI is also assigned via MML.
- FIG 6 shows the processes involved in handling an F&F call, in which discount information is sent to the subscriber terminal.
- the subscriber receives a short information tone, which indicates that the call has been recognized as an F&F call and / or
- the ISDN subscriber receives an optical display (display) which shows that the call has been recognized as an F&F call.
- This advertisement is not bound to an online charge, but can also be made with an offline discount.
- the switching center In the case of online billing with a discount, the switching center must know what type of discount is provided by the network operator.
- the reduced fees can be displayed either via an announcement (acoustic information) or a display (optical information).
- the prerequisite for the last-mentioned online fee information is, of course, that the call be discounted online.
- AOC-D online charging with discounting and advice of charge during the call
- an “online discounting” of the currently active call may be necessary.
- the implementation of the discount indicator can be based on the in a switching system, e.g. the switching system EWSD, pulse method used.
- the Currency Discount Factor is a percentage from 1% to 100% in 1% increments. (This value must be available in EWSD, provided via MML by the operator or a higher-level network management system.)
- FIG. 8 shows a possible program sequence in which the discounted currency amount is used to display the charges during the call.
- the subscriber is an ISDN subscriber with the "Advice of Charge during the Call (AOC-D)" feature, ie after the start of the call by lifting the B subscriber ("ANSWER"), the subscriber is informed at regular intervals ( Expiry of a timer - T3AG / CT115) sent a fee message.
- AOC-D Advanced of Charge during the Call
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