WO2000054478A2 - Method for providing information concerning charges for subscribers of a telecommunications network by using electronic mail - Google Patents
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- WO2000054478A2 WO2000054478A2 PCT/DE2000/000633 DE0000633W WO0054478A2 WO 2000054478 A2 WO2000054478 A2 WO 2000054478A2 DE 0000633 W DE0000633 W DE 0000633W WO 0054478 A2 WO0054478 A2 WO 0054478A2
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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
- H04M15/44—Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
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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
- H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
- H04M2215/01—Details of billing arrangements
- H04M2215/0104—Augmented, consolidated or itemised billing statement, e.g. additional billing information, bill presentation, layout, format, e-mail, fax, printout, itemised bill per service or per account, cumulative billing, consolidated billing
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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
- H04M2215/0176—Billing arrangements using internet
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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
- H04M2215/018—On-line real-time billing, able to see billing information while in communication, e.g. via the internet
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- the invention relates to a method for charging information for subscribers to a telecommunications network by means of electronic mail.
- a subscriber to a telecommunications network desires to receive information about the accrued call charges immediately after a call is ended.
- Such a charge information is currently implemented as follows: An A subscriber calls an operator in a call control and administration center and informs the operator of the number of the desired B subscriber, the time of the connection establishment and the request for immediate charge information after the end of the connection. If the A-subscriber wanted to establish a connection immediately after the conversation with the operator, the operator establishes the desired connection to the B-subscriber and releases himself from the connection. After the connection has ended, the operator receives the charge data necessary for charge information from the charging telephone exchange, calls back the A subscriber and informs the A subscriber of the charges incurred for the previous connection. Instead of the operator, this task can also be performed by a computer for announcement and speech recognition.
- the object of the invention is therefore to design a method for immediate fee information as conveniently, flexibly and inexpensively as possible.
- the charge information is transmitted by electronic mail after the termination of an existing telecommunications connection between at least two subscribers of a communication network previously intended for such charge information.
- the computer for managing electronic mail is used to forward the electronic mail addressed to the subscriber to his subscriber terminal device via a temporary or permanent data line or provides the electronic mail for reading.
- the fee information procedure according to the invention is thus convenient since the fees are communicated to the subscriber in writing.
- the procedure is also flexible because the fee information can be changed at any time
- Connection end on the computer for managing electronic mail is available.
- the charge information can optionally be transmitted bundled in a single electronic mail over a number of telecommunication connections established immediately one after the other.
- the functions of the computer for managing electronic mail and the switching device for sending electronic mail are combined in one administration and switching device. Above all, this saves hardware costs.
- Another advantageous embodiment of the invention provides two alternatives with regard to the recording of the telecommunications link intended for such fee information.
- a subscriber selects an operator in a call control and administration center and notifies them of a connection request with subsequent charge information and leaves a so-called mail address to which the charge information is to be sent in the form of an electronic mail after the end of the connection.
- the operator gives the entered data manually on a control computer in a corresponding control surface.
- the subscriber can call a computer for announcement and voice recognition. Instead of the operator, the computer now captures the corresponding connection data.
- Such a computer is either connected to a digital telephone exchange involved in the desired telecommunication connection, or its function is integrated in this digital telephone exchange.
- the subscriber can call several services z.
- the detection of the telecommunication connection intended for such charge information can be achieved by selecting a service number. Neither additional personnel nor additional hardware has to be provided for this procedure.
- the electronic mail is transmitted in encrypted form. This increases security against unauthorized access to personal data.
- An advantageous further development of the invention provides that if a telecommunication connection has previously been carried out by a subscriber terminal via a private branch exchange, the fee information relating to this telecommunication connection is sent to the computer for managing electronic mail or, if appropriate, to the administration and switching device. det.
- This configuration is particularly useful in the hotel industry, whose guests normally make calls via a private branch exchange and who are to be charged for the charges immediately after a connection is terminated.
- the figure shows an exemplary network constellation of a telecommunications network to which the method according to the invention can be applied.
- PSTN1, PSTN2, PLMN and PN of the telecommunications network are indicated, which are connected to one another, for example via switching nodes VK1, VK3 and VK4.
- PLMN subnet which in the example represents a mobile communication network
- a switching node VK4 with a connected base station is shown.
- Different subscribers of the mobile communication network each with different subscriber terminals, can be connected to this base station.
- TLN7, TLN8 or TLN9 establish a connection to other participants.
- the subnet PSTN2 which in the example represents a fixed network, exemplifies a switching node VK3 at which various subscriber terminals, for. B. TLN4, TLN5, TLN ⁇ are connected.
- the subnetwork PSTN1 indicated in the figure preferably also a fixed network, provides as a switching node VKl a digital speech exchange with several connection options.
- One or more subscriber terminals can be connected to this digital telephone exchange directly via a subscriber line or indirectly via a further switching node VK2.
- B. TLN1 or TLN3 can be connected.
- the direct or indirect application close at least one private branch exchange z.
- the figure shows a connection between the switching node VK2 and a computer DSRV for managing electronic mail present in a packet-switching network PN.
- At least one workstation computer OP for an operator is switched on in a call control and administration center, which in turn has a connection, preferably via a local area network LAN, to a switching device ISRV for sending electronic mail.
- the switching facility ISRV is also connected directly to the digital telephone exchange.
- the switching device has a connection to the aforementioned packet-switching network PN, in that it is connected directly or indirectly to the computer DSRV for managing electronic mail or both functions are combined in an administration and switching device connected to the digital telephone exchange.
- VOP virtual operator
- All connections between the different connections are switched via a switching network SN within the digital telephone exchange.
- An A-participant with z. B the subscriber terminal TLN1 calls an operator located at the workstation computer OP in a call control and administration center by dialing a number. It notifies the operator of a connection setup request to a B subscriber, for example with the subscriber terminal TLN9, and announces the B subscriber's number.
- the A-subscriber directs the operator to request immediate information on charges via electronic mail after the telecommunications connection has ended. For this purpose, he gives the operator a so-called mail address to which the fee information is to be sent. The operator then manually enters the communicated data on his workstation. The operator then establishes the desired telecommunications connection to the B subscriber and switches himself out of the telecommunications connection.
- the A-subscriber can also be connected to a so-called virtual operator with a connected computer for announcement and voice recognition.
- the virtual operator uses a voice dialog to record the wishes of the A subscriber as already described above.
- Another variant for recording the data for the telecommunications connection desired by the A subscriber is that the A subscriber dials the corresponding service numbers.
- the fee for the previous telecommunication connection is calculated and the fee data with the fee amount is forwarded to the switching facility ISRV via a local network.
- the switching device then initiates on the basis of those communicated by the A subscriber E-mail address to establish a connection to a computer for managing electronic mail, for example DSRV, prepares the fee data and the fee amount received into a format for electronic mail and sends this in the form of electronic mail to the computer for managing electronic mail DSRV.
- the electronic mail should be encrypted.
- the A-subscriber is informed, for example, by a lamp on his subscriber terminal lighting up, that electronic mail addressed to him has been received on the computer for managing electronic mail. He sets up a data connection to this computer with his subscriber terminal device, for example a personal computer, and calls up the fee information received in the form of electronic mail by transmitting the electronic mail to his subscriber terminal device or only reading the electronic mail.
- his subscriber terminal device for example a personal computer
- the fee data and fee amounts belonging to the telecommunication connections can be collected in a single charge information in the form of electronic mail at the switching device.
- this function can also be used
- the software of the virtual operator Take over the software of the virtual operator. The latter then transmits the fee data and the fee amount to the switching device not via a local network but via a switched connection through the switching network SN.
- the software of the virtual operator, the computer for announcement and speech recognition and the switching device can be integrated together in the connection area of the digital telephone exchange.
- the charge information in the form of electronic mail is not sent to the A subscriber's email address but to the B subscriber's email address if the A subscriber makes a so-called R call with charge calculation for the B-participant.
- the method according to the invention can be used particularly expediently in the hotel industry.
- a hotel usually has its own private branch exchange.
- a guest of a hotel establishes a connection to another subscriber in the telecommunications network
- such an immediate charge information is automatically sent via electronic mail to the computer for managing electronic mail after the end of the connection.
- the hotel staff can set up a connection to the computer for managing electronic mail with a subscriber terminal device in order to retrieve all fees incurred.
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EP00920359A EP1145530A3 (en) | 1999-03-11 | 2000-03-01 | Method for providing information concerning charges for subscribers of a telecommunications network by using electronic mail |
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