WO2002067600A9 - Gestion de systeme de facturation a prepaiement pour communication sans fil - Google Patents

Gestion de systeme de facturation a prepaiement pour communication sans fil

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WO2002067600A9
WO2002067600A9 PCT/US2002/001243 US0201243W WO02067600A9 WO 2002067600 A9 WO2002067600 A9 WO 2002067600A9 US 0201243 W US0201243 W US 0201243W WO 02067600 A9 WO02067600 A9 WO 02067600A9
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data
prepaid
data transfer
subscriber
cost
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Dafna Ephraim
Michael Kertesz
Bruce Frankel
Gadi Inon
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Comverse Ltd
Dafna Ephraim
Michael Kertesz
Bruce Frankel
Gadi Inon
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Priority to US10/467,664 priority Critical patent/US20040077332A1/en
Priority to EP02714750A priority patent/EP1366630A4/fr
Priority to AU2002247000A priority patent/AU2002247000A1/en
Publication of WO2002067600A1 publication Critical patent/WO2002067600A1/fr
Publication of WO2002067600A9 publication Critical patent/WO2002067600A9/fr

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Definitions

  • the present invention is of a method and a system for management of pre ⁇
  • multimedia data including e-mail (electronic mail) messages and Web pages.
  • SMS short messaging service
  • servers or gateways are connected to a wireless telephone network on one side and
  • Internet Internet
  • an SMSC receives a text message from the Internet or other source
  • an HDML or WAP gateway In another example, an HDML or WAP gateway
  • the Internet server sends a corresponding request to a server on the Internet.
  • the Internet server
  • the gateway reformats
  • implementations of wireless data network elements do not allow for real-time data
  • the GPRS architecture features a system 10
  • a wireless device 12 which contains a wireless device 12, which may be a cellular telephone for
  • Wireless device 12 is connected to a base station 14, which contains a
  • BSC base station controller 16.
  • BSC 16 is in turn in communication with a
  • SGSN 18 serving GPRS support node 18.
  • SGSN 18 is a network element which is
  • Internal GPRS packet network 20 is in turn in communication with a GGSN
  • GGSN 22 connects GPRS packet network 20 to the Internet 24.
  • GGSN 22 communicates with devices connected to the Internet 24 (not shown)
  • GGSN 22 also converts the GPRS packets received from SGSN 18 into the
  • IP IP
  • X.25 appropriate packet data protocol format
  • background art system 10 unfortunately has a number of
  • the present invention is a system and method for providing prepaid data
  • the wireless device is
  • a data network for transferring data from a data source, such as the
  • a prepaid system monitors the data network in order to obtain a prepaid call.
  • the subscriber uses a wireless device, such as a cellular
  • GGSN or other gateway, which resides between the external network (such as the
  • Internet and the internal data network (such as an internal GPRS packet network).
  • internal data network such as an internal GPRS packet network
  • the prepaid system thereby intercepts data traffic which would otherwise travel
  • the prepaid system preferably then determines how the data traffic should
  • the prepaid system could optionally selectively allow the
  • the prepaid system preferably examines packets representing requests or
  • the calculation of the debit is divided into two parts. According to a first part, the component of the prepaid system which actually receives the request from the user
  • the user optionally according to particular characteristics of the user.
  • the user optionally according to particular characteristics of the user.
  • the request such as the data monitor, may optionally not receive any information
  • the class of service information is received.
  • the amount of the debit can depend on the size of the packet or the number
  • the account can be debited for each "n" bytes or for each
  • the amount of the debit could depend on the type
  • request packets might optionally be
  • the amount of debit depends upon the date and time of the data
  • CoS subscriber's class of service
  • the prepaid system preferably allows packets to be transferred between the wireless device and the data service provider (server) only if the subscriber's
  • the system notifies the subscriber when the subscriber's balance is low
  • the prepaid system can optionally notify the prepaid system.
  • wireless device refers to any type of electronic
  • channel for example through transmission and/or reception of radio waves.
  • cellular telephone is a wireless device designed for the
  • computational device includes, but is not limited to,
  • wireless devices any type of wireless device and any type of computer. Examples of wireless
  • devices include, but are not limited to, handheld devices, including devices
  • Palm OS operating with the Palm OS®; hand-held computers, PDA (personal data assistant)
  • WAP wireless application protocol
  • the present invention could be implemented in software, firmware or
  • the present invention could be implemented as substantially any type of integrated circuit or other electronic device capable of performing the functions
  • the present invention can be described as a plurality of
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a background system
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a system according to the
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a system for voice and data
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an exemplary system for voice
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an alternate exemplary system for
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an additional alternate exemplary
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of another alternate exemplary system
  • invention is not limited to wireless communication systems, but can also be applied
  • the present invention is of a system and method for providing prepaid data
  • the wireless device is
  • a data network for transferring data from, or to, a data source, such as
  • a prepaid system monitors the data network in order to determine .
  • the flow of operations is described as follows. First, the
  • the subscriber uses a wireless device, such as a cellular telephone for example, to communicate with a wireless device.
  • a wireless device such as a cellular telephone for example
  • the request for access is to transfer data services, such as SMS or the Internet.
  • the request for access is to transfer data services, such as SMS or the Internet.
  • the external network for example the Internet 24
  • the prepaid system thereby intercepts data traffic which would otherwise travel directly
  • the prepaid system preferably then determines how the data traffic should
  • the prepaid system could optionally selectively allow the
  • the prepaid system preferably examines packets representing requests or
  • the calculation of the debit is divided into two parts.
  • the first part the first part
  • the device can used and programmed to control or manage the prepaid billing as
  • the data monitor may optionally not receive any information about the user, but
  • the class of service information is received.
  • the way in which the debit is calculated can vary, and the amount of the
  • debit can depend on the size of the packet or the number of packets. For example,
  • the account can be debited for each "n" bytes or for each page to be displayed.
  • the amount of the debit can depend on the type of request or data in the
  • request packets might optionally be free.
  • Music data might optionally be free.
  • the amount of debit could depend upon the date and time of
  • CoS subscriber's class of service
  • the prepaid system preferably allows packets to be transferred between the
  • the system notifies the subscriber when the subscriber's balance is low
  • the prepaid system can optionally notify the prepaid system.
  • CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
  • WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
  • the product can work with any such internal
  • Figure 2 shows an exemplary
  • System 30 differs from background art system 10 in that system 30 also
  • prepaid server 34 is also in communication with a voice network 36. Data payment
  • server 32 is more preferably only in communication with the data
  • Data payment server 32 is an optional but
  • system 30 for management of the prepaid system and for
  • prepaid server 34 communicates with data monitor 38
  • Data monitor 38 monitors all data traffic from Internet
  • Such characteristics include, but are not limited
  • request packets might optionally be free.
  • Music data might optionally be
  • data monitor 38 more preferably calculates the
  • Prepaid server 34, data payment server 32 and data monitor 38 may
  • prepaid system collectively be termed a "prepaid system", and optionally may also include a DPS
  • Prepaid server 34 preferably receives the number of tokens, or other
  • amount of payment is preferably calculated in terms of actual money to be charged to the account of the subscriber and, therefore, preferably represents a conversion
  • payment could also be calculated according to the date and time
  • the amount debited might also optionally depend on the
  • subscribers can be based on, or controlled by, the amount of data being transferred
  • data protocol such as WAP or HTTP for example
  • data protocol such as HTTP, FTP,
  • TELNET TELNET, POP3, and so forth
  • location of the data source such as the URL for
  • WAP and HTTP transfers can be used, alone or in combination.
  • data monitor 38 calculates the total amount required for the data
  • data monitor 38 sends the required number of tokens to be
  • Prepaid server 34 determines whether the
  • prepaid server 34 sends the required tokens to data monitor 38, thereby enabling the transfer to occur, and debits the
  • prepaid server 34 sends a message to data monitor 38 to block the
  • the subscriber is notified of changes in
  • the subscriber is notified that access denial is about to occur
  • this imminent access denial is communicated to the subscriber.
  • negative amount may optionally be limited according to a "threshold of denial"
  • CDRs Call Detail Records
  • CDRs are records generated and stored in the prepaid
  • each prepaid subscriber receives services according to a specific class of
  • the parameters for each class of service optionally and more preferably
  • the operator is then preferably responsible
  • each rule pertains to a particular class of service (CoS), and may also be
  • content type content
  • status return code of the application level protocol, such as HTTP "status” return flag
  • HTTP "status” return flag whether access permission is permitted
  • the weight is the number of tokens that should be charged
  • the weight is a real number, and is more
  • Data monitor 38 is preferably responsible for finding the exact rule which
  • the charge is calculated according to a number of tokens
  • the basic billing block is a parameter which is configured by the operator
  • Each token is thus a basic unit for charging the
  • Prepaid server 34 determines how much money is available to the subscriber.
  • Data monitor 38 calculates the number of tokens required for each
  • data monitor 38 enables the data transfer to occur.
  • Prepaid server 34 is, therefore, also responsible for translating the money
  • monitor 38 and prepaid server 34 (optionally through Data Payment Server 32), a
  • Token Request and Refund Message is more preferably provided. This message is
  • This message is optionally divided into several
  • a first part is the "request tokens" part, which is used to request subscriber
  • the message is optionally used in four different situations. First, when the
  • daytime/weekday tokens can be valued at 20 tokens for $1.00.
  • daytime/weekday tokens can be valued at 20 tokens for $1.00.
  • the prepaid server 34 sends the tokens to the data monitor 38
  • monitor 38 send the tokens back to the prepaid server 34 when they expire to
  • a DPS manager 39 is provided for
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of another preferred embodiment of
  • prepaid server 34 handles prepaid services for both
  • Data network 40 is shown as being
  • prepaid server 34 distributes tokens to both data monitor 38 and voice
  • billing system is used, particularly when a voice call is being handled by the voice
  • the prepaid server 34 monitors the connection of the wireless
  • connection at a set interval during the connection.
  • the interval could be
  • This embodiment is particularly useful when, in a voice network 36, there is
  • connection to the wireless device 12 fails before a proper connection hang-up or
  • the present embodiment avoids this problem by monitoring the connection
  • the prepaid server 34 (or any appropriate system platform which is not
  • connection server or system fails before the connection is
  • connection is monitored at one minute intervals and the connection
  • the interval to be used can be set at any time or duration depending on the
  • connection can be monitored at intervals of 10 seconds, however, this creates a
  • an interval of one minute, or longer, may be used.
  • a code "tag" is
  • the Voice XML document which is obtained contains a script that is to be interpreted by the Voice
  • XML interpreter is connected to the telephony (or communication) subsystem that
  • Voice XML interpreter This results in a user interface session for a telephone, or
  • XML interpreter can be a part of the same unit as shown in Figures 5 and 6.
  • firewall is used in the system for security and essentially creates three zones within
  • DMZ or neutral zone
  • neutral zone is generally located between a private
  • the web server from which the information, or
  • web page is to be obtained (i.e. web servers 1, 2 or 3) can be located in anyone of
  • Voice XML interpreter or Voice XML platform can access a web server
  • the Voice XML platform (or equivalent platform)
  • system sends a query to a pre-determined address according to a pre-set of rules
  • prepaid system (which can be configured and operate as the prepaid
  • prepaid system can be an amount of data. This can be used when the Voice XML
  • Some source e.g. some web server containing text or audio
  • the two unused amounts i.e. data and time
  • the two unused amounts can be returned to the prepaid system
  • the system can "reserve” an amount of service. In return for the
  • Voice XML interpreter shown in Figures 4-7 can be used to
  • the VoiceXML platform refers to the Tariff engine and the prepaid system as one
  • Voice XML interpreter or platform to send a charging record, or check the system
  • Voice XML tags For example, the additional tag required for the present
  • the present invention is not limited to these locations, but can also be placed in any
  • XML tag can be inserted which contains a URL to which data regarding the service
  • the above embodiment can also be used in data transfer applications in a similar fashion.
  • prepaid server 34 is triggered to not bill for the connection time, as the data
  • the prepaid server 34 determines whether or not sufficient "tokens" exist in the
  • the present invention limited to wireless communication systems.

Abstract

Cette invention concerne un système (fig. 1) et un procédé de prestation de services de transfert de données prépayés à un abonné (12) par l'intermédiaire d'un dispositif de communication, tel qu'un dispositif sans fil ou fixe. Ce dispositif de communication est connecté à un réseau de données servant à transférer des données à partir d'une source de données telle que l'Internet (24). Un système de prépaiement contrôle le réseau de données afin de déterminer si un transfert de données demandé particulier doit être autorisé ou poursuivi, par exemple en fonction du montant prépayé disponible sur le compte du système.
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