WO2006128359A1

WO2006128359A1 - An authenticating, charging and managing method and system of the public communication system

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Publication number: WO2006128359A1
Application number: PCT/CN2006/001073
Authority: WO
Inventors: Junrong Xu; Yongfeng Cai; Jianjun Ding; Xiaodong Zhao; Xuanming Lu
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2005-05-31
Filing date: 2006-05-23
Publication date: 2006-12-07
Also published as: CN1874392A

Abstract

An authenticating and charging method of the public communication system includes: the network side of the public communication system authenticates the identification of the user using the public communication terminal; after the authentication is passed, charge the communication process of the said user; down-transmit the charging information to the public communication terminal used by the said user and the public communication terminal displays the charging information to the said user. Accordingly, a managing method of the public communication system and a public communication system are provided. The present invention can prevent the illegal user from using the public communication system to consume deceitfully, and improve the intellectualized management degree of the public communication system.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the field of public communication systems, and in particular, to a method, system, and system for authenticating, charging, and managing a public communication system.

Background technique

With the gradual improvement and perfection of mobile communication networks and data communication networks, people have become more and more widely used in public communication systems, such as public telephone systems or public multimedia information systems.

However, in the existing public communication system, the public communication terminal generally authenticates the user identity, and after the authentication is passed, the user is charged according to the usage state of the user (such as the duration of the call); for example, In the existing public telephone system, the account information and the amount information of the user are stored in the account card carried by the user, such as an existing magnetic card or an IC (Integrated Circuit) card, etc., and the user uses the public telephone. When the terminal performs voice communication based on the public telephone system, the public telephone terminal used by the user reads information such as the account balance from the account card inserted by the user, and charges the user according to the call duration of the user, and charges the call in real time. The user account card is deducted, and the information such as the amount remaining in the account card is displayed to the user in real time.

The main defects of the public communication system for authenticating and charging users in the public communication system are as follows: The illegal user can perform telephone theft based on the public communication system by copying the account card, thereby hindering the public communication system. The principle of charging fees encourages illegal users to use public communication systems for fraudulent consumption.

At the same time, since the public communication terminals are geographically dispersed in the public communication system, it is difficult for the operator to implement unified management of all the public communication terminals, for example, to charge all public communication terminals in the public communication system. To reset and modify, the rate on the terminal needs to be set on each public communication terminal side, so that the management process of the public communication terminal is very complicated and complicated, and the management and maintenance cost is relatively high. Correspondingly, for the fault condition of the public communication terminal, the network side cannot know in time to perform the fault repairing process for the faulty public communication terminal; the network side cannot periodically unify the following scattered common communication terminals. Online software version upgrade; In the existing public communication system, the management of the distributed public communication terminal on the network side is still complicated and cumbersome, and the degree of intelligence is low.

Summary of the invention

The first problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an authentication and charging method and system for a public communication system, so as to implement authentication and accounting for users using public communication terminals by the network side, and to prevent illegal users from using public communication. The system conducts behaviors of bullying consumption.

The second problem to be solved by the present invention is to propose a management method of a public communication system to improve the intelligent management degree of the public communication system.

In order to solve the above first problem, the technical solution proposed by the present invention is as follows:

A method for authenticating and charging a public communication system includes the following steps:

Authenticating the user using the public communication terminal by the network side of the public communication system; and

After the authentication is passed, billing the communication process of the user; and

The charging information is delivered to the public communication terminal used by the user, and the public communication terminal displays the charging information to the user.

The process of authenticating the identity of the user by the network side includes:

The public communication terminal used by the user triggers sending the authentication request information to the network side; after receiving the authentication request information, the network side prompts the user to input the identity identification code through the public communication terminal used by the user;

The identity code entered by the user is authenticated.

Or the process of authenticating the identity of the user by the network side includes:

The public communication terminal used by the user triggers to send the authentication request information carrying the identity of the user to the network side;

After receiving the authentication request information, the network side authenticates the identity of the user.

The network side of the public communication system sends the charging information to the public communication terminal used by the user in a periodic manner.

The network side of the public communication system encapsulates the charging information into a public communication terminal that is sent to the user in the form of a short message. The billing information includes a communication fee and a communication duration.

Wherein the public communication system is a public telephone system, and the public communication terminal is a public telephone terminal; or

The public communication system is a public multimedia information system, and the public communication terminal is a public multimedia information terminal.

In order to solve the above second problem, the technical solution proposed by the present invention is as follows:

A method for managing a public communication system includes the steps of:

The management information is sent to each public communication terminal by the network side of the public communication system; each public communication terminal performs corresponding processing according to the received management information;

The execution result information is returned to the network side.

The method also includes the steps of:

The user sends a query message for querying management information to the network side through the public communication terminal. The network side returns corresponding management information to the public communication terminal according to the received query information.

The network side encapsulates the management information into a short message form and sends it to the public communication terminal. The public communication terminal encapsulates the execution result information into a short message form and feeds back to the network side.

The public communication terminal encapsulates the query information into a short message and sends the information to the network side. The network side encapsulates the management information into a short message form and returns to the public communication terminal.

The management information is test information for testing whether the public communication terminal is faulty. Or the management information is version upgrade information for instructing the public communication terminal to perform software version upgrade.

The present invention also provides a public communication system, including a public communication system network side and a public communication terminal, wherein the public communication system network side is used for identity authentication of a user using the public communication terminal; after the authentication is passed, the The user's communication process is performed for charging; and the charging information is sent to the public communication terminal used by the user; the public communication terminal is configured to receive the user's operation, and realize interaction with the network side; To the user.

The public communication terminal sends the authentication request information to the network side under the trigger of the user; after receiving the authentication request information, the network side prompts the public communication terminal through the user The user inputs an identity; and authenticates the identity entered by the user.

The public communication terminal sends the authentication request information carrying the user identity to the network side under the trigger of the user; after receiving the authentication request information, the network side authenticates the identity of the user.

The public communication system network side and the public communication terminal implement interaction in the form of short messages. The public communication system is a public telephone system, the public communication terminal is a public telephone terminal; or the public communication system is a public multimedia information system, and the public communication terminal is a public multimedia information terminal.

Another public communication system provided by the present invention includes a public communication system network side and a public communication terminal, and the public communication system network side is configured to send management information to each public communication terminal; Processing corresponding to the received management information; and returning the execution result information to the network side.

The beneficial effects that can be achieved by the present invention are as follows:

The authentication and charging method of the public communication system of the present invention performs authentication and authentication on the identity of the user who uses the public communication terminal by the network side, and charges the communication process of the user after the authentication is passed, and sends the charging information. Displaying to the public communication terminal used by the user, thereby avoiding the drawback that the traditional public communication system charges the user's communication process by the public communication terminal, and the illegal user can perform fraudulent communication consumption, thereby advantageously promoting the public communication system to charge a reasonable fee. The principle of handling.

Correspondingly, the management method of the public communication system of the present invention sends the management information of each public communication terminal to each public communication terminal by the network side, and each public communication terminal performs corresponding processing according to the received management information, and the execution result is executed. The report is reported to the network side to realize unified management of the geographically dispersed public communication terminals on the network side, thereby simplifying the management complexity and cumbersomeness of the public communication system, and improving the management intelligence degree of the public communication system. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the main implementation principle of an authentication and charging method of a public communication system according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of an authentication and charging implementation process applied to a public telephone system by the principle of the authentication and charging method of the public communication system of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of the authentication and charging method of the public communication system based on the short message protocol in the CDMA network for realizing the authentication and charging control of the public telephone system;

4 is a flow chart showing the main implementation principle of the management method of the public communication system of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the process of applying the management method of the public communication system in the public telephone system to realize the management of the public telephone system;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the implementation process of the management method of the public communication system of the present invention applied to the public telephone system by the user operating the public telephone terminal to query the management information of the public telephone system network side.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The principle of the authentication and charging method of the public communication system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a flow chart of the main implementation principle of the authentication and charging method of the public communication system of the present invention; the main implementation process is as follows:

Step S10: The public communication terminal used by the user to trigger the authentication request information sent by the user to the network side, and the authentication request information sent by the public communication terminal to the network side may be an off-hook signal of the user;

Step S20: After receiving the authentication request information sent by the public communication terminal, the network side prompts the user to input the identity identification code (which may be the user's account number or the user's magnetic card information number, etc.) through the public communication terminal used by the user;

In step S30, the network side performs authentication and authentication on the identity code input by the user. In step S40, the network side determines whether the identity code of the user is legal through the authentication process in step S30. If yes, step S50 is performed; otherwise, step S60 is performed. ;

Step S50, the network side according to the called user number of the user call to continue to communicate with the called party, and the user's communication process is charged, and then step S70; Step S60, the network side refuses to provide communication service to the user;

In step S7Q, the network side delivers the charging information to the public communication terminal used by the user. The network side can send the charging information to the public communication terminal used by the user in a periodic manner, and the network side can encapsulate the charging information. It is sent to the public communication terminal used by the user in the form of a short message or other data message.

Step S80: After receiving the charging information sent by the network side, the public communication terminal used by the user analyzes and displays the charging information to the user, where the charging information includes information such as a communication fee and a communication duration.

The principle of the charging and authentication method of the above public communication system of the present invention can be applied to, but not limited to, application to a public telephone system (the public communication terminal mentioned above is a public telephone terminal), and can also be applied to public multimedia information. System (then the public communication terminal mentioned above is a public multimedia information terminal).

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of an authentication and charging implementation process applied to a public telephone system by the principle of the authentication and charging method of the public communication system of the present invention. The main implementation process is as follows: a. The user initiates the public through the public telephone terminal. Calling, the calling mode can be a card calling method or an input card number method;

b. The network side of the public telephone system triggers the connection of the voice-receiving number, and provides a voice prompt to the user to prompt the user to input the identity code information such as the account number or the card number and the called number;

c. The network side authenticates the identity code such as the account or card number input by the user; d. After the authentication is passed, the network side connects the called user according to the called number information, and controls the call between the calling party and the called party;

e. The network side performs charging processing on the user's call process;

f. The network side periodically sends the charging information to the public telephone terminal used by the user, and the manner of delivering the information can be delivered in the form of a short message, and the billing information that is sent includes the current communication cost and the communication duration and the like; The telephone terminal parses and displays the received charging information to the user; g. The call process ends, and the network side sends the information such as the communication fee and the duration of the call in the short message to the public telephone terminal used by the user. The public telephone terminal analyzes the display to the user.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is based on the principle of the authentication and charging method of the public communication system of the present invention. The short message protocol in the CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) network implements the flow chart of the authentication and charging control of the public telephone system. The process flow of the implementation process is as follows:

1. The user picks up the phone, and the public wireless telephone terminal (MS, Mobile Station, also called mobile station) automatically detects the user's IC card account or magnetic stripe card information, and uses the user's IC card account information or the user's magnetic stripe card information. The packet is sent in the form of a short message to the mobile switching center (MSC, Mobile Switching Centre)/Service Switching Point (SSP) to which the public radiotelephone terminal MS belongs (via the base station (BS, Base Station)). Enter the identity code information method);

2. The MSC encapsulates the received user identity code information (user's IC card account information or user's magnetic stripe card information, etc.) in an OR EQ message and sends it to the service control point.

(SCP, Service Control Point);

3. The SCP authenticates the received user identity code, and if the authentication passes, obtains account balance and billing information corresponding to the user identity code information;

4. The SCP collects the obtained account balance and billing information into a short message form and feeds it back to the MSC/SSP to which the public radiotelephone terminal belongs by using a short message delivery point to point protocol (SMDPP).

5. The MSC/SSP encapsulates the short message of the user account balance and the charging information through the BS feedback to the public wireless telephone terminal MS used by the user;

6. After receiving the short message encapsulated with the user account balance and the charging information sent by the SCP, feedback the SMDPP response message to the SCP;

7. The public radiotelephone terminal parses the received short message, and displays the account balance and billing information encapsulated in the short message to the user;

8. After receiving the SMDPP response message fed back by the MSC/SSP, the SCP establishes a connection for the playback and reception, and prompts the user to input the called number information;

9. The SCP encapsulates the called number information input by the user in an ORREQ response message and sends the information to the MSC/SSP.

10. The MSC/SSP connects the called user according to the called number information, and controls the call between the calling party and the called party;

11. During the call of the calling party and the called party, the SCP counts the entire call process of the user. Fee, and periodically buffer the current billing information and account balance into short messages by SMDPP protocol to the MSC/SSP;

12. The MSC/SSP feeds the short message with the current user account balance and charging information through the BS feedback to the public wireless telephone terminal MS used by the user;

13. The public radiotelephone terminal parses the received short message, and displays the current account balance and billing information encapsulated in the short message to the user.

In the above process, the GSM mobile communication network or other public data communication network can also be used to implement the network side to transfer account balance and billing information to the public telephone terminal.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a flowchart of the main implementation principle of the management method of the public communication system of the present invention. The main implementation process is as follows:

In step S100, the management information is sent by the network side of the public communication system to each public communication terminal that is geographically dispersed, and the issued management information includes test information for testing whether the public communication terminal is faulty, and is used to indicate the public communication. The terminal performs version upgrade information and other network management information of the software version upgrade; the network side may encapsulate various management information into a short message form or other data message form and send it to each public communication terminal;

Step S110, each public communication terminal performs corresponding processing according to the received management information; if the public communication terminal receives the test information, it detects whether the software and hardware configuration is faulty; if the public communication terminal receives the version upgrade information, the software is executed. a version upgrade process; Step S120, the network side of the public communication system returns the execution result of the corresponding process according to the received management information (such as the detected failure information or the software version upgrade success or failure information) to the network side; wherein the public communication The terminal may encapsulate the foregoing execution result information into a short message form or other data message form and feed back to the network side.

According to the actual needs, the user can also send the query information for querying the management information to the network side through the public communication terminal used by the user (the query information can also be encapsulated into a short message and sent to the network side); The query information returns corresponding management information (in the form of a short message) to the public communication terminal.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of a process for applying the management method of the public communication system of the present invention to public telephone system management in a public telephone system. The implementation process is as follows:

T1, the public telephone system network side sends various management information through short message form (such as Trial information or version upgrade information, etc.) to various public telephone terminals dispersed geographically;

T2, each public telephone terminal performs corresponding processing according to the received management information (such as performing fault test processing or performing software version upgrade processing:);

Τ 3. The public telephone terminal returns the above execution result information (such as the detected fault information or the software version upgrade success or failure information) to the network side in the form of a short message.

Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a process for implementing the management method of the public communication system of the present invention applied to the public telephone system by the user operating the public telephone terminal to query the management information of the public telephone system network side, and the implementation process is as follows:

Rl, the user sends the query information for querying the corresponding management information to the network side through the public telephone terminal used by the user according to the actual needs (may be in the form of a short message or other data message format); for example, the user needs to query the previous time. When the call costs, the public telephone terminal can send a query message for querying the last call charge by short message.

R2, the network side queries the corresponding management information according to the received query information (such as querying the user's last call charge, etc.);

The R3 network side sends the queried management information (such as the user's last call charge) to the public telephone terminal used by the user in the form of a short message, and the public telephone terminal parses and displays the received information to the user.

In addition, corresponding to the method proposed by the present invention, the present invention also provides a public communication system including a public communication system network side and a public communication terminal, and the public communication system network side is used for identity authentication of a user using the public communication terminal. After the authentication is passed, charging the communication process of the user; and transmitting the charging information to the public communication terminal used by the user; the public communication terminal is configured to receive the operation of the user, Network side interaction; display billing information to the user.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the public communication terminal sends the authentication request information to the network side under the trigger of the user; after receiving the authentication request information, the network side prompts the user input through the public communication terminal used by the user. Identity; authenticates the identity entered by the user. Alternatively, the public communication terminal sends the authentication request information carrying the user identity to the network side under the trigger of the user; after receiving the authentication request information, the network side The identity of the user is authenticated.

The network side of the public communication system and the public communication terminal implement interaction in the form of short messages or other message delivery forms.

The public communication system may be a public telephone system. In this case, the public communication terminal is a public telephone terminal. Alternatively, the public communication system may be a public multimedia information system. In this case, the public communication terminal is a public multimedia information. terminal.

Another public communication system provided by the present invention includes a public communication system network side and a public communication terminal, and the public communication system network side is configured to send management information to each public communication terminal; and each of the public communication terminals is configured to execute Processing corresponding to the received management information; and returning the execution result information to the network side.

In an embodiment of the invention, the public communication system network side and the public communication terminal implement interaction in the form of short messages.

The public communication system may be a public telephone system. In this case, the public communication terminal is a public telephone terminal. Alternatively, the public communication system may be a public multimedia information system. In this case, the public communication terminal is a public multimedia information. terminal. It is within the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and modifications of the invention

Claims

Rights request

A method for authenticating and charging a public communication system, comprising the steps of: authenticating, by the network side of the public communication system, an identity authentication of a user using the public communication terminal; after the authentication is passed, the user is authenticated The communication process is billed;

2. The authentication and charging method of the public communication system according to claim 1, wherein the process of authenticating the identity of the user by the network side comprises:

The public communication terminal used by the user triggers the authentication request information to be sent to the network side; after receiving the authentication request information, the network side prompts the user to input the identity identifier through the public communication terminal used by the user;

The identity entered by the user is authenticated.

3. The authentication and charging method of the public communication system according to claim 1, wherein the process of authenticating the identity of the user by the network side comprises:

The authentication and charging method of the public communication system according to claim 1, wherein the network side of the public communication system sends the charging information to the public communication terminal used by the user in a periodic manner.

The authentication and charging method of the public communication system according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the network side of the public communication system encapsulates the charging information into a short message and sends the public communication to the user. terminal.

The authentication and charging method of the public communication system according to claim 5, wherein the charging information includes a communication fee and a communication duration.

7. The method for authenticating and charging a public communication system according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that

The public communication system is a public telephone system, and the public communication terminal is a public telephone. Terminal; or

A method for managing a public communication system, comprising the steps of: transmitting, by the network side of the public communication system, management information to each public communication terminal;

Each public communication terminal performs processing corresponding to the received management information;

Return the execution result information to the network side.

9. The method of managing a public communication system according to claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

The management method of the public communication system according to claim 8, wherein the network side encapsulates the management information into a short message and sends the information to the public communication terminal; the public communication terminal encapsulates the execution result information into The short message form is fed back to the network side.

The method for managing a public communication system according to claim 9, wherein the public communication terminal encapsulates the query information into a short message and sends the information to the network side; the network side encapsulates the management information into a short message form. Return to the public communication terminal.

The management method of the public communication system according to any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the management information is test information for testing whether a public communication terminal is faulty; and the public communication terminal performs corresponding The process of processing specifically includes detecting a fault of itself.

The management method of the public communication system according to any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the management information is version upgrade information for instructing the public communication terminal to perform software version upgrade; The process of performing the corresponding processing specifically includes performing a software version upgrade.

14. A public communication system comprising a public communication system network side and a public communication terminal, wherein

The public communication system network side is used to identify the user who uses the public communication terminal After the authentication is passed, the communication process of the user is charged; and the charging information is sent to the public communication terminal used by the user;

The public communication terminal is configured to receive an operation of a user, implement interaction with a network side, and display charging information to the user.

The public communication system according to claim 14, wherein the public communication terminal transmits authentication request information to the network side under the trigger of the user; after receiving the authentication request information, the network side passes the user The public communication terminal used prompts the user to input an identity; and authenticates the identity entered by the user.

The public communication system according to claim 14, wherein: the public information; after receiving the authentication request information, the network side authenticates the identity of the user.

The public communication system according to claim 14, wherein the public communication system network side and the public communication terminal implement interaction in the form of short messages.

The public communication system according to any one of claims 14 to 17, wherein said public communication system is a public telephone system, and said public communication terminal is a public telephone terminal; or

19. A public communication system comprising a public communication system network side and a public communication terminal, wherein

The network side of the public communication system is configured to send management information to each public communication terminal; each of the public communication terminals is configured to perform processing corresponding to the received management information; and return the execution result information to the network side.

20. The public communication system according to claim 19, wherein the public communication system network side and the public communication terminal implement interaction in the form of short messages.

The public communication system according to claim 19 or 20, wherein the public communication system is a public telephone system, and the public communication terminal is a public telephone terminal; or