WO2009115028A1 - Method, system and device for calculating communication expenses - Google Patents

Abstract

A method, system and device for calculating communication expenses are provided. The method comprises: obtaining the internet protocol address information registered by the soft terminal; querying said internet protocol address information registered by the soft terminal when said soft terminal initializes a communication, then performing the charging according to the charging rules corresponding to the internet protocol address information. Another method for calculating communication expenses is also provided. The method comprises: user duty status information; querying when user duty status information when initializing a communication, and performing the charging according to the charging rules corresponding to the user duty status information. By collecting the duty status information of enterprise employees, the invention judges whether the communication initiated by a user is a personal communication or an on-duty communication and then performs the charging according to preset communication charging standards. The method is simple and enables efficient calculation of communication expenses.

Description

 Communication Cost Calculation Method, System and Apparatus The present application claims priority to a Chinese patent application filed on March 17, 2008, the Chinese Patent Office, Application No. 200810102060.9, entitled "Communication Cost Calculation Method, System and Apparatus" The entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical field

 The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular, to a communication cost calculation method, system and device. Background technique

 Enterprise users usually have both a communication network and an internet. The communication network refers to the ordinary telephone network of enterprise users, while the Internet refers to the office network of enterprises. In practical applications, both the communication network and the Internet The functions are independent of each other.

 Unified Communications System (UC) is a communications system that combines a communications network with the Internet. Through the UC system, users can control the work of communication terminals in the communication network through the Internet, and voice, video or fax in the communication network can communicate with functions such as e-mail and instant messaging in the Internet, so that users can effectively utilize communication. The Internet and the Internet interact with various information.

In the UC system, each UC user (that is, the UC client) has a UC number, which can be mapped to the actual communication network or the terminal in the Internet according to the needs of the user. The user can use the Internet anywhere. The UC system can be used, for which the UC client needs to cooperate with the soft terminal. The soft terminal is a terminal of a softswitch center, specifically a function of a video frequency phone implemented by software. In an enterprise, users may often use a soft terminal bundled with a mobile terminal number to communicate, and the cost incurred by the user in the enterprise should be paid by the enterprise. However, due to the openness of the Internet, users can communicate through the UC system in any place with Internet. If the user does not handle the business in the enterprise, but uses the UC system to handle private affairs outside the enterprise, then the communication generated at this time The fee should be paid by the user himself.

 Not only is there such a problem in the UC system, but even in the UC system, but in the usual communication system, it also faces the problem of how to calculate the communication fee, because the user's personal mobile terminal may also be used for work. If the personal mobile terminal is used for work, the communication fee generated should be paid by the enterprise.

 In the prior art, one method for calculating the communication fee is to print a detailed bill, and determine the fee that the enterprise should pay by confirming the information of each contact that has contacted the user's mobile terminal; It is a monthly fixed communication fee for users. Summary of the invention

 The embodiment of the present invention provides a communication cost calculation method, system, and device for the communication system in the prior art, which is cumbersome and cannot reasonably reflect the communication cost used by the enterprise in the communication system, and can effectively perform the communication system. Calculation of communication costs.

 An embodiment of the present invention provides a communication cost calculation method, including:

 Obtaining Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered;

 When the soft terminal initiates communication, it queries the Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered, and performs charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the Internet Protocol address information.

 The embodiment of the invention further provides a communication cost calculation method, including:

 Obtain information about the status of the user;

 When the communication is initiated, the user's on-the-job status information is queried, and the charging is performed according to the charging rule corresponding to the on-the-job status information of the user.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a communication cost calculation system, including: a user status information acquiring device, configured to acquire user status information; and a communication capability component, configured to provide a communication service required by the communication terminal;

 a communication charging triggering device, configured to detect a communication request initiated by the communication terminal, and send a charging request;

 The communication fee calculation device is configured to receive the user on-the-job status information stored in the on-the-job status information acquisition device, and when the charging request is received, query the stored user on-the-job status information to perform communication fee calculation.

 The embodiment of the invention further provides a communication cost calculation system, including:

 a softswitch device, configured to obtain Internet protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered;

 The convergent charging server is configured to query the internet protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered when the soft terminal initiates communication, and perform charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the internet protocol address information.

 An embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication cost calculation apparatus, including:

 The user status information receiving unit is configured to receive the user status information;

 a charging request receiving unit, configured to receive a communication charging request sent by the communication charging triggering device; the charging unit is respectively connected to the user status information receiving unit and the charging request receiving unit, and configured to perform charging according to the The charging request received by the request receiving unit and the user status information received by the user status information receiving unit are used to calculate the communication fee.

 The communication cost calculation method, system and device provided by the embodiment of the present invention collect the user on-the-job status information by the user on-the-job state information acquisition device, and the communication fee calculation device performs charging according to the user on-the-job status information and the charging rule, which can be effective. Differentiate the user's personal behavior and work behavior, so that different accounts can be differentiated and billed.

 The present invention will be further described in detail below by way of specific embodiments and drawings. Description

1 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a communication fee calculation system according to the present invention; 2 is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention;

 FIG. 3 is a flowchart of Embodiment 2 of a method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention;

 FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the process of registering a soft terminal in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method of the present invention;

 FIG. 5 is a flowchart of step 201 in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the enterprise account opening analysis in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method of the present invention; A schematic diagram of the enterprise administrator querying the enterprise account information in the second embodiment of the calculation method;

 FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of analyzing an enterprise account information by an enterprise administrator in Embodiment 2 of a communication fee calculation method according to the present invention;

 FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of IP address resolution associated with an enterprise account by an enterprise administrator query/add/modify/delete in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method according to the present invention;

 FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the analysis of the personal account binding of the enterprise administrator in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method of the present invention;

 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the analysis of the enterprise administrator to bind the personal account in the second embodiment of the communication cost calculation method according to the present invention;

 FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an enterprise administrator querying an employee's personal account in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method according to the present invention;

 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an accounting method for sending a short message in Embodiment 2 of a method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention;

 14 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a communication fee calculation system according to the present invention;

 15 is a flowchart of Embodiment 3 of a method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention;

 FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of an accounting method for initiating a call in Embodiment 3 of a method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention;

 17 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a communication fee calculation apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a communication fee calculation system according to the present invention. detailed description

 FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a communication fee calculation system according to the present invention, which specifically includes: at least one user status information acquiring device 11 for acquiring information on the status of an enterprise user, where the “user status information” can be Refers to the location information of the user in the space, for example, whether the employee of the enterprise is in the enterprise through the attendance system, or the Internet Protocol (IP) address in the Internet. In FIG. 1 , for convenience of description, only one user status information acquiring device is shown; a communication charging trigger device 12 is configured to detect a communication request initiated by the communication terminal, and send a charging request; and a communication cost calculating device 13 is configured to receive When the user receives the charging request, the user's on-the-job status information stored in the user's on-the-job status information acquiring device 11 queries the user's on-the-job status information stored therein, and determines the charging method according to the query result. The system may further include: an account management device 14 for managing binding and unbinding of the communication terminal associated with the enterprise account and the personal account, binding of the enterprise account with the personal account initiating the communication, and configuring the enterprise account and the individual The billing rules for the account; also include a communication capability component 15 capable of providing the required communication capabilities.

 Specifically, the functions of the user status information acquiring device and the communication capability component may be implemented in the softswitch device, and the softswitch device may be responsible for the user's registration request, acquiring the user's state information and the call route; and the function of the communication charging trigger device may be Implemented by the Application Server (AS), the AS handles various communication applications and is responsible for sending the charging request. The function of the communication cost calculation device can be implemented by the Online Charging System (0CS), 0CS. The user status information can be stored and the communication billing can be processed; the function of the account management apparatus can be implemented by the portal system (Portal), the portal is an interface for accessing the 0CS, the user can perform account management through Protal, and the 0CS is performing communication billing. You can query the relevant account information set by the user in Protal, such as which personal accounts are bound to the corporate account, and what are the communication rates and billing rules for different personal accounts and corporate accounts.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention, including: Step 101: Acquire user status information, and send the information to the communication fee calculation device. The on-the-job status information obtaining device may collect the user's on-the-job status information for a period of time, or collect the user's on-the-job status information when the user performs a certain behavior, and then store the collected information.

 Step 102: When the communication is initiated, query the user status information, and perform charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the user status information. Specifically, the communication capability component sends a communication request to the communication charging trigger device. When the user initiates communication, the communication terminal sends a communication request to the communication capability component, the communication capability component provides the user with the required communication capability according to the communication request, and sends a communication request to the communication charging trigger device; the communication charging trigger device sends the charging Request to the communication fee calculation device. The charging request is used to trigger the communication fee calculation device to perform charging.

 The following describes in detail how to calculate the communication cost based on the user's on-the-job status information.

 1. Calculate the communication cost based on the current IP address of the user logging in to the UC system.

 User login The current IP address of the UC system can also be regarded as a kind of user status information. The system for calculating the communication fee according to the current IP address when the user registers through the soft terminal is based on the system shown in FIG. 1 , and the user status information acquiring device is specifically a soft terminal registration device, and the soft terminal registration device is used. Record the current IP address, registration time, communication terminal type, etc. when registering at the soft terminal. The soft terminal registration device can be functioned by a soft switching device

(Sof tSwi tch) to achieve.

 FIG. 3 is a flowchart of Embodiment 2 of a method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention, including: Step 201: Acquire internet protocol address information when a soft terminal is registered;

 Step 202: When the soft terminal initiates communication, querying the Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered, and performing charging according to the Internet Protocol address information query result and the charging rule.

 The step of registering at the soft terminal is also included before performing step 201.

The step of registering in the soft terminal is specifically: starting a UC client program installed on the computer, and sending a registration request to the Sof tSwi tch for registration via the Internet. As shown in Figure 4 The method for calculating the communication fee in the second embodiment of the invention is as follows: Step 2001: Running the soft terminal, the soft terminal initiates a Session Initial Protocol (SIP) registration request to the SoftSwitch. The communication between the soft terminal and the Sof tSwi tch is based on the SIP protocol.

 Step 2002: The SoftSwitch detects the registration request, and authenticates the user who initiated the registration request. If the authentication is passed, go to Step 2005; otherwise, go to Step 2003.

 Step 2003: The SoftSwitch returns an authentication challenge request (401 Unauthorized) to the soft terminal to challenge the user.

 Step 2004: After receiving the authentication challenge request (401 Unauthorized), the soft terminal installs the SoftSwitch authentication rule, performs authentication data encoding, and re-sends the registration request to the SoftSwitch.

 Step 2005: The registration request sent by the SoftSwitch detection step in 2004 authenticates the user who initiated the registration request, and the 2000K message is fed back to the soft terminal after the authentication is passed. The soft terminal can normally use the various communication services provided.

 The above process follows the SIP standard. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of step 201 in Embodiment 2 of the method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention, specifically:

 Step 2011: When the soft terminal successfully registers with the SoftSwitch, the SoftSwitch saves the soft terminal registration information, including the IP address, registration time, and communication terminal type during registration, and then sends the soft terminal registration message to the soft terminal registration provided by the 0CS. The interface of the information report information register (Report Register), and the current soft terminal registration information of the user is reported to the 0CS.

 After receiving the soft terminal registration information, the 2012 and 0CS return a successful receiving (0K) message to the SoftSwitch, and save the soft terminal registration message.

 The communication between SoftSwitch and 0CS follows the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) standard.

 The SOAP request sent by SoftSwitch to OCS is as follows:

POST /hw-iPortalService-IPS HTTP/1.0 Content-Type: text/xml; char set=utf-8

 Accept: a l ica t ion/ soap+xml, appl icat ion/dime,

Multipart/related, text/ *

 User-Agent: Axis/#axisVers icm#

 Host: 10.71.102.13: 8080

 Cache-Control: no-cache

 Pragma: no-cache

 SOAPAction: " hw.group- IPS. IPimService#reportRegister" Content-Length: 562

<?xml version="l.0" encoding="UTF-8 " ?>

 <soapenv: Envelope

 Xmlns: soapenv="ht tp: II schema s. xml soap. org/ soap/envelope/ xmlns: xsd="ht tp: //www. w3. org/2001/XMLSchema "

 Xmlns: xs i = "ht tp: //www. w3. org/2001/XMLSchema-ins tance " > <soapenv: Body>

 <repor tRegi s ter xmlns = " hw.ocs. Service

 <inParam xmlns=" " >

 <params xs i: ni 1 = " true" />

 <userUri>13501230008</userUri>

 <regi s trBody>

 <clientrType>K/clientrType>

 <regi s trAddres s>l 39.138.123.89</ regis trAddress> <registrTime>20071219134212</registrTime> </ registrBody>

</ inParam> </ reportRegister>

 </ soapenv: Body>

</ soapenv: Envelope>

The SOAP response returned by OCS to SoftSwitch is as follows:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

 Server: HuaWei ENIP SOAP Adapter/2.0

Connect ion: close

Content-Length: 583

 Content-Type: text/xml; char set=UTF-8

<?xml vers ion ⁼ 1.0' encoding ⁼ utf-8'?>

<S0AP-ENV: Envelope

Xmlns: S0AP-ENV="ht tp: II schema s. xml soap. org/ soap/envelope/ " xmlns: xsd="ht tp: //www. w3. org/2001/XMLSchema "

Xmlns: xs i = "ht tp: //www. w3. org/2001/XMLSchema-ins tance " xmlns: soapenc="ht tp: II schema s. xml soap, org/ soap/ encoding/ " > <S0AP- ENV: Body

 SOAP-ENV: encodingSty le="ht tp: II schema s. xml soap. org/ soap/ enc oding/ " >

 <ns 1: repor tRegi s terRes onse xmlns: ns 1 = " hw.ocs. Service" > <outParam>

 <userUri>13501230008</userUri>

<output ni 1=" true"/>

</ outParam> <ret>202</ret>

 </ns 1: reportRegister>

 </S0AP-ENV: Body>

 </S0AP-ENV: Envelope>

 Before the process described in the second embodiment, the process of opening an account, checking the enterprise administrator, and modifying the enterprise account information, and the enterprise administrator query/add/modify/delete the IP address associated with the enterprise account are also included.

 (1) Business account opening process

 The enterprise opens an account with the operator's business hall. The operator's business hall system will send the enterprise account information, enterprise administrator user name, user password, password confirmation, enterprise account, binding size, and enterprise IP account opening request message to the OCS through the portal. 0CS returns to the account opening success message (0K) after successful account opening. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an enterprise account opening analysis in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method according to the present invention. The web browser is an interface of an account management system that is logged in through the portal.

 (2) Enterprise administrators query enterprise account information process

 FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of analyzing enterprise account information in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method according to the present invention. After the enterprise administrator opens the enterprise management page, enters the enterprise user name and user password, and logs in to the account management system of the enterprise. The Web Browser sends the administrator query request to the OCS through the portal. After receiving the administrator query request, the 0CS passes. The portal returns a 2000K message to the enterprise management page and displays the enterprise account information, including the IP address bound to the account and the communication terminal information bound to the enterprise. The IP address bound to the enterprise account may be multiple.

 (3) Enterprise administrators modify the process of enterprise account information

The enterprise administrator can also modify the enterprise account information. As shown in FIG. 8 , the enterprise administrator modifies the enterprise account information in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method of the present invention. The enterprise administrator opens the enterprise management page and inputs the enterprise user name. After the user password, log in to the account management system of the enterprise, and send an administrator modification request. The Web Browser sends the administrator modification request to the OCS through the portal. After receiving the administrator modification request, the 0CS passes the portal to the enterprise management. The page returns a 2000K message and feeds back the changes to the administrator.

 (4) The process of querying/adding/modifying/deleting the IP address bound to the enterprise account by the enterprise administrator. The enterprise administrator can query/add/modify/delete the IP address bound to the enterprise account, which is bound to the enterprise account. The IP address is: If the employee logs in to the UC system with the IP address bound to the enterprise account, the user can be considered to log in to the UC system for handling the business; if the user is outside the IP address bound to the enterprise account If the IP address is logged in, the user can be considered to log in to the UC system for handling private matters. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the IP address resolution of the enterprise administrator query/add/modify/delete and the enterprise account binding in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method according to the present invention. The enterprise administrator opens the enterprise management page, inputs the enterprise user name and the user. After the password, log in to the account management system of the enterprise, and send the administrator to query/modify/add/delete the account-related IP address request, and the Web Browser sends the administrator to query/modify/add/delete the account-related IP address request through Por ta. l After sending to the OCS, after receiving the request, 0CS returns a 200 OK message to the enterprise management page through Por ta l, and feeds back to the administrator the information after the query/modify/add/delete and account-related IP address operations.

 (5) Enterprise administrators bind employee personal account process

 FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the analysis of the personal account binding of the enterprise administrator in the second embodiment of the communication cost calculation method of the present invention. After the enterprise opens an account successfully, the enterprise administrator inputs the enterprise user name and the user password to log in to the enterprise management page, and the enterprise administrator sends the binding. Set the account request, select the binding user's personal account, enter the personal account information of the user to be bound (in this embodiment, the account information is specifically the mobile terminal number), select the binding, and submit the binding information through Por ta l To 0CS, then 0CS feeds the binding result to the administrator through Por ta l.

 (6) Enterprise administrators to bind personal account processes

If a user is not working in the enterprise, the enterprise administrator needs to unbind the user's personal account information with the corporate account. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the enterprise administrator unbinding the personal account in the second embodiment of the communication cost calculation method according to the present invention. The enterprise administrator inputs the enterprise user name and the user password to log in to the enterprise management page, and the enterprise administrator sends a binding account request. , choose to tie Set the user's personal account, enter the personal account information of the user who needs to be bound (in this embodiment, the account information is specifically the mobile terminal number), select to bind, and submit the unbinding information to 0CS through the Portal, then 0CS Through the Portal, feedback to the administrator to unbind the results.

 (7) Enterprise administrator query binding personal account process

 The enterprise administrator can also log in to the enterprise management interface to query the user's personal account information bound to the enterprise account. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an enterprise administrator querying an employee's personal account in the second embodiment of the communication fee calculation method according to the present invention. The enterprise administrator inputs the enterprise user name and the user password to log in to the enterprise management interface, and the enterprise administrator sends a query binding account request. Select the binding account to be queried, and submit the binding account with the query to the 0CS through the portal. Then, the 0CS feeds back the information of the bound account to the administrator through the portal.

 After the flow of (1) _ (7) above, the communication billing account includes the enterprise account and the user personal account bound to the enterprise account, if the IP address of the soft terminal is registered and one of the IP addresses bound to the enterprise The same, according to the communication rate associated with the enterprise account for billing and deduction of the business account fee; if the IP address of the soft terminal registration and all IP addresses bound to the enterprise are different, according to the personal account The communication rate is charged and the user's personal account is deducted.

 In the following, a specific enterprise user sends a short message through the UC system as an example to explain how to calculate the communication fee according to the current IP address when the soft terminal is registered. FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of the charging method for sending a short message in the second embodiment of the communication cost calculation method according to the present invention. Specifically:

 Step 1201: The soft terminal sends a short message to the SoftSwitch.

 Step 1202: The SoftSwitch sends the short message to the AS by using the SIP message as the bearer. Step 1203: The AS detects the request for sending the short message by the AS, and initiates a first credit control request (CCR) to the 0CS for requesting the 0CS to perform the withholding. Fee

After receiving the first CCR, the step 1204, the 0CS queries the current soft terminal registration information of the user. If the login IP address recorded in the soft terminal registration information is one of the IP addresses bound to the enterprise account, the enterprise account is Carry out the withholding fee; if the login IP address is recorded in the soft terminal registration information If the address is different from the IP address bound to the enterprise account, the user's personal account is withheld. The rule is stored in the portal. The 0CS combines the rule and performs the withholding according to the user's login IP address.

 Steps 1205 and 0CS send a first credit control response (CCA) to the AS after performing a withholding fee on the corresponding account;

 Step 1206: After receiving the first CCA, the AS sends a message to the SoftSwitch, where the message carries the information of the destination mobile terminal.

 Step 1207: The SoftSwitch sends a short message request to a Short Message Service Center (SMSC).

 Step 1208: The SMSC returns a short message response to the SoftSwitch.

 Step 1209: After receiving the response from the SMSC, the AS sends a message that the short message center has received the short message to the mobile terminal of the message according to the source address in the message, and the mobile terminal of the message returns a response message 200 0K;

 Step 1210: After sending the short message to the destination mobile terminal, the SMSC sends a short message acceptance confirmation message to the SoftSwitch.

 Step 1211: After receiving the acknowledgement message, the SoftSwitch sends a message to the AS to notify the AS that the short message has been successfully received by the destination mobile terminal.

 Step 1212: After receiving the message in step 1211, the AS sends a second CCR to the 0CS, where the second CCR is used to notify the 0CS to deduct the account with the withholding fee in step 1204.

 Step 1213: The 0CS sends a second CCA to the AS to notify the AS that the deduction is successful. Step 1214: The AS sends a notification message to the SoftSwitch to notify the Sof tSwi tch that the deduction is successful.

 Step 1215: The SoftSwitch sends the received success message to the client, and the user who is using the UC system to send the short message can see the communication charging result of the short message.

The process described in Figure 13 follows the SIP (rfc3261 standard) standard protocol, in which the process of communication accounting by 0CS follows the rfc4006 (Diameter Credit Control Appl Icat ion) standard. In fact, the embodiment in FIG. 13 is involved in the process of returning the 200 OK response message and the process of the SMSC sending the short message to the destination mobile terminal when implemented according to the SIP (rfc3261 standard), but FIG. 13 is only used to explain how to For the current IP address when the soft terminal is registered, the method of communication and accounting is used. Therefore, please refer to SIP (rfc3261 standard) for details of the process steps, and details are not described here.

 The second embodiment of the present invention is applicable to the calculation of the communication cost in the UC system, and determines whether the IP address of the user's individual user to log in to the UC system is the same as the IP address bound to the enterprise account. The communication fee is deducted, the charging method is simple, and the calculation of the communication fee in the UC system can be effectively realized.

 Second, according to the information recorded by the attendance system for communication fee calculation

 According to the information recorded by the attendance system, the calculation of the communication fee refers to determining whether the user is working in the enterprise by recording the record of the user in the attendance system, thereby determining that the fee incurred by the user at a certain time should be paid by the enterprise. It is still paid by the user.

 FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a communication fee calculation system according to the present invention. The second embodiment of the system is embodied on the system shown in FIG. 1, and includes:

 The attendance system 21 is used for recording the status information of the users in the collection enterprise;

 a Mobile Switch Center (MSC) 24, which is used to process voice, short message, and the like of the user;

 The General Packet Radio Service Support Node (SGSN) and the Gateway General Packet Radio Service Support Node (GGSN) 25 are used to process user MMS and wireless. For services such as the Wireless Application Protocol (WLAN), the GGSN and SGSN functions are equivalent to communication capability components;

 Service Control Point (SCP) 26, which is used to implement the function of the communication charging trigger device, and handles triggering of various communication applications and communication charging requests;

The Fusion Accounting Server (0CS) 23 is configured to receive the information about the status of the user sent by the attendance system, and is used to implement the information about the status of the user in the storage user, and can obtain the user according to the obtained status. The on-the-job status information is used for communication and billing, and is used to implement the function of the communication fee calculation device; the portal (Por ta l) system 22 is an interface for the user to access the 0CS, and is used to implement the function of the account management device, and can be implemented by the Por ta l Set personal account and enterprise account, you can bind enterprise account and related personal account, and set charging rules for different accounts separately. When 0CS performs charging, each account is executed according to the charging rules set in Por ta l. The corresponding deduction.

 FIG. 15 is a flowchart of Embodiment 3 of a method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention, including: Step 301: The attendance system acquires the attendance information of the user and sends the attendance information to the 0CS. Step 302: When the communication is initiated, the 0CS queries the attendance information, and performs charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the attendance information.

The step 301 is specifically as follows: When the user of the enterprise swipe the card on the attendance system, the attendance system records the attendance information of the user. Each company has its own defined working hours. For example, the company has a working time of 8: 00-17: 00. If the user swipes the card at a fixed time before 8: 00, for example, within 1 hour before 8: 00. In this time, no matter how many times the card is swiped, the card swipe system records the attendance information of the user as "in the enterprise"; if the user swipes after 17: 00, after this moment, Regardless of how many times the card is swiped, the card swipe system records the attendance information of the user as "Leaving the Enterprise"; if the user swipes the card within 8: 00-17: 00, the attendance system query has the time period of the day. There is no credit card record of the user. If the record is already present, the user is prematurely retired, and the attendance information of the user is recorded as "leave the enterprise"; if there is no credit card record of the user during the time period of the current day, the user is The attendance information is recorded as "in the enterprise". There is also a special case where, for some enterprises, users may be required to work overtime. In this case, the company needs to define a prescribed additional working time, for example, stipulate that 19: 00-21: 00 is additional working time, so that all users of the enterprise The attendance information has been recorded as "Leaving the Enterprise" after 17:00, but if the user swipes the card during the additional working hours, the attendance system should record the user's attendance information as "in the enterprise" during the additional working hours. The communication costs incurred by internal users should also be borne by the enterprise. The credit card recording rule during the additional working hours is similar to the normal working time. If the user swipes the card at a fixed time before 19: 00, for example, 15 minutes before 19: 00. In this time, no matter how many times the card is swiped, the attendance system records the attendance information of the user as "in the enterprise"; if the user swipes after 21: 00, then after this time Regardless of how many times the card is swiped, the attendance system records the attendance of the user as "Leaving the Enterprise"; if the user swipes the card within the time of 19: 00-21: 00, the attendance system query is available during the time of the day. There is no credit card record of the user. If the record is already available, the user's attendance information is recorded as "Leaving the enterprise"; if there is no credit card record of the user during the time period of the current day, the user location information is recorded as "in the enterprise"" .

 The attendance system detects whether a user swipes the card at a fixed time (for example, 200ms) and sends the user attendance information to the portal. The portal authenticates the attendance information. After the authentication is passed, Protal calls the SOAP interface provided by 0CS, and sends the status information to 0CS, and then 0CS updates the current user's attendance location information.

 The status information of the user sent to the Por ta 1 by the attendance system is as follows:

 POST /hw-iPortalService-IPS HTTP/1.0

 Content-Type: text/xml; char set=utf-8

 Accept: a l icat ion/ soap+xml, application/dime,

 Multipart/related, text/ *

 User-Agent: Axi s/#axi sVer s icm#

 Host: 10.71.102.13: 8080

 Authorization: Digest rea lm=" soap, example. com",

 Nonce="47364c23432d2el31a5fb210812c",

 Username=" sip: timecardShuawei. com " , qop=auth-int

 Cache-Control: no-cache

 Pragma: no-cache

 SOAPAct ion: " hw.portal. Service#repor tStatus "

Content-Length: 562 <?xml version="l.0"encoding="UTF-8"?>

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Xmlns: soapenv="ht tp: II schema s. xml soap. org/ soap/envelope/ xmlns: xsd="ht tp: //www. w3. org/2001/XMLSchema "

Xmlns: xs i = "ht tp: //www. w3. org/2001/XMLSchema-ins tance " > <soapenv: Body>

 <repor tStatus xmlns = " hw.por ta 1. Service

 <inParam xmlns=" " >

 <params xs i: ni 1 = " true" />

 <userUri>13501230008</userUri>

 <repor tBody>

 <repor tType>l</ repor tType>

 <repor tName>In Company </ regis trName>

 <reportTime>20071219134212</registrTime>

 </ repor tBody>

 </ inParam>

 </ reportRegister>

 </ soapenv: Body>

</ soapenv: Envelope>

In the above procedure, the underlined part "In Company" indicates that the user is in the company status. The P 0 r t a 1 S 0 A P response fed back to the attendance system is as follows:

HTTP/1.1 200 0K

 Server: HuaWei ENIP SOAP Adapter/2.0

Connect ion: close

Content-Length: 0

Authent ica t ion-Inf o: Nextnonce="e966c32a924255e42c8ee20ce7f6"

 Connect ion: close

 In view of the fact that different enterprises have different attendance regulations, how to record user attendance in the above embodiment of the present invention is only an example of recording attendance information, and is not limited thereto. The focus in the third embodiment lies in the record according to the attendance system. As a result, it is judged whether the user is in an on-the-job state to perform communication fee calculation.

 Before performing the process described in the third embodiment, the enterprise account opening, the enterprise administrator query and the modification of the enterprise account information, and the enterprise administrator query/add/modify/delete the information of the user personal account associated with the enterprise account, and the foregoing The process of opening an account in the communication charging method based on the user's login IP address is the same, and is not described here.

 In the following, a specific enterprise user initiated call is taken as an example to explain how to calculate the communication fee according to the attendance information of the enterprise user obtained by the card swiping system. FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of an accounting method for initiating a call in Embodiment 3 of a method for calculating a communication fee according to the present invention. Specifically:

 Step 1501: The mobile terminal A sends a call request to the MSC.

 Step 1502: The MSC sends an Initial Detection Point (Initial Detection Point) to the SCP.

IDP), IDP contains the calling number, called number, and number attribute information;

 Step 1503: After receiving the IDP, the SCP sends a first CCR to the 0CS, and is used to request the 0CS to perform the withholding fee operation;

 Steps 1504 and 0CS, after receiving the first CCR, query the enterprise user attendance information sent by the attendance system to perform a withholding fee; if the current state of the enterprise user is “in the enterprise”, the enterprise account is withholding fee; If the current status of the user of the enterprise is "Leaving the Enterprise", the personal account of the user bound to the enterprise account is withheld;

 Step 1505, 0CS returns the first CCA to the SCP, and notifies the SCP that the withholding fee is successful;

Step 1506: After receiving the first CCA, the SCP sends a Request Report Basic Call State Model Event (RRBE) to the MSC, requesting the MSC to dynamically configure a Detection Point (DP). MSC has called in the future When these DP points are encountered in the process, the call information is reported to the SCP. RRBE creates conditions for SCP to control calls. The RRBE parameters include the DP type and DP conditions to be configured. One RRBE can be configured with multiple DPs.

 Step 1507: The SCP sends an Apply Charging (AC) to the MSC to apply for call accounting.

 Step 1508: The mobile terminal A and the mobile terminal B make a call; ^In step 1501, the mobile terminal A is the calling party, and the destination mobile terminal B is the called party;

 Step 1509: After the call is completed, the mobile terminal A sends a message that the user hangs up to the MSC. Step 1510: After receiving the message that the user hangs up, the MSC sends an Apply Charging Report (ACR) to the SCP, and reports the mobile to the SCP. The charging result of the communication between the terminals A and B mainly includes information such as the call start/end time, the call duration, the calling number, the called number, the billing number, and the fee;

 Step 1511: The MSC sends an Event Report Basic Call State Model (ERB) to the SCP to the SCP;

 Step 1512: The SCP releases the call after receiving the ERB.

 Step 1513: The SCP sends a second CCR to the 0CS, where the second CCR is used to notify the 0CS to deduct the account with the withholding fee in step 1504.

 Step 1514: The 0CS sends a second CCA to the AS to notify the SCP that the deduction is successful.

The processes of the above steps 1501 to 1514 follow the Customized Applications for Mobile Network Enhanced Logic (CAP), the Mobile Application Part (MAP), and the ISDN User Application Part Protocol (ISDN User Part). , I SUP) and Diameter standard protocol, in fact, the embodiment in FIG. 15 is involved in many other processes when implemented according to the above various standards, but FIG. 15 is only used to explain how the third embodiment of the present invention is obtained according to the attendance system. The enterprise user attendance information is used for communication and accounting. Therefore, please refer to the CAP, MAP, ISUP, and Diameter standards for details. Please refer to it here. The third embodiment of the present invention is applicable to the calculation of the communication cost in the ordinary communication system of the non-uc system, and collects the attendance information of the enterprise user through the attendance system, and the 0CS uses different accounting policies according to the attendance information and the charging rule configured in the Por. The communication fee calculation and deduction are carried out, and the charging method is simple and can effectively calculate the communication fee in the non-UC system.

 FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a communication fee calculation apparatus according to the present invention. The communication fee calculation apparatus includes: a user on-the-job status information receiving unit 31, a billing request receiving unit 32, and a billing unit 33, and the billing unit 33 respectively The user on-the-job status information receiving unit 31 and the billing request receiving unit 32 are connected. The working principle of the device is as follows: the user status information receiving unit 31 receives the user status information, and when the charging request receiving unit 32 receives the charging request, the charging unit performs communication according to the received user status information and the charging request. Cost calculation.

 The communication fee calculation means shown in Fig. 17 may further include a charging rule inquiry unit 34 for inquiring the charging rules of different accounts for use by the charging unit 33 for calculating the communication fee.

 FIG. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a communication fee calculation system according to the present invention. The system includes: a softswitch device (Sof tswi tch) 41 and a convergent billing server (0CS) 42. The working principle of the system is: a softswitch device 41. Obtaining the Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered. When the soft terminal initiates the communication, the convergent charging server 42 queries the Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered, and performs charging according to the Internet Protocol address information. Rules are billed. Specifically, the convergent charging server 42 receives the charging request when the soft terminal initiates the communication; and queries the Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered by the converged charging server 42 according to the charging request, and according to the The charging rule corresponding to the Internet Protocol address information is used for charging.

The system shown in FIG. 18 may further include a portal system (por ta l ) 43 for accessing the convergent charging server for managing binding and debinding of the communication terminal related to the enterprise account and the personal account, and the enterprise account. The binding between the personal account of the person initiating the communication, and the charging rules for configuring the enterprise account and the personal account are queried for the calculation of the communication fee by the convergent charging server. A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above method embodiments may be completed by using hardware related to program instructions, and the foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program is executed when executed. The steps of the foregoing method embodiments are included; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a medium that can store program codes, such as a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

 It should be noted that the above embodiments are only for explaining the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments are modified, or some of the technical features are equivalently replaced. The modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

 A communication cost calculation method, characterized in that:

 Obtaining Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered;

 When the soft terminal initiates communication, it queries the Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered, and performs charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the Internet Protocol address information.

 2. The communication fee calculation method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring the Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered is specifically:

 After the soft terminal registers successfully, the Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered is saved.

The communication fee calculation method according to claim 1, wherein when the soft terminal initiates communication, the Internet protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered is queried, and corresponding to the Internet protocol address information. The billing rules for billing are specifically:

 Receiving a charging request when the soft terminal initiates communication;

 And querying, according to the charging request, the stored internet protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered, and performing charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the internet protocol address information.

 4. The communication fee calculation method according to claim 1, wherein before acquiring the Internet Protocol address information at the time of registration of the soft terminal, the method further comprises: binding the enterprise account with the personal account of the individual who initiated the communication of the soft terminal. And bind the corporate account to the Internet Protocol address set by the enterprise;

 The charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the Internet protocol address information is specifically: one of the Internet protocol addresses set by the industry;

 If the Internet Protocol address when the soft terminal is registered is one of the Internet Protocol addresses set by the enterprise bound to the enterprise account, the communication fee calculation is performed according to the communication rate associated with the enterprise account, and the fee is deducted for the enterprise account; Otherwise, the communication fee calculation is performed based on the communication rate associated with the personal account and the personal account is charged.

5. A communication cost calculation method, characterized in that: Obtain information about the status of the user;

 When the communication is initiated, the user's on-the-job status information is queried, and the charging is performed according to the charging rule corresponding to the on-the-job status information of the user.

 The communication fee calculation method according to claim 5, wherein the acquiring the on-the-job status information is specifically: obtaining the user status information by the attendance system.

 The communication fee calculation method according to claim 5, wherein, when the communication is initiated, the user status information is queried, and the charging is performed according to the charging rule corresponding to the on-the-job status information. :

 Receiving a charging request when the communication is initiated;

 The stored on-the-job status information is queried according to the charging request, and the charging is performed according to the charging rule corresponding to the user's on-the-job status information.

 The method for calculating a communication fee according to claim 5, further comprising: binding the enterprise account to the personal account of the individual who initiated the communication before acquiring the information of the on-the-job status of the user;

 The charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the on-the-job status information of the user is specifically: determining whether the user location recorded in the on-the-job status information is a location specified by the enterprise; if yes, according to the communication related to the enterprise account The rate is calculated for the communication fee and the business account is deducted; otherwise, the communication fee is calculated based on the communication rate associated with the individual account and the personal account is deducted.

 9. A communication cost calculation system, comprising:

 a user status information acquiring device, configured to acquire user status information; a communication charging triggering device, configured to detect a communication request initiated by the communication terminal, and send a charging request;

The communication fee calculation device is configured to receive the user status information stored in the user status information acquiring device, and when receiving the charging request, query the stored user status information to perform communication fee calculation.

10. The communication fee calculation system according to claim 9, further comprising: account management means for managing binding and debinding of the communication terminal related to the enterprise account and the personal account, the enterprise account and The binding between the personal accounts of the individuals initiating the communication, and the charging rules for configuring the enterprise account and the personal account are queried for the communication fee calculation device to perform the communication fee calculation.

 The communication fee calculation system according to claim 10, wherein the user status information acquiring device is specifically a soft switching device;

 The communication charging triggering device is specifically a communication application server;

 The communication cost calculation device is specifically a convergent charging server;

 The account management device is specifically a portal system for accessing a convergent charging server.

 The communication fee calculation system according to claim 10, wherein the user status information acquisition device is specifically an attendance system;

 The communication charging triggering device is specifically a service control point;

 The communication cost calculation device is specifically a convergent charging server;

 The account management device is specifically a portal system for accessing a convergent charging server.

 1 3, a communication cost calculation device, comprising:

 The user status information receiving unit is configured to receive the user status information;

 a charging request receiving unit, configured to receive a communication charging request sent by the communication charging triggering device; the charging unit is respectively connected to the user status information receiving unit and the charging request receiving unit, and configured to perform charging according to the The charging request received by the request receiving unit and the user status information received by the user status information receiving unit are used to calculate the communication fee.

 The communication fee calculation device according to claim 13, further comprising: a charging rule query unit, configured to query charging rules of different accounts, and use the charging unit to perform communication cost calculation .

 15. A communication cost calculation system, comprising:

a softswitch device, configured to obtain Internet protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered; The convergent charging server is configured to query the Internet Protocol address information when the soft terminal is registered when the soft terminal initiates communication, and perform charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the internet protocol address information.

 The communication fee calculation system according to claim 15, wherein the convergent charging server is specifically configured to: when the soft terminal initiates communication, receive a charging request; and query the stored soft according to the charging request. The Internet Protocol address information at the time of terminal registration, and charging according to the charging rule corresponding to the Internet Protocol address information.

 17. The communication fee calculation system according to claim 16, further comprising: a portal system connected to the convergent charging server, configured to manage binding and deciding of communication terminals related to the enterprise account and the personal account. The binding, the binding between the enterprise account and the personal account of the individual who initiated the communication, and the charging rules for configuring the enterprise account and the personal account are queried for the calculation of the communication fee by the convergent charging server.