WO2013063884A1

WO2013063884A1 - Communication terminal and method thereof for automatically selecting network according to tariff standard

Info

Publication number: WO2013063884A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/071367
Authority: WO
Inventors: 任龙; 赵阳; 付剑楠; 王君宇
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-11-03
Filing date: 2012-02-20
Publication date: 2013-05-10
Also published as: CN103096286A

Abstract

Disclosed are a communication terminal and a method thereof for automatically selecting a network according to a tariff standard. The method comprises: the communication terminal collecting and storing tariff information (101) of various applied network systems at different time segments; the communication terminal, when a service application is triggered, matching a time point when the service application is triggered with stored time segments corresponding to the tariff information to obtain an optimal network system (102) corresponding to the tariff information; and the communication terminal taking the obtained network system as a serving network and implementing the service application (103). The communication terminal comprises: a tariff data collection module, a tariff data analysis module, and a network selection control module. The present invention solves the troubles of service charge and expenditure encountered by a user in a multi-system application scenario, reduces unnecessary waste for a user, and saves the cost of use.

Description

Communication terminal and method for automatically selecting network according to tariff standard

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a communication terminal and a method for automatically selecting a network according to a tariff standard. Background technique

With the popularization of multi-mode multi-mode mobile phones, users' voice services and data traffic on mobile terminals have increased greatly, and business expenses have occupied a large expenditure portion.

At present, a large part of the user population uses dual-mode or even multi-mode terminals, and the operators have different charging methods for users in different time periods on the tariff package, making it necessary for users to adopt the most economical most in a certain period of time. Effectively choose a network solution to save user expenses.

For dual-mode or even multi-mode terminals, taking the WCDMA and CDMA dual-mode mobile phones used by a user as an example, during the user's use, the user manually selects a network under a certain system for voice or data services, which is not convenient and effective. Control your own business and related business expenses. Therefore, it is very likely that WCDMA SIM card overruns will be incurred, and the CDMA UIM card still has a large amount of information costs that have not been fully used.

Therefore, it is a technical problem to be solved to seek a convenient and affordable acquisition of a preferred network on a multimode terminal. Summary of the invention

The invention provides a communication terminal and a method for automatically selecting a network according to a tariff standard, which are used to solve the problem that the communication terminal cannot automatically select a network standard according to the tariff information of the network standard in the prior art, and affect the user experience. In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows:

In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for a communication terminal to automatically select a network according to a tariff standard, including:

The communication terminal collects and stores the tariff information of each network standard of the application in different time periods; when the communication terminal is triggered, the communication terminal matches the triggering time point of the service application with the time period corresponding to the stored tariff information. , get the network standard corresponding to the best tariff information;

The communication terminal implements the service application by using the obtained network standard as a service network. Further, in the method of the present invention, the manner in which the communication terminal collects the tariff information of each network standard of the application in different time periods includes:

The communication terminal enters the information setting interface when the automatic network selection function is turned on, and collects the tariff information of each network standard in different time periods based on the information input of the user on the information setting interface.

Further, in the method of the present invention, the time period corresponding to the stored tariff information is matched by the triggering time point of the service application, and the network standard corresponding to the optimal tariff information is obtained, which specifically includes:

The communication terminal converts the stored tariff information into node information, and organizes each node information in a linked list;

The communication terminal traverses the time period information of each node in the linked list, acquires one or more nodes including the triggering time point, and uses the network standard corresponding to the node with the lowest tariff among the obtained nodes as the best tariff obtained. The network format corresponding to the information.

Further, in the method of the present invention, the communication terminal implements the service application by using the obtained network standard as a service network, and specifically includes:

The communication terminal determines whether the network standard of the service when the service application is triggered is the same as the obtained network standard, and if yes, implements the service application by using the currently applied network standard; Then, the service application is implemented after switching to the obtained network standard.

Further, in the method of the present invention, when the communication terminal implements the service application, the method further includes:

The communication terminal detects in real time whether the application time of the service application exceeds the time period corresponding to the optimal tariff information, and when it exceeds, re-acquires the best tariff information, or directly issues the prompt information.

In another aspect, the present invention also provides a communication terminal, including:

The tariff data collection module is configured to collect and store the tariff information of each network standard of the application in different time periods;

The tariff data analysis module is configured to match a triggering time point of the service application with a time period corresponding to each stored tariff information when a service application is triggered, to obtain a network standard corresponding to the optimal tariff information;

The network selection control module is configured to implement the service application by using the obtained network standard as a service network.

Further, in the communication terminal of the present invention, the tariff data collection module specifically includes: an information collection sub-module, configured to enter an information setting interface when the automatic network selection function is enabled, and based on information of the user in the information setting interface Input, collect and obtain the tariff information of each network system under different time periods;

The information storage sub-module is configured to save the respective tariff information collected by the information collection sub-module.

Further, in the communication terminal of the present invention, the tariff data analysis module specifically includes: a node conversion sub-module, configured to convert the stored tariff information into node information, and organize each node information in a linked list;

The linked list traversing sub-module is configured to traverse the time period information of each node in the linked list, obtain one or more nodes including the triggering time point, and obtain the lowest-cost section among the obtained nodes. The network system corresponding to the point is used as the network standard corresponding to the best tariff information obtained.

Further, in the communication terminal of the present invention, the network selection control module includes: a service network determination sub-module, configured to determine whether the network standard of the service application triggers is the same as the obtained network standard, and if so, Implementing the service application in a current application network standard; otherwise, triggering a network switching sub-module;

The network switching submodule is configured to implement the service application after switching the currently served network standard to the obtained network standard.

Further, the communication terminal of the present invention further includes:

The cross-border monitoring module is configured to detect, in real time, whether the application time of the service application exceeds a time period corresponding to the optimal tariff information when the network selection control module implements the service application, and when triggered, the current time point is triggered. The tariff data analysis module; or, directly issue a prompt message.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows:

According to the technical solution of the present invention, the network with low cost is automatically selected for the service application in a certain period of time according to the tariff standard, so that the terminal can select the lowest service fee for its service use in any time period, and solve the user-to-service The trouble of expenses, reducing unnecessary waste of users, and saving practical costs. In the technical solution of the present invention, the terminal only detects the network signal and does not send the signal during the network selection process, so the communication terminal consumes little power during the network selection process, and the duration of the primary selection network is short, and the communication terminal consumes The electrical impact is small. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set forth in the drawings Other drawings may also be obtained from these drawings without the inventive labor. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for automatically selecting a network by a communication terminal according to a tariff standard according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for automatically selecting a network by a communication terminal according to a tariff standard according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication terminal according to the present invention. detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for a communication terminal to automatically select a network according to a tariff standard, which can provide a quick and convenient network selection scheme for a multi-mode communication terminal user to automatically preferentially select a low-cost network within a specific time period. The service application includes the voice service, the streaming media data service, and the data card terminal Internet service, etc. Currently, the voice service is commonly used (ie, making a call), but the present invention is for streaming media data services and data card terminals. The Internet service and the like are equally applicable; in addition, the method of the present invention can be used not only for the tariff control of multi-mode call products, but also for the tariff control of data products.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1 , a method for automatically selecting a network according to a tariff standard by a communication terminal provided by the present invention includes:

Step 101: The communication terminal collects and stores the tariff information of each network standard of the application in different time periods;

In this step, the information collection process can be specifically implemented as follows:

When the automatic network selection function is enabled, the communication terminal enters an information setting interface, and based on the information input of the user in the information setting interface, the network system is collected under different time periods. Tariff information.

Step 102: When a service application is triggered, the communication terminal matches the triggering time point of the service application with the time period corresponding to the stored tariff information, and obtains the network standard corresponding to the optimal tariff information;

This step can be specifically implemented as follows:

Step 103: The communication terminal implements the service application by using the obtained network standard as a service network. Preferably, when the communication terminal implements the service application, it also detects in real time whether the application time of the service application exceeds a time period corresponding to the optimal tariff information, and when it exceeds, re-acquires the best tariff information, or directly sends out Prompt message.

In order to explain the present invention more clearly, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2, and the technical details of the present invention will be further described in conjunction with the description of the embodiments.

The method for automatically selecting a network by the communication terminal according to the tariff standard according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a tariff information collection process, a tariff information analysis process, and a network selection control process. In order to clarify the present invention more clearly, in this embodiment, a voice call service is performed by using a multimode communication terminal as an example, specifically:

First, on the collection process of tariff information:

When the user opens the automatic network selection function, the communication terminal gives the user's tariff setting custom authority and setting standard. When the user inputs the tariff information of each network standard, the tariff information is updated synchronously and the information is saved in the permanent storage area. For later use after rebooting.

For example, the following is the network standard available for communication terminals: WCDMA and CDMA, and The two network standards correspond to the following tariff standards: Mode A (WCDMA)

Line A01

Start time 1 BeginTimerl

End time 1 EndTimerl 07:59:59 Tariff A01 Feel 0.1 Line A02

Start time 2 BeginTimer2 08:00:00 End time 2 EndTimer2 21 :59:59 Tariff A02 Fee2 0.3 Line A03

Start time 3 BeginTimer3 22:00:00 End time 3 EndTimer3 23:59:59 Tariff A03 Fee3 0.2 Mode B (CDMA)

Line B01

Start time 1 BeginTimerl

End time 1 EndTimerl 07:59:59 Tariff B01 Fee4 0.1 Line B02

Start time 2 BeginTimer2 08:00:00 End time 1 EndTimer2 19:59:59 Tariff B02 Fee5 0.2 Line B03 Start time 3 BeginTimer3 20:00:00

End time 3 EndTimer3 23:59:59

Tariff B03 Fee6 0.1

Based on the above-mentioned tariff standards of each network standard, when the user turns on the automatic network selection function, the communication terminal provides a setting interface for the user, and the setting interface instructs the user to input the corresponding network standard and the tariff information corresponding to different time periods in the system. Among them, the time period should be set corresponding to the time selected in the current world.

After the user setting is completed, the communication terminal stores the tariff information corresponding to each time period in each system with the time period as an index. In addition, if the user wants to add the tariff information of the corresponding time period, the corresponding tariff information can be additionally saved.

Second, on the analysis process of tariff information:

The tariff information analysis process, that is, the information application process. When the user makes a call, the communication terminal first analyzes the tariff data and selects the appropriate network standard to make the call.

The terminal searches for the minimum tariff node based on the time point when the user dials the phone. The method for finding the minimum tariff node by using the time point is various. The embodiment uses the analog search method.

The tariff information collected by the tariff information collection process is converted into node information according to the following data structure:

Typedef struct FeeNode

{

Mode netmode; II network mode

Time BeginTimer; Begin start time

Time EndTimer; End end time

Money Fee;

Struct FeeNode p—NodeNext; //pointer to the next node }FeeNode_T;

The node information of all tariffs is organized in a linked list, when querying the minimum tariff node:

(1) Traverse the time period information in the linked list node to determine whether the current time of making a call is within the time period of the node.

(2) If the time of making a call is not within the current node time period, then the next node is found.

(3) If the time of making the call is within the current node time period, it is judged whether it is found for the first time, and if so, the current tariff standard and line information are recorded; if not, the current tariff information and the previously recorded tariff are recorded. The information is compared, and the node information in which the tariff standard is relatively low is recorded.

(4) Until the entire linked list is traversed, the node with the lowest tariff is obtained, and the line corresponding to the node with the lowest tariff is selected for the call.

For example, let's say: The user uses a dual-mode mobile phone, mode A is WCDMA, and mode B is CDMA.

A tariff is:

00:00:00 in the morning - call 07:59:59 in the morning, 0.1 yuan per minute; corresponding line A01. 08:00:00 in the morning - 21:59:59 in the evening, call 0.3 yuan per minute; corresponding line A02. At 22:00:00 in the evening - 23:59:59 in the evening, call 0.2 yuan per minute. Corresponding line A03. B tariff is:

00:00:00 in the morning - 07:59:59 in the morning, call 0.1 yuan per minute; corresponding line B01. Call 08:00:00 in the morning - 12:59:59 in the evening, call 0.2 yuan per minute; corresponding line B02. At 20:00:00 pm - 23:59:59 pm, call 0.1 yuan per minute. Corresponding to line B03. If the user makes a call at 21:45 in the evening, the terminal first searches for the six nodes in the above, and finds that among all the information corresponding to the current time point, the lowest tariff is line B03, and then the terminal selects line B03, and the terminal analyzes at this time. The current time selection mode B (ie, CDMA) is the cheapest to call out, and then the selection mode B is called out. Third, the network selection process:

After selecting the network standard, the communication terminal uses the selected network standard to call the voice call function corresponding to the call flow.

Preferably, after the call is established, the communication terminal detects whether the call time point crosses the time limit in real time, that is, determines whether the call process exceeds the time period corresponding to the selected minimum tariff, and if yes, gives the user a corresponding prompt, and the user selects whether to re-establish Business; or, re-acquire the best tariff information.

Based on the above network selection process, the execution flow of the method according to the embodiment of the present invention is shown below. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes:

Step 201, the communication terminal is powered on;

Step 202: Start an automatic network selection function.

In this step, the automatic network selection function is started, and the startup program may be booted to the startup interface of the function after the user is turned on; or the user may select to activate the automatic network selection function in the communication terminal setting item.

Step 203: The communication terminal determines whether it is enabled for the first time. If yes, step 204 is performed; if no, it is determined whether the user wants to modify the tariff content, and if yes, step 204 is performed; if not, the information content is directly changed, directly Enter the standby state.

Step 204: The communication terminal gives a user prompting interface, prompting the user to input a specific tariff setting item, and saves the tariff information after collecting the tariff information of each network standard input by the user.

In this step, the communication terminal can provide corresponding setting points according to the setting elements of the tariff standard package by the mainstream operator, for example:

Mode A (WCDMA)

Line A01

Start time 1 BeginTimerl 00:00:00

End time 1 EndTimerl 07:59:59 Tariff A01 Feel 0.1

Line A02

Start time 2 BeginTimer2 08:00:00

End time 2 EndTimer2 21 :59:59

Tariff A02 Fee2 0.3

Line A03

Start time 3 BeginTimer3 22:00:00

End time 3 EndTimer3 23:59:59

Tariff A03 Fee3 0.2 Mode B (CDMA)

Line B01

Start time 1 BeginTimerl

End time 1 EndTimerl 07:59:59

Tariff B01 Fee4 0.1

Line B02

Start time 1 BeginTimer2 08:00:00

End time 1 EndTimer2 19:59:59

Tariff B02 Fee5 0.2

Line B03

Start time 3 BeginTimer3 20:00:00

End time 3 EndTimer3 23:59:59

Tariff B03 Fee6 0.1 Step 205, the communication terminal makes a call under the trigger of the user; Step 206: The communication terminal invokes the current call time point, and searches for the minimum tariff node in the stored tariff information based on the call time point.

Specifically, the terminal compares the time period corresponding to each stored tariff information according to the current call time point, and determines whether the current call time point is within the corresponding time range. If yes, records the current node's tariff information (Feel). ), compare with the tariff information ( FeeO ) of the node that was recorded before, take the node with the lower tariff in FeeO and Feel as the record node; if not, discard the node and select the next node of the linked list to record And compare, until the full list is traversed, find the smallest tariff node.

For example, the current phone system time is 21:45 points. This step will compare and judge the time and point. It is found that it is satisfied in the following two links. At this time, record line A02 and line B03, compare their corresponding tariffs. A02 and tariff B03, select the line B03 with lower tariff and record the line.

Line A02

Start time 2 BeginTimer2 08:00:00

End time 2 EndTimer2 21 :59:59

Tariff A02 Fee2 0.3

Line B03

Start time 3 BeginTimer3 20:00:00

End time 3 EndTimer3 23:59:59

Tariff B03 Fee6 0.1

Step 207: The communication terminal obtains a network standard with a lower tariff according to the selected line, and initiates a call by using the network standard.

It should be noted that there are currently two types of dual-mode mobile phones, one is a dual-mode single-standby mobile phone, and the other is a dual-mode dual-standby mobile phone. In this embodiment, the use of different types of mobile phones is lower. When the network standard initiates a call, the following network selection process is also performed, including: (1) For the dual-mode single-standby mobile phone selection network process:

Since the dual-mode single-standby mobile phone has only one of the camping networks at the same time, if the network standard obtained in step 207 is the currently resident network standard, it can be directly applied; if the network standard obtained in step 207 is not If the network is currently camped, you need to shut down the current network and start another network for service calls.

In the process, before the current network is closed, the user is prompted to prompt the user whether to perform network switching to enhance the user experience.

(2) For the dual-mode dual standby mobile phone network selection process:

Since the dual-mode single-standby mobile phone is at the same time and the two networks are camped at the same time, after the network system is selected, even if the network system for triggering the call is not the selected network standard, it can automatically switch to the selected network standard.

As shown in FIG. 3, the present invention further provides a communication terminal, wherein the communication terminal automatically selects a low-cost network for a service application according to a tariff standard, including a mobile phone voice service, a streaming media data service, and data. The card terminal data access service, etc., enables the user to select the lowest service fee for its service use in any period of time. Specifically, the communication terminal includes:

The tariff data collection module 310 is configured to collect and store the tariff information of each network standard of the application at different time periods;

The tariff data analysis module 320 is configured to match a triggering time point of the service application with a time period corresponding to each stored tariff information when a certain service application is triggered, to obtain a network standard corresponding to the optimal tariff information;

The network selection control module 330 is configured to implement the service application by using the obtained network system as a service network.

The tariff data collection module 310 specifically includes:

The information collection sub-module 311 is configured to enter the information setting boundary when the automatic network selection function is enabled. And, based on the information input by the user in the information setting interface, collecting the tariff information of each network standard in different time periods;

The information storage sub-module 312 is configured to save the respective tariff information collected by the information collection sub-module 311.

The tariff data analysis module 320 specifically includes:

The node conversion submodule 321 is configured to convert the stored tariff information into node information, and organize each node information in a linked list;

The linked list traversing sub-module 322 is configured to traverse the time period information of each node in the linked list, obtain one or more nodes including the triggering time point, and obtain the network standard corresponding to the node with the lowest lowest rate among the acquired nodes. The best tariff information corresponds to the network standard.

The network selection control module 330 specifically includes:

The service network judging sub-module 331 is configured to determine whether the network standard of the service when the service application is triggered is the same as the obtained network standard, and if yes, implement the service application in a current application network standard; otherwise, trigger the network switch Module 332;

The network switching sub-module 332 is configured to implement the service application after the current service network standard is switched to the obtained network standard.

Further, the communication terminal of the present invention further includes:

The cross-border monitoring module 340 is configured to detect, in real time, whether the application time of the service application exceeds a time period corresponding to the optimal tariff information when the network selection control module implements the service application, and when it exceeds, based on the current time point The tariff data analysis module 320 is triggered; or, the prompt information is directly sent.

It is apparent that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and modifications of the invention

Claims

Claim

1. A method for automatically selecting a network by a communication terminal according to a tariff standard, comprising:

The communication terminal implements the service application by using the obtained network standard as a service network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the manner in which the communication terminal collects the tariff information of each network system of the application in different time periods comprises:

The method according to claim 1, wherein the matching the time point of the triggering of the service application with the time period corresponding to the stored tariff information, and obtaining the network system corresponding to the optimal tariff information, specifically includes:

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal implements the service application by using the obtained network system as a service network, and specifically includes:

Determining, by the communication terminal, whether the network standard of the service application triggers is the same as the obtained network standard, and if yes, implementing the service application by using the currently applied network standard; otherwise, switching to the obtained network standard Implementing the business application.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein when the communication terminal implements the service application, the method further includes:

6. A communication terminal, comprising:

The communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the tariff data collection module specifically includes:

The information collection sub-module is configured to enter an information setting interface when the automatic network selection function is enabled, and collect the information of the tariffs of the network standards in different time periods based on the information input by the user in the information setting interface;

The communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the tariff data analysis module specifically includes:

a node conversion submodule, configured to convert the stored tariff information into node information, and organize each node information in a linked list;

The linked list traverses the sub-module, and is set to traverse the time period information of each node in the linked list, and obtain One or more nodes including the triggering time point, and the obtained network system corresponding to the node with the lowest tariff among the nodes is used as the network standard corresponding to the obtained optimal tariff information.

The communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the network selection control module comprises: a service network determination sub-module, configured to determine whether a network standard of the service when the service application is triggered is the same as the obtained network standard If yes, implementing the service application in a current application network standard; otherwise, triggering a network switching sub-module;

The communication terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 9, further comprising: a cross-border monitoring module, configured to detect, in real time, whether an application time of the service application is detected when the network selection control module implements the service application Exceeding the time period corresponding to the optimal tariff information, when exceeded, triggering the tariff data analysis module based on the current time point; or directly issuing a prompt letter