WO2016153195A1

WO2016153195A1 - Communication service providing system and use in-advance service providing method thereof

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Publication number: WO2016153195A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/002367
Authority: WO
Inventors: 정영호; 박상호; 서길원
Original assignee: 주식회사 케이티
Priority date: 2015-03-25
Filing date: 2016-03-09
Publication date: 2016-09-29

Abstract

A use in-advance service providing method of a communication service providing system comprises the steps of: adding a predetermined amount of data to a data allowance of a first period, on the basis of a use in-advance request from a user; recording the predetermined amount of data in a use in-advance data record; generating at least a part of the data amount recorded in the use in-advance data record as data usage amount information, when a second period following the first period starts; and subtracting the data amount contained in the data usage amount information from the data allowance of the second period.

Description

Communication service providing system and method of providing pull-out service thereof

The present invention relates to a communication service providing method.

Telecommunication operators make various payment plans and provide them to customers, and telecommunication service subscribers select them based on their usage patterns. The subscriber is periodically provided with benefits such as the amount of voice calls, data volume, and text usage provided according to the plan. The subscriber can use the benefits provided by the plan for a specified period (eg, one month) and carry over the remaining amount to the next cycle (eg, next month).

On the other hand, if the subscriber runs out of call or data provisions this month before the next month, he or she will not be able to use the call or data service until next month, or will have to pay a certain amount to pay an additional fee. As a result, subscribers refrain from making calls or using data to avoid running out of provisions until the next cycle. As a result of refraining from using the service, the subscriber may not use all of the provisions of this cycle and may carry over to the next cycle.

In addition, although the subscriber is given the same amount of monthly, the subscriber's usage pattern may not be the same each month. For example, a subscriber may use less than usual data services in some months and more than usual in some months. Therefore, even if the subscriber wants to use the data service more than the provision amount this month, there is no way to increase the amount of data available unless the additional purchase amount is provided as the data charging service (data addition service).

As such, there is a limitation in that a subscriber's use of communication service is not flexible due to a periodic plan benefit.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a communication service providing system and method for providing a communication service in advance in the current cycle that the subscriber is expected to be provided in a future cycle. It is to provide a system and method for providing a pull-out service.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication service providing system and method for suspending a charge for a communication service pulled in a past cycle and charging the reserved charge in a current cycle.

A method of providing a pull-out service of a communication service providing system operated by at least one processor according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: adding a certain amount of data to a data providing amount of a first period based on a user's pull request; Recording the predetermined amount of data in the drawn data history, generating a data usage information of at least a part of the data amount recorded in the drawn data history when the second period, which is the next period of the first period, begins, and Subtracting the data amount included in the data usage information from the data providing amount of the second period.

In the recording of the pulled data history, the predetermined amount of data may be accumulated in the pulled data amount recorded in the pulled data history.

Generating at least a part of data amount recorded in the pulled data history as data usage information may generate the total data amount recorded in the pulled data history as the data usage information, and delete the pulled data history.

Generating at least a portion of the data amount recorded in the pulled data history as data usage information, generating the partial data amount recorded in the pulled data history as the data usage information, and converting the partial data amount in the pulled data history. By subtracting, the pulled data history can be updated.

Subtracting the amount of data included in the data usage information is carried forward to the second period of the remaining data amount of the first period, carried forward to the second period to the basic data provision amount provided in accordance with the rate plan of the second period Calculating a data provision amount of the second period by adding a data amount, and subtracting the data amount included in the data usage information from the data provision amount of the second period according to a data subtraction order; The subtraction order may be determined such that the carried forward data amount is subtracted before the basic data provision amount.

The step of adding the constant data amount to the data provision amount of the first period sets a data subtraction order so that the fixed data amount is subtracted later than the basic data provision amount of the first period, and the basic data provision amount is a plan of the first period. It may be the amount of data provided according to.

The adding of the predetermined data amount to the data providing amount of the first period may add the desired data amount included in the pulling application to the data providing amount of the first period.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing a pull-out service of a communication service providing system operated by at least one processor, wherein the current cycle is provided to the user in a past cycle when the current cycle starts according to a cycle of a subscription plan subscribed to by the user. Identifying the amount of data pulled, converting the amount of data drawn into virtual data usage, and subtracting the data usage from the data provision amount of the current period, wherein the amount of data pulled is the past period; The amount of data reserved for the user and reserved to the user in advance.

The step of subtracting the data usage may include subtracting the data usage from the data provision amount of the current period according to the order of data subtraction, and the data provision amount of the current period is the basic data provision amount and the current period provided according to the plan of the current cycle. And a data amount carried forward in a previous period of, wherein the data subtraction order may be determined such that the carried data amount is subtracted before the basic data provision amount.

The method of providing a pull-out service may further include determining the amount of data available for use by the user in the current period by subtracting the data usage from the data providing amount of the current period.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing a pull-out service of a communication service providing system operated by at least one processor, the method comprising: receiving usage information (Charging Data Records, Call Detail Records, CDR), and receiving the received information And subtracting the data usage included in the usage information from the data providing amount of the current period of the user, wherein the usage information is virtual data usage information generated based on actual data usage information received from the network device or a pulled data history. Wherein the pulled data history may include the amount of data previously reserved to the user and reserved for charging prior to the current period.

The receiving of the usage information may include receiving the virtual data usage information when the current cycle starts according to a cycle of a user plan subscribed to.

A method of providing a pull service of a communication service providing system operated by at least one processor according to another embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: receiving a pull request from a user terminal, and corresponding to the user terminal based on the pull application; Calculating the pulling capacity by checking the drawn data history and the plan; determining whether the pulling is possible based on the pulling capacity; and when pulling, the data pulled to the data providing amount provided to the user terminal in the current cycle. Adding an amount, and recording the pulled data amount in the pulled data history, wherein the data amount recorded in the pulled data history is provided to the user terminal in a future period than the current period. Is deducted from

The pulling capacity may be a value obtained by subtracting the amount of pulling data included in the pulled data history from the amount of pulling allowed by the tariff.

The adding of the amount of data pulled to the amount of data provided to the user terminal may be set such that the amount of pulled data is subtracted later than the amount of basic data provided in the plan of the current period.

In the determining of whether the pull is possible, if the pull capacity is less than a reference value, it may be determined that a pull service cannot be used.

The application for pulling includes a desired amount of data, and determining whether the pulling is possible may determine that a pulling service is not available when the pulling capacity is less than the desired amount of data.

The method for providing a pull-out service cancels the amount of pulled data provided to the user terminal and cancels the amount of pulled data when the contract corresponding to the user terminal is changed in the current period and the pull-out service is cancelled. The method may further include subtracting the data usage of the current period from the data provision amount.

In the adding of the amount of data pulled to the amount of data provision, the user terminal may be subscribed to a data addition service for additionally providing data corresponding to the amount of data drawn.

A system for providing a communication service to a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, a communication device for receiving from the network device the actual data usage information generated each time the terminal uses a data service through the network device, for one period A memory device for storing a program for calculating a usage amount of a corresponding period based on the generated data usage information, and a processor for executing the program in association with the communication device and the memory device, wherein the program is a user of the terminal. When the current cycle starts according to the period of the subscription plan, the user checks the amount of pull data previously provided to the user in the past cycle, generates virtual data usage information including the amount of data pulled, and the data of the current cycle. The virtual at the serving amount The amount of data included in the data usage information is subtracted, and when the actual data usage information is received through the communication device during the current period, the amount of data included in the actual data usage information is subtracted from the remaining data provision amount of the current period. Instructions are included.

The program may include a command for generating the virtual data usage information and then deleting the pulled data amount from the data history.

The program includes instructions for recording the constant data amount in the pulled data history when the amount of data is provided in the current cycle based on the user's pull request requested in the current cycle, and the pulled data history The predetermined amount of data recorded in may be charged in a future period of the current period.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the subscriber can write in advance the benefits provided in a future cycle, so that the available capacity can be increased in the current cycle without purchasing additional provisions. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the subscriber can solve the economic anxiety caused by the inconvenience and excess charges caused by the failure to use the communication service at the end of the cycle. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the user can charge the communication service pulled in the past cycle as the current cycle, so that it is possible to provide a pull-out service that was difficult to operate due to different use time and charging time.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a pull service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view for explaining a method of charging based on real-time usage information.

3 is a view for explaining a pull-out service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a configuration diagram of a communication service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining whether to provide a pull service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a pull service providing method of a service management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a processing method when a service contract is changed after using a pull-in service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a hardware block diagram of a service management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. have.

The service provider determines the allowance of the communication service (for example, a call service, a data service, a text service, etc.) to be provided for one cycle for each plan. When the user subscribes to a particular plan, the user is provided with a certain amount of goods provided by the service provider at the beginning of the cycle, can use the goods provided for one cycle, and is provided with a certain amount of goods again at the beginning of the next cycle. Here, the "period" may be determined by the carrier or the user, but for explanation, it is assumed that the period is one month. In the following, the data will be described by way of example for description among various communication services provided by a telecommunications carrier. However, the present invention may be equally applied to other goods such as a call service and a text service.

The service provider assigns basic data allowance or simply basic data amount in one cycle according to the user's plan. Basic data provision may vary by plan. The service provider can add the amount of data carried over from the previous cycle to the base data provision.

The amount of data that a user can use from the current time until the start of the next cycle is defined as data capacity or data remaining amount. If a user purchases a certain amount of data, the amount of data can be increased, and the amount of data can be increased by pulling the amount of data with a pull service. Each time a user uses a data service, the data available is reduced.

The communication service providing system calculates a user's data usage in real time and charges the data usage. In this case, charging refers to an act of subtracting data usage from data remaining amount.

Referring to FIG. 1, when a user requests a pull-up service, the telecommunication service provider provides a pull-out service to the user.

Pull-in service is a service that can be used to pull the communication service (explained "data service" as an example in the future) expected to be provided in the future cycle based on the current cycle plan in the current cycle.

When the user applies for the pull-up service, the telecommunication service provider determines whether the pull-up service is available based on the service contract information including the pull-up history.

Service providers increase the amount of data available in the current cycle by providing a certain amount of data to users who can use the pull-in service. The service provider records the amount of data drawn by the user in the current cycle in the pull history. When a new cycle is reached, the service provider checks the amount of data pulled in the past cycle for each user, and charges the amount of data pulled in the past cycle as the amount of data used in the current cycle. That is, when a new cycle is provided, the service provider provides a basic data amount to the user, but charges the amount of data drawn in the past cycle as soon as the current cycle starts (subtracting the amount of data drawn from the data provision amount of the current cycle).

The period in which the user uses the pull service may be defined as a "pull period", and the next period of the pull period may be called a "pull period" or a "charge period". Accordingly, the telecommunications service provider providing the pull-out service allows the data amount to be charged in the future cycle to be used in the current cycle, and provides the amount of data pulled free of charge at no additional charge. Then, when a new cycle begins, the telecommunications provider charges the amount of the drawn data for which the billing process is suspended.

However, the charging device is designed to subtract the usage amount from the data remaining amount based on the usage information (Charging Data Records or Call Detail Records, CDR) received in real time from the network device. Therefore, in a system that charges based on real-time usage information, the provision of the future cycle is provided in advance in the current cycle, but the method of retaining the charge in the future cycle is not easy.

Referring to FIG. 2, the user terminal 100 may use a provision amount provided by a telecommunication service provider during a corresponding period based on a plan. For explanation, it is assumed that the period is one month, and the communication service is described using a data service as an example.

The user terminal 100 is provided with a basic data amount according to a plan at the beginning of each month. The user terminal 100 accesses the base station 210 and generates data traffic by accessing the internet network through the P-GW 220. The amount of data used by the user terminal 100 is measured in a network device such as the P-GW 220. The P-GW 220 calculates data usage every time the user terminal 100 transmits and receives data traffic, and transmits the data usage to the charging unit 300 in real time.

The charging unit 300 provides a basic amount of data at the beginning of each month based on the service contract information of the user terminal 100, subtracts the usage of the user terminal 100, and manages the remaining amount of data. Since the data usage is information measured by a network device such as the P-GW 220, the charging unit 300 may not subtract the data usage from the data remaining amount until receiving the data usage from the network device. When the charging unit 300 receives the data usage information, the charging unit 300 subtracts the data usage in almost real time according to the processing performance. In this case, the data usage may be created and transmitted in a CDR, which is a basic data form of billing / billing, and the charging unit 300 manages the remaining amount of data based on the CDR. On the other hand, although briefly described in FIG. 2 for explanation, a substantial number of CDRs are actually generated in a month.

If the user subscribes to the data addition service and purchases additional data, the charging unit 300 provides the user with the remaining amount of data in which the additional data provision amount is added. In this case, the charging unit 300 may first subtract the additional data provision amount upon receiving the data CDR.

As described above, the charging unit 300 subtracts the data usage amount (data CDR) generated when the actual data traffic occurs from the provision amount in almost real time. Therefore, when the data amount pulled in the current period is to be subtracted to the next period as in the pull-out service of the present invention, the charging part 300 does not use the data because the point of time when the data is actually drawn and the charging time are different. It is difficult to apply the logic to charge for the amount of data pulled in the past at the time. The following describes how to solve this limitation and provide pull-in service.

Referring to FIG. 3, if there is a data pulling request related to the user terminal 100, the charging unit 300 adds the data amount drawn from the next month's provision amount to the current month's data provision amount (S110). In this case, the charging unit 300 may subscribe the user to the free data adding service and add the amount of data to the provisioned amount. Then, the charging unit 300 sets the deduction order so that the amount of data pulled later than the basic data provision amount, so that the unused data amount among the amount of data pulled can be carried forward. The charging unit 300 records the amount of data pulled in the data history. Meanwhile, the charging unit 300 determines whether data pulling is possible based on the service contract information, and adds the amount of data pulled to the data providing amount of the current month when data pulling is possible. If data pulling is impossible, the charging unit 300 notifies the user of the data pulling impossible message. Here, the configuration for determining whether data can be pulled and notifying the user of a data pull impossible message may be implemented separately from the charging unit 300.

When the new cycle begins (0 April 1), the charging unit 300 checks the amount of data pulled in the previous cycle based on the subscriber's data history, and calculates the amount of data pulled in the virtual data usage (virtual CDR). To generate (S120). The pulled data history includes the total amount of data pulled in the previous cycle, and the total amount of pulled data can be generated in one virtual CDR.

The charging unit 300 carries over the data remaining amount of the previous period and adds it to the basic data providing amount (S130). The amount of data carried forward (e.g., 50 MB) and the basic data amount (e.g., 1024 MB) become a new period of data provision amount (1074 MB). In this case, the charging unit 300 may set the subtraction order so that the amount of data carried forward is subtracted before the basic data provision amount.

The charging unit 300 subtracts the virtual CDR (500MB) from the data provision amount (1074MB) (S140). The remaining amount (774 MB) after subtracting the virtual CDR (500 MB) from the data provision amount (1074 MB) is equal to the data amount after subtracting the data amount (250 MB) actually pulled out in the previous cycle from the basic data provision amount (1024 MB). That is, the carry forward data amount, which may include the data amount drawn in the previous cycle, is added to the provision amount of the current cycle, and the carry data amount is set to be subtracted before the basic data provision amount. The amount of pulled data generated by the virtual CDR is subtracted from the amount of the current cycle provided. Based on this data offset process, only the amount of data pulled out in the previous period is to be subtracted from the current period.

In FIG. 3, the order of steps S120 and S130 may be changed, and the processing time between steps S120 to S140 may be processed very short so that the collision between the virtual CDR and various merchandise and billing logics is avoided. Can be reduced.

Table 1 shows data usage information of the month (M month, March), and Table 2 shows data usage information of the next month (M + 1 month, April).

당긴 달(M달)Moon drawn (M months)	제공량(+)Serving Volume (+)	사용량(-)usage(-)	잔여량Residual amount
기본 데이터 제공량Primary data serving	1024MB1024 MB	1024MB1024 MB	0MB0 MB
당긴 데이터량Amount of data pulled	300MB300 MB	250MB250 MB	50MB50 MB
합계Sum	1324MB1324 MB	1224MB1224 MB	50MB50 MB

당긴 다음 달(M+1달)Next month pulled (M + 1 month)	제공량(+)Serving Volume (+)	사용량(-)usage(-)	잔여량Residual amount
이월 데이터량Carryover data volume	50MB50 MB	50MB50 MB	0MB0 MB
기본 데이터 제공량Primary data serving	1024MB1024 MB	250MB250 MB	774MB774 MB
합계Sum	1124MB1124 MB	300MB300 MB	774MB774 MB

As described above, since the charging unit 300 charges based on the real-time usage information, the charging unit 300 suspends the charging process in the past cycle and generates virtual data usage (virtual CDR) in the current cycle with respect to the pulled data amount. Through this, the charging unit 300 may process the data used in the charging cycle (current cycle) and other period (past cycle) as the charging cycle.

The billing unit 300 may add the data providing amount generated from various additional products to the basic data amount provided by the plan, and input data CDRs according to the relationship with a number of products and billing logic, including data subtraction order. Subtract from On the other hand, as illustrated schematically in FIG. 3, since the charging unit 300 manages the data remaining amount by sequentially subtracting data usage from the data remaining amount including the pulled data amount, the billing unit 300 reduces the amount of pulled data among numerous data CDRs. The data CDR cannot be specified. Therefore, it is difficult for the charging unit 300 to calculate the amount of data actually used (the amount of data drawn out) of the amount of data drawn in the previous cycle.

If the data CDR subtracted from the pulled data amount is specified, the charging unit 300 sequentially subtracts the data CDR from the remaining data including the pulled data amount, and then adds whether the data CDR is subtracted from the pulled data amount. It is difficult to make this determination for each huge amount of data CDRs generated each time data traffic occurs. Alternatively, the charging unit 300 sequentially sorts a huge amount of data CDRs generated each time data traffic occurs in the order of occurrence at the end of the month or the beginning of the month, and then deducts data CDRs and basic data from the amount of data charged by the user. The data CDRs deducted from the amount of data and the data CDRs deducted from the amount of data drawn are divided, the data CDRs deducted from the amount of data drawn are changed, and the default CDR provided in the next month after the change is made to the CDR used in the next month (the billing month). It should be subtracted from the data volume. However, since the amount of data CDRs generated in a month is considerable, even if the data CDRs subtracted from the amount of data drawn in the last month are changed to the CDRs of the billing month, it is impossible to determine the priority of billing and billing errors may occur.

However, the present invention generates one virtual CDR for the amount of data (500MB) pulled in the previous cycle with reference to the pulled data history when a new cycle begins (for example, 1:00 on April 1). When the virtual CDR is generated, the charging unit 300 may immediately subtract the amount of data corresponding to the virtual CDR from the provisioned amount at the start of a new cycle.

In particular, the charging unit 300 may use the virtual CDR generated based on the data history of the past cycle to process the amount of data drawn in the past cycle in the current cycle without changing the CDR-based charging processing logic. Even if a user uses some amount of data (for example, 300 MB) of data pulled in a past cycle (for example, 300 MB), only the amount of data drawn by combining the data carry-over service and the virtual CDR generated based on the pulled data history can be charged. have.

The following describes a communication service providing system that provides a user with a pull service based on the user's pull request.

Referring to FIG. 4, the communication service providing system 10 includes a network device 20 and a service management device 30. The service management device 30 includes a charging unit 300 and a pull-out service management unit 320.

The network device 20 processes call / data traffic of the user terminal 100. The network device 20 may include a base station 210 to which the user terminal 100 is connected, and a P-GW 220 for processing data traffic and calculating data usage.

The charging unit 300 manages the amount of provision provided to the user terminal 100 based on the service contract information, and subtracts (billing) the amount of usage based on the charging rule. In addition, in the case of providing a pull-out service to the user, the charging unit 300 pulls a certain amount of data in a future cycle, and adds the amount of data pulled to the data providing amount of the current cycle. The pulled data amount is managed by the pulled data history, and when the pull service is provided to the user a plurality of times, the amount of data provided by each pull service can be accumulated and managed. The pulled data history may be managed by the charging unit 300, the pull-out service manager 320, or a separate device.

The charging unit 300 manages the current data remaining amount based on the data usage information CDR received from the network device 20.

The charging unit 300 checks whether there is a data history pulled from the past cycle when a new cycle starts. If there is a pulled data history, the charging unit 300 generates the pulled data history as a virtual CDR and subtracts the virtual CDR from the data providing amount of the current period. In this case, the charging unit 300 may charge by dividing the amount of pulled data included in the data history pulled according to the charging rule. For example, the charging unit 300 may generate a virtual CDR to charge the total amount of pulled data included in the pulled data history in the current period. In this case, the charging unit 300 updates the pulled data amount included in the pulled data history to zero. The charging unit 300 may charge some data amount of the total data amount included in the pulled data history in the current cycle, and leave the remaining data amount charged in the next cycle. In this case, the charging unit 300 updates the pulled data amount included in the pulled data history to the remaining data amount.

As described with reference to FIG. 3, when the new period starts, the charging unit 300 carries forward the data amount remaining in the previous period to the current period, and subtracts the virtual CDR from the data providing amount including the carried data amount. At this time, the charging unit 300 is set so that the carried data amount is subtracted earlier than the basic data provision amount, so that only the drawn data amount is deducted from the basic data provision amount even if the amount of data pulled in the past period is subtracted.

The pull-out service manager 320 manages service contract information. When the pulling service management unit 320 receives the pulling request related to the user terminal 100, the pulling service management unit 320 may provide a pulling service according to a rule set according to a plan, or may not provide a pulling service. When the pull-out service can be provided, the pull-out service manager 320 may request the billing unit 300 to provide a pull-out service (added amount of data) for the corresponding user (or user terminal). If the pull-out service cannot be provided, the pull-out service manager 320 may transmit a pull-out impossible message.

The pull application may include an amount of data (a desired data amount) to be pulled in a future cycle and identification information of the user terminal 100.

Next, a description will be given of a method of determining whether the pull-out service manager 320 provides a pull-out service.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of determining whether to provide a pull service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the description will be given by the pulling service manager 320 to determine whether to provide the pulling service, but the charging unit 300 may determine this.

Referring to FIG. 5, the pulling service manager 320 receives a data pulling application (S210). The user can apply for as many pullings as he wants within the pulling allowance set in his plan. Pull allowances may be set differentially by plan.

The pulling service manager 320 identifies the identification information or the user information of the user terminal 100 based on the data pulling application, and checks the service contract information corresponding to the identification information (S220).

The pull-out service manager 320 checks the service contract information and determines whether the pull-up service is used (S230). Service contracts, such as plan changes, name changes, and termination of pull-in service contracts, may change, so check the service contract information.

If the user can use the pull service, the pull service management unit 320 calculates the pulling capacity based on the data history (S240). Pull capacity actually means the amount of data the user can pull. For example, if the pull allowance of the data selection 299 plan is 300 MB and the amount of data already pulled is 100 MB, the pull capacity is 200 MB.

Pull service management unit 320 determines whether the pull is possible based on the pull available capacity (S250). If the pulling capacity is more than the reference value, it can be determined as a pullable state.

If the pull is possible, the pull-out service management unit 320 updates the service contract information so that the amount of data pulled is added to the provision amount of the current cycle (S260). That is, the pull service management unit 320 provides the amount of data drawn by subscribing to the data addition service when the pull service is possible.

Pull-out service management unit 320 withholds the charge (billing) for the data added service, and records the amount of data pulled in the pulled data history (S270). The amount of data pulled is reflected in the usage of the future cycle through the virtual CDRs generated in the future cycle. At this time, the pulled data amount is subtracted later than the data providing amount of the current period. The amount of data pulled may be the amount of data desired by the user or the amount of data determined by the charging unit 300 or the pull-out service manager 320.

If the user has already pulled the pulling capacity, the pulling service management unit 320 determines that it is not possible to provide the pulling service (S280). The write service manager 320 may transmit a write impossible message to the user terminal 100.

Referring to FIG. 6, the service management device 30 provides a data amount pulled in the form of a data addition service when providing a pull-out service (S310).

The service management apparatus 30 records the data amount provided in the form of data addition service in the data history (S320).

When the new cycle starts, the service management device 30 generates the data amount included in the pulled data history as a virtual CDR (S330).

The service management apparatus 30 subtracts the virtual CDR from the basic data provision amount of the new period (S340).

Although the user conceptually recognizes that the data providing amount of the future cycle is to be used for this cycle, the service management device 30 may provide the pull-out service through the charging processing method for the drawn data amount.

Referring to FIG. 7, the allowable data allowance amount is set based on a plan of the current cycle, assuming that the plan of the future cycle is the same as the plan of the current cycle. However, the user may change the service contract after using the pull service.

According to one embodiment, if the allowance is changed to a plan with a larger allowance than the previous plan, the allowance is adjusted based on the changed plan. If the plan is changed to a lesser plan than the previous plan, the user will no longer be able to use the pull-in service during the current cycle. In this case, when the amount of data already pulled exceeds the allowable amount of the plan after the change, the operator may charge a fee corresponding to the excess amount in a current cycle. Alternatively, the communication service provider may pull the amount of data pulled and the amount of pulled data, and may subtract or charge the actual amount of the pulled usage during the billing cycle.

According to another exemplary embodiment, after pulling data in the current period, a pull-out cancellation condition may occur in the current period. The cancellation condition may be, for example, a change of name, termination of a contract, a change to a charge-out service plan, and the like. Then, the pull-out service manager 320 adjusts the amount of data provided in the current period by destroying the amount of pulled data provided in the current period. The service management device 30 subtracts the usage amount from the adjusted data provision amount to present the data remaining amount.

Referring to FIG. 8, the communication service providing system 10 includes a service management device 30. The service management device 30 is composed of hardware including at least one processor 31, at least one memory device 32, at least one storage device 33, at least one communication device 34, and the like. The service management apparatus 30 includes various software such as an operating system, middleware, and a program that operate in combination with hardware. The hardware and software of the service management device 30 have a configuration and a capability to carry out the present invention.

The program includes instructions that implement the operation of the service management device 30 described in the present invention. The program may be stored in the memory device 32, the storage device 33, or a remote storage device. The processor 31 loads a program to perform the operation of the service management apparatus 30 described in the present invention.

The billing unit 300 and the pull-out service management unit 320 of the service management device 30 may be physically separated or integrated.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the subscriber can write in advance the benefits provided in the future cycle, so that the amount of data available in the current cycle can be increased even if no additional data is purchased. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the subscriber can solve the economic anxiety caused by the inconvenience and excess charges caused by the failure to use the communication service at the end of the cycle. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the charging device may reflect the communication service (data amount, etc.) used in the past cycle as used in the current cycle, thus providing a pull-out service that was difficult to operate due to different use time and charging time. can do.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented through the apparatus and the method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiments of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

Claims

A method of providing a pull-out service of a communication service providing system operated by at least one processor,

Adding a certain amount of data to the amount of data provided in the first cycle based on the user's application for pulling,

Recording in the data history of drawing the predetermined amount of data;

Generating a data usage information of at least a part of data amount recorded in the pulled data history when a second cycle, which is a next cycle of the first cycle, starts; and

Subtracting the data amount included in the data usage information from the data providing amount of the second period

How to provide a pull-up service comprising a.
In claim 1,

The recording in the pulled data history is

And a method of providing a pull-in service that accumulates the predetermined amount of data in the amount of drawn data recorded in the drawn data history.
In claim 1,

Generating at least a portion of the data amount recorded in the pulled data history as data usage information

And generating the total data amount recorded in the pulled data history as the data usage information and deleting the pulled data history.
In claim 1,

Generating at least a portion of the data amount recorded in the pulled data history as data usage information

And generating the partial data amount recorded in the pulled data history as the data usage information, and updating the pulled data history by subtracting the partial data amount from the pulled data history.
In claim 1,

Subtracting the amount of data included in the data usage information

Carrying over the data remaining amount of the first period to the second period,

Calculating a data provision amount of the second period by adding a data amount carried over to the second period to a basic data provision amount provided according to the plan of the second period, and

Subtracting the amount of data included in the data usage information from the data provision amount of the second period according to the data subtraction order

Including,

And the data subtraction order is determined such that the carried forward data amount is subtracted before the basic data provision amount.
In claim 1,

The step of adding the predetermined amount of data to the data providing amount of the first period

Setting a data subtraction order so that the predetermined amount of data is subtracted later than the basic data provision amount of the first period,

The basic data providing amount is a data amount provided according to the rate plan of the first period.
In claim 1,

The step of adding the predetermined amount of data to the data providing amount of the first period

And a method for providing a pulling service, adding the desired data amount included in the pulling application to the data providing amount of the first period.
A method of providing a pull-out service of a communication service providing system operated by at least one processor,

Checking the amount of pulled data provided to the user in the past cycle when the current cycle starts according to the cycle of the user subscription plan,

Converting the drawn data amount into virtual data usage, and

Subtracting the data usage from the data provision amount of the current period

Including,

The amount of data pulled is the amount of data that is reserved for the user in the past period and previously provided to the user.
In claim 8,

Subtracting the data usage

Subtract the data usage from the data providing amount of the current period according to a data subtraction order;

The data providing amount of the current period includes the basic data providing amount provided according to the plan of the current period and the data amount carried over from the previous period of the current period,

And the data subtraction order is determined such that the carried forward data amount is subtracted before the basic data provision amount.
In claim 8,

Determining the amount of data available for the user to use in the current period is the amount of data subtracting the data usage from the data providing amount of the current period

How to provide a pull-in service further comprising.
A method of providing a pull-out service of a communication service providing system operated by at least one processor,

Receiving usage information (Charging Data Records, Call Detail Records, CDR), and

Subtracting the data usage included in the received usage information from the data providing amount of the current cycle of the user,

The usage information is

It includes virtual data usage information generated based on the actual data usage information received from the network device or the pulled data history,

And the pulled data history includes the amount of data previously reserved to the user and withholding charges prior to the current period.
In claim 11,

Receiving the usage information is

A method of providing a pull-out service that receives the virtual data usage information when the current cycle starts according to a cycle of a user subscription plan.
A method of providing a pull-out service of a communication service providing system operated by at least one processor,

Receiving a pull request from a user terminal,

Calculating a pulling capacity by checking a pulled data history and a rate plan corresponding to the user terminal based on the pulling application;

Determining whether the pulling is possible based on the pulling capacity;

Adding a data amount pulled to a data provision amount provided to the user terminal in a current cycle, if possible; and

Recording the pulled data amount in the pulled data history

Including,

The amount of data recorded in the pulled data history is subtracted from the amount of data provided to the user terminal in a future period than the current period.
In claim 13,

The pulling capacity is

A pull-out service providing method which is a value obtained by subtracting a pulled data amount included in the pulled data history from a pulling allowable amount allowed by the plan.
In claim 13,

The step of adding the amount of data pulled to the amount of data provided to the user terminal is

And setting the pulled data amount to be deducted later than the basic data amount provided in the plan of the current period.
In claim 13,

Determining whether the pull is possible

If the pull capacity is less than the reference value, it is determined that the pull service is not available to the pull service providing method.
In claim 13,

The pull application includes a desired amount of data,

Determining whether the pull is possible

A pull-out service providing method, if the pull-amount is less than the desired amount of data, determining that a pull-out service is not available.
In claim 13,

If the contract corresponding to the user terminal is changed in the current period and the pull-up service is canceled, cancel the amount of pull data provided to the user terminal, cancel the amount of data pulled and the remaining amount of data in the current period. Steps to Deduct Data Usage

How to provide a pull-in service further comprising.
In claim 13,

The step of adding the data amount drawn to the data provision amount is

And a subscription service providing method for subscribing the user terminal to a data addition service for additionally providing data corresponding to the pulled data amount.
A system for providing a communication service to a terminal,

A communication device that receives actual data usage information generated each time the terminal uses a data service from the network device;

A memory device that stores a program that calculates usage of the cycle based on data usage information generated during the cycle; and

A processor for executing the program in association with the communication device and the memory device;

The program

When a current cycle starts according to a cycle of a plan subscribed by a user of the terminal, check the amount of pull data previously provided to the user in a past cycle, and generate virtual data usage information including the amount of pull data. The amount of data included in the virtual data usage information is subtracted from the data providing amount of the current cycle,

And receiving the actual data usage information through the communication device during the current period, including instructions subtracting the amount of data included in the actual data usage information from the remaining data provision amount of the current cycle.
The method of claim 20,

The program

Generating the virtual data usage information, and then deleting the pulled data amount from the pulled data history.
The method of claim 21,

The program

Instructions for recording the constant amount of data in the pulled data history when a certain amount of data is provided in the current period based on the user's pull request requested in the current period;

The constant amount of data recorded in the pulled data history is charged in a future period of the current period.