WO2016169327A1

WO2016169327A1 - Method and system for sharing data plan usage quota of mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2016169327A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/074150
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陈小云; 张秀丽; 李蕊
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-04-23
Filing date: 2016-02-19
Publication date: 2016-10-27
Also published as: CN106162755A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a usage quota management technique in the technical field of communications. Disclosed are a method and system for sharing data plan usage quota of a mobile terminal. The method comprises: determining, by a usage quota sharing system according to a user instruction, a master card sharing usage quota and usage quota division information, wherein the usage quota division information comprises the quantity of usage quota packets to be divided and/or usage quota information of a single usage quota packet; generating, by the usage quota sharing system, usage quota packets according to the usage quota division information, while subtracting the sum of usage quota of all the usage quota packets from the master card; and issuing, by the usage quota sharing system, the generated usage quota packets to a user in the usage quota sharing system. The technical solution enables circulation of usage quota, thus avoiding waste of usage quota of a user, improving user experience and indirectly improving customer satisfaction of an operator.

Description

Method and system for mobile terminal internet traffic sharing

Technical field

This document relates to, but is not limited to, traffic management technology in communication technology, and specifically relates to a method and system for mobile terminal Internet traffic sharing.

Background technique

With the advent of the mobile Internet era, the popularity of smart terminals, and the rapid development of 4G communication technologies, traditional call-based and Internet-based supplements are far from satisfying people's social needs. People are increasingly demanding mobile terminals for Internet access. The characteristics of mobile data traffic consumption are outstanding. Telecom operators have to face the reality of this decline in traditional telecom services and the surge in traffic. Under the trend of accelerated replacement of traditional telecom services by Internet applications, traffic management has quickly occupied more than half of the country, becoming the main source of business and new profit growth points for communication operators. This requires operators to shift from traffic management to traffic management. Traffic management poses a great challenge to operators' traditional BOSS systems, and the requirements for BOSS are higher and more precise.

The traffic card is a new form of prepaid card that comes into being in response to the requirements of the LTE network in this situation. The feature is that after the user binds this type of card, the user can select the traffic in the card, and no additional charge is required in the traffic range. Users can purchase such cards through the e-commerce platform. There are many types of cards, such as different expiration dates, QOS, traffic, etc. The cost of different cards is also different. After purchasing the card, the user obtains a card number and associated password. Through the e-commerce platform, after the user inputs the mobile phone number, card number, and password, the user can bind, and after binding, the user's traffic through the mobile phone will be deducted from this card.

The flow card provides users with a relatively flexible flow plan. Due to the convenience of the purchase and use of the flow card, it was quickly welcomed and recognized by the market once it was launched. However, there is still much room for improvement in current flow card flexibility. For example, if the user's traffic is not used up, it will be cleared at the end of the month, which is easy to cause waste.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for mobile terminal Internet traffic sharing, which can avoid traffic waste.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for sharing internet traffic of a mobile terminal, which mainly comprises the following operations:

Determining, according to a user instruction, a mother card sharing the traffic and the traffic splitting information, where the traffic splitting information includes the number of the divided traffic packets and/or the traffic information of the single traffic packet;

Generating a traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information, and deducting the traffic sum of all the traffic packets from the mother card;

The generated traffic packet is delivered to the user.

Optionally, in the foregoing method, before the traffic sharing system generates the traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information, the method further includes:

The validity of the user is verified, and the traffic packet is generated according to the traffic splitting information only after the user passes the validity check.

Optionally, in the foregoing method, the process of generating a traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information includes:

When the traffic splitting information includes only the number N of traffic packets, the current traffic balance in the parent card is equally divided into N shares to generate N traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes only the traffic information of the single traffic packet, calculate the number N of the traffic packets that can be distributed according to the current traffic balance in the parent card and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and generate N traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes the traffic packet number N and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, the current traffic balance in the parent card is divided into N shares according to the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and N traffic packets are generated.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

Receiving an instruction initiated by another user to receive the traffic packet;

And according to the instruction, binding the traffic packet to the other user.

Optionally, the foregoing method further includes:

According to the preset validity period of the traffic packet, when it is determined that there is an expired traffic packet, the unseen traffic packet information is sent to the specified directory through the file transfer protocol FTP;

Regularly collect the traffic packet return file from the specified directory, and summarize the traffic in the expired traffic packet and return it to the mother card.

The embodiment of the invention further discloses a system for sharing internet traffic of a mobile terminal, comprising an e-commerce application module and a main service logic module, wherein:

The e-commerce application module is configured to determine a parent card for sharing traffic and traffic split information according to a user instruction, and send the generated traffic packet to a user in the traffic sharing system, where the traffic split information includes the split traffic. The number of packets and/or the traffic information of a single traffic packet;

The main service logic module is configured to generate a traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information, and simultaneously deduct the traffic sum of all the traffic packets from the parent card, and return the generated traffic packet to the e-commerce application module.

Optionally, the system further includes a data communication interface module, where the e-commerce application module is connected to the main service logic module by using the data communication interface module, where:

The data communication interface module is configured to verify validity of the e-commerce application module;

The main service logic module is configured to generate a traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information only when the e-commerce application module passes the legality check.

Optionally, in the foregoing system, the primary service logic module is configured to generate a traffic packet according to the traffic split information by:

When the traffic splitting information includes only the number N of traffic packets, the main service logic module divides the current traffic balance in the parent card into N shares, and generates N traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes only the traffic information of a single traffic packet, the primary service logic module calculates the number N of deliverable traffic packets according to the current traffic balance in the parent card and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and generates N. Traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes the traffic packet number N and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, the primary service logic module divides the current traffic balance in the parent card according to the traffic information of the single traffic packet. For N shares, generate N traffic packets.

Optionally, in the above system, the e-commerce application module is further configured to receive an instruction initiated by another user to receive the traffic packet;

The main service logic module is further configured to perform binding processing on the traffic packet with the other user according to the instruction.

Optionally, in the above system, the e-commerce application module is further configured to: according to the preset validity period of the traffic packet, determine that the traffic packet that is not expired is sent to the unseen traffic packet information through the file transfer protocol FTP. Specify the directory;

The main service logic module is further configured to periodically extract the traffic packet return file to the specified directory, and summarize the traffic in the expired unreported traffic packet and return it to the mother card.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores computer executable instructions, and the computer executable instructions are used to execute the above method.

By adopting the technical solution of the present application, the traffic is moved, the waste of user traffic is avoided, and the user experience is improved, thereby indirectly improving the customer satisfaction of the operator.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a structural diagram of a structure of a traffic sharing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of user registration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of purchasing a traffic card according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a red envelope (red envelope deduction instruction) according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a red envelope (red envelope purchase and binding instruction) according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flow chart of returning a red envelope according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for sharing traffic according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other arbitrarily.

Example 1

The embodiment provides a system for sharing internet traffic of a mobile terminal, including an e-commerce application module and a main service logic module, where:

The e-commerce application module is configured to determine the mother card and the traffic split information of the shared traffic according to the user instruction, and send the traffic packet generated by the main service logic module to the user in the traffic sharing system, where the traffic split information includes the split traffic. The number of packets and/or the traffic information of a single traffic packet;

The main service logic module is configured to generate a traffic packet (also referred to as a traffic red packet) according to the traffic split information, and deduct the traffic sum of all the traffic packets from the mother card, and return the generated traffic packet to the e-commerce application module.

In an optional solution, the system may further include a data communication interface module, where the e-commerce application module is connected to the main service logic module by using the data communication interface module, where:

The data communication interface module is configured to verify the legality of the e-commerce application module, including: obtaining the identification information of the e-commerce (such as a user name and a password), and storing the obtained e-commerce identification information and the e-commerce stored in the e-commerce application module. The identification information is compared, and if it is consistent, the e-commerce application module is considered to be legal;

Optionally, the main service logic module is configured to generate a traffic packet according to the traffic split information by:

When the traffic splitting information includes only the number N of traffic packets, the main service logic module divides the current traffic balance in the mother card into N shares, and generates N traffic packets, where the N is greater than or equal to 1; or

When the traffic splitting information includes only the traffic information of the single traffic packet, the primary service logic module calculates the number N of the traffic packets that can be issued according to the current traffic balance in the parent card and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and generates N traffic packets. The calculation includes: dividing the current traffic balance in the mother card by the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and modulating the obtained result to obtain the number N of the distributable traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes the traffic packet number N and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, the main service logic module divides the current traffic balance in the parent card into N shares according to the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and generates N traffic packets.

In addition, the e-commerce application module is further configured to receive an instruction initiated by another user to receive a traffic packet. At this time, the main service logic module is further configured to add the traffic in the traffic packet to the user who receives the traffic packet according to the instruction. Account, or bind traffic packets to users.

In some other schemes, the e-commerce application module is further configured to, according to the preset validity period of the traffic packet, determine that the traffic packet that is not expired is sent to the specified directory through the file transfer protocol FTP. Correspondingly, the main service logic module is further configured to periodically extract the traffic packet return file to the specified directory, and summarize the traffic in the expired traffic packet and return it to the mother card.

The specific implementation of the above system will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile terminal Internet traffic sharing system, wherein any mobile terminal number can be registered as a user of the system. This system mainly involves the following modules:

The (third-party) e-commerce application module is configured to provide functions such as registration, purchase, and binding of the flow card. The mobile terminal Internet traffic sharing system of the present embodiment provides an e-commerce application module for the user to register, purchase, and Binding, etc. In addition, our mobile terminal Internet traffic sharing system also provides a standard interface specification with a third-party e-commerce application platform, and any third-party e-commerce application can access the mobile terminal described in this embodiment through this interface. Internet traffic sharing system;

The data communication interface module is configured to receive a request sent by the (third party) e-commerce application module or the card management portal module, and verify the legality of the e-commerce application module; the main business logic module is set to pass the legality in the e-commerce application module. Provides the implementation of the business logic of the traffic card and the service storage process during verification;

The card management portal module is configured to be responsible for system data management of the flow card, card management (including creating card resources, selling cards, bindings, etc.) and various statistics;

A data storage module configured to store traffic card data.

The process of realizing the mobile terminal traffic sharing by the above system mainly includes registration, purchase, and sending traffic packets (also referred to as traffic red packets) and the traffic red packets in several stages, which are introduced one by one below.

Among them, the registration process is very simple, as shown in Figure 2, only involving users and (third-party) e-commerce applications.

The mobile terminal accesses the (third party) e-commerce application, sets the login password, initiates the registration application, and the (third party) e-commerce application module records the user number and password, and gives the user feedback to register the successful response.

The purchase process, as shown in Figure 3, includes the following operations:

Step A: After the user logs in to the (third party) e-commerce application module, the card type is selected, and an application for purchasing a flow card is initiated to the e-commerce application;

Step B: The (third party) e-commerce application module initiates a card purchase instruction to the data communication interface module through the SOAP message;

Step C: After receiving the flow card purchase instruction, the data communication interface module first verifies the legality of the (third party) e-commerce module, and after the verification passes, calls the main business logic module of the flow card to purchase the card;

Step D: The main business logic module randomly selects a card corresponding to the condition according to the card type transmitted from the data communication interface module, and feeds back the card number, password, expiration date and the like information of the card to the data communication interface module, and records the purchase. Card information;

In step E, the data communication interface module feeds back information such as the card number, password, and expiration date to the (third party) e-commerce application module through the SOAP message.

In step F, the (third party) e-commerce application module displays the card number, password, expiration date and the like to the user.

The process of sending traffic red packets, as shown in Figure 4, includes the following operations:

Step A: The user purchases a new card through any (third party) e-commerce application module or directly uses an old card as a mother card, and the purpose is to create a red envelope for the traffic to be shared;

Step B: The user creates a traffic red packet through the (third party) e-commerce application module, and determines the traffic split information in the purchased mother card according to the user instruction, and the (third party) e-commerce application module sends the traffic red packet buckle to the data communication interface module. Subtraction and traffic split information;

Step C: After receiving the traffic red packet deduction instruction, the data communication interface module first verifies the legality of the (third party) e-commerce module, and after the verification is passed, the main business logic module is called to generate a traffic red packet according to the traffic split information;

Step D: The main service logic module calculates the number N of traffic red packets that can be distributed according to the traffic balance and traffic split information in the current mother card, and generates N traffic red packets, and deducts the traffic sum of all traffic red packets from the mother card to generate CDR

Step E, the data communication interface module returns the result to the (third party) e-commerce application module, and records the deduction log file;

Step F: After the traffic red packet is generated, the e-commerce application module issues a traffic red packet to any user.

In the E-commerce application module traffic red envelope phase, there are two ways: First, the user directly selects the object to be sent the traffic red packet in the mobile terminal address book in the (third-party) e-commerce application module, and then gives the data communication interface The module sends a request for sending a traffic red envelope; the other is that the user first sends a request for generating a traffic red packet to the data communication interface module in the (third party) e-commerce application module, and then shares the created traffic red packet to the third-party APP application. Such as WeChat friends circle, WeChat friends, Weibo and so on.

The process of collecting traffic red packets, as shown in Figure 5, includes the following operations:

In step A, after the other user obtains the red packet of the traffic, the user may initiate the collection. At this time, the (third party) e-commerce application module sends a traffic red packet receiving instruction to the data communication interface module;

Step B: After receiving the traffic red envelope receiving command, the data communication interface module first checks the legality of the e-commerce module. After the verification is passed, the main business logic module is called to perform binding;

Step C: The main service logic module binds the traffic red packet (that is, the traffic packet is bound to the user as a separate traffic card account, and the user can set the traffic on the traffic card to be preferentially used by the e-commerce application module after binding) After the processing is completed, the processing result is reversed to the data communication interface module;

Step D: The data communication interface module returns the result fed back by the main service logic module to the (third party) e-commerce application module through the SOAP message, and records the traffic red packet binding log file;

In step E, the (third party) e-commerce application module displays the result of the traffic packet collection to the user.

In addition, the validity period of the traffic red envelope can be set on the (third party) e-commerce application side. For the expired traffic red envelope, there is a flow red packet return process, as shown in FIG. 6, which mainly includes the following operations:

Step A: The (third party) e-commerce application module sends the red envelope information to be returned to the specified directory through FTP;

Step B: The scheduled task in the main service logic module goes to the directory to be configured at a specified time to take traffic. The red envelope returns the file, summarizes the traffic of the traffic red envelope and returns it to the mother card, and generates a processing result file;

Step C: The (third party) e-commerce application module can obtain and view the result file of the red envelope return through FTP.

Example 2

As shown in FIG. 7, the embodiment provides a method for sharing traffic on a mobile terminal, which mainly includes the following operations:

Determining the parent card of the shared traffic and the traffic splitting information according to the user instruction, where the traffic splitting information includes the number of the divided traffic packets and/or the traffic information of the single traffic packet;

Generating a traffic packet according to the traffic split information (hereinafter also referred to as a traffic red packet), and deducting the traffic sum of all the traffic packets from the mother card;

The generated traffic packet is delivered to the user.

Optionally, before the traffic packet is generated according to the traffic splitting information, the validity of the user may be verified first. After the user passes the validity check, the traffic packet is generated according to the traffic split information.

Optionally, the process of generating a traffic packet according to the traffic split information is as follows:

When the traffic splitting information includes only the number N of traffic packets, the current traffic balance in the mother card is equally divided into N shares to generate N traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes only the traffic information of a single traffic packet, the number N of the traffic packets that can be issued is calculated according to the current traffic balance in the parent card and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and N traffic packets are generated; or

When the traffic split information includes the traffic packet number N and the traffic information of a single traffic packet, the current traffic balance in the parent card is divided into N shares according to the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and N traffic packets are generated.

In addition, after generating the traffic packet, other users may initiate an instruction to receive the traffic packet. At this time, the command may be received, and according to the command, the traffic in the traffic packet is added to the user account that receives the traffic packet, and The traffic packet to be collected by the user can be bound to the user, that is, the traffic packet is bound as a separate traffic card account and the user number. After binding, the user can set the traffic on the traffic card to be preferentially used. Some solutions also propose to pre-set traffic for the above traffic packets. The validity period of the package is such that when there is a traffic packet that is not expired, the unclaimed traffic packet information file transfer protocol is FTPed to the specified directory, and then the traffic packet return file is periodically extracted to the specified directory, and the expired unreported traffic packet is included. The traffic is aggregated and returned to the parent card.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps described above can be accomplished by a program that instructs the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, and the like. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. This application is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

The above technical solution makes the traffic move, avoids the waste of user traffic, improves the user experience, and indirectly improves the operator's customer satisfaction.

Claims

A method for sharing mobile Internet traffic of a mobile terminal includes the following operations:

Determining, according to a user instruction, a mother card sharing the traffic and the traffic splitting information, where the traffic splitting information includes the number of the divided traffic packets and/or the traffic information of the single traffic packet;

Generating a traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information, and deducting the traffic sum of all the traffic packets from the mother card;

The generated traffic packet is delivered to the user.
The method of claim 1 further comprising:

Before the traffic sharing system generates the traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information, the validity of the user is verified, and the traffic packet is generated according to the traffic splitting information only after the user passes the validity check.
The method of claim 2, wherein the process of generating a traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information comprises:

When the traffic splitting information includes only the number N of traffic packets, the current traffic balance in the parent card is equally divided into N shares to generate N traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes only the traffic information of the single traffic packet, calculate the number N of the traffic packets that can be distributed according to the current traffic balance in the parent card and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and generate N traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes the traffic packet number N and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, the current traffic balance in the parent card is divided into N shares according to the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and N traffic packets are generated;

The N is greater than or equal to 1.
The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

Receiving an instruction initiated by another user to receive the traffic packet;

And according to the instruction, binding the traffic packet to the other user.
The method of claim 4, the method further comprising:

According to the pre-set traffic packet validity period, it is determined that there is an expired traffic packet. The traffic packet information is sent to the specified directory through the file transfer protocol FTP;

Regularly collect the traffic packet return file from the specified directory, and summarize the traffic in the expired traffic packet and return it to the mother card.
A system for sharing mobile Internet traffic of a mobile terminal, comprising an e-commerce application module and a main business logic module, wherein:

The e-commerce application module is configured to determine a parent card for sharing traffic and traffic split information according to a user instruction, and send the generated traffic packet to a user in the traffic sharing system, where the traffic split information includes the split traffic. The number of packets and/or the traffic information of a single traffic packet;

The main service logic module is configured to generate a traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information, and simultaneously deduct the traffic sum of all the traffic packets from the parent card, and return the generated traffic packet to the e-commerce application module.
The system of claim 6 further comprising a data communication interface module, said e-commerce application module being coupled to said main service logic module by said data communication interface module, wherein:

The data communication interface module is configured to verify validity of the e-commerce application module;

The main service logic module is configured to generate a traffic packet according to the traffic splitting information only when the e-commerce application module passes the legality check.
The system of claim 7, wherein the primary service logic module is configured to generate a traffic packet based on the traffic split information by:

When the traffic splitting information includes only the number N of traffic packets, the main service logic module divides the current traffic balance in the parent card into N shares, and generates N traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes only the traffic information of a single traffic packet, the primary service logic module calculates the number N of deliverable traffic packets according to the current traffic balance in the parent card and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and generates N. Traffic packets; or

When the traffic splitting information includes the traffic packet number N and the traffic information of the single traffic packet, the primary service logic module divides the current traffic balance in the parent card into N shares according to the traffic information of the single traffic packet, and generates N Traffic packet

The N is greater than or equal to 1.
A system according to any one of claims 6 to 8,

The e-commerce application module is further configured to receive an instruction initiated by another user to receive the traffic packet;

The main service logic module is further configured to perform binding processing on the traffic packet with the other user according to the instruction.
The system of claim 9

The e-commerce application module is further configured to: according to the preset validity period of the traffic packet, determine that the traffic packet that is not expired is sent to the specified directory through the file transfer protocol FTP;

The main service logic module is further configured to periodically extract the traffic packet return file to the specified directory, and summarize the traffic in the expired unreported traffic packet and return it to the mother card.
A computer storage medium having stored therein computer executable instructions for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 5.