KR20030043533A - System and method for providing the phone service by payment of receiving end according to user setting condition - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone service system and method, and more particularly to a user who controls a subscriber's subscriber to pay a fee automatically when a telephone call corresponding to a toll setting condition is executed according to a toll setting condition of a telephone subscriber. A toll-free telephone service system and method according to setting conditions.

According to the present invention, by designing a telephony system to provide a toll-free telephone call service according to a condition selected by a telephone subscriber, it is possible to automatically and conveniently receive a collect call service when a toll-free telephone call service condition is met. There is generated, the effect of receiving a toll-free telephone call service according to the subscriber's purpose of use, and the effect of receiving a toll-free telephone call service without changing the phone number is generated.

Description

Toll-free telephone service system and method according to user setting conditions {System and method for providing the phone service by payment of receiving end according to user setting condition}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone service system and method, and more particularly to a user who controls a subscriber's subscriber to pay a fee automatically when a telephone call corresponding to a toll setting condition is executed according to a toll setting condition of a telephone subscriber. A toll-free telephone service system and method according to setting conditions.

In general, the telephone call system is fixedly designed to bear the call charge at the caller's side when making a phone call. In order to charge the call charge to the subscriber, the so-called collect call service has to be used.

However, in order to use the collect call service, there was an inconvenience of having to apply for the collect call service to the operator one by one every call and the inconvenience of having to confirm whether to accept the collect call service on the receiver side.

Toll-free telephone service was developed to improve this, but the developed toll-free telephone service system has a problem that it is difficult to use at home because the telephone number system is different from the general telephone number. In addition, there was a problem inconvenient to use the telephone subscriber can not set the toll-free condition to the subscriber's preference.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a toll-free telephone call service according to the telephone subscriber's choice without changing the telephone number in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and also automatically toll-free only when certain limited conditions are met. The present invention provides a receiver payload telephone service system and method according to user setting conditions for providing a telephone call service.

1 is a block diagram of a telephone call system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the exchanger shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a detailed block diagram of the gateway shown in FIG. 1.

4 is a detailed configuration diagram of the Internet phone terminal in FIG.

5 is a flowchart of a toll-free service method according to the present invention.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a toll-free telephone service system according to a setting condition according to the present invention is a telephone service system, which includes a database storing communication network information, telephone usage information, and information related to toll-free conditions of a subscriber, and switching control. A switching circuit for connecting the calling party line and the calling party line according to the signal and generating a switching control signal for switching the line corresponding to the call request signal, analyzing the called party's requested telephone number, and storing the receiver in the database. And a switch controller that controls the call charge to be settled at the receiver side when the burden condition is met.

In order to achieve the above another technical problem, in the method for providing a toll charge telephone service according to a setting condition according to the present invention, (a) determining whether a call path is connected according to a call request signal; (b) if the call path is connected as a result of the determination of step (a), determining whether the toll condition is met; and (c) if the decision is made to the toll condition, And calculating the call charge to the receiver call charge information.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the telephone communication service system to which the present invention is applied includes: telephones 1, 2 (11, 14), switches 1, 2 (12, 13), Internet phone terminal 15, gateway 16, A Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 17 and the Internet 18 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the switch 1, 2 (12, 13) is composed of a subscriber connection 21, a switching network 22, an inter-station line connection 23, an exchange control unit 24 and a database 25. have.

Referring to the operation of the switches 1, 2 (12, 13), the switching network 22 connects the sender side line and the receiver side line by means of a switching control signal received from the switch control section 24, and actually connects through the connected line. The exchange connection function of the signal is performed, and at the subscriber connection portion 21 and the station line connection portion 23, signals from the subscriber and the relay line are converted into a form suitable for connection with the switching network 22.

The database 25 stores subscriber information, telephone number information, communication network information, telephone usage information, and information related to the toll-free condition registered by the subscriber.

Here, it is effective to program the toll free condition so that the telephone subscriber can freely set the condition according to taste without changing the telephone number.

The default mode of the toll free condition is a mode in which the receiver is responsible for all telephone call charges when the recipient is called.

In the user setting mode, the subscriber sets the caller's phone number only, and the caller pays only for the phone call received from the specified caller's phone number. It can be set to limit the charge, and can be set so that the receiver pays the call charge only for calls received in a specific region and a specific time zone.

That is, for example, when a child of a telephone subscriber is studying abroad, the call recipient automatically pays for the telephone call received from a foreign residential telephone number studying abroad without receiving a collect call service. If you want to do so, you can register the foreign child's residence phone number in the user sharing mode to the recipient sharing condition.

In some cases, the toll-free condition may be registered such that the receiver pays a call charge only for a telephone call received from a specific time, a specific day of the week, or a specific region.

The exchange control unit 24 collectively controls the connected peripheral components, generates a switching control signal for switching a line in correspondence with the call request signal, analyzes the call request recipient telephone number, and sends it to the database 25. When the stored toll condition is met, the process of controlling the call charge is settled on the receiver side, and the process of registering the toll condition in the database 25 is executed. In addition, when the information indicating that the call is toll-free condition is received from the receiver side jurisdiction exchange, the caller controls the call so as not to pay the caller side charge.

Next, the gateway 16 operates as follows specifically by the circuit configuration of FIG.

After receiving the telephone service request information including the caller / recipient telephone number information transmitted from the Internet phone terminal 15 at the line connection unit 31, the telephone service request information input by the gateway controller 32 is interpreted, After retrieving the calling / receiving telephone number and the line information to execute the dialing from the database 33 via the public circuit switched telephone network 17 or the Internet 18, the public network switched telephone network 17 by means of the network connection 34. Attempt to dial the recipient's telephone number via < RTI ID = 0.0 > or < / RTI >

In addition, the Internet phone terminal 15 is composed of a terminal 41 and a telephone 3 (42), as shown in Figure 4, the terminal 41 in detail operating system 411, a web browser 412, Internet access program 413, which is a program for receiving Internet services such as TCP / IP, PPP, a computer basic block 414 composed of a central processing unit, a storage device and a peripheral device, a modem 415, and a voice codec (VOICE CODEC): 416).

After the Internet connection program 413 is activated to connect to the Internet 18, the telephone connection program is activated to make a call through the gateway 16. FIG. When the call path is connected, the signal received by the modem 415 via the Internet 18 is demodulated and then decoded by the voice codec 416, converted into an analog signal, and received by the telephone 3 42. The signal input through the microphone of 3 (42) is converted into a digital signal by the voice codec 416, then encoded and modulated by the modem 415, and then received by the gateway 16 via the Internet 16 via the Internet 18. It transmits to the Internet, and executes an internet phone call through this transmission / reception operation.

Next, a method for providing a toll-free telephone service according to a user setting condition executed in the switch 1, 2 (12, 13) of the telephone service system to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the switch 1, 2 (12, 13) determines whether a call is connected by requesting a call from the telephone subscriber (step 501). When the call path is connected, the exchange control unit 24 determines whether the call corresponds to the toll-free condition (step 502), that is, the toll-free telephone number to which the call is received is assigned to the toll-free telephone number registered in the database 25. In this case, it is determined whether there is a toll condition additionally set by the subscriber, and in the case where there is an additional condition, it is determined whether all the additional conditions are satisfied.

As an example, when the telephone subscriber 02-111-2222 registers the toll free condition as the calling party 02-123-5678, if the telephone number received is 02-111-2222, the caller's telephone number is The exchange control unit 24 determines whether or not it is 02-123-5678, and determines whether it corresponds to the toll free condition. If the toll-free condition of the telephone subscriber 02-111-2222 is set to the default mode, if the received telephone number is 02-111-2222, the toll-free condition is immediately determined.

As a result of the determination in step 502, if the call does not correspond to the toll-free condition, the call charge is settled so that the caller bears the call charge as in the prior art (step 503).

If it is determined in step 502 that the call corresponds to the toll-free condition, it is determined whether the caller's telephone number is included in the receiver-side exchange jurisdiction (step 504).

As a result of the determination in step 504, when the caller's telephone number is included in the telephone number of the receiver's exchange jurisdiction, the exchange controller 24 sets the call charge so that the subscriber's telephone subscriber bears the call charge, and the caller The side is settled to update the database 25 so as not to charge the call fee (step 505).

However, as a result of the determination in step 504, when the caller's telephone number is not included in the telephone number of the receiver's exchange jurisdiction, the switch controller 24 setstles the charge so that the call charge is charged to the receiver's telephone subscriber. To update the database 25, and transmit information indicating that the call is toll-free condition to the caller's jurisdiction exchange. Accordingly, the caller-side jurisdiction exchange controls not to pay the caller-side call fee when the information indicating that the caller is toll-free is received.

The invention can be practiced as a method, apparatus, system, or the like. When implemented in software, the constituent means of the present invention are code segments that necessarily perform the necessary work. The program or code segments may be stored on a processor readable medium or transmitted by a computer data signal coupled with a carrier on a transmission medium or network. Processor readable media includes any medium that can store or transmit information. Examples of processor-readable media include electronic circuits, semiconductor memory devices, ROMs, flash memories, E ² PROMs, floppy disks, optical disks, hard disks, optical fiber media, radio frequency (RF) networks, and the like. Computer data signals include any signal that can propagate over transmission media such as electronic network channels, optical fibers, air, electromagnetic fields, RF networks, and the like.

Specific embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings are to be understood only as examples of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but also various technical scope described in the present invention in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. It is obvious that the invention is not limited to the specific configurations and arrangements shown or described, as other changes may occur.

As described above, according to the present invention, by designing a telephone communication system to provide a toll-free telephone call service according to a condition selected by a telephone subscriber, the collect call service is automatically and conveniently provided when the toll-free telephone call service conditions are met. There is an effect that can be provided, there is an effect that can receive toll-free telephone call service according to the purpose of use of the subscriber, there is an effect that can receive a toll call service without changing the phone number.

Claims (8)

In the telephone service system, A database that stores communication network information, telephone usage information, and information related to the toll-free condition of the subscriber; A switching network for connecting the calling party line and the calling party line according to the switching control signal; And Generating a switching control signal for switching the line in response to the call request signal, and analyzes the call request recipient phone number, and controls to settle the call charge at the receiver side when the call charge condition stored in the database is met. A toll-free telephone service system according to a user setting condition, characterized in that it comprises an exchange control unit. The caller side of claim 1, wherein the exchange control unit controls to settle the call charge to the receiver charge information when the call charge condition stored in the database is satisfied, and the caller side when the caller side line is not the receiver side exchange line. Send the information indicating that the call is toll-free to the jurisdiction exchange, and control not to charge the caller's call charge when the information indicating the call toll-free is received from the recipient's jurisdiction exchange. Toll-free telephone service system. The toll-free condition of claim 1, wherein the toll free condition specifies a caller's telephone number, and the program is configured to set the toll payer only to receive a phone call received from the specified caller's phone number to a toll phone number that has registered a toll free condition. A toll-free telephone service system according to a user setting condition. The toll-free telephone service system according to claim 1, wherein the toll-free condition is programmed to be subdivided and set including at least a caller's area and a call time condition. In the telephone call service providing method, (a) determining whether a call path is connected according to the call request signal; (b) if the call path is connected as a result of the determination of step (a), determining whether it is subject to the toll-free condition; And (c) if the result of the determination in step (b) corresponds to the toll-free condition, calculating the call charge to the receiver-side call fee information; Way. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step (c) is a step of transmitting information indicating that the caller is toll-free condition call to the caller side exchange, if the caller's telephone number of the call request is not a phone number managed by the receiver side jurisdiction exchange. Toll-free telephone service method according to the user setting conditions characterized in that it further comprises. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the toll-free condition specifies that the toll-free number specifies the caller's telephone number and is set such that the recipient is only responsible for telephone calls received from the specified caller's phone number to the toll-free number that registered the toll-free condition. A toll-free telephone service method according to a user setting condition. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the toll-free condition is programmed to be subdivided and set including at least a caller's area and a call time condition.