CN102006185A - Internet of things terminal charging query method and internet of things terminal charging query system - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an internet of things terminal charging query method and an internet of things terminal charging query system. The method comprises that: a charging system of an operator searches corresponding terminal charging information according to the terminal identification, wherein the terminal identification is used for a unique determined terminal of internet of things; and the charging system sends the terminal charging information to a corresponding internet of things management center. In the internet of things terminal charging query method and the internet of things terminal charging query system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the charging system of the operator sends the charging information of each terminal in the internet of things to the internet of things management center so that the internet of things management center can learn the balance condition of each terminal in the internet of things and can distinguish the defaulting state or the fault state of the terminals so as to correspondingly process the terminals.

Description

Internet of Things terminal billing query method and Internet of Things terminal billing query system

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a charging query method for an Internet of Things terminal and a charging query system for an Internet of Things terminal.

Background technique

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an Internet of things connected, and a network that extends and expands on the basis of the Internet. Its client end is extended and extended to any object for information exchange and communication.

In the prior art, the IoT terminal communicates with the IoT management center through the operator network, and the operator network charges the IoT terminal. If the IoT terminal owes the fee, the communication channel between the IoT terminal and the operator network will be If it is closed, the Internet of Things cannot upload data, and the Internet of Things management center cannot know that the terminal is currently in arrears or failure, and thus cannot deal with the terminal accordingly.

Contents of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides an Internet of Things terminal billing query method and an Internet of Things terminal billing query system to solve the problem that in the prior art, the Internet of Things management center cannot know that the terminal is currently in an arrears state or a fault state, and thus cannot Issues with handling the terminal accordingly.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a charging query method for an Internet of Things terminal, including:

The operator's billing system searches for the corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identifier, which is used to uniquely determine the terminal of the Internet of Things;

The billing system sends the terminal billing information to the corresponding Internet of Things management center.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides an Internet of Things terminal billing query system, including: an operator's billing system and a plurality of Internet of Things management centers, each of which corresponds to a plurality of terminals;

Each of the IoT management centers is used for: managing corresponding multiple terminals;

The billing system of the operator is used to: search for corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identifier, and the terminal identifier is used to uniquely determine the terminal of the Internet of Things; and send the terminal billing information to the Internet of Things management center.

The Internet of Things terminal billing query method and the IoT terminal billing query system provided by the embodiments of the present invention send the billing information of each terminal in the Internet of Things to the Internet of Things management center through the billing system of the operator, so that the Internet of Things management The center can know the balance of each terminal in the Internet of Things, and can distinguish whether the terminal is in arrears or failure, so that the terminal can be dealt with accordingly.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description These are some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without any creative effort.

Fig. 1 is the flowchart of the first embodiment of the Internet of Things terminal billing inquiry method provided by the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the flowchart of the second embodiment of the Internet of Things terminal billing inquiry method provided by the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the flowchart of the third embodiment of the Internet of Things terminal billing inquiry method provided by the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the first embodiment of the Internet of Things terminal billing inquiry system provided by the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments It is a part of embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is the flowchart of the first embodiment of the Internet of Things terminal billing query method provided by the present invention, as shown in Fig. 1, the method includes:

S101. The operator's billing system searches for corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identifier, and the terminal identifier is used to uniquely determine the terminal of the Internet of Things;

S102. The billing system sends the terminal billing information to the corresponding Internet of Things management center.

Terminals in the Internet of Things can usually use radio frequency identification (Radio Frequency Identification; RFID), infrared sensors, global positioning systems, laser scanners and other information sensing devices. These information sensors perform information exchange and communication according to agreed protocols. In order to realize the intelligent identification, positioning, tracking, monitoring and management of objects. Wherein, each information sensing device carries a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, so that the information sensing device communicates with the Internet of Things management center through the operator network. Information sensing devices can be assigned to the corresponding IoT management center according to their purpose or field. For example: for the IoT management center in the agricultural field, the information sensing equipment managed by it may be used for monitoring soil, climate or water quality; for the IoT management center in the industrial field, the information sensing equipment managed by it may be used for air pollution material monitoring, etc. In addition, the Internet of Things management center may also be called an Internet of Things operation support platform or an industry center, etc., and is collectively referred to as an Internet of Things management center in the embodiments of the present invention.

Each terminal in the Internet of Things is managed by the billing system of the operator, and the Internet of Things management center cannot know the billing situation of the terminal. Therefore, when the Internet of Things management center loses contact with a terminal it manages, It is impossible to know whether the terminal is in an arrears state or a fault state.

Each terminal has its own specific identification, and the billing system of the operator can uniquely determine the terminal of the Internet of Things according to the terminal identification for billing management. Wherein, the terminal identifier (Identity; ID) may be an ID number of the terminal itself, or may be a charging identifier corresponding to the terminal, such as a charging number, or other identification information of the terminal.

The operator's billing system stores the billing information corresponding to each terminal ID, so the billing system can find the corresponding terminal billing information according to each terminal ID, and send the corresponding terminal billing information to the corresponding object The network management center enables the IoT management center to know the billing status of the terminal. The billing information in the embodiment of the present invention is used to display the billing status of the terminal, and the most important thing is to display whether the terminal is in arrears. Therefore, the billing information can be the billing details of the terminal, or it can only record whether the terminal owes the bill. fee.

Among them, the operation of the billing system to search for terminal billing information and send the terminal billing information to the Internet of Things management center can be triggered by the Internet of Things management center, that is, when the Internet of Things management center queries the billing system for the terminal corresponding to a certain terminal When charging information, it can trigger the query of the billing system and the operation of sending the terminal billing information; or, the billing system can periodically send the billing information of the managed terminal to each Internet of Things management center, so that each Internet of Things management center Fully grasp the billing status of each managed terminal, so as to deal with it when losing contact with the terminal.

The Internet of Things terminal billing query method provided in this embodiment sends the billing information of each terminal in the Internet of Things to the Internet of Things management center through the billing system of the operator, so that the Internet of Things management center can know the billing information of each terminal in the Internet of Things The balance status can distinguish whether the terminal is in arrears or failure, so that the terminal can be dealt with accordingly.

Fig. 2 is the flowchart of the second embodiment of the Internet of Things terminal billing query method provided by the present invention. As shown in Fig. 2, in the IoT terminal billing query method provided by this embodiment, the billing system searches for terminal billing information, And the operation of sending terminal billing information to the Internet of Things management center is triggered by the Internet of Things management center, and the method includes:

S201. The Internet of Things management center acquires a query request for terminal billing information;

S202. The Internet of Things management center searches for the corresponding terminal identifier according to the terminal billing information query request, and sends the terminal identifier to the billing system;

S203. The operator's billing system searches for corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identifier, and the terminal identifier is used to uniquely determine the terminal of the Internet of Things;

S204. The billing system sends the terminal billing information to the corresponding Internet of Things management center;

S205. The Internet of Things management center stores the terminal billing information for user query.

It should be noted that the query request can be that when the Internet of Things management center loses contact with a managed terminal, the Internet of Things management center automatically initiates a query request to the billing system, or the operator triggers the Internet of Things management center to send a query request to the billing system. Initiate a query request; it can also be that the Internet of Things management center periodically initiates a query request for the charging information of the managed terminal to the billing system, so as to know the charging situation of the terminal at any time, realize payment processing before the terminal owes, and avoid contact with the terminal. The terminal loses contact due to arrears, which affects the normal work of the terminal.

For the specific processes of S204 and S205, reference may be made to the description of the previous embodiment, and details are not repeated here.

In addition, after receiving the terminal billing information sent by the billing system, the Internet of Things management center can store the terminal billing information for users who use the terminal to log in to the Internet of Things management center to query the billing status of the terminal. The user mentioned here refers to the manager of each terminal. Since the terminal is usually placed in the wild, the manager needs to monitor the status of the terminal in order to perform corresponding control. Therefore, when the administrator cannot monitor the status of the terminal, he can log in to the Internet of Things management center to check the billing status of the terminal, so as to know whether the terminal has lost contact due to arrears.

In the Internet of Things terminal billing query method provided in this embodiment, the Internet of Things management center can initiate a query request for terminal billing information to the operator's billing system at any time, and the billing system sends the billing information of each terminal in the Internet of Things to The Internet of Things management center enables the Internet of Things management center to know the balance of each terminal in the Internet of Things, and can distinguish whether the terminal is in arrears or failure, so that the terminal can be processed accordingly.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of the third embodiment of the Internet of Things terminal billing query method provided by the present invention. Send it to the Internet of Things management center, or when the balance of a certain terminal is less than or equal to 0, send the terminal billing information to the Internet of Things management center, so that the Internet of Things management center can make timely processing. The method includes:

S301. The billing system pre-stores terminal identifiers corresponding to terminals in the Internet of Things;

S302. The billing system monitors the balance corresponding to the terminal identifier in real time, and monitors whether the balance corresponding to the terminal identifier is less than or equal to 0; if yes, execute S303; otherwise, continue to execute S302;

S303. The billing system generates instruction information;

Wherein, the instruction information is used to instruct the billing system to send the terminal billing information corresponding to the terminal identifier to the corresponding Internet of Things management center.

S304. The billing system searches for corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identifier, and the terminal identifier is used to uniquely determine the terminal of the Internet of Things;

S305. The billing system searches for the push address of the IoT management center corresponding to the terminal identifier;

S306. The billing system sends the terminal billing information to the corresponding Internet of Things management center in a preset push manner according to the push address;

S307. The Internet of Things management center stores the terminal billing information for user query.

Among them, the billing system can store in advance the terminal identifiers corresponding to multiple terminals managed by each Internet of Things management center, and store the push address of each Internet of Things management center. These push addresses can be Internet Protocol (Internet Protocol) ; IP) address, port number, etc., the push method can be determined through pre-agreement between the billing system and each Internet of Things management center. Wherein, the push method may include a transmission method, for example, the billing system may send the billing information to the Internet of Things management center through FTP, socket, webservice or other transmission methods. In addition, the push method also includes the data format in which the transmitted billing information is transmitted, for example, text data, binary data, or other formats negotiated in advance between the billing system and the IoT management center can be used for transmission.

The billing system can monitor the billing situation corresponding to each terminal identifier in real time. When the balance corresponding to a certain terminal identifier is less than or equal to 0, the billing system itself generates an instruction message, instructing to send the corresponding billing information to the Internet of Things management center. fee information.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented through computer programs to instruct related hardware, and the programs can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. During execution, it may include the processes of the embodiments of the above-mentioned methods. Wherein, the storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM) or a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), etc.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the first embodiment of the Internet of Things terminal billing query system provided by the present invention. As shown in Fig. 4, the system includes: an operator's billing system 1 and a plurality of Internet of Things management centers 2, each The IoT management center 2 corresponds to multiple terminals 3;

Each IoT management center 2 is used to: manage a plurality of corresponding terminals 3;

The operator's billing system 1 is used to: search for corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identifier, which is used to uniquely determine the terminal 3 of the Internet of Things; and send the terminal billing information to the Internet of Things management center 2 .

Among them, the terminal 3 can usually use information sensing devices such as radio frequency identification, infrared sensors, global positioning systems, and laser scanners. These information sensors perform information exchange and communication according to agreed protocols, so as to realize intelligent identification of objects. , locate, track, monitor and manage. Information sensing devices can be assigned to the corresponding IoT management center 2 according to their usage or field. For example: the Internet of Things management center 2 for the agricultural field, the Internet of Things management center 2 for the industrial field, etc. In addition, the Internet of Things management center 2 may also be called an Internet of Things operation support platform or an industry center, etc., and is collectively referred to as an Internet of Things management center in the embodiments of the present invention.

Each terminal 3 in the Internet of Things is managed by the billing system 1 of the operator, and the Internet of Things management center 2 cannot know the billing situation of the terminal 3. Therefore, when the Internet of Things management center 2 and a certain terminal it manages When the terminal 3 loses contact, it is impossible to know whether the terminal 3 is in an arrears state or a failure state.

Each terminal 3 has its own specific identification, and the billing system 1 of the operator can uniquely determine the terminal 3 of the Internet of Things according to the terminal identification, so as to perform billing management. Wherein, the terminal identifier may be the ID number of the terminal 3 itself, or may be a charging identifier corresponding to the terminal 3 or other identification information.

The billing system 1 stores the billing information corresponding to each terminal identifier, therefore, the billing system 1 can find the corresponding terminal billing information according to each terminal identifier, and send the corresponding terminal billing information to the corresponding Internet of Things The management center 2 enables the Internet of Things management center 2 to know the charging status of the terminal 3 . The billing information may be the billing details of the terminal 3, or may only record whether the terminal 3 is in arrears.

Among them, the operation of billing system 1 searching for terminal billing information and sending terminal billing information to IoT management center 2 can be triggered by IoT management center 2, that is, when IoT management center 2 queries billing system 1 for a certain When a terminal 3 corresponds to the terminal charging information, the operation of querying and sending the terminal charging information of the charging system 1 can be triggered; or, the charging system 1 can periodically send the managed terminal 3 to each Internet of Things management center 2. Charge information, so that each Internet of Things management center 2 can fully grasp the billing status of each terminal 3 managed, so as to deal with it when it loses contact with the terminal 3.

The Internet of Things terminal billing query system provided in this embodiment sends the billing information of each terminal in the Internet of Things to the Internet of Things management center through the billing system of the operator, so that the Internet of Things management center can know the billing information of each terminal in the Internet of Things The balance status can distinguish whether the terminal is in arrears or failure, so that the terminal can be dealt with accordingly.

On the basis of the previous embodiment, the Internet of Things management center 2 is also used for:

Obtain a terminal billing information query request; search for a corresponding terminal identifier according to the terminal billing information query request, and send the terminal identifier to the billing system 1;

Store terminal billing information for user query.

Further, the billing system 1 is also used for:

Pre-store the terminal identification corresponding to the terminal 3 in the Internet of Things;

The balance corresponding to the terminal identifier is monitored in real time, and if the balance is less than or equal to 0, an instruction message is issued, and the instruction information is used to instruct the billing system 1 to send the terminal billing information corresponding to the terminal identifier to the corresponding Internet of Things management center 2;

Find the push address of the Internet of Things management center 2 corresponding to the terminal identifier;

Send the terminal charging information to the corresponding IoT management center 2 in a preset push manner according to the push address.

It should be noted that the query request can be that when the Internet of Things management center 2 loses contact with a certain terminal 3 it manages, the Internet of Things management center 2 automatically initiates a query request to the billing system 1, or the operator triggers the Internet of Things management center to 2 Initiate a query request to the billing system 1; it can also be that the Internet of Things management center 2 periodically initiates a query request for the charging information of the terminal 3 managed by the billing system 1, so as to know the charging situation of the terminal 3 at any time, and realize the charging information of the terminal 3 at any time. 3. Do payment processing before arrears, avoiding losing contact with terminal 3 due to arrears and affecting the normal work of terminal 3.

The billing system 1 can pre-store the terminal identifiers corresponding to the multiple terminals 3 managed by each Internet of Things management center 2, and store the push address of each Internet of Things management center 2, and these push addresses can be the IP addresses of the Internet of Things management center 2 , port number, etc., and the push method can be determined through a pre-agreement between the billing system 1 and each IoT management center 2. The push method may include a transmission method, for example: file transfer protocol (File Transfer Protocol; FTP), socket, webservice and other transmission methods. The transmitted billing information can be transmitted in text data, binary data or other formats negotiated by the billing system 1 and the IoT management center 2 in advance.

The billing system 1 can monitor the billing situation corresponding to each terminal identifier in real time. When the balance corresponding to a certain terminal identifier is less than or equal to 0, the billing system 1 itself generates an instruction message, and sends an instruction message to the Internet of Things management center 2. Appropriate billing information.

After receiving the terminal billing information sent by the billing system 1, the Internet of Things management center 2 can store the billing information of the terminal 3, so that the user who uses the terminal 3 can log in to the Internet of Things management center 2 to query the billing information of the terminal 3. fee status.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: it can still be Modifications are made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent replacements are made to some of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. An Internet of Things terminal billing query method, characterized in that, comprising: The operator's billing system searches for the corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identifier, which is used to uniquely determine the terminal of the Internet of Things; The billing system sends the terminal billing information to the corresponding Internet of Things management center. 2. The Internet of Things terminal billing query method according to claim 1, wherein, before the billing system searches for corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identification, it also includes: The Internet of Things management center obtains a query request for terminal billing information; The Internet of Things management center searches for the corresponding terminal identifier according to the terminal charging information query request, and sends the terminal identifier to the charging system. 3. The Internet of Things terminal billing query method according to claim 1, wherein, before the billing system searches for corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identification, it also includes: The billing system pre-stores terminal identifiers corresponding to terminals in the Internet of Things. 4. The Internet of Things terminal billing query method according to claim 3, wherein, before the billing system searches for corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identification, it also includes: The billing system monitors the balance corresponding to the terminal identifier in real time, and if the balance is less than or equal to 0, then generates indication information, and the indication information is used to instruct the billing system to use the terminal identifier corresponding to the terminal The billing information is sent to the corresponding IoT management center. 5. The Internet of Things terminal billing query method according to claim 4, wherein the billing system sends the terminal billing information to the corresponding Internet of Things management center, including: The billing system searches for the push address of the Internet of Things management center corresponding to the terminal identifier; The billing system sends the terminal billing information to the corresponding Internet of Things management center in a preset push manner according to the push address. 6. The Internet of Things terminal billing inquiry method according to any one of claims 1-5, further comprising: The Internet of Things management center stores the terminal charging information for user query. 7. An Internet of Things terminal billing query system, characterized in that it comprises: an operator's billing system and a plurality of Internet of Things management centers, each of which corresponds to a plurality of terminals; Each of the IoT management centers is used for: managing corresponding multiple terminals; The billing system of the operator is used to: search for corresponding terminal billing information according to the terminal identifier, and the terminal identifier is used to uniquely determine the terminal of the Internet of Things; and send the terminal billing information to the Internet of Things management center. 8. The Internet of Things terminal billing query system according to claim 7, wherein said Internet of Things management center is also used for: Obtain a terminal charging information query request; search for the corresponding terminal identifier according to the terminal charging information query request, and send the terminal identifier to the charging system; The terminal charging information is stored for user query. 9. The internet of things terminal billing inquiry system according to claim 7, wherein said billing system is also used for: Pre-store the terminal identification corresponding to the terminal in the Internet of Things; Monitor the balance corresponding to the terminal identifier in real time, and if the balance is less than or equal to 0, generate instruction information, the instruction information is used to instruct the billing system to send the terminal charging information corresponding to the terminal identifier to The corresponding IoT management center; Find the push address of the Internet of Things management center corresponding to the terminal identifier; Sending the terminal charging information to the corresponding Internet of Things management center in a preset push manner according to the push address.

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