KR100393752B1 - levy system of deferred payment for communication using card of communication for prepayment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card, comprising: a telephone equipped with a repeater for automatically dialing an identification number of a prepaid communication card; A central server for retrieving a transmission signal of the telephone, managing information on telephone charges, and storing information on the telephone; A member database including a prepaid communication card and information on an individual provided by subscribing as a member who can make a call using the telephone; A charging module for accumulating the charges for the telephone charges generated by the member using the telephone; A billing database that stores the phone bill calculated in the billing module and information on the phone bill; A charging module for recharging the amount by the central server when the usage fee stored in the billing database may exceed the amount charged in the prepaid communication card when the member subscribes; And a payment module for notifying the member on a predetermined date of the use amount stored in the billing database and receiving a payment. Accordingly, the member can use domestic and foreign telephones as a post-paid payment at a low cost, and can be conveniently used without inputting an identification number of a prepaid communication card.

Description

Levy system of deferred payment for communication using card of communication for prepayment}

The present invention relates to a postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card, and more particularly, to a system in which a user using a prepaid communication card uses a telephone for a certain period of time and then pays a fee at a certain point in time.

As a result of the WTO negotiations, the telecom market has been greatly opened since January 2001, enabling voice resale business by foreign companies. Therefore, the company will be able to enter the telecom business unexpectedly with the enormous capital and advanced technology of overseas telecom companies. will be. At present, the domestic wired communication market forms a huge market of 4.33 trillion won in 1999 and 4. trillion 600 billion in 2000. Among them, Byeoljeong Telecom is expected to form a market of 320 billion won in 1999 and 419 billion won in 2000. In particular, as the calls from fixed-line phones to mobile phones are increasing, the fixed-line market is expected to continue to increase. In particular, corporations and individual business owners often use separate telecommunications to reduce the cost of fixed-line communications.

However, the service that can be provided by the separate telecommunications service provider is limited to international and long distance calls to eliminate the enormous investment cost incurred by double phone lines. Service by radiotelephone is disabled. Therefore, consumers have secured competitiveness in the domestic telecommunications market in preparation for the opening of overseas markets, increasing user convenience through fostering niche markets for information and communication, reducing telecommunication rates through competition, and providing various telecommunication services. Are not getting true service. In order to solve this problem, the main telecommunications carrier and Annex No. 1 are issuing a prepaid telecommunication card that enables users to use ordinary telephones, international telephones and mobile telecommunications using their own lines and leased lines at low prices.

As of March 31, 2000, all the separate telecommunications operators have a lower burden of funds than the separate No. 1 operators who need to have facilities such as exchangers. There are 174 operators, roughly 69.9% of the total.

However, despite the advantages of providing telecommunication services to consumers at a large discount due to problems to be described later, the proportion of sales in the entire telecommunications market is extremely small, so that only business registrations are made and no business or deficit is made. In the meantime, they try to resolve the issue through mergers or disposals, but they are also in danger of being destroyed.

In the case of a separate telecommunications service provider, a user generally purchases a prepaid communication card, and provides an identification number of a prepaid communication card, an area code and a phone number of a region to which the user wants to call. You will type in to make a call. However, the above method is to enter at least 24 digits including the identification number of the prepaid communication card when making a long distance call. Therefore, the user who is provided with the service provided by the telecommunications operator has to be inconvenient to press a number button on the phone to make a simple call.

In order to solve the above problems, there are many separate telecommunication operators that provide an automatic dialing telephone or a repeater to provide an effect of automatically pressing the identification number of the separate telecommunications operator and simultaneously pressing the receiver. However, in the above-described manner, the separate telecommunications operator cannot use the service any more when the user pays the prepaid phone bill to the service user and exhausts the prepaid phone bill. In general, a user often does not purchase the prepaid card again. Therefore, in the above-described service, the user cannot use the service when the user purchases the prepaid card, and there is no way to resell the prepaid card in terms of providing the service. There is this.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a system for paying as much as the user is provided with a post-paid post-paid telecommunications service.

In addition, there is another object to provide a system that the user can use the phone without worrying about charging charges by automatically charging the amount of money available from the central server.

In addition, from a service provider's point of view, the user does not need to recharge the communication card directly, and another object of the present invention is to provide a system for easy voice resale.

1 is a block diagram of a postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of a postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

100: telephone 110: automatic dialing repeater

200: Central Server 300: Member Database

400: charging module 500: charging database

600: charging module 700: payment module

According to the present invention, a postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card, comprising: a telephone equipped with a repeater for automatically dialing an identification number of a prepaid communication card; A central server for retrieving a transmission signal of the telephone, managing information on telephone charges, and storing information on the telephone; A member database including a prepaid communication card and information on an individual provided by subscribing as a member who can make a call using the telephone; A charging module for accumulating the charges for the telephone charges generated by the member using the telephone; A billing database that stores the phone bill calculated in the billing module and information on the phone bill; A charging module for recharging the amount by the central server when the usage fee stored in the billing database may exceed the amount charged in the prepaid communication card when the member subscribes; And a payment module for notifying the member on a predetermined date of the use amount stored in the billing database and receiving a payment.

And, the central server is characterized in that the member is connected to the central server through the Internet is configured to retrieve the information about the telephone history, telephone charges used by the member.

In addition, the charging module is characterized in that it comprises reducing the charge amount in real time at the moment the telephone bill occurs and storing in the charging database.

Hereinafter, a postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a block diagram of a postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card according to the present invention is largely the telephone 100, the central server 200, the member database 300, the billing module 400, billing database 500, charging module 600, payment Module 700.

First, the telephone 100 will be described. The telephone 100 is a telephone equipped with an automatic dialing repeater 110 to lift the handset of the telephone to automatically press the identification number of the prepaid communication card to solve the inconvenience of users. In addition, since the telephone 100 inputs the identification number of the prepaid communication card in a short time, the user is configured to be inconvenient to use because there is almost no difference from using the telephone service provided by the main communication.

Next, the central server 200 will be described. When the user wants to make a call using the telephone 100, the central server 200 receives a signal transmitted through the automatic dialing repeater 110 mounted on the telephone to determine whether the user has a telephone call. You will be confirmed. Therefore, the central server 200 records the information about the talk time and the call area according to the input of the signal, and sets the phone charge according to the record. In addition, the central server 200 is configured to be connected to a web server providing information through the Internet so that the user can access information on the telephone history and telephone charges used by the user. Accordingly, the user using the telephone can check the information on the details of using the telephone through the Internet according to the user's needs.

Next, the member database 300 will be described. The member database 300 is stored in the central server 200 or stored in any server connected to the central server 200, and when the user of the telephone 100 makes a call, the automatic dialing repeater 110 The identification number of the prepaid communication card stored in the) is transmitted to the central server 200 to know which user is using the telephone. Therefore, the member database 300 includes information on a member such as a member ID, a password, a name, a social security number, an address, a unique number of the automatic dialing repeater 110, and information on the automatic dialing repeater 110 provided to the member. Stored. In addition, the member stored in the member database 300 can receive the telephone 100 or the automatic dialing repeater 110 connected to the automatic dialing repeater 110 to use the telephone. In addition, the member database 300 includes information on a user registered as a member in the central server 200, and when the member accesses through the Internet, the central server 200 is connected to the member database ( Search 300 to receive the member's ID and password to allow access to the member. In addition, when a general person who is not a member of the central server 200 is connected, a notification of membership registration is made, and a member registration form is connected to the central server 200 through the Internet with the consent of the general public. When a member is registered by sending a member registration form to a general person, and the general person fills out a member registration form and applies, a member of the phone 100 is stored in the member database 300 through a predetermined process. It is configured to be used.

Next, the charging module 400 will be described. The charging module 400 is stored in the central server 200 or stored in any server connected to the central server 200, when the member is to use the phone connected to the automatic dialing repeater 110, The central server 200 executes the charging module 400 to calculate the charge for the phone used by the member. In addition, the charging module 400 is a program driven by the central server 200 to check the start and end time of the member's phone call to record in the billing database which will be described later. In addition, the time check is preferably implemented as a method of calculating the start time and the end time, but may be calculated by any of the methods of calculating the use time by subtracting the start time from the end time. The use time is configured to be stored for each call unit time. For example, if one call is 3 minutes and the user uses 5 minutes, the usage time may be stored as 2 so that the user can be charged.

Next, the charging database 500 will be described. The billing database 500 stores information about the fee calculated by the billing module 400. In addition, the storage database 500 includes the information on the member ID and telephone charges using the telephone. In addition, the payment module 700 to be described later can be referred to the billing database 500 to the member to charge the phone bill.

Next, the charging module 600 will be described. The charging module 600 is not informed to the member when the telephone charge used in the billing database 500 exceeds the amount charged to the prepaid communication card when the member registers, and the central server ( It serves to charge the prepaid communication card so that the member can use the phone within 200. That is, when the amount less the phone charge is less than the predetermined amount, the prepaid communication card is recharged. Thus, the member can continue to use the phone regardless of the amount.

Next, the payment module 700 will be described. The payment module 700 notifies the member of a phone charge corresponding to a time stored in the billing database 500, and serves to receive the call charge. The telephone bill settled by the payment module 700 is recorded in the billing database 500 to subtract the amount of money stored in the billing database 500.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail an embodiment using a postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a flowchart of a postpaid billing system using a prepaid communication card according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user applies for membership through at least one of telephone, fax, Internet, or sales representative (S100). Then, according to the received membership application is stored in the member database 300 (S110). In the stored member database 300, the dialing repeater 110 for the service is installed on the opening day desired by the member (S120). Then, after installing the dialing repeater 110, receiving the installation confirmation from the user who applied for membership registration (S130), after confirming the operation of the dialing repeater 110, if there is no abnormality, the member immediately the present invention The prepaid billing system using the prepaid communication card can be used (S140). In addition, after the automatic dialing repeater 110 is installed, information about the service is notified to the member through a method such as a telephone call or an e-mail (S150).

Therefore, the member is to use the phone service, the information on the telephone use of the prepaid communication card is confirmed through the central server 200 from time to time (S160), the details of the telephone usage and at the same time the billing It is stored in the database 500 (S170). In addition, the prepaid communication card issued to the member at the same time as the membership of the member automatically checks the available amount of money registered in the billing database 500 and the prepaid communication card when the member is not informed. Notifies to the administrator of the billing system (S180), and charges with the amount corresponding to the grade according to the phone usage of the member at the time of charging (S190). In addition, since the billing fee of the member 500 is stored in the billing database 500, the bill is paid to the member at a discounted amount by automatically calculating the fee for a certain period of time, that is, for example, on a monthly basis. (S200).

Then, the member can check his or her telephone bill details through the Internet with the payment notice or his ID (S210). In addition, the member can search through the Internet all the data on the cumulative rate and charges from the date of membership. Accordingly, the member pays the amount specified in the payment notice issued on the specified date through a method such as direct debit, giro transfer, direct deposit (S220).

Accordingly, the member can make a call without inputting an identification number used when using a telephone through a prepaid communication card, and after using the domestic and overseas telephone for a certain period, the telephone fee is paid in a postpaid manner, so that the domestic and overseas telephone can be used conveniently and cheaply. It becomes possible.

As described above, according to the postpaid billing system using the prepaid communication card according to the present invention, the user has an advantage of saving a telephone fee by paying a fee at a discounted rate as long as the telephone provided by the separate communication is used.

In addition, there is another advantage that can be provided with a service such as a telephone service provided by a telecommunications carrier such as Korea Telecom without a separate tool such as a prepaid card.

Claims (4)

In a communication system using a prepaid communication card, A telephone equipped with a repeater for automatically dialing an identification number of a prepaid communication card; A central server for retrieving a transmission signal of the telephone, managing information on telephone charges, and storing information on the telephone; A member database including a prepaid communication card and information on an individual provided by subscribing as a member who can make a call using the telephone; A charging module for accumulating the charges for the telephone charges generated by the member using the telephone; A billing database that stores the phone bill calculated in the billing module and information on the phone bill; A charging module for recharging the amount by the central server when the usage fee stored in the billing database may exceed the amount charged in the prepaid communication card when the member subscribes; The prepaid billing system using a prepaid communication card, characterized in that it comprises a; payment module for receiving a payment by notifying the member on a certain date the amount of money stored in the billing database. The method of claim 1, wherein the central server The member is connected to the central server via the Internet, the post-paid billing system using a prepaid communication card, characterized in that configured to retrieve information about the phone history, telephone charges used by the member. The method of claim 1, wherein the charging module And a prepaid billing system using a prepaid communication card, the method comprising reducing the amount of charge in real time and storing the bill in a database. The method of claim 1, wherein the prepaid communication card A postpaid billing system using a prepaid communications card, characterized in that it comprises a prepaid communications card issued by a domestic telecommunications operator, which is a telecommunications carrier and a separate telecommunications provider.