CN102547642B - Methods for determining and controlling online charging user, and system and device for controlling online charging user - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for determining online billing users, a control method, a system and a device. The main technical solutions include: a mobile switching center MSC receiving a call request from a first user to a second user; obtaining the number included in the call request information, the number information is the communication number corresponding to the second user or the number prefix of the communication number corresponding to the second user; according to the saved number information of online charging, determine whether the obtained number information is the number information of online charging; When the result is yes, it is determined to perform online charging processing for the first user. According to this technical solution, after a user initiates a call request, it can be determined in real time according to the number information obtained from the call request sent by the user whether it is necessary to perform online charging processing for the user, so that real-time charging can be performed for users who are at risk of arrears. control.

Description

A method, control method, system and device for determining an online billing user

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a method for determining online billing users, a control method, a system and a device.

Background technique

Offline charging is a non-real-time charging method, that is, during or after the communication, the network element device generates a CDR (Call Detail Record), and transmits it to the BOSS (Business Operation Support System) in the form of a bill file. The bill completes a series of integrated billing-related operations such as price approval and credit degree control to generate the final bill. This billing method based on the bill file has a certain delay between the communication process and the billing process. Therefore, there is a certain risk of arrears. The real-time billing and risk control of arrears have long been troubled by operators. major issues.

In order to solve the increasingly prominent problem of arrears of prepaid users and improve the resulting decline in user satisfaction, the industry has formed a relatively mature online billing method for voice services. The online billing method uses BOSS's ability to integrate billing, credit control and analysis of customer arrears risks determines the controlled users. At present, BOSS determines that the controlled users are mainly controlled through the user's phone bill balance. When the user's phone bill balance is lower than the set When setting a value, add the user to the list of controlled users. And further combined with the call control capability of the intelligent network, during the call, call authorization and real-time billing are performed on the controlled user combined with the available balance and communication type, and the online billing can effectively control the arrears and reduce the BOSS prepaid service risk of arrears. Implementing the integration of intelligent network and BOSS billing functions has a good effect on effectively controlling the risk of arrears in voice services.

After BOSS introduced the online billing function, the risk of arrears for telecom operators has been reduced. However, how to determine the users who need real-time arrears risk control and load them into online billing in a timely and flexible manner is currently a deep consideration for BOSS. one question. In the above-mentioned existing online billing method, the method of determining the user whose call charge balance is lower than the set threshold as the controlled user obviously cannot perform real-time control on the user who has the risk of arrears.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the embodiments of the present invention provide a method for determining online billing users, a control method, a system, and a device. By adopting the technical solution, it is possible to perform real-time control on users who are at risk of arrears.

Embodiments of the present invention are realized through the following technical solutions:

According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, a method for determining an online charging user is provided, including:

The mobile switching center MSC receives a call request from the first user to the second user;

Obtaining number information included in the call request, where the number information is a communication number corresponding to the second user or a number prefix of the communication number corresponding to the second user;

According to the saved number information of online charging, determine whether the obtained number information is the number information of online charging;

When the determination result is yes, it is determined to perform online charging processing for the first user.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a method for controlling online charging is also provided, including:

After the MSC determines to perform online charging processing on the first user through the above-mentioned online charging user determination method, it adds an online charging identifier for indicating that the first user is an online charging user to the call request , and send the call request added with the online charging identifier to the service control point SCP;

After receiving the call request including the online charging identifier, the SCP sends connection duration request information for the first user to the business operation support system BOSS;

The BOSS feeds back the determination result of the connection duration request information to the SCP according to the number of currently processed online charging users.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a system for determining an online charging user is also provided, including:

a user terminal, configured to send a call request from the first user to the second user;

The mobile switching center MSC is configured to obtain the number information included in the call request after receiving the call request from the first user to the second user sent by the user terminal, and the number information is the number information corresponding to the second user. The communication number or the number prefix of the communication number corresponding to the second user, according to the saved number information of online charging, determine whether the obtained number information is the number information of online charging, and when the determination result is yes, Determine to perform online charging processing on the first user.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a mobile switching center MSC is also provided, including:

a call request receiving unit, configured to receive a call request from the first user to the second user;

A number information obtaining unit, configured to obtain the number information included in the call request received by the call request receiving unit, where the number information is the communication number corresponding to the second user or the number of the communication number corresponding to the second user prefix;

An online charging number determining unit, configured to determine whether the number information acquired by the number information acquiring unit is number information for online charging according to the stored online charging number information, and when the determination result is yes, determine Perform online charging processing on the first user.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an online charging control system is also provided, including: the above-mentioned MSC, a service control point SCP, and a service operation support system BOSS;

The MSC is further configured to, after determining to perform online charging processing on the first user, add an online charging identifier for indicating that the first user is an online charging user to the call request, and send The call request after adding the online charging identifier is sent to the service control point SCP;

The SCP is configured to send connection duration request information for the first user to the BOSS after receiving the call request including the online charging identifier;

The BOSS is configured to feed back a result of determining the connection duration request information to the SCP according to the number of currently processed online charging users.

Through at least one of the above technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention, after receiving the call request from the first user to the second user, the MSC obtains the number information included in the call request, and determines to obtain the number information according to the stored online charging number information. Whether the number information is the number information of online charging, and when the determination result is yes, determine to perform online charging processing for the first user. According to this technical solution, after a user initiates a call request, it can be determined in real time according to the number information obtained from the call request sent by the user whether it is necessary to perform online charging processing for the user, so that real-time charging can be performed for users who are at risk of arrears. control.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and constitute a part of the description, and are used together with the embodiments of the present invention to explain the present invention, and do not constitute a limitation to the present invention. In the attached picture:

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for determining an online charging user provided in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of determining whether to perform online charging for the user provided by Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an online charging system provided by Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the online charging control method provided by Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of online charging processing performed by the BOSS according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a first schematic diagram of a system for determining online billing users provided by Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a second schematic diagram of a system for determining online billing users provided by Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a mobile switching center MSC provided in Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an online charging control system provided by Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to provide an implementation plan for real-time control of users who are at risk of arrears, the embodiment of the present invention provides a determination method, control method, system and device for online billing users. The embodiments are described, and it should be understood that the preferred embodiments described here are only used to illustrate and explain the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. And in the case of no conflict, the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

Embodiment one

Embodiment 1 of the present invention provides a method for determining an online billing user. Through this method, real-time control can be performed on users who are at risk of arrears.

As shown in Figure 1, the method for determining the online charging user mainly includes the following steps:

Step 101, MSC (Mobile Service Switch Center, mobile service switching center) receives a call request from a first user to a second user.

Step 102, the MSC obtains the number information included in the call request.

In this step 102, the number information obtained by the MSC may be the communication number corresponding to the called user (that is, the second user), or may be the number prefix of the communication number corresponding to the second user.

Step 103: According to the saved number information of online charging, determine whether the obtained number information is the number information of online charging, and if the determination result is yes, determine to perform online charging processing for the first user.

So far, the process of determining the online charging user ends.

The above-mentioned process is a process of determining in real time whether to perform online charging processing for the user according to the call request initiated by the user. According to a preferred implementation mode provided by Embodiment 1 of the present invention, it is also possible to pre-set users who need to perform online charging processing (set in a dynamic or static way, and the specific setting process will be described in detail in subsequent embodiments, which will not be discussed here for the time being. describe). According to this preferred embodiment, if the above step 103 determines that the acquired number information is not the number information for online charging, a process of determining whether to perform online charging for the user according to preset information may be further executed. Specifically as shown in Figure 2, the process mainly includes the following steps:

In step 201, the MSC obtains the subscription information of the first user from the HLR.

Step 202: When it is determined that the acquired subscription information includes an online charging identifier sent by the BOSS for indicating that the first user is an online charging user, determine to perform online charging processing on the first user.

At this point, the process ends.

Specifically, after determining that online charging needs to be performed on the first user, the BOSS sends an online charging identifier for indicating that the first user is an online charging user to the HLR. Wherein, the BOSS determines whether to perform online charging for the first user, including the implementation of the following method 1 or method 2:

Method 1 (that is, dynamically determine the online billing user):

Determine whether to perform online charging for the first user according to the user's call balance.

In the first method, when it is determined that the first user's call balance is lower than the first set threshold, it is determined that the first user needs to be charged online, that is, when the BOSS monitors that the first user's call balance is lower than the first When setting the threshold, send online charging instruction information for instructing online charging to the first user to the HLR, and the HLR adds the online charging identifier to the subscription information corresponding to the first user. If the first user's credit balance is higher than the first set threshold, and the first user has been determined as an online charging user, the online charging of the first user needs to be canceled, that is, when the BOSS monitors the After the first user's credit balance is higher than the first set threshold, the HLR sends an instruction to cancel the online charging of the first user to the HLR, and the HLR sends the information included in the subscription information corresponding to the first user according to the instruction The online charging ID is deleted.

Method 2 (i.e. statically determine the online billing user):

Whether to perform online charging for the first user is determined according to the credibility of the communication number corresponding to the user.

In the second method, when it is determined that the credibility of the communication number corresponding to the first user is lower than the second set threshold, it is determined that the first user needs to be charged online, that is, the BOSS monitors the communication number corresponding to the first user. When the credibility of the number is lower than the second set threshold, the HLR is sent to the HLR for indicating that the first user is charged online, and the HLR adds the online charging identifier to the first user's corresponding In the signing information. If the credibility of the communication number corresponding to the first user is higher than the second set threshold, and the first user has been determined to be an online charging user, the online charging of the first user needs to be canceled, that is, BOSS After monitoring that the credibility of the communication number corresponding to the first user is higher than the second set threshold, an instruction message to cancel the online charging of the first user is sent to the HLR, and the HLR will communicate with the second user according to the instruction information. The online charging identifier included in the subscription information corresponding to a user is deleted.

In the above method 1 and method 2, the corresponding thresholds can be set to different values according to different users. For example, the first set threshold can be set higher for users with high credibility, and can be set higher for users with low credibility. The setting is lower; the second setting threshold can be set to a higher value for user numbers issued by agency channels with high credibility, and a lower value can be set for user numbers issued by agency channels with low credibility. The value, in specific applications, can be flexibly set according to the needs of business implementation, and will not be listed here.

Furthermore, considering the actual operation capability of BOSS, in the preferred implementation mode provided by the embodiment of the present invention, it is necessary to further control the user capacity determined by BOSS for online charging, specifically by setting the online charging capacity threshold Realization, that is, before the BOSS sends the online charging identification, it needs to further determine whether the number of online charging users determined by the BOSS exceeds the set online charging capacity threshold, and if not, send the online charging ID to the HLR Otherwise, refuse to load the user as an online charging user. Wherein, the number of online charging users determined by the BOSS is the difference between the total number of times the BOSS sends the online charging identifier to the HLR and the total number of times the instruction information for canceling the online charging for the user is sent to the HLR, if the difference If the set online charging capacity threshold is not exceeded, the BOSS may continue to send the online charging identifier for the newly determined user who needs to perform online charging to the HLR.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, when determining the user who needs to perform online charging, various factors that may lead to the risk of arrears in actual applications are comprehensively considered, for example, the user's call balance, the reputation of the user's communication number, the business Type, such as for voice services or international long-distance services with higher tariffs, by identifying the communication number or number prefix of the called user, determine the user who needs real-time arrears risk control (that is, determine the user who needs to perform online billing in real time) . The embodiments of the present invention aim at the characteristics of the online billing process of the voice service, comprehensively consider and analyze various factors of the risk of arrears, and propose a general method with a wide range of adaptation and flexible and convenient loading and cancellation of arrears control (that is, online billing), On the one hand, the arrears risk control service is dynamically or statically loaded to the target users in BOSS, and these users will be included in the online billing process in real time when they make a call; on the other hand, by setting the MSC on the network side For some services with high arrears risks, the services are directed to the online billing system according to the access number matching rules. When users use these services, they will also be included in the online billing process in real time, so as to minimize the loss of telecom operators' revenue. .

In order to better understand the embodiment of the present invention, the embodiment of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the online charging system shown in FIG. 3 .

As shown in Figure 3, the online charging system includes MSC, HLR, SCP and BOSS. The online charging control process realized by the online charging system mainly includes two aspects:

1. Triggered by the HLR according to the contract information;

2. The MSC triggers according to the access code.

Specifically, the detailed implementation process of the two methods is as follows:

Triggered by HLR based on subscription information:

In this method, the BOSS determines the user who needs to perform online charging through the above-mentioned dynamic method and static method in advance, and sends the online charging subscription information of the user to the HLR. The specific control process is as follows:

First, the BOSS determines the user who needs to perform online charging, and sends online charging subscription information for the determined user who needs to perform online charging to the HLR. The online charging subscription information includes the corresponding SCP address and the subscribed service key (that is, the online charging ID) and other information. When the user initiates a call, the MSC will trigger the service to the corresponding SCP according to the SCP address in the user's online charging subscription information, and add the service key corresponding to the online charging in the signaling protocol, and the SCP will report to the BOSS's online charging through the DCC protocol. The billing system applies for the duration of the connection, and the online billing system determines the current call duration available to the user based on the service type applied by the user, the tariff policy, and the available balance, and sends it to the SCP. The SCP controls the follow-up call process according to the duration determined by the BOSS. When the call ends or the authorized quota is used up, the SCP reports to the BOSS online billing system, and the BOSS completes the follow-up billing process.

After the BOSS sets the online charging subscription information on the HLR for the target users (that is, the users determined to need online charging), these users will trigger the intelligent network when they make a call, and the BOSS is responsible for completing the online charging. Carry out traffic control. For the selection method of the online charging target user, the embodiment of the present invention can use the function of combining dynamic loading and static loading.

The above-mentioned dynamic way to determine the online billing user is mainly to dynamically load the online billing process based on the user balance, that is, when the user uses the service to generate fees or the user’s available balance changes due to operations such as recharging through payment methods, BOSS will Judging the change of the balance, when the balance of the call charge drops from higher than a preset threshold to lower than this threshold, and the balance has not yet reached the shutdown condition, the user will load the dynamic arrears risk control service (that is, load the online charging service), the BOSS sends corresponding online charging subscription information to the HLR for the user. When the balance increases from below a preset threshold to above this threshold, and the user has been loaded as an online charging user at this time, the online charging will be canceled for the user, that is, the BOSS will report to the HLR for the user Send corresponding signing information for canceling online charging. The threshold value set dynamically can be set to different values for different brands or products.

The above-mentioned static way to determine online charging users can meet the requirements of wider applicability of online charging, and load it according to the reputation of the user's communication number. It is loaded as an online billing user at the time, or for the numbers of certain brands or products, the online billing user is loaded by default when opening an account. After the degree is higher than the set threshold, the online charging for the user can be canceled.

In the embodiment of the present invention, regardless of whether the online billing user is loaded in a static way or a dynamic way, the subscription information of the user on the HLR is consistent. If the user is loaded as an online charging user in a static way, the user cannot be loaded as an online charging user in a dynamic way, and vice versa.

Furthermore, on the basis of loading online charging users in a dynamic way and a static way, the present invention can also perform dynamic capacity management on the loaded online charging users according to two types of dynamic and static ways, for example, for The two loading methods in different cities set different online billing capacity thresholds, and reserve a certain capacity for dynamic deployment. When a certain type of capacity load in a city increases to a certain value (such as 90%), it remains stable For a period of time, the dynamic allocation function will be automatically triggered to allocate a part of the overall reserved capacity to the city. On the contrary, when the capacity load of a certain type in a certain city drops to a certain value (such as 50%), it will remain stable for a period of time. Period, the dynamic allocation function is automatically triggered to release part of the available capacity of the city to the overall reserved capacity of the system. For example, the total capacity threshold of online billing users dynamically loaded in three cities is 400, the online billing capacity threshold allocated for each city is 100, and the other 100 capacity is used as the overall reserved capacity, if one of If the number of online billing users in a prefecture-city reaches more than 90 within a period of time, a part of the 100 overall reserved capacity can be allocated to the prefecture-city.

According to the access code trigger mode through MSC:

Considering that some voice services have relatively high tariffs and characteristics of settlement expenses, such as international long-distance services, voice value-added services (generally realized by adding prefixes 12590 and 12586), etc., it is easy for criminals to maliciously arrears to obtain settlement fees. To avoid hidden dangers, simply relying on BOSS to determine online billing users based on the balance of the call charge cannot effectively load such potential arrears risk users. Since the access codes of such services are usually special, in this case, it can be considered according to the specific called The number or the prefix of a specific called number triggers the calling process of the intelligent network. Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, by setting parameters for the MSC, that is, setting the number information (such as called number, number prefix, etc.) belonging to online charging in the MSC, the MSC analyzes the called number or called number of the calling traffic. If the number prefix is judged to be included in the online charging, the MSC will trigger the service to the designated SCP, and the SCP will be responsible for interacting with the BOSS online charging system and performing traffic control according to the content returned by the BOSS. Because the SCP selects different processing methods according to the service key (that is, the online charging identifier), and the method of triggering the intelligent network through the access number does not carry the service key information in the signaling itself, it needs to be specially processed by the MSC or SCP, that is, Add a service key to the call request to ensure that the call can normally participate in the online charging process.

Embodiment two

Embodiment 2 of the present invention provides a method for controlling online charging. Through this method, the impact of online charging on BOSS performance can be reduced on the basis of real-time control of users with arrears risks.

As shown in Figure 4, the online charging control method mainly includes the following steps:

In step 401, the MSC determines that the first user is an online billing user (this process may follow the process described in Figure 1).

In step 402, the MSC adds an online charging identifier for indicating that the first user is an online charging user to the call request, and sends the call request with the added online charging identifier to the SCP.

Step 403, after receiving the call request including the online charging identifier, the SCP sends connection duration request information for the first user to the BOSS.

In step 404, the BOSS feeds back the determination result of the connection duration request information to the SCP according to the number of currently processed online charging users.

So far, the control flow of online charging ends.

Specifically, in step 404 included in the process described in FIG. 4 , the BOSS feeds back the determination result of the connection duration request information to the SCP according to the number of currently processed online billing users, as shown in FIG. 5 , which mainly includes Follow the steps below:

In step 501, the BOSS determines the number of connection duration request messages received in parallel.

In this step 501, the connection duration request information received by the BOSS in parallel includes the connection duration request information for the first user.

Step 502 , judging whether the number exceeds the set capacity threshold for parallel processing of online billing users, if yes, execute step 503 , if not, execute step 504 .

Step 503: Feedback the offline charging notice to the SCP, and the SCP does not control the duration of the call of the first user after receiving the notice.

Step 504: Feed back the connection delay information determined for the first user to the SCP.

At this point, the process ends.

In practical applications, the online billing system is often set up together with the offline billing system. In this way, the performance of the online billing will also be affected by the offline billing. When the traffic peaks, the business volume of the offline billing will cause the system to Available resources are down. In order to solve this problem, the embodiment of the present invention proposes to control the number of concurrent online charging users. When the SCP triggers online charging, the BOSS needs to judge the concurrent capacity of the online charging triggered by the SCP at the same time, and compare it with the set Handle the capacity threshold comparison of online charging users. If there is no available capacity at this time, refuse to load online charging, and return relevant information to SCP. At this time, the traffic is not controlled in real time, and billing is still performed according to the offline bill of MSC; If there is available capacity at this time, online charging will be performed for the traffic, and at the same time, the in-use concurrent number will be counted up. When the call ends, the in-use concurrent number will need to be counted down. In practical applications, the capacity threshold for processing online billing users can be dynamically adjusted, that is, according to the resource usage of the billing system, such as CPU, memory, etc., dynamically adjust the capacity threshold for processing online billing users to allocate system resources reasonably. For example, when the CPU usage reaches 70% and the memory usage reaches 70%, and after a certain period, the capacity threshold is lowered.

Embodiment Three

Embodiment 3 of the present invention provides a system for determining an online billing user. Through the system, real-time control can be performed on users who are at risk of arrears.

As shown in Figure 6, the system for determining the online charging user mainly includes:

User terminal 601 and mobile switching center MSC 602;

in:

The user terminal 601 is configured to send a call request from the first user to the second user;

The mobile switching center MSC 602 is configured to obtain the number information included in the call request after receiving the call request from the first user to the second user sent by the user terminal 601. The number information is the communication number corresponding to the second user or the second user According to the number prefix of the corresponding communication number, according to the saved number information of online charging, determine whether the obtained number information is the number information of online charging, and when the determination result is yes, determine to perform online charging processing for the first user .

As shown in FIG. 7, in the preferred implementation mode provided by Embodiment 3 of the present invention, the system shown in FIG. 6 may further include: a business operation support system BOSS 603 and a home location register HLR 604;

in:

BOSS 603, configured to send to HLR 604 an online charging identifier for indicating that the user is an online charging user;

The HLR 604 is configured to add the online charging identifier to the subscription information of the user indicated by the online charging identifier after receiving the online charging identifier sent by the BOSS 603;

The MSC 602 is further configured to obtain the subscription information of the first user from the HLR when it is determined that the obtained number information is not the number information for online charging, and determine that the online charging identifier is included in the obtained subscription information. The first user performs online charging processing.

In the preferred implementation mode provided by Embodiment 3 of the present invention, the BOSS 603 included in the system shown in FIG. The credibility of the communication number corresponding to the user is lower than the second set threshold.

In the preferred implementation mode provided by the third embodiment of the present invention, the BOSS 603 included in the system shown in FIG. When the degree is higher than the second set threshold, it is determined whether the online charging identification for indicating that the first user is an online charging user has been sent to the HLR, and if so, the HLR is sent to the HLR to cancel the online charging of the first user. instructions;

Correspondingly, the HLR 604 is further configured to delete the online charging identifier included in the subscription information corresponding to the first user according to the indication information sent by the BOSS.

In the preferred implementation mode provided by Embodiment 3 of the present invention, the BOSS 603 included in the system shown in FIG. 7 is also used to determine the total number of times to send the online charging ID to the HLR and send the cancel message to the HLR before sending the online charging ID. The difference between the total times of instruction information for the user to perform online charging does not exceed the set online charging capacity threshold.

It should be understood that the functions implemented by the system for determining online charging users provided in this embodiment correspond one-to-one to the flow of the method for determining online charging users provided in Embodiment 1 above. For the more detailed processing flow implemented by the system , has been described in detail in the first embodiment above, and will not be described in detail here.

Implementation four

Embodiment 4 of the present invention provides a mobile switching center MSC, through the MSC, real-time control can be performed on users who have the risk of arrears.

As shown in Figure 8, the MSC mainly includes:

A call request receiving unit 801, a number information obtaining unit 802, and an online charging number determining unit 803;

in:

a call request receiving unit 801, configured to receive a call request from the first user to the second user;

The number information obtaining unit 802 is configured to obtain the number information included in the call request received by the call request receiving unit 801, where the number information is the communication number corresponding to the second user or the number prefix of the communication number corresponding to the second user;

The online charging number determination unit 803 is configured to determine whether the number information obtained by the number information obtaining unit 802 is the number information for online charging according to the stored online charging number information, and when the determination result is yes, determine whether the number information for the second A user performs online charging processing.

In the preferred implementation mode provided by Embodiment 4 of the present invention, the online billing number determination unit 803 included in the MSC shown in FIG. 8 is also used for:

When the determination result is No, obtain the subscription information of the first user from the home location register HLR, and include in the subscription information acquired by the determination that the online service information sent by the business operation support system BOSS is used to indicate that the first user is an online charging user. When the charging identifier is set, it is determined to perform online charging processing on the first user.

It should be understood that the units included in the above MSC are only logically divided according to the functions realized by the MSC, and in practical applications, the above units can be superimposed or split. Moreover, the functions implemented by the MSC provided in this embodiment correspond to the functions implemented by the MCS in the flow of the method for determining an online charging user provided in the first embodiment above. For the more detailed processing flow implemented by the MSC, in the above embodiment 1 has been described in detail, and will not be described in detail here.

Implementation five

Embodiment 5 of the present invention provides an online charging control system, through which the online charging control system can reduce the impact of online charging on BOSS performance on the basis of real-time control of users with arrears risks .

As shown in Figure 9, the online charging control system mainly includes:

MSC 901, SCP 902, and BOSS 903;

Wherein, the MSC 901 has the same function as that implemented by the MSC provided in Embodiment 4 above, and on this basis, the MSC 901 is also used to add the user account in the call request after determining that the online charging process is performed on the first user. Indicating that the first user is the online charging identifier of the online charging user, and sending the call request added with the online charging identifier to the service control point SCP;

SCP 902, configured to send connection duration request information for the first user to the BOSS after receiving the call request including the online charging identifier;

The BOSS 903 is configured to feed back the determination result of the connection duration request information to the SCP according to the number of currently processed online charging users.

In the preferred implementation mode provided by Embodiment 5 and 4 of the present invention, the BOSS903 included in the system shown in FIG. 9 is specifically used for:

judging the number of connection duration request information received in parallel, wherein the connection duration request information received in parallel includes connection duration request information for the first user;

If the number exceeds the set capacity threshold for parallel processing of online charging users, an offline charging notification will be fed back to the SCP;

If the number does not exceed the set capacity threshold for parallel processing of online charging users, the connection delay information determined for the first user is fed back to the SCP.

It should be understood that the functions implemented by the online charging control system provided in Embodiment 5 correspond one-to-one to the flow of the online charging control method provided in Embodiment 2 above. For the more detailed processing flow implemented by the system, It has been described in detail in the second embodiment above, and will not be described in detail here.

Through at least one of the above technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention, after receiving the call request from the first user to the second user, the MSC obtains the number information included in the call request, and determines to obtain the number information according to the stored online charging number information. Whether the number information is the number information of online charging, and when the determination result is yes, determine to perform online charging processing for the first user. According to this technical solution, after a user initiates a call request, it can be determined in real time according to the number information obtained from the call request sent by the user whether it is necessary to perform online charging processing for the user, so that real-time charging can be performed for users who are at risk of arrears. control.

Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalent technologies, the present invention also intends to include these modifications and variations.

Claims (12)

1. online charging user's a definite method, is characterized in that, comprising:

Moving exchanging center MSC receives the call request of first user to the second user;

Obtain the number information that described call request comprises, described number information is the prefix of communicating number corresponding to communicating number corresponding to described the second user or described the second user;

According to the number information of the online charging of preserving, determine whether the described number information obtaining is the number information of online charging;

In definite result, when being, determining described first user is carried out to online charging processing; In definite result, while being no, from attaching position register HLR, obtain the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of described first user; Determine that the described CAMEL-Subscription-Information obtain comprises that business operation support system BOSS sends be used to indicate described first user and be online charging user's online charging sign time, determine described first user carried out to online charging processing.

2. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, BOSS also comprises before sending online charging identifier:

Determine that the telephone expenses remaining sum of described first user is lower than the first setting threshold; Or

Determine that the credit worthiness of the communicating number that described first user is corresponding is lower than the second setting threshold.

3. method as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, BOSS the telephone expenses remaining sum of determining described first user higher than described the first setting threshold or communicating number corresponding to described first user enjoy a good reputation in described the second setting threshold time, also comprise:

BOSS determines whether to send and be used to indicate the online charging sign that described first user is online charging user to HLR, if, to described HLR, send and cancel the indication information that described first user is carried out to online charging, the online charging sign that described HLR comprises the CAMEL-Subscription-Information corresponding with described first user according to described indication information is deleted.

4. method as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that, BOSS also comprises before sending online charging identifier:

BOSS determines that total degree from online charging identifier to described HLR that send cancels the difference of total degree of user being carried out to the indication information of online charging with sending to described HLR, does not surpass the on-line charging capacity threshold value of setting.

5. a control method for online charging, is characterized in that, comprising:

MSC is determined described first user is carried out after online charging processing by the method described in claim 1 to 4 any one, in described call request, add and be used to indicate the online charging sign that described first user is online charging user, and the call request of adding after online charging identifier is sent to service control point (SCP);

Described SCP, after receiving the call request that comprises online charging identifier, sends the connecting time solicited message for described first user to business operation support system BOSS;

BOSS, according to the quantity of the online charging user when pre-treatment, feeds back the definite result to described connecting time solicited message to described SCP; Wherein, described BOSS is according to the quantity of the online charging user when pre-treatment, and the definite result to described SCP feedback to described connecting time solicited message, specifically comprises:

Judgement parallel receive is to the quantity of connecting time solicited message, wherein, parallel receive to connecting time solicited message comprise the connecting time solicited message for described first user;

When if described quantity surpasses the parallel processing online charging user's who sets capacity threshold, to described SCP feedback offline charging notice;

When if described quantity does not surpass the parallel processing online charging user's who sets capacity threshold, the Delay that continues of determining for described first user to described SCP feedback.

6. an online charging user fixed system really, is characterized in that, comprising:

User terminal, for sending the call request of first user to the second user;

Moving exchanging center MSC, for receive first user that described user terminal sends to the second user's call request after, obtain the number information that described call request comprises, described number information is the prefix of communicating number corresponding to communicating number corresponding to described the second user or described the second user, according to the number information of the online charging of preserving, determine whether the described number information obtaining is the number information of online charging, and in definite result when being, determine described first user carried out to online charging processing; When determining that the described number information obtaining is not the number information of online charging, from HLR, obtain the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of described first user, and when determining that the described CAMEL-Subscription-Information obtaining comprises online charging identifier, determine described first user is carried out to online charging processing.

7. system as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, also comprises:

Business operation support system BOSS and attaching position register HLR;

Described BOSS, is used to indicate for sending to described HLR the online charging sign that user is online charging user;

Described HLR, for after receiving the online charging sign of described BOSS transmission, adds described online charging sign in described online charging sign in the user's who indicates CAMEL-Subscription-Information.

8. system as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, described BOSS also, for before online charging sign, determines that the telephone expenses remaining sum of described first user is lower than the first setting threshold; Or the credit worthiness of determining the communicating number that described first user is corresponding is lower than the second setting threshold.

9. system as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that, described BOSS, also for the telephone expenses remaining sum determining described first user higher than described the first setting threshold or communicating number corresponding to described first user enjoy a good reputation in described the second setting threshold time, determine whether to send and be used to indicate the online charging sign that described first user is online charging user to HLR, if so, to described HLR, send and cancel the indication information that described first user is carried out to online charging;

Described HLR, the indication information for sending according to described BOSS also, the online charging that the CAMEL-Subscription-Information corresponding with described first user comprised sign is deleted.

10. system as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, described BOSS, also for before sending online charging identifier, determine that total degree from online charging identifier to described HLR that send cancels the difference of total degree of user being carried out to the indication information of online charging with sending to described HLR, do not surpass the on-line charging capacity threshold value of setting.

11. 1 kinds of moving exchanging center MSCs, is characterized in that, comprising:

Call request receiving element, for receiving the call request of first user to the second user;

Number information acquiring unit, the number information comprising for obtaining the call request of described call request receiving element reception, described number information is the prefix of communicating number corresponding to communicating number corresponding to described the second user or described the second user;

Online charging number determining unit, be used for according to the number information of the online charging of preserving, determine whether the described number information that described number information acquiring unit obtains is the number information of online charging, and in definite result when being, determine described first user carried out to online charging processing; In definite result while being no, from attaching position register HLR, obtain the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of described first user, and determine that the described CAMEL-Subscription-Information obtain comprises that business operation support system BOSS sends be used to indicate described first user and be online charging user's online charging sign time, determine described first user carried out to online charging processing.

The control system of 12. 1 kinds of online chargings, is characterized in that, comprising:

MSC described in claim 11, service control point (SCP) and business operation support system BOSS;

Described MSC, also for described first user being carried out after online charging processing definite, in described call request, add and be used to indicate the online charging sign that described first user is online charging user, and the call request of adding after online charging identifier is sent to service control point (SCP);

Described SCP, for after receiving the call request that comprises online charging identifier, sends the connecting time solicited message for described first user to described BOSS;

Described BOSS, for according to the quantity of the online charging user when pre-treatment, feeds back the definite result to described connecting time solicited message to described SCP;

Wherein, described BOSS, specifically for:

Judgement parallel receive is to the quantity of connecting time solicited message, wherein, parallel receive to connecting time solicited message comprise the connecting time solicited message for described first user;

When if described quantity surpasses the parallel processing online charging user's who sets capacity threshold, to described SCP feedback offline charging notice;

When if described quantity does not surpass the parallel processing online charging user's who sets capacity threshold, the Delay that continues of determining for described first user to described SCP feedback.