KR20010027840A - System for notifying of discount charging area in a mobile communication system and method for notifying of discount charging area using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rate discount zone notification system in a mobile communication system and a method of notifying a rate discount zone using the same. The service subscriber processing unit interworks with the Internet and the customer support center, receives the service registration / cancellation and service area information from the internet or the customer support center, sets up the service, and outputs a message requested by the user. The short message center converts and outputs the message in accordance with the communication standard, and the exchange receives the changed message in accordance with the communication standard and outputs the message in a format that the terminal can interpret, and the terminal interprets the message provided from the exchange and stores the base station. The list of information is updated, and based on the interpreted message, it is informed whether the discounted area is applied. As a result, the mobile phone terminal uses the configuration information in the terminal to display when the mobile phone is in a certain region and the base station information and the information in the terminal that are synchronized with the display information on the terminal. Recognize that the area is a premium.

Description

System for notifying of discount charging area in a mobile communication system and method for notifying of discount charging area using the same}

The present invention relates to a fare discount zone notification system in a mobile communication and a fare discount zone notification method using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a discount for notifying in real time whether a call price discount currently used in a mobile communication is applied or not. The present invention relates to a fare notification system and a fare discount area notification method using the same.

In general, tariff related processing in a mobile communication system is based on the concept of a discount or a premium based on a fare policy for each time, day of the week and a specific day.

In recent years, as mobile phone penetration has expanded, mobile phone users tend to use a lot of fixed areas in offices, schools, and homes, as well as in the past.

Conventionally, at the moment when the subscriber transmits that the area that he or she transmits is the area to which the discount is applied correctly, the subscriber cannot know, and can only know the charge information that is charged by postpay.

In addition, the mobile subscriber may determine that all call origination is used in a discounted area, but may not be the case. In this case, the subscriber has no choice but to request a detailed call specification table from the mobile communication company and determine the result, and thus, the mobile communication subscriber complains about the mobile call charges charged for post-payment.

In addition, in a mobile communication environment using wireless radio waves, radio waves from other base stations are often used instead of the base stations in the area selected by the subscriber according to the radio wave environment even if they are transmitted from the same area.

Therefore, even if a subscriber makes a call at a point that is considered to be a discounted area, the subscriber may use a radio wave of another base station instead of the selected base station, and thus, a discount rate is not applied, thereby additionally paying a call rate.

FIG. 1 illustrates an outgoing state in a Hansol PCS building to which a discount rate is applied in a conventional mobile communication system, and FIG. 2 illustrates an outgoing state in a Hansol PCS building to which a discount rate is not applied in a conventional mobile communication system. .

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the mobile subscriber selects a portion of his discounted area, for example, Seocho-dong area, and the base station that handles the wireless communication in the Seocho-dong area is A, B, C. Since it is three base stations, the calling subscriber can use any one of A, B, and C base stations, and thus can receive a discount on the call charge when the mobile telephone is sent.

However, if the calling subscriber who selects the rate discount area makes the call at the same point as the Hansol PCS building, the C base station is in charge of call processing, as shown in FIG. Benefits can be obtained, but radio waves of the D base station are better than the radio waves of the C base station, so that the radio communication of the D base station is used in the radio call processing as shown in FIG.

Therefore, although the user thinks that the area to which the rate discount benefit is applied, the wireless call is made, but there is a problem in that an additional call fee is not generated because the rate discount benefit is not actually applied.

The technical problem of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication subscriber with a discounted rate in mobile communication to notify in real time whether the current call is discounted or not. To provide a notification system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of driving the above-mentioned discount rate notification system.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for describing a call state of a Hansol PCS building to which a discount rate is applied in a conventional mobile communication system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for describing an origination state in a Hansol PCS building, unless a discount rate is applied in a conventional mobile communication system.

3 is a block diagram of a discount rate notification system in mobile communication according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of notifying a fare discount area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the terminal according to the present invention.

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50: Internet 60: Customer Support Center

100: service subscriber processing unit 110: base station DB

120: subscriber DB 130: service handler

140: base station list message generator 200: short center

300: switch 400: terminal

410: control unit 420: memory

430: alarm unit 440: display window

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a discount rate notification system in a mobile communication system. In the rate discount area notification system,

A service subscriber processing unit which registers / cancels a user's rate discount area notification service and receives the service area information from the Internet or a customer support center, sets the service, and outputs a message requested by the user;

A short center for changing and outputting the message in accordance with a communication standard;

A switch configured to receive a message changed according to a communication standard from the short center and change the format into a format that the terminal can interpret; And

And a terminal for interpreting the message provided from the exchange to update the stored base station information list, and notifying whether the rate discount area is applied based on the interpreted message.

In addition, the discount rate notification method in the mobile communication according to one feature for realizing the above another object is, in the mobile communication to notify the mobile subscribers located in a specific region whether the discounted rate is applied corresponding to the region; In the rate discount area notification method,

(Iv) Checking whether or not the member is a member of the rate-discovery area notification service, and if the user is not a service subscriber, prints a message stating that he is not a registered service subscriber. Setting up a rate discount area notification service area by receiving area information;

(Ii) selecting a base station by searching a base station list from a base station DB according to the set rate discount area notification service area;

(Iii) accessing the subscriber DB and updating the subscriber DB according to the selection of the corresponding base station;

(Iii) collecting the selected base station information and the updated subscriber information, and generating and transmitting a fee discount area information message that a user wants to receive a discount to the terminal; And

(Iii) store the transmitted rate discount area information message, check the stored rate rate area information message and the base station information message provided from the base station, and output a message of rate rate area if it is not the same; And outputting a message indicating that the fare discount area is not.

According to such a discount rate notification system in a mobile communication system and a discount rate notification method using the same, the mobile phone terminal uses the configuration information in the terminal to configure the configuration information data in the terminal and base station information that is synchronized when the mobile phone is located in a specific region. When the same, the display through the display window of the terminal can be confirmed by the user directly to recognize the discount area.

Then, embodiments will be described so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a discount rate notification system in a mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the discount rate notification system in the mobile communication system includes a service subscriber processing unit 100, a short message center 200, an exchange 300, and a terminal 400.

The service subscriber processor 100 includes a base station DB 110, a subscriber DB 120, a service processor 130, and a base station list message generator 140, and include a transfer control protocol / internet protocol; (Hereinafter referred to as TCP / IP). In conjunction with the Internet 50 and the Customer Support Center 60, respectively, connected via the Internet, the user may register the message for the discount rate notification service, set the service area, and set the service area. Output to the center (ShMS) (Short Message Service) (200). For example, a user who wants to receive a new rate discount area notification service may directly access a network such as the Internet 50 or indirectly access a customer support center 60 to receive the corresponding service.

In more detail, the base station DB 110 includes base station information, and the subscriber DB 120 includes subscriber information. In this case, the subscriber information includes a subscriber's subscription number (telephone number), registration date, selected region, registered base station information, for example, System Identifier (SID), Network Identifier (NID), and base station (BTS). Information including the ID and recording information of the command used are included.

The service processor 130 receives the registration / cancellation of the user's rate discount area notification service and the service area setting information from the Internet 50 or the customer support center 60 and transmits the service area setting information to the base station DB 110 and the subscriber DB 120. Provide to save. In addition, the subscriber information and corresponding base station information are read from the subscriber DB 110 and the base station DB 120 at a predetermined time and output to the base station list message generator 140.

The base station list message generator 140 collects subscriber information and base station information, generates a message requested by the user, and outputs the generated message to the short center 200 through the TCP / IP protocol.

The short message service center 200 changes the message to meet the communication standard and outputs the changed message to the switch 300 through the IS41 standard.

The exchange 300 changes the message in a format that the terminal 400 can interpret and outputs the changed message to the terminal 400 through a predetermined standard, preferably the IS637 standard.

The terminal 400 includes a control unit 410, a memory 420, an alarm unit 430, and a display window 440, and receives a message output from the exchange 300 through an antenna, interprets the received message, and interprets the received message. In the case of the information update command message, the service base station information list previously stored in the memory 410 is updated.

In addition, if the currently received base station information message is not the base station information update command message, it is checked whether the currently received base station information message exists in the service base station information list stored in the memory. The user is informed that the user is in an area, and if the base station information message does not exist, the user is informed that the user is outside the current rate discount area.

Hereinafter, a rate discount notification method using a discount rate notification system in a mobile communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of notifying a fare discount area according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4, the method for notifying a discount rate zone according to an embodiment of the present invention first checks whether or not the subscriber is a charge discount zone notification service (step S10). The process of notifying the charge discount area notification service is terminated by outputting a message that is not displayed (step S20).

In step S10, if the subscriber of the service charge zone notification service is allowed to set his service zone, the service zone is selected (step S30).

Then, the base station list is queried from the base station DB 110 (step S40), and the subscriber DB is updated from the subscriber DB 120 (step S50).

Subsequently, the subscriber information and the base station information provided from the service subscriber processor 130 are generated as a message requested by the user in the base station list message generator 140, and the generated message is provided to the short center 200 to be changed according to a communication standard. The changed message is provided to the exchange 300, and the message is changed into a format that can be interpreted by the terminal 400 and outputted to the terminal (steps S60, S70 and S80).

5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the terminal according to the present invention.

3 and 5, first, it is checked whether the driving power of the terminal 400 is off (step S810). If the drive power is off, the process ends.

When the driving power is turned on in step S810, it is checked whether or not the base station information message is received (step S820). If the base station information message is not received, the process returns to step S810.

When the base station information message is received in step S820, it is checked whether it is the selected base station information update command message (step S830), and in the case of the base station information update command message, the base station information list which currently receives the base station information list memory of the terminal itself. After updating to S, it feeds back to step S810 (step S840).

If it is not the base station information update command message in step S830, it is checked whether the received base station information message is in the base station information list stored in the memory of the terminal (step S850).

If the base station information message currently received in the base station information list stored in the memory 420 of the terminal 400 exists in step S850, the user is notified that he is in the current rate discount area, and the feedback is returned to step S810 (step S860). . At this time, the user is notified that he is in the current rate discount area by displaying a text message on the display window, or displaying an icon or alarm sound corresponding to the user. Be aware of this.

In addition, if there is no base station information message currently received in the base station information list stored in the memory 420 of the terminal 400 in step S850, the user is notified that the user is out of the current rate discount area and then fed back to step S810. S870).

In the above-described invention, the user selects a discounted area, and the call rates in the selected area are mainly described as a method of discounting. However, in some cases, the user selects a premium area and calls in the selected premium area. It is obvious that rates may apply in a premium.

For example, let's say you have a service provider that offers discounts on call charges depending on the call origin region. This is a case where the service provider side can obtain a premium rate with the burden of discount rate.

As described above, in the present invention, when a user who uses a mobile communication phone makes a call, the user can be provided in real time whether the call origination in the corresponding area is provided with a discount / charge. Eliminate doubts about fees.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be able to variously modify and change the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be appreciated.

As described above, according to the present invention, the mobile telephone terminal uses the configuration information in the terminal to display through the display window of the terminal when the mobile phone is identical to the base station information and the configuration information in the terminal to be tuned when the mobile phone is located in a specific region. Can visually confirm that it is a discount / charge area.

In addition, a user who wants to subscribe or cancel the rate discount area notification service can access or cancel an individual service by indirectly accessing the Internet or indirectly through a customer support center.

Claims (5)

In a mobile communication system for giving a discounted call rate to a mobile communication subscriber located in a specific region, A service subscriber processing unit which registers / cancels a user's rate discount area notification service and receives the service area information from the Internet or a customer support center, sets the service, and outputs a message requested by the user; A short center for changing and outputting the message in accordance with a communication standard; A switch configured to receive a message changed according to a communication standard from the short center and change the format into a format that the terminal can interpret; And And a terminal for interpreting the message provided from the exchange to update the stored base station information list and notifying whether to apply the discounted area based on the interpreted message. . The method of claim 1, wherein the service subscriber processing unit, A base station DB including at least one base station information; A subscriber DB including at least one subscriber information; Receive registration / cancellation of the user's rate discount area notification service and service area setting information from the Internet or the customer support center, and store it in the base station DB and the subscriber DB. A service subscriber processor for reading and outputting subscriber information and base station information; And And a base station list message generator for receiving the subscriber information and the base station information and generating and outputting a message requested by a user. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal, The base station information list to which the discount rate area is applied is stored in the memory, and when the message provided from the exchange is a base station information update command message, the base station information list stored in the terminal itself is updated with the base station information list and provided from the exchange. If the message is not a base station information update command message, if the received base station information is included in the stored base station information list to check whether it is included, and outputs a message indicating that the current user is in the discount rate coverage area, And if not, outputting a message indicating that the current user has left the discounted rate coverage area. A method of driving a mobile communication system for giving discounted call rates to mobile subscribers located in a specific region, (Iv) Checking whether the subscriber is a member of the rate-discovery area notification service, and if the user is not the service subscriber, outputs a message stating that he is not a registered service subscriber, and terminates the rate-discovery area notification service. Setting a charge discount area notification service area by receiving area information to be discounted from a terminal of the terminal; (Ii) searching a base station list from a base station DB according to a region of the set rate discount area notification service and selecting a corresponding base station; (Iii) accessing the subscriber DB and updating the subscriber DB according to the selection of the corresponding base station; (Iii) collecting the selected base station information and the updated subscriber information, generating a rate discount area information message that the user wants to receive, and transmitting it to the terminal; And (Iii) receive and store the transmitted rate discount area information message, check the stored rate rate area information message and the base station information message provided from the base station, and output a message of rate rate area if the same is not the same; And outputting a message that the case is not a discount area. The method of claim 4, wherein (Iii-1) checking whether the base station information message is received when the driving power of the terminal is on; (Iii-2) if the base station information message is received in step (iii-1), checking whether the base station information message is a base station information update command message; (Iii-3) In the case of the base station information update command message in step (iii-2), updating the base station information list message of the terminal to the received base station information list and feeding back to the base station information message receiving step ; (Iii-4) If the base station information update command message is not the base station information update command message in step (iii-2), it is determined that the rate discount area information message is included and whether the rate discount area information message is included in the stored service base station information list. Checking; (Iii-5) outputting a message indicating that the rate discount area information message is within a specific area currently registered when the rate reduction area information message is included in the service base station information list in step (iv-4); And (Iii-6) outputting a message indicating that the specific area registered in the current location is not included in the service base station information list in the step (iii-4) if the rate discount area information message is not included in the service base station information list; A method of notifying a fare discount area in a mobile communication.