KR20030012420A - an reversed-charging system for providing SMS,VMS group service and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a reverse billing system and method for SMS and VMS broadcast messages in online community operations.

Granting service permission to the fellowship operator; Asking the group members whether to receive a text or voice message transmitted from the group operator to their mobile communication terminal or to pay a fee for receiving the message, and processing the result; Sending an SMS or VMS message by the fellowship operator; And charging a fee for the broadcast message sent from the group operator to the group member.

According to the present invention, in running an online community, the community operator can remove the burden of using SMS and VMS broadcast message service fee, and provide the community members with an opportunity to learn useful information. Can support activities

Description

{An reversed-charging system for providing SMS, VMS group service and method}

The present invention proposes a back-up billing system for sending a large amount of SMS and VMS broadcast messages to a plurality of members of a group by a group operator regarding the use of SMS and VMS broadcast messages in an online community based on a computer network system. And a processing method therefor.

SMS and VMS is basically a wired / wireless communication means in which a sender writes a series of messages and sends them to a recipient.To use SMS, VMS, a sender can access a website to which he or she subscribes or access a wireless Internet. When sending a message to the recipient, register the address book and send a broadcast message to a plurality of recipients stored in the address book, or when sending to one recipient, write the recipient's mobile phone number directly and send it.

The billing method for the use of SMS and VMS is to pay the corresponding amount according to the volume and number of messages sent by the sender. When there are a large number of recipients, the burden on the sender can be considerable. There is no effectiveness in the relationship of a small number of executives: many general members in the online / offline community. Most portals. In order to solve this problem, the community site tried to reduce the burden of the service fee by sending an advertisement when sending a broadcast message by contracting with the advertiser, but due to too many receptions, the community could not stop the service and stop the service. There was no choice but to.

In addition, even if the sender is an information provider, even though it provides useful information to the recipient, the method of billing the sender according to the 'number of information provided' has many problems, and thus, useful information cannot be transmitted to many people. Accordingly, a new billing processing method and a system of the concept of granting billing to a recipient who receives useful information from the sender beyond the method of charging the SMS and VMS sender is required.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention, free of charge to the group operators for sending group SMS, VMS broadcast messages required to operate the online community. By allowing a fee to be charged to a large number of general members who join the club, the group managers can freely provide more accurate and useful information, and the general members can receive information useful to them from the group manager. To provide a reverse billing system for SMS and VMS broadcast messages and its processing method.

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing the overall configuration of an online network system for performing a Web to Mobile service of the present invention, and 1B is a Mobile to Mobile service.

2 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a schematic system for carrying out the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart for obtaining the recipient's consent to the reverse charge grant of the SMS, VMS broadcast message reception of the present invention.

Figure 4a is an example of obtaining consent for the reverse charge grant to the recipient on the site of the present invention, Figure 4b is a diagram showing an example of obtaining consent to the recipient on the receiving terminal's mobile terminal.

5a is a SMS broadcast message of Web to Mobile, 5b is a SMS broadcast message of Mobile to Mobile, 5c is a VMS broadcast message of Mobile to Mobile, and 5d is a billing processing method of a VMS broadcast message of Web to Mobile according to the present invention. This is a whole flowchart showing the procedure to be performed.

Wire and wireless integrated SMS, VMS reverse billing processing method according to the present invention to achieve the above object,

Multiple website user computers,

Server computer of website including SMS / VMS server, DB server that stores website user's information and group membership information,

The mobile server's certificate server that searches the user DB server of the website and the user DB server of each mobile carrier to which the website users subscribe, and authenticates them to use the corresponding service.

SMSC / VMSC, SMSC / of mobile carriers that receive messages from the website's SMS / VMS, send those messages to each wireless base station, and send to each mobile carrier whether the message was delivered to the user's device. A wireless base station of a mobile communication company which delivers the message transmitted from the VMSC to the user terminal, receives the result of the processing, and delivers the result again;

Receiving the work results from the SMSC / VMSC, characterized in that it consists of a heavy server of the telecommunications carrier that stores the service fee for calculating the service fee through the result and a service DB server for storing the service usage history of the receiver.

The present invention to achieve the above object.

For general members before joining the site

The steps for an internet user to join a site,

Joining the site and joining the community;

Joining a community and seeking consent to charge a called party for receiving SMS / VMS broadcast messages;

Selecting a group to join a plurality of groups and receive SMS / VMS broadcast messages;

For a few moderators who run fellowships,

Accessing a site joined by a fellowship operator;

After accessing the site, moving to the corresponding group,

Moving to the moderator menu in the community,

From the moderators menu, select 'Send Broadcast Message', create a 'Group Notification Message,' and send it.

For websites that offer group SMS / VMS services,

Dividing the group manager and the general member among the members of the website;

Authorizing the group operator to use the group SMS / VMS sending service;

Asking for the user's mobile subscription information and storing the result;

Retrieving information about site users and user information subscribed to a mobile carrier;

Asking the group operator about sending an SMS / VMS broadcast message,

Transmitting a message to the SMSC / VMSC server of the mobile carrier through the SMS / VMS server;

For mobile carriers that provide group SMS / VMS services,

Retrieving user information subscribed to a website user and a mobile carrier;

The SMSC / VMSC server retrieving the user information of the message receiver and the mobile carrier and authenticating the user;

Asking you to receive the broadcast message sent to you and pay the applicable charges;

Sending an SMSC / VMSC server to the user mobile terminal through the wireless base station and receiving a result of whether the message arrived at the receiver well;

Calculating the usage fee of the broadcast message recipient in the billing server;

Storing the service usage history and usage fee of the receiver in the service DB;

It includes the final step of charging the message receiver for royalties stored in the service database.

Hereinafter, in order to explain in detail enough that a person skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The most preferred embodiment of this invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an online network system for performing a Web to Mobile service of the present invention, and 1B is a Mobile to Mobile service. FIG. 1A is a service diagram connected to Web 12a to Mobile 14a, in which a group operator 11a subscribed to a website 12a and a mobile communication company 13a accesses a liberated website 12a. SMS and VMS broadcast messages are sent to a number of group members 14a who have joined their own group. Each message is sent to a corresponding group through a mobile carrier (13a) joined by a plurality of group members (14a). It is forwarded to the club members 14a who have agreed to the reverse billing service.

FIG. 1B is a service diagram connected to Mobile (11b, 11b ',...) To Mobile (14a), the system components of Web (12a) to Mobile (14a) of FIG. Instead of using the group operator PC 11a for shipment, the group operator's mobile communication terminals 11b, 11b '... are connected to the wireless Internet 15b supported by the mobile communication company 13b, and then wirelessly connected. Go to the website (12b), and send SMS, VMS broadcast message. At this time, the mobile communication terminal 14b of the group members receiving the message is the same as that of FIG. 1A.

FIG. 2 is an overall system diagram for charging a chargeback for use of SMS and UMS broadcast messages on the Web 12a to Mobile 14a of FIG. 1A. A number of fellowship operator PCs 21a, 21b, 21c .... are connected online to a web server 22 of an online community site through an internet network or a dedicated line. The web server 22 is a member of the carrier information, general member information and the group operator information. And a database server 23 including group membership information, opened group information, and a number of other databases. SMS server 24 for sending text messages, VMS server 25 for sending voice messages is configured in conjunction with.

At this time, the SMS / VMS server may be configured in a website that supports the website or other affiliated websites or SMS / VMS services. In this case, the SMS server 24 and the VMS server 25 grant the group operator stored in the DB server 23 the authority to send a broadcast message to the members who have joined the group.

The above site starts the SMS / VMS broadcast message service and asks if you want to receive the SMS / VMS broadcast message sent from the group operator when you access each group for the first time. Allow members to make choices.

The user authentication server 28 of the mobile carrier is connected online with the web server 22 of the affiliated site through the user DB server. The group operator and the group members stored in the DB server 23 of the website are searched to find out whether the member joins the mobile communication company at the same time, and the subscription information is stored in the user DB server 29 again.

The message of the group operator written or voice-recorded on the website 22 is the SMSC (26) and the VMSC (27) of each mobile communication company that the members of the group have joined through the SMS server (24) and the VMS server (25). Is sent to. Each mobile carrier SMSC / VMSC transmits a message sent from the sender (group operator) and the receiver (group member) to the corresponding group detected through the user DB server 29 linked with its authentication server 28 to each base station 30. By sending a message to the mobile communication terminal (31a, 31b ....) of a number of members of the group agreed to pay the fee for SMS / VMS message sent by the group operator

At this time, the message sent by the group operator is received in the mobile communication terminal (31a, 31b ....) of the members of the group, a beep or vibration will be sounded when the group members check the message sent, receive the message delivered Ask whether you want to pay the reception fee.

When the member receiving the broadcast message sent by the group operator agrees to receive the message and the corresponding fee, and confirms the message, the receiving time and the result value for receiving the message are sent back to the SMSC / VMSC through the wireless base station 30. The SMSC / VMSC transmits the reception result to its billing server 32.

The broadcast service fee settled by the billing server 32 is stored in the service DB 33 connected to the billing server 32 together with the member's information, and is included in the mobile communication telephone bill to make a service charge.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the Mobile to Mobile service uses the group's mobile communication terminal instead of the PC when sending SMS / VMS broadcast messages, and the mobile Internet company's wireless Internet when the website is accessed. After connecting, accessing the corresponding wireless website is different. Basically, the system for obtaining and processing the consent for the reverse charge from the receiver is the same as in FIG.

Figure 3 is a flow chart for obtaining the consent of the recipient (group member) for the reverse charge in receiving the SMS, VMS broadcast message of the group member of the present invention. An Internet user who wants to join a community portal site writes the URL of the site in the web browser address field. When you visit the site for the first time, there is a sign up section to apply for a subscription.

If the subscription is allowed from the site (31), the member's information is stored in the DB server of FIG. In addition, members have their own interests or preferences. If you search for a group that fits your hobbies in the site and apply for membership, you must get permission from the group operator if it is a private group. If you are a public group, you can immediately join (32).

At this time, whether to receive SMS and VMS broadcast messages from the group manager informing the group announcement or meeting news. Receiving the message, a procedure 33 proceeds to ask for consent as to whether the recipient, not the sender, will bear the amount. If the group member agrees, the member's information is stored in the SMS / VMS server and the user DB server (34). If the group member does not agree, the member's information is terminated. If not, the SMS / VMS broadcast message sent by the group manager is not sent. Do not.

Figure 4a is a diagram showing an example of obtaining consent for back billing to the SMS / VMS broadcast message recipients on the website of the present invention. This is displayed to all the group members who joined the group in the website, and is displayed when the user accesses the website and moves to the club.

Figure 4b is a screen shown on the mobile communication terminal of the SMS / VMS broadcast message receiver, the recipient receives the SMS / VMS broadcast message sent from the group operator from among the affiliated groups, and charges the service fee to the receiver It is a form of asking for consent to the system.

The method of obtaining consent from the recipient for the reverse charge is the method of obtaining consent on the web of FIG. 4A. The method of obtaining consent from the receiver's mobile communication terminal of FIG. 4B or two methods of FIGS. 4A and 4B may be used simultaneously.

5 is an overall flowchart illustrating a procedure and a method for processing SMS, VMS broadcast message reverse billing according to the present invention. FIG. 5A is an SMS broadcast message connected to Web to Mobile, FIG. 5B is an overall flowchart of a VMS broadcast message, FIG. 5C is an SMS broadcast message connected to Mobile to Mobile, and FIG. 5D is a VMS broadcast message. This is the entire flow chart.

Since the process of asking about chargeback for SMS and VMS broadcast messages sent by the group operator to the group members and the processing thereof are the same regardless of the classification of the service, the group on the Web to Web connection of FIG. The SMS broadcast message created by the operator by accessing the site (s51a) will be delivered to the members of the club who have agreed to the reverse billing system (s59a), and the use amount will be billed to the receiving member (s62a). do.

First, when a group manager accesses a website to which he or she subscribes (s51a), the website searches a user DB to find out whether the user is a group operator (s52a). Broadcast message user authentication of all groups is allowed (s53a).

When there is an emergency notice or a meeting notice that the group manager must notify the group members, the group manager moves to the operator menu of the group that he / she operates (s54a) and clicks the SMS group message (s55a). A screen for writing a text message to be displayed is displayed, and the group manager writes a short message to be sent to the group member (s56a).

After the short message is written (s56a), the user is asked whether to send the message to the members of the group (s57a). If the group manager permits the message, the message is sent to the SMSC server of each mobile carrier to which the member of the group has subscribed. Is sent (s58a). The message is transmitted through the wireless base station of each mobile communication company to the mobile communication terminals of all the group members who have agreed to the reverse billing system for receiving the broadcast message (s59a).

At this time, the mobile communication terminal of the group member receiving the message will beep or vibrate for receiving the message, and when the group member confirms his or her mobile terminal, the group name and the sender of the registered group on the mobile terminal. Your name, received amount will be shown. It is asked whether to receive the delivered message or to pay the reception fee (s60a).

If you agree to open the message and agree to reverse charges for it, the fellowship member (recipient) will be able to confirm the message. Afterwards, the result of the message check is sent to the SMSC of the mobile carrier to which the receiver is subscribed. The SMSC checks whether the SMSC is sent correctly. If the message is not delivered, the message is sent to the group member again. And the processing result of the received message to the billing server of the mobile carrier.

The billing server calculates the use amount based on the result of receiving the SMS broadcast message (s61a), and stores the service use history of the receiving member in the service DB server. Subsequently, the mobile carrier charges the mobile communication usage amount by issuing a bill or direct debit to customers through the information stored in the service DB (s62a).

In the following example, the method of settlement of the amount used by the sender and the receiver according to the chargeback of the SMS / VMS broadcast message is shown.

For reference, in Example 1 above, only the most preferable examples are selected and presented to help those skilled in the art from various possible examples, and the technical spirit of the present invention is not necessarily limited or limited only by this embodiment. In addition, various changes, additions and changes are possible within the scope without departing from the spirit of the present invention, as well as other equivalent embodiments. However, it can also cause a problem that people who join a large number of groups receive too many messages. If the group managers limit the number of broadcast messages that can be sent monthly, the group managers can do so. They will pick and send only the most important messages, which will have the effect of reducing spam messages.

According to the present invention, by operating the online community (club) by removing the burden on the service fee for sending SMS, VMS broadcast message to the group operator, by providing an opportunity to learn useful information for the members of the group Support community activities.

Claims (4)

In the system that charges back charges for receiving SMS and VMS broadcast messages, Personal computers (21a, 21b ...) of at least one fellowship operator, Website server computers (22, 24, 25) with SMS and VMS servers, DB server 23 capable of storing mobile communication subscription information, group operator information, group member information, opened group information, and group member information agreeing to the reverse billing system for receiving broadcast messages, Carrier's certificate server 28, which determines whether a website member is subscribed to a mobile carrier, User DB server 29 of the carrier containing subscriber information of the carrier Mobile communication terminals 31a, 31b .. of a number of club members who have subscribed to the website, SMSC (26), VMSC (27), SMSC (26), and VMSC (27) of mobile carriers, which transmits messages sent from SMS and VMS servers of the website to the wireless base station of the carrier, are sent to the website. Wireless base station of the carrier that transmits to the members of the subscribed club (30). Billing server 32 of the mobile carrier for calculating the usage fee for each group members received messages sent from the group operator, The service DB server 33 of a mobile carrier that stores SMS, VMS broadcast message reception fee and service usage history of the customer, characterized in that the billing system for SMS, VMS broadcast messaging on the on-line community support. In the method of performing the reverse charge for receiving SMS and VMS group broadcast messages for the community in the operation of the online community site, Granting the group administrator the authority to use the SMS, VMS broadcast message sending service of the group at the site server computer; Requesting, at the site server computer, the group members whether to receive text and voice messages transmitted from the group manager or to pay a reception fee for the received message; Asking whether to receive a text message or a voice message transmitted from a group operator on a mobile communication terminal of a group member or to receive a received message; Method for sending an SMS, VMS broadcast message on the on-line community support, comprising the step of charging and billing the recipient according to the result of receiving the message of the group member. In the way that the group manager sends SMS and VMS group broadcast messages to the group members, SMS service providing method on a Web to Mobile connection (Fig. 5a), VMS service providing method on a Web to Mobile connection (Fig. 5b), SMS service providing method on a Mobile to Mobile connection (Fig. 5c), A method for performing back billing for SMS and VMS broadcast messaging on online community support, which comprises adopting a method of providing a VMS service on a Mobile to Mobile connection (FIG. 5D). The SMS and VMS broadcast messages on the online community are charged to receive SMS and VMS broadcast messages in addition to the mobile service charges. Way.