JP2513044B2 - Billing rate change method - Google Patents
Billing rate change methodInfo
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- JP2513044B2 JP2513044B2 JP1272899A JP27289989A JP2513044B2 JP 2513044 B2 JP2513044 B2 JP 2513044B2 JP 1272899 A JP1272899 A JP 1272899A JP 27289989 A JP27289989 A JP 27289989A JP 2513044 B2 JP2513044 B2 JP 2513044B2
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- call
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- rate
- billing
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Description
【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は課金レート変更方式に関し、特に自動車電話
等の無線電話通信システムにおいて通話中に課金レート
を変更する課金レート変更方式に関する。The present invention relates to a charging rate changing system, and more particularly to a charging rate changing system for changing a charging rate during a call in a wireless telephone communication system such as a car phone.
従来、この種の無線電話通信システムでは、加入者端
末で通話料金を算出するために交換局から発呼加入者端
末に課金開始時点、例えば被呼者応答時点に被呼番号に
応じた課金レートを送出し、加入者端末は通話時間を受
信した課金レートで除して度数を算出し、この度数自体
またはこの度数に単位度数料金を乗算して得た料金を記
憶し、加入者端末上のディスプレイに表示すると共にコ
イン収納等を行っている。また通話中に夜間割引き等で
課金レートが変化した時は交換局から通話中の加入者端
末に新しい課金レートを即時に送出し、加入者端末では
新課金レートを受信すると即座にこれ迄の課金レートに
よる通話度数または料金の算出を止めて新課金レートに
よる算出に切り替える第１の方式、あるいは通話中の呼
に対しては課金レートの途中変更を行わない第２の方式
が採られていた。Conventionally, in this type of wireless telephone communication system, in order to calculate a call charge at a subscriber terminal, a charging rate according to a called number at a charging start time, for example, at a called party response time, from a switching center to a calling subscriber terminal. Then, the subscriber terminal calculates the frequency by dividing the call time by the received charging rate, and stores the frequency itself or the rate obtained by multiplying this frequency by the unit frequency fee, and stores it on the subscriber terminal. It displays on the display and stores coins. Also, if the billing rate changes due to night discount during a call, the exchange will immediately send the new billing rate to the calling subscriber terminal, and the subscriber terminal will immediately charge the previous billing rate when the new billing rate is received. There has been adopted the first method in which the calculation of the call frequency or the charge based on the rate is stopped and the calculation is switched to the new charging rate, or the second method in which the charging rate is not changed midway during a call.
上述した従来の第１の方式では、交換局は課金レート
変更時刻に通話中の全加入者端末に新課金レートを送出
しなければならないので制御上の制約による実際の時刻
とずれが生じたり、交換局に多大なピーク負荷を与える
という問題点があった。In the above-mentioned first conventional method, the exchange must send the new billing rate to all subscriber terminals in the call at the billing rate change time, so that there may be a difference from the actual time due to control restrictions. There is a problem that a large peak load is given to the exchange.
また従来の第２の方式では、夜間割引き等の割引き時
間帯となっても通常料金時間帯から通話を継続していた
とき、割引き時間帯であるにもかかわらず割引き料金が
適用されないという問題点があった。Further, in the second conventional method, when the call is continued from the normal charge time zone even during the discount time zone such as night discount, the discount rate is not applied despite the discount time zone. was there.
本発明によれば、交換局と、発呼接続過程に前記交換
局から受信した被呼番号に応じた課金レートと通話時間
とから通話料金を算出してその通話料金情報の記憶およ
び表示を行う加入者端末とを備える無線電話通信システ
ムにおいて、前記交換局は発呼受付時点の課金レートを
示す第１の情報，通話中に変更した課金レートを示す第
２の情報，前記発呼受付時点から課金レート変更時点ま
での時間を示す第３の情報および前記課金レート変更時
点からこの課金レートの適用終了時点までの時間を示す
第４の情報を前記加入者端末に通知する課金情報通知手
段を備え、前記加入者端末は前記第１乃至第４の情報を
受信して通話時間が前記課金レート変更時点に達するま
では前記第１の情報と第３の情報とにより通話料金を算
出し、前記課金レート変更時点に達した後は前記第２の
情報と第４の情報とにより通話料金を算出する通話料金
算出手段を備えることを特徴とする課金レート変更方式
が得られる。According to the present invention, the call charge is calculated from the exchange and the billing rate and the call time corresponding to the called number received from the exchange during the call connection process, and the call charge information is stored and displayed. In a wireless telephone communication system including a subscriber terminal, the exchange exchanges first information indicating a charging rate at the time of receiving a call, second information indicating a charging rate changed during a call, and from the time of receiving the call. Charging information notifying means for notifying the subscriber terminal of the third information indicating the time until the charging rate is changed and the fourth information indicating the time from the charging rate being changed to the application end time of the charging rate. The subscriber terminal receives the first to fourth information and calculates a call charge based on the first information and the third information until the call time reaches the charging rate change point, and the charge is calculated. Leh After reaching change time billing rate changes method characterized in that it comprises a call charge calculating means for calculating a call charge by the second information and the fourth information is obtained.
次に、本発明について図面を参照して説明する。 Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
第１図は本発明の一実施例を示す無線電話通信システ
ムのブロック図で、公衆電話網１に接続された交換局2,
無線基地局３および加入者端末４から構成されている。
交換局２は呼処理部21,課金情報作成部22,課金レートテ
ーブル23,課金レート適用時間算出部24および時計部25
を備え、無線基地局３は無線インタフェース部31を備
え、加入者端末４は無線インタフェース部41,呼処理制
御部42,課金情報記憶部43,減算タイマ部44,料金情報算
出部45および料金情報表示部46を備えている。FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a radiotelephone communication system showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which a switching center 2, which is connected to a public telephone network 1,
It is composed of a radio base station 3 and a subscriber terminal 4.
The exchange 2 has a call processing unit 21, a billing information creation unit 22, a billing rate table 23, a billing rate application time calculation unit 24, and a clock unit 25.
The wireless base station 3 includes a wireless interface unit 31, and the subscriber terminal 4 includes a wireless interface unit 41, a call processing control unit 42, a charge information storage unit 43, a subtraction timer unit 44, a charge information calculation unit 45, and charge information. The display unit 46 is provided.
続いて本実施例の動作について説明する。 Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
加入者端末４が発呼すると呼処理部21は無線インタフ
ェース部31,41を通して呼処理制御部42との間で公衆電
話網１への通話回線の設定を行い、被呼者応答を待つと
共に課金情報作成部22にこの呼の被呼番号を送出して課
金情報の作成を指示する。課金情報作成部22はこの被呼
番号を課金レートテーブル23に転送すると共に、時計部
25から現在時刻を読み出して課金レートテーブル23およ
び課金レート適用時間算出部24に転送する。When the subscriber terminal 4 makes a call, the call processing unit 21 sets up a communication line to the public telephone network 1 with the call processing control unit 42 through the wireless interface units 31 and 41, waits for a response from the called party, and charges. The called number of this call is sent to the information creating section 22 to instruct the creation of billing information. The billing information creation unit 22 transfers this called number to the billing rate table 23, and at the same time, the clock unit
The current time is read from 25 and transferred to the charging rate table 23 and the charging rate application time calculating unit 24.
課金レートテーブル23は上記被呼番号および現在時刻
を受信すると、これに応じた課金レート（第１の情報）
を索引し、かつ課金レート変更時の課金レート（第２の
情報）をも索引し、この両課金レートを課金情報作成部
22に返送する。When the billing rate table 23 receives the called number and the current time, the billing rate corresponding to the called number (first information)
And the charging rate (second information) at the time of changing the charging rate are also indexed, and both charging rates are calculated by the charging information creating unit.
Return to 22.
課金レート適用時間算出部24には課金レート変更時刻
が記憶されており、受信した現在時刻から課金レート変
更時刻までの時間（第３の情報）および課金レート変更
時刻からその適用終了時刻までの時間（第４の情報）を
読み出して課金情報作成部22へ返送する。The billing rate application time calculating unit 24 stores the billing rate change time, and the time from the received current time to the billing rate change time (third information) and the time from the billing rate change time to its application end time. (Fourth information) is read out and returned to the billing information creation unit 22.
呼処理部21は被呼者応答を確認すると、課金情報作成
部22から課金情報（第１〜第４の情報）を収集し無線イ
ンタフェース部31,41,呼処理制御部42を通して課金情報
記憶部43に転送する。Upon confirming the callee response, the call processing unit 21 collects the billing information (first to fourth information) from the billing information creation unit 22 and collects the billing information through the wireless interface units 31 and 41 and the call processing control unit 42. Transfer to 43.
課金情報記憶部43はこの課金情報を受信したことによ
り料金情報算出部45に対し料金情報の算出開始を指示す
ると共に、減算タイマ部44を受信した第３の情報に初期
設定して減算開始を指示する。Upon receipt of this billing information, the billing information storage unit 43 instructs the billing information calculation unit 45 to start billing information calculation, and initializes the subtraction timer unit 44 to the received third information to start billing deduction. Give instructions.
料金情報算出部45は料金情報の算出開始指示を受ける
と課金情報記憶部43から第１の情報を読み出して度数の
積算を行い、料金情報表示部46に積算結果を表示する。When the charge information calculation unit 45 receives the charge information calculation start instruction, it reads the first information from the charge information storage unit 43, integrates the frequency, and displays the integration result on the charge information display unit 46.
一方、減算タイマ部44は第３の情報の減算を行ってお
り、タイマ値が０になると課金情報記憶部43および料金
情報算出部45に通知する。On the other hand, the subtraction timer unit 44 is performing the subtraction of the third information, and notifies the charging information storage unit 43 and the charge information calculation unit 45 when the timer value becomes 0.
課金情報記憶部43は減算タイマ部44から通知を受ける
と第４の情報を読み出して減算タイマ部44を第４の情報
で初期設定し、新たに減算開始を指示する。Upon receiving the notification from the subtraction timer unit 44, the billing information storage unit 43 reads out the fourth information, initializes the subtraction timer unit 44 with the fourth information, and gives a new instruction to start the subtraction.
料金情報算出部５は減算タイマ部44から通知を受ける
と課金情報記憶部43から第２の情報を読み出し、以後は
第１の情報による料金情報算出を止めて第２の情報によ
り料金情報算出を継続し、その結果を料金情報表示部46
に表示する。When the charge information calculation unit 5 receives the notification from the subtraction timer unit 44, it reads out the second information from the charge information storage unit 43, and thereafter stops the charge information calculation based on the first information and calculates the charge information based on the second information. Continue and display the result in the charge information display section 46
To be displayed.
このように本実施例では、料金情報算出部45は減算タ
イマ部44のタイマ値が０になる度に第１の情報と第２の
情報とを交互に使用することにより通話中においても課
金レート変動時刻が来ると即時に課金レートの変更を行
う。As described above, in the present embodiment, the charge information calculation unit 45 alternately uses the first information and the second information every time the timer value of the subtraction timer unit 44 becomes 0, so that the charging rate is maintained even during a call. Immediately when the fluctuating time comes, the billing rate is changed.
以上説明したように本発明は、交換局から全加入者端
末に呼の継続時に課金レート変更に必要な情報を送信し
ておき、通話中に課金レート変更時刻が来たときは各加
入者端末が独自に新課金レートを即座に適用して通話料
金を算出するようにしたので、課金レート変更処置の遅
れや交換局の多大なピーク負担を無くすことできるとい
う効果を有する。As described above, according to the present invention, information necessary for changing the charging rate is transmitted from the exchange to all subscriber terminals when the call is continued, and when the charging rate change time comes during the call, each subscriber terminal is Has independently applied the new billing rate immediately to calculate the call charge, so that it is possible to eliminate the delay of the billing rate changing procedure and the great peak load of the exchange.
第１図は本発明の一実施例を示す無線電話通信システム
のブロック図である。 １…公衆電話網、２…交換局、３…無線基地局、４…加
入者端末、21…呼処理部、22…課金情報作成部、23…課
金レートテーブル、24…課金レート適用時間算出部、25
…時計部、31,41…無線インタフェース部、42…呼処理
制御部、43…課金情報記憶部、44…減算タイマ部、45…
料金情報算出部、46…料金情報表示部。FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a radio telephone communication system showing an embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Public telephone network, 2 ... Exchange station, 3 ... Wireless base station, 4 ... Subscriber terminal, 21 ... Call processing unit, 22 ... Billing information creating unit, 23 ... Billing rate table, 24 ... Billing rate application time calculating unit ,twenty five
... clock section, 31, 41 ... wireless interface section, 42 ... call processing control section, 43 ... billing information storage section, 44 ... subtraction timer section, 45 ...
Charge information calculation unit, 46 ... Charge information display unit.
Claims (1)
受信した被呼番号に応じた課金レートと通話時間とから
通話料金を算出してその通話料金情報の記憶および表示
を行う加入者端末とを備える無線電話通信システムにお
いて、前記交換局は発呼受付時点の課金レートを示す第
１の情報，通話中に変更した課金レートを示す第２の情
報，前記発呼受付時点から課金レート変更時点までの時
間を示す第３の情報および前記課金レート変更時点から
この課金レートの適用終了時点までの時間を示す第４の
情報を前記加入者端末に通知する課金情報通知手段を備
え、前記加入者端末は前記第１乃至第４の情報を受信し
て通話時間が前記課金レート変更時点に達するまでは前
記第１の情報と第３の情報とにより通話料金を算出し、
前記課金レート変更時点に達した後は前記第２の情報と
第４の情報とにより通話料金を算出する通話料金算出手
段を備えることを特徴とする課金レート変更方式。1. A subscriber, which calculates a call charge from an exchange and a call rate and a call time corresponding to a called number received from the exchange during a call connection process, and stores and displays the call charge information. In the radiotelephone communication system including a person terminal, the exchange exchanges first information indicating a charging rate at the time of receiving a call, second information indicating a charging rate changed during a call, and charging from the time of receiving the call. Charging information notifying means for notifying the subscriber terminal of third information indicating the time until the rate change time and fourth information indicating the time from the charging rate change time to the application end time of the charging rate, The subscriber terminal receives the first to fourth information and calculates a call charge from the first information and the third information until the call time reaches the charging rate change time point,
A billing rate changing system, comprising: a call fee calculating means for calculating a call fee based on the second information and the fourth information after reaching the point of changing the billing rate.
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|---|---|---|---|
| JP1272899A JP2513044B2 (en) | 1989-10-20 | 1989-10-20 | Billing rate change method |
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|---|---|---|---|
| JP1272899A JP2513044B2 (en) | 1989-10-20 | 1989-10-20 | Billing rate change method |
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| JPH03135121A JPH03135121A (en) | 1991-06-10 |
| JP2513044B2 true JP2513044B2 (en) | 1996-07-03 |
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| JP1272899A Expired - Fee Related JP2513044B2 (en) | 1989-10-20 | 1989-10-20 | Billing rate change method |
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