JPS6222298B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a call charge registration recording method for a crossbar type automatic telephone exchange.

Conventional crossbar automatic telephone exchange (abbreviated as PBX)
There are two methods for registering the telephone call charge: a method using a call seconds counter device and a method using a K-type call frequency registration device, but generally the latter method is used to recognize the charge using a frequency meter. Alternatively, a method is used in which call information such as the number of calls, calling number, called number, calling time, call charge, etc. is recorded in conjunction with a computer device.

The configuration of the K system call frequency registration device will be explained with reference to the relay system diagram in FIG. In the figure, in a central office line originating connection, a calling signal is sent after the originating central office line trunk (COGT) 2 or the originating central office line trunk (CBWT) 3 is selectively captured by the operation of the marker (MKR) 1. When the telephone on the called side responds, the telephone call on the central office line is started and the K system frequency registration device 4 is activated. Interrupt pulses generated by the distance-based time difference in the K system power registration device are sent to the power meter unit MRU16 to drive the power meter 6.

The registration device 4 also includes a central office line register (COR) 7, a multiplication unit (IPU) 8, a multiplication unit additional equipment (IPUAP) 9, and a frequency registration translator (MRTLR) 10. In addition, Fig. 1 also shows an extension telephone (EXT) 11, a main distribution frame (MDF) 12, a line circuit (LRG) 13, an outgoing register (OR) 14, and a line frame (LF).
15, a frequency registration unit MTRU5, and a number group (NG) 17. Since the configuration shown in Figure 1 is like this, unless the frequency meter 6 is cleared, it is only possible to grasp the accumulated call frequency, and therefore it is not possible to automatically grasp call information such as the frequency of each call and the called number. There was a problem that I couldn't do it.

FIG. 2A is a diagram of a conventional relay system using a system in which a computer device and a PBX are linked, which has been realized so far in order to solve such problems. In Figure 2A, the adapter device (ADP) 18 is a PBX and a computer device 19.
(abbreviated as CPU). In Figure 2B, ADP18 is CPU1
9 is a diagram illustrating register information to be passed to 9. The operation of this ADP 18 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B. With this ADP18, MKR1, office line register (COR-C) 20,
Upon receiving the accumulated information of the central office line trunks (CBWT3, COGT2), that is, calling number information (a), called number or band number information (b), and captured trunk number information (c), the process control unit 21 stores the information as call preparation completion accumulated information (a).
The data is then sent to the CPU 19. Furthermore, when the call is started, the adapter device 18 receives the trunk number of the central office line trunk (CBWT, COGT) where the call has started, and similarly sends it to the CPU as call start accumulated information b. After receiving this information, the cpu
measures the call start time for each central office line trunk. This adapter device also receives the central office line trunk number at the end of the call and sends it to the CPU as call end accumulation information c, and the CPU receives this information and measures the call end time of the trunk.
The call time can be determined by [call end time - start time], and by data processing the information on the call times (a) and (b), it is possible to determine the number of calls in the K method or the call charge. In FIG. 2B, I ₁ , I ₂ , and I ₃ are information storage codes for identifying a, b, and c, each having a different code. Note that the accumulated information of these a, b, and c is stored in a register whose main component is a wire spring relay or the like in the adapter device 18. With this configuration, the CPU automatically records the call information for each call due to central office trunk acquisition, but internal extension calls are not recorded.
Furthermore, the reliability of the computer device itself is inferior to that of a PBX, and a serious failure of the CPU may not only make it impossible to register the number of calls but also make it impossible to retrieve the records. Furthermore, when using a system in which other CPUs are duplicated, there is a problem that it becomes uneconomical.

An object of the present invention is to provide call information such as call frequency, calling number, called number, etc. for each call by providing a counter device that captures and counts pulses generated by a K-method frequency registration device. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method that can record the information. The counter device is described in "Multiple Pulse Counter System (Japanese Patent Application No. 53-20081)".

Next, details of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3A is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a counter 22 captures and counts interrupt pulses from a frequency meter unit (MRU) 16 or a frequency meter 6. adapter device 2
3 accepts the information accumulated in the register (OR) 14 or marker (MKR) 1 and central line register (COR) 7. The control unit 24 is the CNTR2
2 and P.ADP23 and computer device 19
to connect. As shown in FIG. 4, this control section 24 may have various configurations depending on the embodiment.
The block 25 is a device that uses the CNTR 22 and the frequency meter 6 in common. By being equipped with such a device, it is possible to record call information such as the number of calls, calling number, called number, etc. for each call.
This principle will be explained below.

In Figure 3B, a is the stored information that is sent from the OR to the P/ADP and CPU in the outgoing connection, regardless of whether or not the central office trunk is captured (it may be an extension outgoing connection), and a is the calling number. (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as line) B is the called number (or band number, hereinafter the same). b is an information group that stores the information of a line by line, and for the sake of explanation, it is assumed that it is in the CPU. It is assumed that c is an information group in which count values of frequency meter pulses are accumulated, and is also in the CNTR. d is
This is information that accumulates the called number and frequency of one call.
I think it's in the cpu. If the called number R _K of information a sent from the OR is a calling number (particularly a central office line calling number), the CPU stores R _k in the called number storage section of the corresponding line l _k of b. (operation), call identification stored information (hereinafter referred to as call mask) M _k is set to c (operation. This call mask is provided for each line (M _p to M _o , and the called number is stored in b). If there is no call mask, the call mask is erased.In a central office line origination connection, when the central office line is captured and the called party answers, the K system frequency meter operates and the pulse count is the stored information c. The second part will be updated.
When the central office line call ends, the count value C _k is not updated. In this state, the accumulated information a is read from the same line.
(It may be an extension call, but especially if the called number is a central office line call) is sent to the CPU, this indicates that the next call will start from the same line, so the call mask M _k has already been set. Based on the standing (motion), the counting result C _k of the relevant line of accumulated information c is transferred to accumulated information d, and (motion) accumulated information b
The called number R _k of is moved to the stored information d. (Operation) After this operation, the above-mentioned operation is performed. By this operation, the count value is cleared to the initial value (operation). Based on this principle, it is possible to know the line number, called number, and number of calls for each call. In the case of an extension call, it is natural that the number of calls is 0, and for lines that are not called again, the line number, the called number, and the number of calls can be ascertained from b (b) and c (d).

An embodiment of this system will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Figure 4A and Figure 4B
is an example of the configuration of the counter device CNTR. 26 is a frequency meter unit, and 27 is its gate circuit.
5a is a counter device CNTR that captures the interrupt pulses of each line generated in the MRU and stores them in a register or memory 12a which is an accumulation circuit (or device).
Accumulate count values. Further, 7a is a counter control unit, and by this operation, the count value (C _p -C _o ) for each line (l _p -l _o ) is sent to the computer device 19 according to the control information (R/C). You can also update or clear the count value. FIG. 4B shows that the accumulated information counted by the counter device 5b is sent to the computer device 19 by the operation of the process control section 7b' or the input/output control (or communication control) section 7b, and the accumulated information is counted by the computer device 19. The numerical value is stored in the register or memory section 12b of the computer device.
This shows the configuration stored in . Furthermore, this CNTR
The details of the operation are described in the above-mentioned document.

FIG. 4C shows an example of the configuration of the adapter device P/ADP. In the outgoing connection, the register information RD0 to RD4 stored in the OR is stored in the register RD of the adapter device 23 (operation). Furthermore, particularly in the case of a central office line call, band number storage information is stored from the COR in the register RD of the adapter device 23 as the called number information (operation 〓). At this time, an OR interface unit 28 may be provided between the OR and the adapter device for transferring stored information so as not to affect the PBX traffic. The information stored by the operation and 〓 is the calling number A and the called number B, and does not require the central office trunk number as shown in FIG. 2B. This call accumulation information is
It is also possible to receive it from the MKR or the MKR interface section 29 (operation). The stored information RD received by the adapter device is sent to the computer device 19 by the operation of the adapter control section 30 according to the control information C and the operation of the input/output control or communication control section 32. The control information C includes information reception signals ACK, NAK, error signal ER, etc. (operations). RD sent to computer device 19
stores the called number in the register or memory section 31 and sets a call mask for each calling number. This behavior has been described previously.

With this configuration, the computer device 19
is the accumulated information 12a or 12b and the accumulated information 31
Accordingly, the calling number, called number, and number of calls can be recorded for each call based on the above-mentioned operating principle.

This system may also be configured as shown in FIG. 5a is a counter device, 33 is its control mechanism section, and 12a is an information storage register (or memory) section. 34 is a clock device;
Reference numeral 5 denotes an information storage register (or memory unit) in which calling numbers l _p to l _o and called numbers R _p to _{R o} are used as call masks M _p
In addition to ~M _o , call start times T _p ~ _{T o} are included.
Reference numeral 36 is a register (memory) unit that stores information about one call. 37 is the CNTR device and P・ADP
It is a device that combines several devices into one unit (hereinafter referred to as PC-
(referred to as an adapter device). 38 is a PC-adapter control section. The adapter control unit ₃₈ operates in the _same way as the adapter control unit ₃₈ in _{FIG .}
~M _o is stored in the register 35, and the time T _p ~ _{T o} is read from the clock device 34, and the register 35
Accumulate in. In this operation, if the call mask is already set as described above, the adapter control section 38 activates the counter control mechanism section 33 and transfers the count value C _k of the line l _k to the register 12.
It is taken out from a and accumulated in the register 36, and the count value is cleared to the initial value. Similarly, when the call mask is set, prior to the operation of storing information in the register 35, the called number R _k ' and time T _k ', which have already been stored in the relevant line of the register 35, are stored in the register 36. accumulate. It is also conceivable to construct the registers 12a and 35 integrally.

With this configuration and operation, the register 36 stores the calling number, called number, call time, and
The number of calls is accumulated, and this accumulated information can be recorded by the computer device 19.

As described above, in the outgoing connection, regardless of whether or not the central office line trunk is captured, the calling number,
By being equipped with an adapter device that accepts the called number and a counter device that counts the pulses generated by the K method frequency registration device for each line, the computer device can calculate the calling number and the called number for each call. It is possible to record call information such as call frequency, call time and call charge. It is also possible to record information about extension calls. Furthermore, since the K-method frequency registration device is always operating, even if the computer equipment suffers a serious failure and the registration records cannot be retrieved, the call frequency registration can still be determined by the frequency meter. , it has the advantage of being able to track call records that do not have a frequency registered (including unsolicited calls).

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram of a relay system for K method frequency registration using a frequency meter, Figure 2A is a diagram of a relay system for conventional call charge registration records linked to a computer, and Figure 2B is for explaining the operation of the above system. FIG. 3A is a relay method diagram showing an example of frequency registration recording according to this method, FIG. 3B is a diagram showing accumulated information for explaining the operating principle of this method, 4A and 4B are block diagrams showing examples of the counter device according to the present method, FIG. 4C is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an adapter device according to the present method, and FIG. 5 is a configuration considered by the present method. Show the diagram.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A billing system for automatic telephone exchanges, which includes an automatic telephone exchange, a counter device that counts pulses generated by a frequency meter unit for each calling number and stores the counted value, and a computer that performs billing processing for each call. and an adapter device configured to receive and store a calling party number and a called party number from the automatic telephone exchange, and to receive and store calling party number information at the time of marker connection after completion of dialing of the automatic telephone exchange. and called party number information to the computer device via the adapter device, and each time the computer device accepts the calling party number information and the called party number information, a call is made corresponding to the calling party number. When the identification information is stored in the billing information storage section, the counter device is reset by taking in the count value for the last one call corresponding to the calling party number from the counter device, and The calling party number and called party number of the previous call are taken in and recorded, and the calling party number information and called party number information accepted this time are set up as call identification information and stored in the billing information storage unit. A call charge registration recording method characterized by recording.