JPH082075B2 - Call charge calculator - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a call charge calculation device capable of calculating a call charge at any time.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, mobile telephone systems and other subscriber telephone systems require a function of calculating a call charge for each subscriber.

Conventionally, in an exchange, detailed billing data for each call has been stored in an external storage device such as a magnetic storage device. At this time, in order to efficiently record the data in the external storage device, the billing data of a plurality of calls is temporarily stored in the internal storage device of the exchange, and after a predetermined number of data is made into one recording block, it is stored in the external storage device. A mode of recording is adopted.

The billing data thus accumulated in the external storage device is supplied to the charge settlement system on a monthly basis by offline processing. In this charge settlement system, the charge was settled regularly or as needed. There is also a mode in which the charging data is supplied to the charging data by a monitor / transfer device added to the external storage device. in this case,
The billing data output to the external storage device was sequentially transferred to the charge settlement system via the monitor / transfer device.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

Here, in the subscriber telephone system, the subscriber is usually enrolled by a continuous use contract, but in the mobile telephone system that does not require terminal installation work on the subscriber side, the subscriber is contracted by a short-term use contract. It is also possible to subscribe. Considering the case of this short-term contract, it is desirable to be able to calculate the call charge at the end of the contract period.

However, the conventional method has a problem that since the billing data is stored in the external storage device, there is no immediacy, that is, the charge cannot be settled at any time.

Further, in the aspect in which the monitor / transfer device is provided, the only billing data that can be transferred to the charge settlement system is the billing data output to the external storage device, and the necessary detailed billing data may remain in the internal storage device of the exchange. is there. For this reason, there is a problem in that it is not possible to make a reliable charge settlement only with the detailed billing data transferred by the monitor / transfer device.

In view of these problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a call charge calculation device that can calculate a call charge at any time.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a call charge calculation device comprising the following means.

(B) A billing data storage unit that stores billing data from the exchange control unit and reads the billing data as a data block each time a predetermined amount of billing data is stored.

(B) An input means for inputting a billing data reading instruction.

(C) Dummy data writing for writing dummy data into the charging data storage means so as to forcibly read the data block of the charging data so that when the charging data reading instruction is inputted from the input means, the predetermined amount of charging data is stored. Including means.

(D) Call charge calculation means for calculating the call charge for each subscriber by performing settlement and integration processing based on the charge data read from the charge data storage means.

[Action]

According to the present invention, the billing data from the exchange control unit is accumulated by the billing data accumulating unit, and when the predetermined amount is accumulated, it is input to the call fee calculating unit as a data block to calculate the call fee.

If you want to calculate the call charge at any time,
The operator inputs a billing data reading instruction through the input means. In response to this instruction, the dummy data writing means writes the dummy data in the billing data storage means, and the billing data storage means reads the stored billing data. Based on all the billing data read out in this way, the call charge calculation means can calculate the call charge at that time.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows an outline of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile communication exchange 1 performs exchange processing such as call connection processing regarding the mobile terminal 3 via the radio base station 2. The billing data transfer device 4 performs predetermined processing on the billing data output from the exchange 1 and transfers the billing data to the short-term subscriber call charge settlement device 5. The short-term subscriber call charge adjustment device 5 is for adjusting the call charge of the short-term subscriber, and is connected to the exchange 1 and the billing data transfer device 4 via lines 6 and 7. Here is a short-term subscriber
A subscriber who has subscribed to a mobile communication system for a relatively short period of time, for example, a one-week contract.

 Hereinafter, each unit will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 shows the main part of the mobile communication system according to this embodiment.

The mobile communication switching system 1 is controlled by the central control unit 11. The central controller 11 includes a call connection controller 111 that controls the communication path switch 12, an external storage device controller 112 that controls access to the external storage device 13, and an input / output device that controls input / output to / from the input / output terminal 14. The control unit 113,
It is composed of an internal storage device 114 and a main control unit 115 that mainly controls each unit. The internal storage device 114 is set with a storage unit for programs and data necessary for the operation of the main control unit 115 and a charging data buffer unit for temporarily storing charging data.

The call path switch 12 forms a call path of the mobile terminal 3 and performs call connection processing. The external storage device 13 is
Required data such as billing data is stored in a storage medium such as a magnetic tape. The input / output terminal 14 is for controlling the central controller 11.

The billing data transfer device 4 has input / output control units 41 and 42 and an identification / editing control unit 43. The input / output control unit 41 receives the billing data written in the external storage device 13. The input / output control unit 42 controls the transfer of data to the short-term subscriber call charge settlement device 5. identification·
The edit control unit 43 identifies the data of the short-term subscriber from the billing data received by the input / output control unit 41 and edits the data for each short-term subscriber.

The short-term subscriber call charge settlement device 5 is connected to the mobile communication exchange 1 and the billing data transfer device 4 via a line. The input / output control unit 51 receives the billing data transferred from the billing data transfer device 4. The total settlement control unit 52 accumulates the billing data to settle the charges for the short-term subscriber. The storage device 53 stores programs and data necessary for the operation of the integration and settlement control 52. The input / output terminal 54 is for performing control operations of the integration and settlement control unit 52. The input / output control unit 55 controls the input / output of data between the integration and settlement control unit 52 and the input / output terminal 54. The input / output control unit 56 controls input / output to / from the mobile communication exchange 1.

 Next, the operation of this mobile communication system will be described.

The central controller 11 controls the call path switch 12 to perform call connection control, performs billing processing for a call, and stores billing data in a billing data buffer unit of the internal storage device 114. The billing data includes a subscriber number to be billed, a call time or a call frequency, and identification data as to whether the caller is a short-term subscriber. When a predetermined number of billing data is stored in the billing data buffer unit, the billing data is output to external storage device 13 as a data block.

The charging data transfer device 4 receives all the data blocks output from the central control device 11 to the external storage device 13 by the input / output control unit 41. The identification / edit control unit 42
Thus, the billing data relating to the call of the short-term subscriber is identified based on the identification data added to the billing data, and is edited into the data of the call time or the call frequency for each subscriber. Thereafter, the input / output control unit 43 transfers the billing data to the short-term subscriber call charge settlement device 5 via the line 6. By thus adopting the mode of transferring only the billing data concerning the short-term subscriber, the amount of data to be transferred is significantly reduced, so that the processing capacity of the data transfer device 4 can be set without difficulty and the capacity of the line 6 is also increased. It has the advantage of being small.

In the short-term subscriber call charge adjustment device 5, the input / output control unit 51
The billing data is received by. And the accumulation adjustment control unit 52
Accumulation processing is performed by and the settlement result for each short-term subscriber is stored in the storage device 53.

Here, in the case of performing the charge settlement for a certain short-term subscriber, the operator gives an instruction to that effect through the input / output terminal 54 of the short-term subscriber call charge settlement device 5.

In response to this instruction, the input / output control unit 56 causes the line 7 to
An instruction to read the data in the buffer is transmitted to mobile communication exchange 1. In the mobile communication switching system 1, the central control unit 11 receives this instruction and writes dummy data in the charging data buffer unit to fill the charging data buffer unit. Then, as usual, the data stored in the billing data buffer unit is output from the central control unit 11 as a data block, and transferred by the billing data transfer unit 4 to the short-term subscriber call charge settlement unit 5. Short-term subscriber call charge adjustment device 5
Calculates the call charge including the charge data in the charge data buffer of the central controller 11, and outputs the calculation result for the instructed short-term subscriber to the input / output terminal 54.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the dummy data is forcibly read as the data block of the written billing data by the billing data storage means at the time when the billing data read instruction is input. Therefore, the forcibly read billing data is added to the previous billing data read every time a predetermined amount of billing data is stored in the billing data storage means, and the previous billing data is added at any time. The call charge can be easily calculated based on the billing data. Further, in the present invention, since the charging data is read out as a data block every time a predetermined amount is accumulated, the data can be efficiently transferred.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of the mobile communication system. 1 ... Mobile communication switch, 11 ... Central control unit, 111 ... Call connection control unit, 114 ... Internal storage unit, 115 ... Main control unit, 3 ... Mobile terminal, 4 ... Charge data transfer Device, 5 ... Short-term subscriber call charge adjustment device, 54 ... Input / output terminal.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Charge data from an exchange control unit is accumulated,
Billing data storage means for reading a billing data each time a predetermined amount of billing data is stored, input means for inputting a billing data reading instruction, and billing data when a billing data reading instruction is inputted from this input means. A dummy data writing means for writing dummy data into the billing data storage means so as to store the predetermined amount and forcibly reading a data block of the billing data; and a settlement based on the billing data read from the billing data storage means. And a call charge calculation means for calculating a call charge for each subscriber by performing integration processing.