WO2000070858A1 - Method and system for charging value-added calls - Google Patents
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- This goal is attained by virtue of the method described earlier, the method being principally characterized by the steps of: analyzing the location and/or type of the A-number connection, - the caller placing a call from the A-number connection being informed by means of voice announcements generated by the telecommunications network facilities on the billing terms of the access number call, accessibility thereof and/or possibility of paying the call by instruments issued by a financial institution external to the telecommunication network, - entering from the A-number connection the selection of the payment instrument and the caller's identification data, transferring an amount of currency corresponding to the preset price or estimated costs from the financial institution to an intelligent network server database DB residing in the telecommunications network, - converting the dialed B-number with the help of the intelligent network call control database into a preset connection number of the target access number
- the telecommunications network analyzes the location and/or type of the A-number connection, - the telecommunications network generates voice announcements in order to inform the caller placing a call from the A-number connection on the billing terms of the access number call, accessibility thereof and/or possibility of paying the call by instruments issued by a financial institution external to the telecommunication network, - the caller using the A-number connection selects the payment instrument and identifies himself by his personal identification data,
- the financial institution transfers an amount of currency corresponding to the preset price or estimated costs to an intelligent network server database DB residing in the telecommunications network
- the intelligent network portion converts the dialed B-number with the help of the network call control database into a preset connection number associated with the target access number, later called the C-number, or, alternatively, the caller may dial the desired target connection number, that is, the C-number, for connecting the call
- an SSP establishes a connection from the telephone network exchange having the SSP integrated thereto or, alternatively, communicating with the SSP, to the C-number connection, at the termination of the call
- the incurred cost is compared to the amount of credit stored in the database DB of the database server in order to determine the remaining balance
- a database server submits the information on the remaining balance to the financial institution for meriting the credit or bank account allocated to the caller.
- the location and/or type of the connection, later called the A-number connection, wherefrom the call is placed to the access number, are/is analyzed based on the incoming call pathway signaling, a call information field such as the OPC (Originating Point Code) field of the signaling associated with the incoming call, the A-subscriber identity information missing from the incoming call signaling, or the A-number analysis results of the caller's connection.
- a call information field such as the OPC (Originating Point Code) field of the signaling associated with the incoming call, the A-subscriber identity information missing from the incoming call signaling, or the A-number analysis results of the caller's connection.
- a preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the SCP sets up a connection via a database server supporting said database DB to a financial institution such as a credit company or a bank for accomplishing a money transfer from the financial institution to the database DB.
- the IP accessory device or the IVR device may be arranged to support external communications, whereby said communications and setting up of a connection can be performed directly from the IP or IVR device via the database DB to the credit card company or bank.
- the SCP generates for the identification of each payment transaction separately a signature (e.g., an A-number identification code selected from the group of unallocated telephone numbers) that is transmitted to the database DB of the database server and thus acts as a signature of the payment transaction.
- a signature e.g., an A-number identification code selected from the group of unallocated telephone numbers
- the billing system according to the invention of calls placed to an access number is characterized in that the amount of electronic money to be transferred from the financial institution is determined with the help of the database server and is then stored in the database, e.g., into a memory register thereof, whereby the amount of electronic money to be deposited is advantageously equal to a sum corresponding to the maximum accrued charge levied from calling the access number and using the maximum allowable duration of such a call.
- the balance of the real costs is immediately refunded to the caller's account from the database DB of the database server.
- the service control logic is enabled to carry out further steps comprising connecting the call to the C-number and starting the monitoring of the call maximum duration/incurred charge in the SSP exchange under the control of the SCP.
- the call is terminated by
- the SSP exchange writes a ticket from the call and reports the situation to the SCP call control database.
- the present method makes it unnecessary to make the above-described separate arrangements for calling a value-added access number from abroad, a payphone or a connection having a restriction on calls to access numbers. Rather, the caller can use, e.g., his PLN-coded credit card or the above-cited electrical payment techniques such as Solo, Kultaraha and others that are becoming ever more popular, whereby the invention offers a novel and alternative method of payment, wherein communications costs and/or access number charges can be billed in an essentially real-time manner via an external financial institution such as a bank or a credit card company.
- an external financial institution such as a bank or a credit card company.
- the caller may also at an early stage be informed on the possibility of making payments and/or donations up to very substantial sums of money thus bringing an essential relief in the problems of electronic business simul- taneously as the invention permits an open marketplace to be established in the public telephone network so that both the financial institutions and the users can gain access to the marketplace via a database server.
- FIG. 2 is a set of diagrams illustrating an access call billing method and system according to a second preferred embodiment of the invention suited for use in a public telecommunication network.
- the billing system according to the first preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated therein as an application adapted to utilize the public wireline telecommunication network comprises:
- both the A-number and C-number connections may obviously reside within the operating area of one and the same telephone exchange.
- the second telephone exchange 26 shown in FIG. 1 is redundant and both the calling party's A-number connection 21 and the target number, that is, the C-number connection 26 are connected to the same telephone exchange 22.
- the service switching point SSP 23, die service control point SCP 24 and the intelligent network accessory device IP 25 are all implemented for telecommunications and data transfer using hardware compatible with the conventions of the Layer 7 LNAP (Intelligent Network
- the IP accessory device 25 may also be arranged to support external data transfer in addition to its normal data communications with the intelligent network 23, 24. Then, this facility of external data transfer can be utilized to set up a connection and data transmission from the IP accessory device 25 via the database DB 31 to the financial institution 32.
- the SCP 24 To identify each payment transaction, the SCP 24 generates and sends to the database DB 31 a signature identifier (such as an A-number identification code selected from the group of unallocated telephone numbers) that acts as a signature of the payment transaction.
- a signature identifier such as an A-number identification code selected from the group of unallocated telephone numbers
- the telecommuni- cations and data transfer connections between the IP accessory device 25 and the database 32 can be implemented using for data transfer a packet-switched data network, wherein the transfer protocol is advantageously X.25, or a router-based data network such as the Internet, wherein the transfer protocol advantageously is TCP/IP.
- a financial institution 32 arranged to communicate with the telecommunication network
- Telecommunication network elements comprising: i. an intelligent network portion including a service switching point SSP 22 and a service control point SCP 24, ii. an intelligent voice response device IVR 28, iii. a first telephone exchange 22 that may be a national or an international exchange, a. via which the owner of a connection 21 communicating with said telecommunication network, when calling an access number, is connected to an intelligent network portion 23, 24 of the telecommunication network and to the intelligent voice response device IVR 28, and b.
- a communications path is established to a target number connection 26 of the telecommunication network as soon as, in the intelligent network portion 23, 24 of the telecommunication network, has been performed a conversion of the dialed B-number, that is, of the desired access number, dialed at the calling party's connection, or the A-number connection 21, into the actual access number of the target connection, that is, of the C-number connection 26, iv. a second telephone exchange 26 having said target number connection, that is, the C-number 26 connected thereto, and 3. a database server wherein a database DB 31 is maintained and via which the telecommunication network communicates with the financial institution 32.
- both the A-number and C-number connections may obviously reside within the operating area of one and the same telephone exchange.
- the second telephone exchange 26 shown in FIG. 2 is redundant and both the calling party's A-number connection 21 and the target number, that is, the C-number connection 27 are connected to the same telephone exchange 22.
- the telecommunica- tions and data transfer connections between the elements of the telecommunication network are accomplished in the first embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 2 by way of arranging an SS7 signaling system based on the connectionless common channel CCS signaling standards as defined in the ITU-T recommendations to function between the telecommunication network elements.
- the signaling system may be accomplished as CAS signaling of the connection-specific signaling type, wherein the signals are transferred along with the voice channel and the signaling convention is based on the R2 protocol.
- the network elements which include the A-number connection 21, the first telephone exchange 22, the service switching point SSP 23 of the intelligent network, the second telephone exchange 26 and the C-number connection 27 are adapted to perform telecommunications and data transfer by means of the ISUP (Integrated Services digital network User Part) protocol usable above Layer 3 of the SS7 protocol stack in the OSI model or by the TUP (Telephony User Part) protocol, whereby the telecommunications and data transfer connections between these portions of the network are accomplished over connections according to the SS7 - MTP (ITU-T Recommendations: Signalling System No. 7 / Message Transfer Part) established via physical PCM links, for example.
- ISUP Integrated Services digital network User Part
- TUP Transmission User Part
- the service switching point SSP 23, the service control point SCP 24 and the intelligent voice response device IVR 28 are all implemented for telecommunications and data transfer using hardware compatible with the conventions of the Layer 7 LNAP (Intelligent Network Application Part) protocol of the SS7 protocol stack in the OSI model, whereby the telecommunications and data transfer connections between these portions of the network are accomplished over connections according to the SS7 - MTP
- Layer 7 LNAP Intelligent Network Application Part
- the IVR device 28 may also be arranged to support external data transfer in addition to its normal data communications with the intelligent network 23, 24. Then, this facility of external data transfer can be utilized to set up a connection and data transmission from the IVR device 28 via the database DB 31 of the database server further to the financial institution 32.
- the SCP 24 To identify each payment transaction, the SCP 24 generates and sends to the database DB 31 a signature identifier (such as an A-number identification code selected from the group of unallocated telephone numbers) that acts as a signature of the payment transaction.
- a signature identifier such as an A-number identification code selected from the group of unallocated telephone numbers
- the telecommunications and data transfer connections between the IVR device 28 and the financial institution 32 can be implemented using for data transfer a packet-switched data network, wherein the transfer protocol is advantageously X.25, or a router-based data network such as the Internet, wherein the transfer protocol advantageously is TCP/IP.
- a caller calling from abroad, a payphone or a connection having a restriction on calls placed to access numbers can call an access number by way of placing a call from an A-number connection 21 by dialing a B-number representing a value-added access number. Then, the call is first directed to a first telephone exchange 22 that may be a national exchange serving to switch national calls or, alternatively, an international exchange switching international calls.
- the call placed from the A-number connection 21 is identified by the dialed B-number to be of an LN call type needing call control with the help of intelligent network facilities, whereby the call is routed to a telephone exchange that has integrated thereto or communicates with an intelligent network portion or at least an intelligent network service switching point SSP 23.
- this kind of a telephone exchange having integrated thereto or communicating with an intelligent network portion or at least a service switching point SSP 23 thereof is denoted for simplicity by the term SSP exchange.
- the SCP 24 informs the SSP exchange to direct the call to: i. IP accessory device 25, whereby the service control logic is adapted to reside in the SCP 24 and the only function of the IP accessory device 25 is to issue the voice announcements commanded by the SCP 24 and to gather the dial codes entered from the A-number connection 21 and to submit the same to the SCP 24, or ii. IVR device 28, whereby the service control logic is adapted to reside in the SCP 24 and the function of the IVR device 28 is to issue the preset voice announcement and to gather the dial codes entered from the
- the SCP 24 generates a suitable signature for the ongoing connection, such as an A-number identification code selected from the group of unallocated telephone numbers.
- the caller is informed about the accessibility of the desired service or product by way of paying the offered service or product by way of utilizing the electronic payment techniques of a financial institution 32 external to the telecommunication network, and if the caller opts to utilize the electronic payment facility, iv. a voice announcement menu is played to the caller on the currently valid payment techniques (various credit cards, SET protocol payment and the electronic payment methods used by different banks), of which the caller may then select the most appropriate payment technique for his needs.
- a voice announcement menu is played to the caller on the currently valid payment techniques (various credit cards, SET protocol payment and the electronic payment methods used by different banks), of which the caller may then select the most appropriate payment technique for his needs.
- the IVR device 28 establishes a connection to the database server, wherein the database DB 31 resides.
- From the database DB 31 is further established a connection to the selected financial institution 32, such as a credit company or bank, for the transfer of the required amount of money by electronic payment means from the financial institution 32 to the database DB 31.
- the caller may be identified through the following steps: i. If the selected financial institution 32 is a credit card company, the caller typically enters in conjunction with this type of a credit card payment the number of his credit card and a signature identifier of the card such as a PIN code, ii. If the selected financial institution 32 is a bank, the caller typically enters in conjunction with this banking type of an electronic payment transaction his bank customer number or user code and a password or the like that can be found, e.g., from a printed list sent earlier to the bank's customer.
- the record of a successful payment transaction is stored into the database DB 31.
- the SCP 24 releases the connection to the IP accessory device 25 or, respectively, the IVR device 28 releases backwards the connection to the SSP exchange 23.
- the SCP 24 verifies from the database DB 31 of the database server that the payment transaction from the financial institution 32 to the database DB 31 was successful. In this manner, the payment transaction becomes a one-time payment stored into a memory register of the database DB 31 and uniquely confirmed by a signature generated by the SCP 25.
- the SCP 25 continues to keep the service control logic associated with the selected value-added access number in an activated state, whereby the following items are determined: i. the correct charge rate, and ii. the actual target number, that is, the C-number, which is either a C-number directly associated with the dialed B-number or, alternatively, is specifically dialed by the caller.
- the SCP 24 Based on the information submitted by the SSP exchange 23, the SCP 24 computes the charge or billing value of the access number call utilizing such data as call duration, tariff class and possibly the number ticks received from direction of the C-number. Next, the SCP 24 sends this charge or billing value information to the database DB 31 residing in the database server that then computes the balance possibly remaining from amount of money initially trans- ferred from the financial institution 32 into the database DB 31 , that is, from the sum initially charged from the caller. If the comparison shows a positive balance to be credited to the caller, information thereon is sent to the financial institution for i. returning the correct balance to the credit card company's credit account wherefrom the initial sum was paid, or ii.
- the intelligent network portion 24 of the telecommunication network the intelligent voice response device IVR 28 or the intelligent accessory device IP 25.
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