JPH02128570A - Automatic caller payment connection method - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a connection system for automatic callee payment, and particularly to a system that does not allow two-way calls before acceptance of callee payment.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional system, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-204164, the exchange notifies the originating and terminating subscribers about the terminating party's paid call, and then sets up a two-way communication path for a fixed period of time. The receiving subscriber asks the calling subscriber for his or her name and whereabouts, so that he or she can decide whether or not to accept the callee's payment.

Since billing processing is started after this certain period of time has elapsed, two-way calls for purposes other than the original purpose can be made for free for a certain period of time. Furthermore, no consideration was given to the fact that if the called subscriber takes a long time to accept the callee's payment, the billing will start after a certain period of time has elapsed even though the decision is still in progress.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technology has the following points: Calls can be made in both directions for a certain period of time required for the called subscriber to decide whether to accept the called party pay call, and if the called subscriber takes time to decide whether to accept the call, There was a problem in which billing started before the approval decision was completed.

It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to determine whether or not to accept a paid call by the called party without conducting a two-way call, and to prevent line transfer from starting until the receiving party's consent has been determined. be.

[Means to solve the problem]

The purpose of the above is to notify the originating and terminating subscribers about the terminating party's paid call at the exchange, and then setting up only a one-way communication path from the originating subscriber to the terminating subscriber, and not setting up a two-way communication path. achieved.

Furthermore, this is achieved by having the called subscriber perform a hooking operation when accepting the callee payment, and only when the switching office detects the hooking, setting up a two-way communication path and starting billing.

[For production]

After notifying the originating and terminating subscribers about incoming paid calls, stopping calls from one terminating subscriber to the originating subscriber by setting only a one-way communication path from the originating subscriber to the terminating subscriber. Therefore, it is possible to prevent free mutual calls in both directions. On the other hand, unless the terminating subscriber detects the hooking that is done when accepting the call payment, the two-way communication path is not set up and the billing is not started, so the billing starts before the terminating subscriber's consent is determined This can be prevented from happening.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. 1 and 3 are relay system diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a logic circuit of the outgoing trunk internal communication path portion of FIG. 1. The calling subscriber 1 who requests callee-paying calls the local exchange 2 by dialing the called subscriber's number next to the special number that means callee-paying, as in the conventional system. The call is relayed and received by the toll exchange 3 which performs detailed billing processing, and it is identified from the reception number that the call is paid by the called party.

Further, according to the procedure of the general connection method, after being activated and connected to the terminating station 9, when the terminating subscriber 10 responds, the third
As shown in the figure, the calling subscriber 1 receives an announcement machine 1.
2, the receiving subscriber 10 receives an announcement machine 11.
is connected. Calling subscriber 1 will be told, ``When this announcement is finished, please tell us your name and where you are. Your voice will be heard by the calling subscriber, but...
You cannot hear the voice of the incoming subscriber. Please tell me clearly several times. If the receiving subscriber does not consent to callee payment, the tone will change to busy,'' an announcement is played.

The receiving subscriber 10 says, ``You are receiving a call from the caller. After this announcement ends, the calling subscriber will tell you his name and location. If you agree, please hang up your handset. "Please hang up immediately. If you do not accept, please hang up the phone," an announcement is played. After the announcement is played to the calling subscriber 1 and the called subscriber 10 for a certain period of time, the announcement machines 11 and 12 are separated, and the calling subscriber 1 and the called subscriber 10 are transferred to the local exchange as shown in FIG. 2, connected via an incoming trunk 4, an exchange switch 5, an outgoing trunk 7, and a local exchange 9. At this time, under the control of the processor 6, a command is issued to the internal communication path 8 on one side of the outgoing trunk 7, and as shown in FIG. 2, the internal communication path on one side is disconnected and terminated at 600Ω.

As a result, the voice of the calling subscriber 10 does not reach the calling subscriber 1, and only the voice of the calling subscriber 1 reaches the calling subscriber 10.
The calling subscriber 1 tells the calling subscriber 10 the name and location of the calling subscriber.

When the called subscriber 10 agrees to pay by the called party, the telephone receiver is instantly hung up (hooked), so that a hooking signal reaches the outgoing trunk 7 by a general signal transmission method.

The outgoing trunk 7 restores the circuit IWY and connects the communication path 8 on one side.
is restored to its original talking state and bidirectional communication is enabled, so that a conversation between the originating subscriber 1 and the terminating subscriber 10 is started.

On the other hand, the processor 6 starts billing processing upon the start of the call, and performs billing until the end of the call. If the called subscriber 10 does not consent to callee payment, he hangs up the phone, so a call termination signal reaches the outgoing trunk 7 using a general signal transmission method, and a busy call is sent to the calling subscriber 1 using a general connection method. The sound is connected.

Although this embodiment has been described as a space-division type switch,
It can also be implemented with a time division type switching system, and the effect will be the same. In other words, the type of exchange is not specified.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, while the calling subscriber tells the called subscriber his name and whereabouts, the call from the called subscriber to the calling subscriber is stopped and set to a one-way call state, so that both calls can be made free of charge. This has the effect of preventing mutual communication. Furthermore, since the billing process is started only after the terminating subscriber consents to the incoming paid call, there is an effect of preventing the billing process from being started after a certain period of time has elapsed before consent is given.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 3 are relay system configuration diagrams of an automatic called party pay connection system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a logic circuit diagram of the outgoing trunk internal communication path portion of FIG. 1. . 1... Outgoing subscriber, 2... Local exchange, 3... Long distance exchange, 4... Incoming trunk, 5... Exchange switch,
6... Processor, 7... Outgoing trunk, 8... Outgoing trunk internal communication path, 9... Local exchange, 10... Terminating subscriber. 11... Announcement machine, 12... Announcement machine.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system in which automatic called party pay call connection is performed by dialing the calling subscriber's special number and the called party's number, the exchange office, after receiving the dial, notifies the calling and called subscribers regarding the called party's pay. By setting up a one-way communication path from the originating subscriber to the terminating subscriber, only the voice of the originating subscriber's incoming payment request can be transmitted to the terminating subscriber, and the terminating subscriber can accept the request. This is an automatic caller-paid call connection system that is characterized by a configuration in which a bidirectional call path is set up and billing processing is started for the first time.