JPS58165473A - Cashless telephone service system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use many unspecified telephone sets cashlessly and to pay the charge depending on the condition desired by a caller, by writing the imposition payment condition and transferred telephone number in a home memory of a home station of the subscriber receiving the service. CONSTITUTION:When a subscriber (a) receiving the service makes a call with a subscriber (d) from a telephone set of a subscriber (c), the subscriber (a) writes imposition conditions and the like in a home memory of a home station A in advance. When the subscriber (a) at the telephone set (c) dials a special number and service subscriber discriminating information and the subscriber (d)'s telephone number, the home station C accesses the home memory of the subscriber (a) of the home station A, confirms that the designated place of removal is station C and the charging condition is cashless, and connects the telephone set (c) and the subscriber (d). The call charge is informed from the station C to the home station A, the charge is imposed on the subscriber (a). When the subscriber (d) dials the number of the service subscriber (a), a station D accesses the station A, reads the home memory of the subscriber (a), discriminates that the designated place of removal is the subscriber (c) and connects the subscribers (c) and (d).

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention allows subscribers to use an unspecified number of telephones to make calls without cashiering, and to pay the charges under the terms requested by the subscriber. This relates to a cashier-less telephone system.

Conventional cashless telephone service uses public telephones specially miniaturized for use with Ugyatsushi Densei Service, and does not simply carry coins, but simply accepts a magnetic card with the equivalent amount of coins written on it. Purchased from a telephone service provider, use the card when making a call with Cats↓-ResSales.
It is a method in which the card is inserted into the socket of the special public telephone and the amount equivalent to the call fee is deducted from the magnetic card, and it does not accept coins (however, a magnetic card equivalent to coins is required), and there are restrictions. telephone
It was a limited service that had to be used for a long time.

The purpose of the present invention is to completely change the conventional cashless call service by allowing subscribers who receive the service (hereinafter referred to as service subscribers) to be able to make calls freely from any type of telephone to an unspecified number of people, and to pay usage fees throughout the island. The main point of the present invention is to provide a true catch chat service that allows users to call their home stations under the desired conditions. The station memorizes the "identification number", "service class", "billing conditions", "payment conditions", "movement destination", etc. related to the service subscriber, and also unspecified information.

Many telephones have a means of receiving information from service subscribers (e.g. magnetic cards, turtle cards, etc.).

When receiving this service, the service subscriber must use the special dial number and the information transmission means to notify the service subscriber that the call is a telephone-less service request call. After confirming this, the home station connects to the other party using a dial signal from the service subscriber. Fees are requested by the service subscriber, are charged and calculated according to the ``billing conditions,'' and are collected separately based on the ``payment conditions.''

One embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. In FIG. 1, a service subscriber (a) uses the telephone of subscriber C to make a call to subscriber d. , and also shows an embodiment in which a call is received from subscriber d to service subscriber (a) at the destination of movement. In FIG. 1, a * (a) is the service subscriber.

C and d are general subscribers who have telephones equipped with means for receiving information from service subscribers.

A, B, C, and D indicate respective home stations where subscribers B, b, c, and d are accommodated. BANK is service subscriber a
Indicates the bank where the account is located.

FIG. 2 shows a home memory corresponding to service subscription considerations at home station A.

In FIG. 2, the "identification number" is the identification number of service subscriber a assigned to service subscriber a, r...
"Service Class" is the service class that indicates the level of service that Service Subscriber A can receive, "Billing Conditions" is the billing condition for the call charges requested by Service Subscriber A, and "Payment Conditions" are the call charges requested by Service Subscriber A. Indicate how to pay the fee. This example shows automatic withdrawals from four banks in which service subscriber a has an account.

"Destination" indicates the telephone number of the destination where service subscriber a wants to receive this service at the destination.

Among the above, the "identification number", "service class" can only be changed from the exchange, "payment terms" and "destination" can be changed freely by the service subscriber.

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. When service subscriber a uses the telephone of service subscriber C to make a call to subscriber d, the service subscriber's machine displays the "billing terms", "payment terms", and
Write down the destination as shown in Figure 2. .

Next, the calling operation of the destination service subscriber (a) will be explained.

Service subscriber (a) dials a special number, then enters service subscriber identification information into the telephone informing that "this telephone is to be used by service subscriber (a)", and then subscriber d's When dialing the telephone number, the home station C receives a special number, identification information J: tut-A station Af: check 1,
After accessing the home memory of service subscriber a in the home scrap collection and confirming that the destination is 0 stations and that the billing condition is Cage-less, phone C (currently service subscriber (a) (in use) and subscriber d. The call fee is notified from the station 0 to the home station A, and is charged to the service subscriber a at the home station A, and is billed separately in a method requested by the service subscriber a.

Next, the operation of receiving a call to the destination service subscriber (a) will be explained. When subscriber d dials service subscriber a,
Station D determines the other party's home station A using the dial signal,
Station D accesses station A, determines that subscriber a is a subscriber to the cache crystalless service, reads the home memory of service subscriber a, and determines that the destination is subscriber C, whose destination is station 0. The station connects subscriber C of station 0 and calling subscriber d. As a result, even if service subscriber a moves to station 0, it is possible to receive calls to the destination.

FIG. 3 is a relay system diagram illustrating an example in which subscriber d belonging to station D described in FIG. 1 makes a call to service subscriber a (moving to station 0).

In FIG. 3, EX is an exchange switch, C0NT is a control device, TR is a call trunk, DTFi is an information transmission device, and HM is a home memory.

The meanings of the other signals are the same as those described in FIG. 1.The operation will now be described. When subscriber d makes a call to service subscriber a, station D uses the dial signal to determine that the other party is a service subscriber and the home station A of the other party.
0NT activates station A via the DTE and sends out the telephone number of service subscriber 1. A station's C0NT Mori HM
access the destination, identify it as the destination, and select it as D.
Transfer to station D via TB.

Based on this information, station D connects to subscriber C of station 0.

According to the present invention, a service subscriber can use an unspecified number of telephones without intermediaries by simply writing "billing conditions,""paymentconditions," and "destination" in the home memory of his or her home station. , the payment of the fee will also be possible under the conditions desired by the service subscriber, which will be the main contribution of this service to society.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of the home memory in the home waste storage of service subscriber a, and FIG. 3 is a relay system showing a certain connection in FIG. 1. FIG. A, B, C, D--Subscriber a*k)*
Ce d's home station, [... Service subscriber: □, Recite (a)... Destination service:, ・Su subscriber station, b, c,
d...A subscriber who has a telephone equipped with a means to receive information from service subscribers. Representative Patent Attorney Susuki 1)-! To? .

Claims (1)

[Claims] t. The exchange shall be informed of the privileged subscriber's identification number and class of service with respect to the privileged subscriber, as well as the preferred charging and payment terms of the privileged subscriber, and, if the privileged subscriber moves, his/her movement information. A means for receiving information from a privileged subscriber is provided on the side of a specific telephone, and when a privileged subscriber makes a special dial or makes a call from a specific telephone, the telephone receives information from the exchange. A cashless telephone service system characterized in that the telephone is regarded as a telephone belonging to the privileged subscriber due to the function of transmitting data to the privileged subscriber, and subsequent telephone services are provided.