CN1946122A - Method, Device and system for realizing uniform fee charging - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method, device and system for realizing unified recharging in the technical field of communication. The method includes: firstly, the user dials a unified recharge access code to request recharge, and triggers the recharge request to a recharge agent platform; the recharge agent platform starts recharge business logic according to the received recharge request, collects recharge information, and unifies The recharge center and SCP interact to complete the recharge. The invention realizes unified recharging of integrated operators. It reduces the brand operation cost of the operator, facilitates the use of users, and effectively avoids various difficulties caused by the need for SCP interconnection on the existing network; at the same time, the invention realizes recharging of fixed network and data service accounts and post-paid users payment operation.

Description

A method, device and system for realizing unified recharging

technical field

The invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a method, device and system for realizing unified recharging.

Background technique

At present, most of the telecom operators in the world are integrated operators who simultaneously operate GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) networks. Each network has an independent recharge system, and prepaid and postpaid users use different recharge cards to recharge. Therefore, there are various types of recharge cards issued on the market, and the recharge systems are independent of each other.

At present, the recharge system of each operator starts the recharge business logic by the SCP (service control point), and most of them can only recharge for themselves, that is, only single-network recharge can be realized. The recharge process is shown in Figure 1, including the following operations:

First of all, GSM and CDMA smart users need to dial different access codes to trigger G-SCP (GSM service control point) and C-SCP (CDMA service control point) respectively, and then start the recharge service logic, G-SCP and C-SCP interacts with the respective VC (recharging center) to obtain the recharge card amount and recharge the users on this SCP.

The disadvantages of the recharging process of the above-mentioned recharging system are:

1) The recharge access codes are not uniform, GSM, CDMA and other users need to dial different access codes;

2) Recharge cards of different networks cannot be used with each other, and the recharge systems of GSM, CDMA and PSTN are independent of each other;

3) The user can only recharge for himself, and the SCPs of various networks, and the SCP and the camp system cannot be interconnected, and cannot recharge and pay for other machines.

4) It is not possible to recharge fixed-line users.

Another kind of prior art is to utilize the SCP of GSM network to realize recharging for other machines by means of EXECUTE interconnection, the realization process is as shown in Figure 2, including the following operations:

When the user dials the recharge access code, the call will be triggered to the recharge agent platform of the recharge request, and the SCP collects the recharge card information. If the recharged user is in another SCP, the recharge agent platform will send the recharge request to the recharged user’s attribution via EXECUTE message SCP, the recharge process is completed through interaction between the recharged user's belonging SCP and the recharge center.

The shortcoming of above-mentioned prior art is:

1) The technical solution is only aimed at GSM users, excluding users such as CDMA and PSTN;

2) In order to realize the interconnection of SCPs, it is necessary to maintain a table on all SCPs, which determines the corresponding relation table of all SCPs and their user number segments in the whole network. Therefore, when the corresponding relationship between an SCP and a user changes, all SCPs in the country need to upgrade the table, which is very uneconomical or even infeasible from a maintenance point of view.

To sum up, the existing recharge system is not convenient for users to use, but also increases operating costs. In order to integrate operator brands and reduce operating costs, building a unified top-up system has become a common demand of all integrated operators.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method, device and system for realizing unified recharging.

The purpose of the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions:

A device for realizing unified recharging, the device simultaneously accesses different operator networks, including:

A recharge information acquisition module, configured to receive a recharge request and obtain recharge information;

The user confirmation and transfer module is used to determine the network to which the recharged number belongs according to the recharge information obtained by the recharge information acquisition module, and instructs to send the recharge information to the network to which the recharged number belongs;

The recharge agent module is used to start the recharge business logic according to the recharge information acquired by the recharge information acquisition module.

The recharge agent platform also includes:

The recharge result feedback module is used to receive the recharge result from the recharge agent module and feed it back to the recharge client.

The recharge information includes:

Recharge card number, password, amount, recharged number.

A system for realizing unified recharge, including one or more:

The unified recharge center is used to store the recharge card information including the unified recharge access code;

The recharge agent platform is connected to the networks of different operators at the same time, and is used to start the recharge business logic according to the received recharge request, obtain recharge information, and interact with the unified recharge center to complete the recharge.

The multiple recharge agent platforms are connected to each other, and for a recharge request received by a recharge agent platform from a remote user, find the location of the account of the recharged user according to the number segment of the recharged user, and forward it to the remote recharge agent platform to which it belongs Complete the top-up of the account.

The recharge proxy platform interacts with the user terminal through the operator's access device, and the access device triggers a recharge request to the recharge proxy platform according to the access code input by the user terminal.

A method for realizing unified recharging, comprising:

The recharge agent platform receives the recharge request initiated by the user by dialing the unified recharge access code;

The recharge agent platform starts the recharge business logic according to the received recharge request, obtains recharge information, and interacts with the unified recharge center to complete the recharge.

If the recharge user is a prepaid user of the network, the process of triggering a recharge request specifically includes:

The recharge request initiated by the user terminal is first triggered to the service control point to which it belongs, and the service control point to which it belongs issues an access code, and the operator's access device then triggers to the recharge agent platform according to the access code.

If the recharge user is a postpaid user of the network, the process of triggering a recharge request specifically includes:

The mobile service switching center directly triggers the recharge access code dialed by the user terminal to the recharge agent platform.

If the recharge user is a public switched telephone network or other network terminal user, then the process of triggering a recharge request specifically includes:

The recharge request initiated by the client is connected to the entrance mobile switching center GMSC/SSP, and the GMSC/SSP triggers the recharge agent platform according to the recharge access code.

The method for triggering a recharge request further includes:

By receiving short messages or unstructured supplementary service data USSD, a recharge request is triggered to the recharge agent platform.

The recharge operation of the recharge agent platform further includes:

After receiving the recharge request, the recharge agent platform obtains recharge information, determines the recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs according to the recharged user number information, and forwards the recharge request to the recharge agent platform and unified recharge The center interacts to complete the recharge.

When the user is a postpaid user, the operation of the recharge agent platform further includes:

After the attribution recharge agent platform obtains the recharge information, it interacts with the account system to complete the payment to the user.

The process of interaction between the attribution recharge agent platform and the unified recharge center includes:

The attribution recharge agency platform obtains the recharge card amount from the unified recharge center, and locks the recharge card.

After the recharging is completed, the method further includes:

The attribution recharge agent platform modifies the status of the recharge card to be used and unlocks it.

After the recharging is completed, the method further includes:

The recharge agent platform plays the corresponding prompt tone to the recharge user according to the recharge result.

The method for playing the prompt tone specifically includes:

After the belonging recharge agent platform completes the recharge, it returns the recharge result to the connected recharge agent platform, and the connected recharge agent platform plays the corresponding prompt sound to the recharge user according to the recharge result.

It can be seen from the above-mentioned technical solution provided by the present invention that the present invention realizes the unified recharging of integrated operators. By using the access code for unified recharge, any calling user can dial the access code from any network, which reduces the brand operation cost of the operator and facilitates the use of users. By adopting the dual signaling point technology supported by the integrated intelligent network, a unified recharge agent platform is established. The recharge agent platform can simultaneously accept recharge requests initiated by exchanges such as G-MSC, C-MSC, and PSTN, effectively avoiding problems caused by SCP interconnection in the existing network. Through the interconnection of the recharge agent platform, recharging for other machines is realized, avoiding the large-scale transformation of the SCP when the SCP is interconnected on the existing network. At the same time, the invention realizes the recharging of fixed network and data service accounts and the payment operation of postpaid users.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a prior art single-network recharging process diagram;

Fig. 2 is a process diagram of recharging for another machine in the prior art 2;

Fig. 3 is a structure diagram of an embodiment of the system of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of modules of an embodiment of the recharge agent platform of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a unified access architecture for recharge requests realized by the system of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is an operation flowchart of the first embodiment of the method of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the operation flowchart of the second embodiment of the method of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is an operation flowchart of the third embodiment of the method of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention provides a system for realizing unified recharging. The architecture of an embodiment of the system is shown in Figure 3, including: UVC (Unified Recharging Center), recharging agent platform, tent system, user terminal and access equipment of various operators , such as: CDMA MSC (Mobile Service Switching Center)/SSP (Service Switching Point), GSM MSC/SSP, SMSC (Short Message Service Center), G-HLR (GSM Network Home Location Register), GATE WAY MSC/SSP, etc. The user terminals include: user terminals of the local network, user terminals of other networks and other users.

The operator issues a unified recharge card on the UVC, defines a unified recharge access code, and the UVC is used to store recharge card information with a unified recharge access code, including the recharge card amount, validity period, and maintenance of the recharge card. Can provide TCP/IP and SS7 interface at the same time;

The recharge agent platform is realized based on the technology of the integrated intelligent network, which can be connected to the GSM signaling network and the CDMA signaling network at the same time, and supports the interconnection with the SCP and UVC of the two networks at the same time. Each recharge agent platform is connected to each other, and each recharge agent platform sets up the national number segment data. For the recharge request received from a user in a different place, it can find the account location of the recharged user according to the number segment of the recharged user in a different place, and forward it Handle it to the corresponding off-site recharge agent platform to complete the recharge of the account.

The recharge agency platform further includes the following modules, as shown in Figure 4:

The recharge information acquisition module is used to receive a recharge request and obtain recharge information, including recharge card number, password, amount, recharged number, etc.

The user confirmation and transfer module is used to search for the recharge agency platform to which the recharged number belongs according to the data of the recharged number acquired by the recharge information acquisition module against the stored national number segment, and confirm whether it belongs to the access recharge agency platform and will not belong to the access The recharge business of the recharge agent platform is transferred to the recharge agent platform to which it belongs.

The recharge agent module is used to interact with the outside world to complete the recharge according to the recharge information obtained by the recharge information acquisition module, including obtaining the attribute information of the recharged user, and interacting with the SCP or the camp system to complete the recharge according to the attribute information.

The recharge result feedback module is used to feed back the recharge result of the recharge agent module to the recharge client.

The working principle of the system is: the user terminal dials a unified recharge access code, and the recharge request will be connected to the recharge agent platform of the recharge card operator, that is, the nearest recharge agent platform, which is called access to the recharge agent platform in the present invention. The recharge agent platform starts the recharge business logic, collects recharge card information, and interacts with UVC to obtain the recharge card amount. In order to recharge other phones, the recharge agency platform can search for the SCP or account system where the account of the recharged user belongs after receiving the recharge request and interact with it to complete the recharge for other phones.

The system realizes unified access to recharge requests, that is, any caller can initiate a recharge request by dialing a unified recharge access code. For prepaid subscribers on this network, if the calling party is a GSM network intelligent network user, the call is first triggered to its home SCP, and the home SCP sends an access code in the Connect message, and the MSC/SSP triggers the call to the home SCP according to the access code. If the calling party is a CDMA network intelligent network user, it will also trigger the home SCP first, and the home SCP will issue the access code in the anlyzd message, and the MSC/SSP will trigger the access to the recharge agency platform through the access code again. , as shown in Figure 5.

For triggering in other situations, including: the recharge request initiated by the mobile postpaid user of this network, the MSC directly triggers according to the recharge access code; the recharge request initiated from the PSTN or other network terminal, the call can be connected to the mobile GMSC/SSP , triggered by GMSC/SSP according to the recharge access code. The user can also send a short message and USSD to initiate a recharge, and the recharge request is initiated by the SMSC through the SMPP and HLR through the USSD interface to the recharge agent platform.

The interaction process between the system UVC and the recharge agent platform is: when the recharge agent platform receives the recharge request, it starts the recharge business logic and prompts the user to enter the recharge card number, password, and recharged user number. After obtaining the recharge information, the recharge agent platform can directly interact with UVC to authenticate the recharge card to ensure that the recharge card is valid, and at the same time obtain the amount of the recharge card, or send the recharge request according to the area where the recharged user belongs Go to the recharge agency platform of the recharged user and interact with UVC. The connection between recharge agent platforms can be SS7 or TCP/IP.

The operation of the system for addressing the recharged user and recharging the user is as follows: the recharge agent platform first judges which SCP or camp system belongs to according to the number segment of the recharged user, and then performs message interaction through the SS7 or TCP/IP protocol to authenticate whether the user is If it is legal, it may be a post-paid user, so it also needs to interact with the camp system to perform the payment operation. For the fixed network intelligent network account, directly interact with the fixed network SCP. After the recharge is successful, modify the recharge card data on the UVC at the same time, and set the card status as used.

The present invention provides a method for realizing unified recharging. An embodiment of the recharging operation process of other devices for GSM network/CDMA network prepaid users is shown in Figure 6, and specifically includes the following steps:

Step 1: The user dials the unified recharge access code to trigger the unified recharge service, and the service is triggered to the nearest recharge agent platform, that is, access to the recharge agent platform;

Step 2: The recharge agent platform interacts with the user to collect information such as the recharged user number;

Access to the recharge agency platform prompts the user to enter information such as the recharge card number, password, and recharged user number.

Step 3: The recharge agent platform forwards the recharge request to the recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs;

When the access recharge agent platform is GSM SCP, the recharge card number and the recharged user number are forwarded to the recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs through the Execute operation;

When the access recharge agent platform is CDMA SCP, the recharge card number and the recharged user number are forwarded to the recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs through the SEARCH operation;

Step 4: The belonging recharge agent platform interacts with the recharged user's belonging SCP to obtain user attributes; for some postpaid users such as VPN users, the recharge agent platform obtains the amount from UVC and interacts with the camp account to recharge; see Figure 6 for details. For prepaid user, go to step 5;

Step 5: The recharge agent platform interacts with UVC to obtain the recharge card amount and lock the recharge card;

Step 6: The recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs interacts with the SCP to which the recharged user belongs to complete the recharge;

Step 7: After the recharge is successful, the belonging recharge agent platform modifies the status of the recharge card to the used state by interacting with UVC, and unlocks it;

Step 8: The belonging recharge agent platform returns the recharge result to the access recharge agent platform;

Step 9: Access the recharge agent platform to play the corresponding prompt sound to the recharge user according to the recharge result, and the recharge process is completed.

Another kind of embodiment of the present invention, to GSM network/CDMA network camp account system user recharging process as shown in Figure 7, all users can carry out recharging to camp account system user by unified recharging service, flow process is as follows:

Step 1: The user dials the unified recharge access code to trigger the unified recharge service;

Step 2: The recharge agent platform interacts with the user to collect information such as the recharged user number;

Access to the recharge agency platform prompts the user to enter information such as the recharge card number, password, and recharged user number.

Step 3: The recharge agent platform forwards the recharge request to the recharge agent platform belonging to the recharged user;

When the access recharge agent platform is GSM SCP, the recharge card number and the recharged user number are forwarded to the recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs through the Execute operation;

When the access recharge agent platform is CDMA SCP, the recharge card number and the recharged user number are forwarded to the recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs through the SEARCH operation;

Step 4: The recharge agency platform to which the recharged user belongs interacts with UVC to obtain the recharge card amount, and locks the recharge card;

Step 5: The recharge agency platform to which the recharged user belongs interacts with the camp account system through the unified recharge interface, sends a recharge request, and completes the payment;

Step 6: After the recharge is successful, the recharge agency platform modifies the status of the recharge card to the used state through Execute or MODIFY, and unlocks it;

Step 7: The belonging recharge agent platform returns the recharge result to the access recharge agent platform;

Step 8: Access the recharge agent platform to play the corresponding prompt sound according to the recharge result, and the recharge process is completed.

Step 9: In the above camp system payment operation, if the camp system fails to process, send a reversal request;

In yet another embodiment of the method of the present invention, the process of recharging a fixed intelligent network user is shown in Figure 8, which specifically includes the following steps:

Step 1: The user dials the unified recharge access code to trigger the unified recharge service;

Step 2: The recharge agency platform interacts with the user to collect the recharge card number and the recharged phone card number;

Access to the recharge agency platform prompts the user to enter information such as the recharge card number, password, and recharged user number.

Step 3: The recharge agent platform forwards the recharge request to the recharge agent platform belonging to the recharged fixed network card;

Step 4: The recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs interacts with UVC to obtain the recharge card amount and lock the recharge card;

Step 5: The recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs can interact with the fixed network SCP and 165 card platform to complete the recharge;

Step 6: After the recharge is successful, the recharge agency platform can modify the status of the recharge card to be used and unlock it through interfaces such as Execute or MODIFY;

Step 7: The belonging recharge agent platform returns the recharge result to the access recharge agent platform of the recharge request;

Step 8: Access the recharge agent platform to play the corresponding prompt tone to the calling user according to the recharge result, and the recharge process is completed.

The method of the present invention is also applicable to the recharging of data service accounts.

To sum up, the present invention realizes the unified recharging of integrated operators. By using the access code for unified recharge, any calling user can dial the access code from any network, which reduces the brand operation cost of the operator and facilitates the use of users. By adopting the dual signaling point technology supported by the integrated intelligent network, a unified recharge agent platform is established. The recharge agent platform can simultaneously accept recharge requests initiated by exchanges such as G-MSC, C-MSC, and PSTN, effectively avoiding problems caused by SCP interconnection in the existing network. Through the interconnection of the recharge agent platform, recharging for other machines is realized, avoiding the large-scale transformation of the SCP when the SCP is interconnected on the existing network. At the same time, the invention realizes the recharging of fixed network and data service accounts and the payment operation of postpaid users.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention can easily think of changes or Replacement should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (17)

1. A device for realizing unified recharging, characterized in that the device simultaneously accesses different operator networks, including: A recharge information acquisition module, configured to receive a recharge request and obtain recharge information; The user confirmation and transfer module is used to determine the network to which the recharged number belongs according to the recharge information obtained by the recharge information acquisition module, and instructs to send the recharge information to the network to which the recharged number belongs; The recharge agent module is used to start the recharge business logic according to the recharge information acquired by the recharge information acquisition module. 2. The device for realizing unified recharge according to claim 1, wherein the recharge agent platform further includes: The recharge result feedback module is used to receive the recharge result from the recharge agent module and feed it back to the recharge client. 3. A device for unified recharging according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recharging information includes: Recharge card number, password, amount, recharged number. 4. A system for realizing unified recharge, characterized in that it includes one or more: The unified recharge center is used to store the recharge card information including the unified recharge access code; The recharge agent platform is connected to the networks of different operators at the same time, and is used to start the recharge business logic according to the received recharge request, obtain recharge information, and interact with the unified recharge center to complete the recharge. 5. A system for realizing unified recharge according to claim 4, characterized in that: The multiple recharge agent platforms are connected to each other, and for a recharge request received by a recharge agent platform from a remote user, find the location of the account of the recharged user according to the number segment of the recharged user, and forward it to the remote recharge agent platform to which it belongs Complete the top-up of the account. 6. A system for realizing unified recharge according to claim 4, characterized in that the recharge agent platform interacts with the user terminal through the operator's access device, and the access device is based on the access input input by the user terminal. code to trigger a recharge request to the recharge agent platform. 7. A method for realizing unified recharging, characterized by comprising: The recharge agent platform receives the recharge request initiated by the user by dialing the unified recharge access code; The recharge agent platform starts the recharge business logic according to the received recharge request, obtains recharge information, and interacts with the unified recharge center to complete the recharge. 8. A method for realizing unified recharge according to claim 7, wherein if the recharge user is a prepaid user of the network, the process of triggering a recharge request specifically includes: The recharge request initiated by the user terminal is first triggered to the service control point to which it belongs, and the service control point to which it belongs issues an access code, and the operator's access device then triggers to the recharge agent platform according to the access code. 9. A method for realizing unified recharge according to claim 7, wherein if the recharge user is a postpaid user of the network, the process of triggering a recharge request specifically includes: The mobile service switching center directly triggers the recharge access code dialed by the user terminal to the recharge agent platform. 10. A method for realizing unified recharge according to claim 7, wherein if the recharge user is a terminal user of a public switched telephone network or another network, the process of triggering a recharge request specifically includes: The recharge request initiated by the client is connected to the entrance mobile switching center GMSC/SSP, and the GMSC/SSP triggers the recharge agent platform according to the recharge access code. 11. A method for realizing unified recharge according to claim 7, characterized in that, the method for triggering a recharge request further comprises: By receiving short messages or unstructured supplementary service data USSD, a recharge request is triggered to the recharge agent platform. 12. A method for realizing unified recharge according to claim 7, characterized in that the recharge operation of the recharge agent platform further includes: After receiving the recharge request, the recharge agent platform obtains recharge information, determines the recharge agent platform to which the recharged user belongs according to the recharged user number information, and forwards the recharge request to the recharge agent platform and unified recharge The center interacts to complete the recharge. 13. A method for achieving unified recharge according to claim 12, wherein when the user is a post-paid user, the operation of the recharge agent platform further includes: After the attribution recharge agent platform obtains the recharge information, it interacts with the account system to complete the payment to the user. 14. A method for realizing unified recharge according to claim 13, characterized in that, the process of interaction between the attribution recharge agency platform and the unified recharge center includes: The attribution recharge agency platform obtains the recharge card amount from the unified recharge center, and locks the recharge card. 15. A method for realizing unified recharge according to claim 14, characterized in that, after the recharge is completed, the method further comprises: The attribution recharge agent platform modifies the status of the recharge card to be used and unlocks it. 16. A method for unified recharging according to any one of claims 7 to 15, characterized in that, after the recharging is completed, the method further comprises: The recharge agent platform plays the corresponding prompt tone to the recharge user according to the recharge result. 17. A method for realizing unified recharge according to claim 16, characterized in that, the method for playing the prompt tone specifically comprises: After the belonging recharge agent platform completes the recharge, it returns the recharge result to the connected recharge agent platform, and the connected recharge agent platform plays the corresponding prompt sound to the recharge user according to the recharge result.

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