Communication system and communication service method through internet call intermediation

• US 20030185362A1
• Filed: 04/02/2002
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sangkyun Kim
• Original Assignee: Sangkyun Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Sangkyun
• Application Number:
  US10/114,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20030185362A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/120
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/401 wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board sharing or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/28 with meter at substation or with calculation of charges at terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/56 for VoIP communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8083 involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions or volume discounts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0184 involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions, volume discounts, cell discounts, group billing, frequent calling destination(s) or user history list
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/202 VoIP; Packet switched telephony
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42195 Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy H04M3/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

A communication system and a communication service method through Internet call intermediation are disclosed, in which servers call a calling party and a called party using a callback function when a telephone call is requested through the Internet, to allow the calling party and called party to communicate with each other, thereby enabling convenient communication between them with lower charges. The communication system performs telephone communication by a service group constructed of a web server, a network management server, a billing server, a call intermediation server, a DB server, and a gateway. The communication service method includes a communication authentication step in which a calling party judges if a telephone call is available or not; a communication request step in which the calling party inputs his telephone number and a called party'"'"'s telephone number to request the telephone call; a speaker callback step for callback-dialing the inputted telephone numbers of the calling party and the called party; a telephone call execution step in which the calling party communicates with the called party and charges for the telephone call are charged based on the period of calling time; and a charge billing step for billing the charges for the telephone call upon the completion of the telephone call. Accordingly, users can use domestic and international telephone services with lower charges by using the callback function.

Claims

1. A communication system through Internet call intermediation, by which a calling party requests a telephone call through the call intermediation by using his computer capable of accessing the Internet, and the calling party'"'"'s telephone and a called party'"'"'s telephone, which are connected to a predetermined communication network, are connected to each other, the communication system comprising:

a web server, connected to the Internet, for performing a browsing function of an Internet site for the telephone call through call intermediation;

a network server for managing smooth communication of the Internet;

a billing server for confirming and calculating charges for the telephone call;

a call intermediation server for intermediation between the calling party and the called party for the call connection between them at the request of the calling party;

a DB server, connected to the servers, for constructing a database of overall information including the balance of the calling party and providing the information; and

a gateway for enabling telephone communication between the calling party and the called party by connecting the calling party'"'"'s telephone and the called party'"'"'s telephone, which are connected to the predetermined communication network, to each other through the intermediation of the call intermediation server,

wherein each of the servers are connected one another.

2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein a general telephone network is used as the predetermined communication network.

3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the Internet is used as the predetermined communication network.

4. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the gateway performs VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) function.

5. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the database of the DB server contains a personal telephone directory inputted therein by a user in advance.

6. A communication service method through Internet call intermediation, comprising:

a communication authentication step in which a calling party who wants to make a telephone call connects with an Internet site providing telephone communication service through the call intermediation, to judge if the telephone call is available or not;

a communication request step in which the calling party confirmed to be an authenticated user inputs his telephone number and a called party'"'"'s telephone number to request the telephone call;

a speaker callback step for enabling the telephone call by callback-dialing the inputted telephone numbers of the calling party and the called party;

a telephone call execution step in which the calling party communicates with the called party and charges for the telephone call are charged based on the period of time for which the telephone call is made; and

a charge billing step for billing the charges for the telephone call upon the completion of the telephone call.

7. The communication service method according to claim 6, wherein, in the communication authentication step, a personal identification number is given to a user who uses the communication service and, when the calling party is authenticated, his personal identification number is confirmed.

8. The communication service method according to claim 6, wherein, in the communication request step, the called party'"'"'s telephone number is selected from a list of personal telephone directory stored in advance, to request the telephone call.