Interface system of subscriber information management, billing, prepaid system for mobile network system, and prepaid method using the interface system
First Claim
1. An interface system of a subscriber information management, billing, and prepaid system for interfacing of a subscriber information management system for a mobile communication system, the interface system comprising a computer system,the computer system comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory,the processor configured to access and execute a program in the memory,the executed program causing the processor to comprise a portal subscriber management unit, a subscriber management unit, a Contents Provider (CP) access management unit, and an interface management unit, wherein:
- the portal subscriber management unit is configured to manage a portal subscriber;
the subscriber management unit is configured to manage an additional service subscriber; and
the CP access management unit is configured to control the access of one or more contents provided by a contents provider on the basis of a request from the additional service subscriber; and
the interface management unit configured is to accept, approve, and register a subscriber information including a portal subscriber information and an additional service subscriber information on the basis of a predetermined rule,wherein the predetermined rule is associated with a workflow engine,wherein the workflow engine is classified as a business logic and a processing logic,wherein the business logic is a separate entity from the processing logic,wherein the subscriber information is registered, received, modified, produced, inquired, changed, enrolled, released, deleted, or validated through the business logic and the processing logic, andwherein the interface management unit is configured to perform a validation on the basis of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), take a registration operation of the subscriber accepted through an additional service including an acceptance and registration of the contents provider, and keep predetermined rule information providing a voice subscriber and a data subscriber with subscribing procedures and subscribing information.
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Abstract
Disclosed are an interface architecture of subscriber information management, billing, prepaid system for mobile network system, and a prepaid method using the interface architecture. The present invention is embodied by a Workflow engine classified as a business logic and a processing logic to access the interface rapidly for clients. The workflow engine is applicable to the subscriber information management and the billing through a voice subscriber, a data subscriber and contents provider. Interfacing is possible to apply changeable embodiment of system and adapt environment changes through a workflow engine. Therefore, the present invention provides a wireless portal platform to increase efficiency in subscribing procedures and using service. In addition, the present invention provides solution of obstacles on respective module between the prepaid billing client and the prepaid billing gateway, or between the prepaid billing gateway and the prepaid billing server.
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36 Claims
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1. An interface system of a subscriber information management, billing, and prepaid system for interfacing of a subscriber information management system for a mobile communication system, the interface system comprising a computer system,
the computer system comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to access and execute a program in the memory, the executed program causing the processor to comprise a portal subscriber management unit, a subscriber management unit, a Contents Provider (CP) access management unit, and an interface management unit, wherein: -
the portal subscriber management unit is configured to manage a portal subscriber; the subscriber management unit is configured to manage an additional service subscriber; and the CP access management unit is configured to control the access of one or more contents provided by a contents provider on the basis of a request from the additional service subscriber; and the interface management unit configured is to accept, approve, and register a subscriber information including a portal subscriber information and an additional service subscriber information on the basis of a predetermined rule, wherein the predetermined rule is associated with a workflow engine, wherein the workflow engine is classified as a business logic and a processing logic, wherein the business logic is a separate entity from the processing logic, wherein the subscriber information is registered, received, modified, produced, inquired, changed, enrolled, released, deleted, or validated through the business logic and the processing logic, and wherein the interface management unit is configured to perform a validation on the basis of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), take a registration operation of the subscriber accepted through an additional service including an acceptance and registration of the contents provider, and keep predetermined rule information providing a voice subscriber and a data subscriber with subscribing procedures and subscribing information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A prepaid billing method using an interface system of a subscriber information management, billing, and prepaid system for a mobile communication system, wherein
the interface system comprises a computer system, the computer system comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to access and execute a program in the memory, the executed program causing the processor to comprise a portal subscriber management unit, a subscriber management unit, a Contents Provider (CP) access management unit, and an interface management unit, wherein: -
the portal subscriber management unit is configured to manage a portal subscriber; the subscriber management unit is configured to manage an additional service subscriber; and the CP access management unit is configured to control the access of one or more contents provided by a contents provider on the basis of a request from the additional service subscriber; and the interface management unit is configured to accept, approve, and register a subscriber information including a portal subscriber information and an additional service subscriber information on the basis of a predetermined rule, wherein the predetermined rule is associated with a workflow engine, wherein the workflow engine is classified as a business logic and a processing logic, wherein the business logic is a separate entity from the processing logic, wherein the subscriber information is registered, received, modified, produced, inquired, changed, enrolled, released, deleted, or validated through the business logic and the processing logic, and wherein the interface management unit is configured to perform a validation on the basis of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), take a registration operation of the subscriber accepted through an additional service including an acceptance and registration of the contents provider, and keep predetermined rule information providing a voice subscriber and a data subscriber with subscribing procedures and subscribing information; and the prepaid billing method of a wireless portal platform comprises the steps of; A) writing a prepaid billing data on a database without transmitting to a prepaid billing gateway when an obstacle solving unit of the interface system is configured to handle an obstacle of transmitting the prepaid billing data; B) transmitting the prepaid billing data extracted from the database to a prepaid billing server; and C) re-transmitting the prepaid billing data when an obstacle has occurred in the transmission of the prepaid billing data. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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