CN106936601B - Service charging method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a service charging method and device, which relate to the technical field of communications, can reduce the calculation amount in the service charging process, simplify the charging process, and further reduce the consumption of system performance. The specific scheme is as follows: obtain the service usage information of a user's current service; determine the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service, and determine the charging factor of the current service from the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service; The charging factor matches the pre-stored historical charging result, and the historical charging result includes the charging factor and the charging result that has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor; if there is a historical charging result that matches the charging factor of the current service, Then, the historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service is used, and the current service is charged according to the service usage information of the current service, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service. The present invention is used in the charging process of telecommunication services.

Description

A service charging method and device

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a service charging method and device.

Background technique

With the development of the electronic information industry, operators can design a variety of tariff strategies for customers to choose from for different customer groups to meet customers' business needs. The operator can configure these into the charging system to form tariff data, so as to charge the user's services according to the tariff policy subscribed by the user and the service usage of the user.

The process of charging user services in the prior art may include: acquiring the charging number of the user, the service type of the current service (such as data service and voice service), and charging factors such as service usage; Tariff policy; use the above charging factors to match each tariff policy respectively, perform charging (that is, calculate the fee that the user should pay when only this tariff policy is applied), and obtain the calculation result; combine the charging results of multiple tariff policies Merge (for example, select the calculation result of the tariff policy with the least tariff among all the calculation results) to obtain the final charging result.

However, in the process of charging user services in the prior art, it is necessary to use each tariff policy for charging one by one and step by step, and then combine the calculation results of multiple tariff policies. The process is complicated, and the system performance consumption is relatively high. big.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the present invention provide a service charging method and device, which can reduce the amount of calculation in the service charging process, simplify the charging process, and further reduce the consumption of system performance.

To achieve the above object, the embodiments of the present invention adopt the following technical solutions:

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a service charging method, including:

Acquiring service usage information of a user's current service;

determining the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service, and determining the charging factor of the current service from the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service;

The charging factor of the current service is used to match a pre-stored historical charging result, and the historical charging result includes a charging factor and a charging result that has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor;

If there is a historical charging result that matches the charging factor of the current service, the historical charging result that matches the charging factor of the current service is used, and the current service is the current service according to the service usage information of the current service. charging to obtain the charging result of the current service.

Through this solution, the charging factor of the current service can be determined from the charging policy subscribed by the user for the current service, and then the charging factor of the current service is used to match the historical charging result, and there is a history matching the charging factor of the current service. If the charging result is obtained, the historical charging result can be directly reused to perform charging for the current service, instead of charging each charging strategy one by one and step by step. Charging the current service by multiplexing the historical charging results can reduce the amount of calculation in the service charging process, simplify the charging process, and further reduce the consumption of system performance.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the charging factor of the current service includes: at least one of a precise charging factor, a complex charging factor, and a stepped charging factor;

Wherein, the precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result;

The complex charging factor is a charging factor whose operation result after logical operation affects the charging result;

The stepped charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is not enumerable, and can be converted into the precise charging factor after being regulated by a mathematical formula and mapped.

In this solution, charging factors are divided into three categories: precise charging factors, complex charging factors, and stepped charging factors according to different user services. The billing factor in this solution can be at least one of the precise billing factor, the complex billing factor, and the stepped billing factor; thus, through this scheme, the precise billing factor, the complex billing factor, and the stepped billing factor can be adopted. Any one or any combination of the charging factors matches the historical charging results, thereby charging the current service.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the precise charging factor includes: an exact factor identifier and an exact factor value;

The complex charging factor includes: a complex factor identifier, a complex factor function, and a complex factor parameter;

The tiered charging factor includes a tiered factor identifier, a tiered factor function, a tiered tariff identifier, and a tiered factor parameter.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the charging results that have a corresponding relationship with the charging factors included in the historical charging results include: historical charging formulas and service charging. at least one of the results;

The historical charging formula is a mathematical formula for charging calculation corresponding to the charging factor obtained by summarizing and summarizing in the historical charging process;

The service charging result is the charging amount required for using the fixed service corresponding to the charging factor obtained by summarizing and summarizing in the historical charging process.

For a charging factor with a relatively simple tariff policy, the corresponding charging result can be the above-mentioned service charging result (that is, the charging amount required for using a fixed service). For example, the charging amount for using a data flow package is fixed. For the charging factor with complex tariff policy, the corresponding charging result may need to use a certain mathematical formula for charging calculation. For example, when the duration of voice communication is greater than a certain threshold, the charging The amount and the voice communication duration within the fixed threshold interval satisfy a certain linear relationship.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the charging factor of the current service includes: the precise charging factor and the complex charging factor;

The charging factor of the current service includes: the precise charging factor and the complex charging factor;

The use of the charging factor of the current service to match the pre-stored historical charging result includes:

Matching a first charging result by using the precise charging factor, where the first charging result is the historical charging result;

If there is a second charging result, the complex charging factor is used to match the second charging result, and the second charging result is the first charging result that matches the precise charging factor. billing result;

If there is a historical charging result that matches the charging factor of the current service, the historical charging result that matches the charging factor of the current service is used, and the service usage information of the current service is used for the Current service charging, to obtain the charging result of the current service, including:

If there is a third charging result, the third charging result is used, the current service is charged according to the service usage information of the current service, and the third charging result is the second charging result The charging result that matches the complex charging factor is obtained in order to obtain the charging result of the current service.

Because the precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result, while the complex charging factor is a charging factor whose operation result after logical operation affects the charging result; Compared with complex charging factors, charging factors are easier to match with historical charging results, that is, precise charging factors have a higher possibility of directly multiplexing historical charging results.

In this way, when the charging factor of the current service includes the precise charging factor and the complex charging factor, the precise charging factor is preferentially used to match the historical charging result (the first charging result), and then the complex charging factor matching and accurate charging The historical charging result (second charging result) whose charging factor matches can improve the possibility of successful matching and the possibility of multiplexing the historical charging result.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the charging factor of the current service includes: the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor;

The use of the charging factor of the current service to match the pre-stored historical charging result includes:

Matching a first charging result by using the precise charging factor, where the first charging result is the historical charging result;

If there is a second charging result, the complex charging factor is used to match the second charging result, and the second charging result is the first charging result that matches the precise charging factor. billing result;

If there is a third charging result, the step charging factor is used to match the third charging result, and the third charging result is the second charging result that matches the complex charging factor billing result;

If there is a historical charging result that matches the charging factor of the current service, the historical charging result that matches the charging factor of the current service is used, and the service usage information of the current service is used for the Current service charging, to obtain the charging result of the current service, including:

If there is a fourth charging result, the fourth charging result is used, the current service is charged according to the service usage information of the current service, and the fourth charging result is the third charging result The charging result that matches the step charging factor is obtained in order to obtain the charging result of the current service.

Because the precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result, while the complex charging factor is a charging factor whose operation result after logical operation affects the charging result, step charging The factor is a charging factor whose value range is not enumerable, and can be converted into the precise billing factor after mapping through mathematical formulas. Therefore, it is known that the precise billing factor is easier to match with historical billing than the complex billing factor. As a result, the exact charging factor is more likely to directly reuse historical charging results; complex charging factors are more likely to match historical charging results than step charging factors, that is, complex charging factors reuse historical charging The probability of the result is higher than the possibility of multiplexing historical charging results by the step charging factor.

In this way, when the charging factor of the current service includes the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor, the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor are used in sequence to match the historical charging results, which can improve the efficiency of the charging process. The probability of a successful match and the possibility of reusing historical billing results.

Preferably, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the charging factor of the current service includes a serialized characteristic value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service, and the serialized characteristic value is used to uniquely Identifies the charging factor;

The historical charging result includes a charging factor and a charging result that has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor, specifically:

The historical charging results include serialized characteristic values to be matched and charging results that have a corresponding relationship with the serialized characteristic values to be matched, and one serialized characteristic value to be matched is used to uniquely identify a charging factor.

It is conceivable that, in order to improve the matching speed between the charging factor and the historical charging result, in the embodiment of the present invention, the charging factor can be serialized, and a serialized characteristic value that can uniquely identify the charging factor is generated for it, Then, the matching between the charging factor and the historical charging result is realized by matching the serialized characteristic value.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the use of the charging factor of the current service to match a pre-stored historical charging result includes:

Use the serialized feature value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service to match the pre-stored serialized feature value to be matched;

Wherein, when the serialization characteristic value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service is equal to a serialization characteristic value to be matched, the charging factor of the current service matches the charging result corresponding to the serialization characteristic value to be matched.

Further, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the service charging method further includes:

If there is no historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, each of the tariff policies subscribed by the user for the current service is adopted to charge for the current service, with Obtain the charging result of the current service.

In this solution, when there is no historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, each of the charging policies subscribed by the user for the current service can be used to charge the current service. In this way, regardless of whether there is a historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, the current service can be charged by the solution, and the charging result of the current service can be obtained.

It should be noted that "there is no historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service" mentioned in this embodiment of the present invention includes: "there is no historical charging result matching the above-mentioned precise charging factor", Either "there is no historical charging result matching the above complex charging factor" and "there is no historical charging result matching the above step charging factor".

It should be emphasized that when the charging factor of the current service includes: precise charging factor and complex charging factor, or the charging factor of the current service includes: precise charging factor, complex charging factor and stepped charging factor, if If there is no historical charging result matching the above precise charging factor, it is not necessary to use complex charging factor to match the historical charging result.

Similarly, when the charging factors of the current service include: precise charging factors, complex charging factors, and step-by-step charging factors, if there is no historical charging result matching the above-mentioned complex charging factors, the step-by-step charging is not required. The fee factor matches historical billing results.

Optionally, if there is no historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, each charging policy in the charging policies subscribed by the user for the current service is respectively adopted as the charging factor for the current service. After charging the current service to obtain the charging result of the current service, the method further includes: saving the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service.

It is conceivable that after saving the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service, when charging for a similar service next time, you can directly reuse the current service and the current service. If there is a charging result in which there is a corresponding relationship between the charging factors, it is not necessary to charge similar services according to the charging method described in the fifth possible implementation manner, so that the amount of calculation in the charging process of the similar services can be reduced and simplified. The billing process can reduce the consumption of system performance.

Preferably, the storing the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service includes:

If the usage frequency of the charging factor of the current service is higher than the first frequency threshold, the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service is saved.

In this solution, only the charging factors whose usage frequency is higher than the first frequency threshold and the charging results that have a corresponding relationship with them are stored, which can avoid infrequently used (that is, the usage frequency is low) and the accounting factors that have a corresponding relationship with them. The billing result occupies the storage space of the billing system and affects the system performance.

Optionally, in order to further avoid the occupation of the storage space of the charging system by the charging factors that are not commonly used (that is, the frequency of use is low) and the charging results that have a corresponding relationship with them, the method in the embodiment of the present invention may further include:

If the usage frequency of the charging factor of the current service is lower than the second frequency threshold, the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service is deleted.

In a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a service charging device is provided, including:

an obtaining unit, used for obtaining service usage information of a user's current service;

a determining unit, configured to determine the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service, and determine the charging factor of the current service from the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service;

a matching unit, configured to use the charging factor of the current service determined by the determining unit to match a pre-stored historical charging result, where the historical charging result includes the charging factor and has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor the billing result;

A charging unit, configured to use the historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service if the matching unit determines that there is a historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, and according to the The service usage information of the current service is charging for the current service, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the charging factor of the current service includes: at least one of a precise charging factor, a complex charging factor, and a stepped charging factor;

Wherein, the precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result;

The complex charging factor is a charging factor whose operation result after function operation affects the charging result;

The stepped charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is not enumerable, and can be converted into the precise charging factor after being regulated by a mathematical formula and mapped.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner, in the second possible implementation manner, the precise charging factor includes: an exact factor identifier and an exact factor value;

The complex charging factor includes: a complex factor identifier, a complex factor function, and a complex factor parameter;

The tiered charging factor includes a tiered factor identifier, a tiered factor function, a tiered tariff identifier, and a tiered factor parameter.

With reference to the second aspect, the first possible implementation manner, or the second possible implementation manner, in a third possible implementation manner, the historical charging results included in the charging factor have a corresponding relationship. The charging result includes: at least one of historical charging formula and service charging result;

The historical charging formula is a mathematical formula for charging calculation corresponding to the charging factor obtained by summarizing and summarizing in the historical charging process;

The service charging result is the charging amount corresponding to the charging factor obtained by summarizing and summarizing in the historical charging process.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner or the second possible implementation manner, in a fourth possible implementation manner, the charging factor of the current service includes: the precise charging factor and the complex charging factor ;

The matching unit is specifically used for:

Matching a first charging result by using the precise charging factor, where the first charging result is the historical charging result;

If there is a second charging result, the complex charging factor is used to match the second charging result, and the second charging result is the first charging result that matches the precise charging factor. billing result;

The billing unit is specifically used for:

If the matching unit determines that there is a third charging result, the third charging result is used, and the current service is charged according to the service usage information of the current service, and the third charging result is the The charging result matching the complex charging factor in the second charging result is used to obtain the charging result of the current service.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner or the second possible implementation manner, in a fifth possible implementation manner, the charging factor of the current service includes: the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor and the tiered billing factor;

The matching unit is specifically used for:

Matching a first charging result by using the precise charging factor, where the first charging result is the historical charging result;

If there is a second charging result, the complex charging factor is used to match the second charging result, and the second charging result is the first charging result that matches the precise charging factor. billing result;

If there is a third charging result, the step charging factor is used to match the third charging result, and the third charging result is the second charging result that matches the complex charging factor billing result;

The billing unit is specifically used for:

If the matching unit determines that there is a fourth charging result, the fourth charging result is used, and the current service is charged according to the service usage information of the current service, and the fourth charging result is the The charging result matching the step charging factor in the third charging result is to obtain the charging result of the current service.

With reference to the second aspect, the first possible implementation manner or the second possible implementation manner, in a sixth possible implementation manner, the charging factor of the current service includes the charging factor corresponding to the current service. The serialized characteristic value of , the serialized characteristic value is used to uniquely identify the billing factor;

The historical charging result includes a charging factor and a charging result that has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor, specifically:

The historical charging results include serialized characteristic values to be matched and charging results that have a corresponding relationship with the serialized characteristic values to be matched, and one serialized characteristic value to be matched is used to uniquely identify a charging factor.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner, in the seventh possible implementation manner, the matching unit is specifically used for:

Use the serialized feature value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service to match the pre-stored serialized feature value to be matched;

Wherein, when the serialization characteristic value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service is equal to a serialization characteristic value to be matched, the charging factor of the current service matches the charging result corresponding to the serialization characteristic value to be matched.

With reference to the second aspect, the first possible implementation manner or the second possible implementation manner, in an eighth possible implementation manner, the charging unit is further used for:

If the matching unit determines that there is no historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, each of the tariff policies subscribed by the user for the current service is respectively adopted as the current service Service charging, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

With reference to the seventh possible implementation manner, in the ninth possible implementation manner, the service charging apparatus further includes:

A saving unit, configured to use each of the tariff policies subscribed by the user for the current service in the charging unit to charge for the current service, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service Afterwards, the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service is saved.

With reference to the ninth possible implementation manner, in the tenth possible implementation manner, the storage unit is specifically used for:

If the usage frequency of the charging factor of the current service is higher than the first frequency threshold, the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service is saved.

With reference to the ninth possible implementation manner, in the eleventh possible implementation manner, the service charging device further includes:

A deletion unit, configured to delete the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service if the usage frequency of the charging factor of the current service is lower than the second frequency threshold.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a service charging apparatus, where the service charging apparatus includes: one or more processors, a memory, a bus system, a transceiver, and one or more application programs, the one or more a plurality of processors, the memory and the transceiver are connected through the bus system;

The one or more application programs are stored in the memory, and the one or more application programs include instructions, when the processor of the service charging apparatus executes the instructions, the service charging apparatus executes the following: The service charging method described in the first aspect and various optional manners of the first aspect.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where one or more programs are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and the one or more programs include instructions, when the service charging apparatus When the processor of the device executes the instruction, the service charging apparatus executes the service charging method described in the first aspect and various optional manners of the first aspect.

It should be noted that, for the related technical effects of the service charging apparatus provided in the second aspect and the third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, reference may be made to the relevant descriptions in the above-mentioned first aspect and various optional manners, which are not repeated here.

Description of drawings

In order to explain the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without any creative effort.

1 is a schematic diagram of an online charging system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of an online charging system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic flowchart of a service charging method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another service charging method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a schematic flowchart of another service charging method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a schematic flowchart of another service charging method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a schematic flowchart of another service charging method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a schematic flowchart of a service charging method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the composition of a service charging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the composition of a service charging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the composition of a service charging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The terms "first" and "second" and the like in the description of the present invention and the drawings are used to distinguish different objects, rather than to describe a specific order of the objects. For example, the first frequency threshold and the second frequency threshold are used to distinguish the frequency thresholds, not to describe the characteristic order of the frequency thresholds.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "plurality" means two or more. For example, multiple processors refers to two or more processors.

Furthermore, references to the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description of the present invention are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a series of steps or units is not limited to the listed steps or units, but optionally also includes other unlisted steps or units, or optionally also Include other steps or units inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

Additionally, the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" in this article is only an association relationship to describe the associated objects, indicating that there can be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and/or B, it can mean that A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and A and B exist independently B these three cases. In addition, the character "/" in this document generally indicates that the related objects are an "or" relationship.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments.

The service charging method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to an online charging system (Online Charging System, OCS) shown in FIG. 1 . As shown in FIG. 1 , the OCS 10 may at least include: a tariff database 11 , a user database 12 and the billing server 13. Among them, the tariff database 11 , the user database 12 and the charging server 13 are connected to each other.

The tariff database 11 is used to store tariff policies with different tariff policies corresponding to different service types. Operation managers can configure tariff policies in tariff database 11 through the management client; and operation managers can update tariff policies stored in tariff database 11 in real time according to changes in service types provided by operators for users.

The user database 12 is used to store the user's tariff data (such as the tariff policy subscribed by the user) and the user's account balance. Among them, the operator can display the tariff policy configured in the tariff database 11 to the user through a certain platform for the user to choose. After the user selects the relevant tariff policy configured in the tariff database 11, the user database 12 can record and store the tariff policy. The relevant tariff policy is used by the charging server 13 for the service usage information of the user, and the user service is charged in combination with the relevant tariff policy stored in the user database 12 .

It is conceivable that the user database 12 may only store the identifier of the tariff policy subscribed by the user, and the billing server 13 may query the specific tariff policy from the tariff database 11 according to the identifier of the tariff policy subscribed by the user stored in the user database 12.

Exemplarily, in order to implement the online charging of the OCS, as shown in FIG. 2 , the OCS is connected to a wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Networks, WLAN), and the mobile switching center (Mobile Switching Center, MSC) on the network side and the serving GPRS support respectively. Node (Serving GPRS Support Node, SGSN), IP Multimedia Subsystem Application Server (IP Multimedia Subsystem Application Server, IMS AS), IMS Multimedia Resource Function Controller (Multimedia Resource Function Controller, MRFC) and IMS Multimedia Resource Function (Multimedia Resource Function) Processor, MRFP) to establish a connection. At the same time, in order to update the user account balance stored in the OCS in real time, the OCS can also be connected to a charging server (Charging Server), so as to obtain the user's charging information from the charging server in real time.

The service charging method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to the process in which the above-mentioned charging server 13 charges the user service. The execution body of the service charging method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be a charging server or a device in the charging server for executing the above service charging method (eg, a service charging device), and the charging server is used for executing the above service The device for the charging method may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) of the above charging server or may be a control unit or module in the above charging server. Wherein, in the embodiment of the present invention, the service charging method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail by taking the service charging device as the executing subject of the service charging method as an example.

The method and device for service charging provided by the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below through specific embodiments and application scenarios with reference to the accompanying drawings.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a service charging method. As shown in FIG. 3 , the service charging method includes:

S101. The service charging apparatus acquires service usage information of a current service of a user.

Exemplarily, the current service of the user may be any one of telecommunication services such as a voice communication service, a short message service, a data traffic service, a multimedia message service, and a CRBT subscription service. Wherein, the above-mentioned data traffic service may at least include a data traffic package subscription service and a data traffic communication service.

The service usage information of the current service may include: the usage of the current service by the user, the resources and balance currently available to the user, and the accumulated consumption information of the user this month.

For example, if the current service is a voice communication service, the service usage information of the current service may include the duration of the current voice communication, the start time of the current voice communication, the calling number of the current voice communication, and the called party of the current voice communication. information such as the number and the place where the voice communication occurred; the resources that the user can currently use can be the free call duration that the user can currently use, and the balance is the account balance of the user; the cumulative consumption information of the user this month is the It may include the accumulative call duration of the user and the accumulative charge amount of the user's voice call.

It should be noted that the current services in this embodiment of the present invention include but are not limited to the user services listed above. For other user services, reference may be made to the user services in the existing telecommunication services, which will not be repeated here. In addition, the service use information of the current service in the embodiment of the present invention includes but is not limited to the service use information listed above. For details of the service use information of each user service, refer to the service use information of the user service in the existing telecommunication service, It will not be repeated here.

S102. The service charging apparatus determines a tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service.

It is conceivable that a user can order a tariff package including multiple tariff strategies according to their needs. For example, a user S1 in a place A can subscribe to the following tariff strategy: (P1) A basic package of 38 yuan per month, including: 100 minutes of free local calls within the month, 30M free data traffic, local call tariff of 0.3 yuan/minute, and long-distance tariff of 0.5 yuan/minute ; (P2) 10 yuan for 50M data traffic, 0.29 yuan/Kb after exceeding 50M; (P3) voice tariff strategy 1: the tariff for the first 10 minutes of local calls is 0.3 yuan/min, and the tariff after 10 minutes of local calls is 0.2 yuan/min; (P4) Voice tariff strategy 2: Calls in idle time (22:00-24:00), 50% discount; (P5) Voice tariff strategy 3: The long-distance fee is capped at 50 yuan, and the long-distance tariff this month will not be counted if it exceeds 50 yuan (P6) Voice tariff strategy 4: If the accumulated long-distance time in this month exceeds 300 minutes, 60 minutes of free long-distance time will be given as a gift; (P7) Voice tariff strategy 5: Call a user in place B at 0.05 yuan/minute .

The service charging device (the charging server 13) can query the user database 12 according to a user's account (such as a mobile phone number) to obtain all the tariff policies subscribed by the user, and then obtain all tariff policies subscribed by the user from among all tariff policies subscribed by the user. Determine the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service.

Based on the above example, it is assumed that the current service is a voice communication service, specifically the voice communication service of user S1 to user S2 in place B; the service charging device can be from all tariff policies (P1)-(P7) ordered by user S1, The tariff policies (P4)-(P7) subscribed by the user S1 for the above-mentioned voice communication service are determined.

S103: The service charging device determines the charging factor of the current service from the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service.

Exemplarily, the charging factor of the current service in this embodiment of the present invention may include: the service type of the current service (including: voice service, data service, short message service, and MMS service), the long-distance or short-distance of the current service (including: local, long distance, international), network division of current services (including: intra-network calls and out-of-network calls), timed discounts, directional long distance, etc.

Among them, the intra-network call here refers to the call between numbers belonging to the same operator (such as a call from a telecommunications user to a telecommunications user), and the out-of-network refers to a call between numbers of different operators (such as a telecommunications user to a mobile phone). user's call).

The charging factor in this embodiment of the present invention may include: at least one of a precise charging factor, a complex charging factor, and a stepped charging factor.

The precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result. The precise charging factor in this embodiment of the present invention may include: an exact factor identifier and an exact factor value.

Exemplarily, the precise charging factor in this embodiment of the present invention may include: service type, long-distance or short-distance, network division, and tariff combination (including: any combination of all tariff policies subscribed by the user) and the like. For example, as shown in Table 1, an example of the precise charging factor provided by the embodiment of the present invention:

Table 1

The complex charging factor is a charging factor whose operation result after function operation affects the charging result. The complex charging factor in this embodiment of the present invention may include: a complex factor identifier, a complex factor function, and a complex factor parameter.

Exemplarily, taking the timing preference of the voice communication service as an example, as shown in Table 2, it is an example of the complex charging factor provided by the embodiment of the present invention:

Table 2

Among them, Funcl 1 (complex factor function) in Table 2 is a mathematical function to be used for charging the voice calls performed in the period of 22:00-24:00, and Funcl 2 (complex factor function) is a function for 9:00-24:00. Mathematical function to be used for billing of voice calls made during 11:00.

For example, assuming that the voice communication fee in the period of 22:00-24:00 is 0.05 yuan/minute, at this time, Funcl1=0.05×△t1, and △t1 is the duration from time t1 to time t2 in Table 2, The time t 1 and the time t 2 are both times within [22:00, 24:00]. Assuming that the voice communication fee in the period of 9:00-11:00 is 0.6 yuan/minute, at this time, Funcl2=0.6×Δt2, and Δt2 is the duration from time t3 to time t4 in Table 2, where, Time t3 and time t4 are both times within [9:00, 11:00].

Exemplarily, taking the directional calling scheme of the voice communication service as an example, as shown in Table 3, it is an example of the complex charging factor provided by the embodiment of the present invention:

table 3

Wherein, Funcl 3 (complex factor function) in Table 3 is the mathematical function to be used for charging the voice communication service (voice call) where the calling number is attributable to place A and the attribution of the called number is place B. Funcl 4 (complex factor function) is a mathematical function to be used for charging the voice communication service where the calling number belongs to place A and the called number belongs to place C.

For example, assuming that the calling number belongs to place A and the called number belongs to place B, the fee for the voice communication service (voice call) is 0.03 yuan/min. At this time, Funcl 3=0.03×t, t is the voice communication The call duration of the business.

As shown above, the calculation result of the complex charging factor (such as the time scheme) after the function calculation can affect the charging result.

The step-by-step charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is not enumerable, and can be converted into a precise charging factor after being regulated by a mathematical formula and mapped. The tiered charging factor in the embodiment of the present invention may include: tiered factor identifiers, tiered factor functions, tiered tariff identifiers, and tiered factor parameters. The tiered tariff identifier is used to distinguish and identify tariff information of each stage in the tiered charging factor.

Exemplarily, taking the tiered tariff (ladder factor identification) scheme of the voice communication service as an example, it is assumed that the tariff of the voice communication service can be divided into three grades: the call duration is (0, 3] minutes, and the tariff is 0.1 yuan/minute; The call duration is (3, 5] minutes, and the fee is 0.08 yuan/minute; the call duration is (5, ∞) minutes, and the fee is 0.05 yuan/minute.

Table 4

Based on the above example, it is assumed that user S1 in place A is a telecommunication user, user S2 in place B is a mobile user, user S1 in place A initiates a voice communication service to user S2 in place B at 8:00 in the morning, and the voice communication service continues this time. 7 minutes (that is, the duration of the call between user S1 at place A and user S2 at place B is 7 minutes).

The service charging device can determine the current service from the tariff policies (P4)-(P7) ordered by the user S1 for the current service (the voice communication service between the user S1 at A and the user S2 at B for 7 minutes). Billing factors include: voice service, long distance, out-of-network, tariff combination (P4+P5+P6+P7), directional call and sub-grade tariff.

S104: The service charging device matches the pre-stored historical charging result by using the charging factor of the current service, and the historical charging result includes the charging factor and the charging result that has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor.

The historical charging results include charging factors and charging results that have a corresponding relationship with the charging factors.

The method for the service charging apparatus to match the pre-stored historical charging result by using the charging factor of the current service may include: the service charging apparatus searches for the charging factor related to the current service from the charging factors included in the pre-stored historical charging result. Matching (same) charging factor; if there is a charging factor (referred to as matching charging factor) that matches the charging factor of the current service in the pre-stored historical charging results, then it is considered that there is a corresponding charging factor for the matching The charging result of the relationship matches the charging factor of the current service.

S105: If there is a historical charging result that matches the charging factor of the current service, the service charging device uses the historical charging result that matches the charging factor of the current service, and charges the current service according to the service usage information of the current service to obtain the charging result of the current service.

The service charging method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can determine the charging factor of the current service from the charging policy subscribed by the user for the current service, and then use the charging factor of the current service to match the historical charging results. If the charging factor matches the historical charging result, the historical charging result can be directly reused to charge the current service, instead of charging each charging policy one by one and step by step. Charging the current service by multiplexing the historical charging results can reduce the amount of calculation in the service charging process, simplify the charging process, and further reduce the consumption of system performance.

Preferably, in order to speed up the matching speed of the service charging device using the charging factor of the current service to match the pre-stored historical charging results and improve the matching efficiency, the service charging device in the embodiment of the present invention may use a serialization algorithm to charge the above-mentioned charging Factors (including precise charging factors, complex charging factors, and stepped charging factors) are serialized, and each charging factor is assigned a serialized characteristic value that can uniquely identify the charging factor.

Correspondingly, the above-mentioned historical charging result includes a charging factor and a charging result that has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor. Specifically, the historical charging result includes the serialized characteristic value to be matched and the serialized characteristic value to be matched. A charging result for which the characteristic value has a corresponding relationship, and a serialized characteristic value to be matched is used to uniquely identify a charging factor.

At this point, S104 can be replaced with S104':

S104' The service charging device matches the pre-stored serialized characteristic value to be matched by using the serialized characteristic value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service.

Wherein, when the serialization characteristic value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service is equal to a serialization characteristic value to be matched, the charging factor of the current service matches the charging result corresponding to the serialization characteristic value to be matched.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4 , the method of the embodiment of the present invention may further include S106:

S106. If there is no historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, the service charging apparatus adopts each charging policy in the charging policies ordered by the user for the current service, respectively, to charge for the current service, and use Obtain the billing result of the current service.

It should be noted that the service charging device adopts each of the tariff policies subscribed by the user for the current service, respectively, to charge for the current service, and the method for obtaining the charging result of the current service is the same as that used in the prior art. For each of the tariff policies subscribed by the user for the current service, the charging method for the current service is similar, and details are not described here in this embodiment.

In the service charging method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when there is no historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, each tariff policy in the tariff policies subscribed by the user for the current service can be respectively adopted, Billing for current business. In this way, regardless of whether there is a historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, the current service can be charged by the solution, and the charging result of the current service can be obtained.

Further, in order to reduce the amount of calculation when charging the similar services (the same or similar services as the above-mentioned current services) next time, the charging process is simplified, as shown in FIG. 5 , after S106 shown in FIG. The method of the embodiment of the invention may further include S107:

S107: The service charging apparatus saves the correspondence between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service.

It is conceivable that after saving the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service, when charging for a similar service next time, you can directly reuse the current service and the current service. If there is a charging result in which there is a corresponding relationship between the charging factors, it is not necessary to charge similar services according to the charging method described in the fifth possible implementation manner, so that the amount of calculation in the charging process of the similar services can be reduced and simplified. The billing process can reduce the consumption of system performance.

Preferably, in order to avoid infrequently used (that is, low frequency of use) charging factors and charging results that have a corresponding relationship with them from occupying the storage space of the charging system and affecting system performance, S106 may specifically be S106':

S106': If the usage frequency of the charging factor of the current service is higher than the first frequency threshold, the service charging apparatus saves the correspondence between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service.

In addition, in order to further avoid the occupation of the storage space of the charging system by the charging factors that are not commonly used (that is, the frequency of use is low) and the charging results that have a corresponding relationship with them, optionally, the method in the embodiment of the present invention may further include: If the usage frequency of the charging factor of the current service is lower than the second frequency threshold, the service charging apparatus deletes the correspondence between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service. Wherein, the first frequency threshold is higher than the second frequency threshold.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a service charging method, which can adopt a hierarchical matching method, and sequentially match the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor (or the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor and the stepped charging factor) to match the historical accounting According to the charging result, the current service is charged, as shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7 , the service charging method may include:

S201. The service charging apparatus acquires service usage information of a current service of a user.

It should be noted that, for a specific method for the service charging apparatus to acquire the service usage information of a user's current service, reference may be made to the relevant descriptions in the foregoing embodiments, and details are not described herein again in this embodiment of the present invention.

S202. The service charging apparatus determines the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service, and determines the charging factor of the current service from the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service.

It should be noted that, the service charging device determines the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service, and determines the charging factor of the current service from the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service. description, and details are not repeated here in this embodiment of the present invention.

Exemplarily, in an application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the charging factor of the current service includes: an accurate charging factor and a complex charging factor. In this case, the service charging apparatus may adopt a hierarchical matching method, and sequentially The precise charging factor and the complex charging factor match the pre-stored historical charging results, so that the successfully matched historical charging results can be directly reused after the matching is successful. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6 , the method in this embodiment of the present invention may further include S203-S206:

S203. The service charging device matches the first charging result by using the precise charging factor, and the first charging result is the historical charging result.

S204. If there is a second charging result, the service charging apparatus uses a complex charging factor to match the second charging result, and the second charging result is the charging result matching the precise charging factor in the first charging result.

S205. If there is a third charging result, the service charging device adopts the third charging result, charges the current service according to the service usage information of the current service, and the third charging result is the second charging result and the complex calculation result. The charging result matching the charging factor is used to obtain the charging result of the current service.

It should be noted that the service charging device uses the precise charging factor to match the first charging result, and the specific method for using the complex charging factor to match the second charging result may refer to the above-mentioned matching the historical charging result using the charging factor of the current service. method, which is not repeated here in this embodiment.

Further, if there is no second charging result or no third charging result, continue to execute S206:

S206. The service charging apparatus adopts each tariff policy in the tariff policies subscribed by the user for the current service, respectively, to charge for the current service, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

Preferably, in order to speed up the matching speed of using the charging factor of the current service to match the pre-stored historical charging results and improve the matching efficiency, the precise charging factor in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the serialization feature of the precise charging factor value, the complex charging factor may also contain the serialized characteristic value of the complex charging factor.

The service charging device may use the serialized feature value corresponding to each precise charging factor of the current service to match the pre-stored serialized feature value to be matched, respectively. When the serialized feature corresponding to an accurate charging factor of the current service When the value is equal to a to-be-matched serialization characteristic value, the service charging apparatus may determine that the precise charging factor matches the charging result corresponding to the to-be-matched serialization characteristic value. Similarly, the service charging device can also use the serialized characteristic value corresponding to each complex charging factor of the current service to match the pre-stored serialized characteristic value to be matched respectively. When the serialized characteristic value corresponding to a complex charging factor of the current service is When the characteristic value is equal to a to-be-matched serialized characteristic value, the service charging apparatus may determine that the complex charging factor matches the charging result corresponding to the to-be-matched serialized characteristic value.

Exemplarily, in conjunction with Table 1, as shown in Table 5, it is an example of the precise charging factor provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and the precise charging factor shown in Table 5 includes the serialization that can uniquely identify each precise charging factor. Eigenvalues.

table 5

Exemplarily, in conjunction with Table 2, as shown in Table 6, it is an example of a complex charging factor provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The complex charging factor shown in Table 6 includes a serialization that can uniquely identify each complex charging factor. Eigenvalues.

Table 6

Exemplarily, in conjunction with Table 3, as shown in Table 7, it is an example of a complex charging factor provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The complex charging factor shown in Table 7 includes a serialization that can uniquely identify each complex charging factor. Eigenvalues.

Table 7

Wherein, in the embodiment of the present invention, the serialization algorithm is used to serialize the charging factor to obtain the serialized characteristic value of the charging factor. Reference may be made to the detailed description in the prior art, which will not be repeated in this embodiment.

Exemplarily, it is assumed that the service charging apparatus determines that the charging factors of the current service include: precise charging factors and complex charging factors; wherein, the precise charging factors include: voice services, long distances, out-of-network and tariff combinations (P4+ P5+P6+P7); complex charging factors include: directed calls.

In this way, the service charging device can determine that the serialized characteristic values of the precise charging factor in the charging factors of the current service are respectively: Key 11, Key 22, Key 32 and Key 42; the serialized characteristic value of the complex charging factor is: : Key 53.

It should be emphasized that, in this embodiment of the present invention, the historical charging results include charging factors and charging results that have a corresponding relationship with the charging factors. Specifically, the historical charging results may include serialized feature values to be matched and A billing result that has a corresponding relationship with the serialized feature value to be matched, and one serialized feature value to be matched is used to uniquely identify a billing factor.

It is conceivable that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the historical charging result includes serialized characteristic values to be matched obtained by serializing the corresponding charging factor by using the same serialization algorithm as above.

Exemplarily, in the embodiment of the present invention, the example of the historical charging result in the implementation of the present invention may be given in the form of a table, as shown in Table 8, which is an example of the historical charging result provided by the embodiment of the present invention:

Table 8

In combination with the above example, if the service charging device determines that the serialized characteristic values of the precise charging factor in the charging factors of the current service are respectively: Key 11, Key 22, Key 32 and Key 42; the serialized characteristic values of the complex charging factor are: is: Key53; then the third charging result obtained by the service charging device from the historical charging results may include charging result 1 (corresponding to Key 11) and charging result 5 (corresponding to for Key 22), charging result 7 (corresponding to Key 32), charging result 9 (corresponding to Key 42), and charging result 12 (corresponding to Key 53).

It is conceivable that, after matching and obtaining the above-mentioned charging result 1, charging result 5, charging result 7, charging result 9 and charging result 12, the service charging device can directly use the service usage information of the current service. The charging result obtained by multiplexing and matching is used to charge the current service.

In the embodiment of the present invention, since the precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result, and the complex charging factor is a calculation result that affects the charging result after logical operation Therefore, it can be seen that the precise charging factor is easier to match the historical charging result than the complex charging factor, that is, the precise charging factor has a higher possibility of directly multiplexing the historical charging result.

In this way, if the charging factor of the current service includes the precise charging factor and the complex charging factor, the precise charging factor is preferentially used to match the historical charging result (the first charging result), and then the complex charging factor is used to match the precise charging factor. If the historical charging result (second charging result) matching the charging factor is used, the possibility of successful matching and the possibility of multiplexing the historical charging result can be improved.

Further, in another application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the charging factor of the current service includes: an accurate charging factor, a complex charging factor, and a stepped charging factor. In this case, the service charging device may adopt a hierarchical type. In the matching method, the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor match the pre-stored historical charging results in turn, so that the successfully matched historical charging results can be directly reused after the matching is successful. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7 , the method in this embodiment of the present invention may further include S203, S204, and S206-S208:

S207. If there is a third charging result, use the step charging factor to match the third charging result, and the third charging result is the charging result that matches the complex charging factor in the second charging result.

Exemplarily, with reference to Table 4, as shown in Table 9, it is an example of the step-by-step charging factor provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The complex charging factor shown in Table 9 includes a serialization that can uniquely identify each step-by-step charging factor. Eigenvalues.

Table 9

Exemplarily, it is assumed that the service charging device determines that the charging factors of the current service include: precise charging factor, complex charging factor, and stepped charging factor; wherein, the precise charging factor includes: voice service, long distance, out-of-network and Tariff combination (P4+P5+P6+P7); complex charging factors include: directional calls; stepped charging factors include: tiered tariffs.

In this way, the service charging device can determine that the serialized characteristic values of the precise charging factor in the charging factors of the current service are respectively: Key 11, Key 22, Key 32 and Key 4n; the serialized characteristic values of the complex charging factor are respectively is: Key53; the serialized eigenvalues of the step-by-step billing factor are: Key 71.

Exemplarily, as shown in Table 10, it is an example of a historical charging result provided by the embodiment of the present invention:

Table 10

S208. If there is a fourth charging result, use the fourth charging result, charge the current service according to the service usage information of the current service, and the fourth charging result is the third charging result that matches the step charging factor The charging result to obtain the charging result of the current service.

Further, if there is no fourth charging result, S206 may continue to be performed.

With reference to the above example, if the service charging device determines that the serialized characteristic values of the charging factor of the current service are respectively: Key 11, Key 22, Key 32 and Key 42, Key 53 and Key 71; The fourth charging result obtained by matching the charging results may include charging result 1 (corresponding to Key 11), charging result 5 (corresponding to Key 22), and charging result 7 (corresponding to Key 22) as shown in Table 8. Key 32), charging result 9 (corresponding to Key 42), charging result 12 (corresponding to Key 53), and charging result 14 (corresponding to Key 71).

It is conceivable that, after matching and obtaining the above-mentioned charging result 1, charging result 5, charging result 7, charging result 9, charging result 12 and charging result 14, the service charging device can calculate the charging result according to the current service. The service usage information obtained by directly multiplexing and matching the charging result is used to charge the current service.

Further, the charging results that have a corresponding relationship with the charging factors included in the historical charging results in the embodiment of the present invention (such as charging results 1-14 shown in Table 9) may include: historical charging formulas and services At least one of the billing results.

The historical charging formula is a mathematical formula for charging calculation corresponding to the charging factor obtained by summarizing and summarizing in the historical charging process.

Exemplarily, taking the historical charging results of the above-mentioned tiered charging factors as an example, based on the charging results of the tiered tariffs shown in Table 9, in the tiered tariffs shown in Table 9, the voice tariffs can be divided according to the time ladder. It is three grades: call duration (0, 3] minutes, the tariff is 0.1 yuan/min; call duration (3, 5] minutes, the tariff is 0.08 yuan/min; call duration (5, ∞) minutes, the tariff is 0.08 yuan/min. 0.05 yuan/minute.

In most voice call scenarios, the call duration is more than 5 minutes. Therefore, in order to reduce the amount of calculation in the billing process of voice communication services and improve the billing efficiency, the historical billing results of the above-mentioned tiered tariffs can specifically include: Mathematical formula for charging calculation corresponding to charging factor as shown in Table 11:

Table 11

The service charging result may be the charging amount corresponding to the charging factor obtained by summarizing and summarizing in the historical charging process. For example, if the current service is a data flow package service, then the charging result corresponding to the charging factor of the data flow package service at this time may be the billing amount to be paid for the data flow package (for example, a 10M data flow package The billing amount is 3 yuan).

Preferably, in this embodiment of the present invention, a tree-shaped factor structure as shown in FIG. 8 may also be used to perform matching between the charging factor of the current service and the historical charging result. As shown in FIG. 8 , the service charging apparatus can sequentially use the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor to match the historical charging result.

It is conceivable that, since the step-by-step charging factor is a charging factor whose value range cannot be enumerated, can be converted into the precise charging factor after being regulated by mathematical formulas, and mapped; It is easier to match the historical charging results, that is, the possibility of multiplexing historical charging results for complex charging factors is higher than the possibility of multiplexing historical charging results for stepped charging factors.

In this way, if the billing factors of the current service include precise billing factors, complex billing factors, and stepped billing factors, the precise billing factors, complex billing factors, and stepped billing factors are used in sequence to match the historical billing results, which can improve matching. Likelihood of success and re-use of historical billing results.

The service charging method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can determine the charging factor of the current service from the charging policy subscribed by the user for the current service, and then use the charging factor of the current service to match the historical charging results. If the charging factor matches the historical charging result, the historical charging result can be directly reused to charge the current service, instead of charging each charging policy one by one and step by step. Charging the current service by multiplexing the historical charging results can reduce the amount of calculation in the service charging process, simplify the charging process, and further reduce the consumption of system performance.

Moreover, since the precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result, and the complex charging factor is a charging factor whose operation result after logical operation affects the charging result, the step The billing factor is a billing factor whose value range is not enumerable, and can be converted into the precise billing factor after mapping through mathematical formulas. Therefore, it can be seen that the precise billing factor is easier to match the history than the complex billing factor. The billing result, that is, the precise billing factor is more likely to directly reuse the historical billing result; the complex billing factor is easier to match the historical billing result than the step billing factor, that is, the complex billing factor reuses the history The possibility of charging results is higher than the possibility of multiplexing historical charging results by tiered charging factors.

In this way, when the charging factor of the current service includes the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor, the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor are used in sequence to match the historical charging results, which can improve the efficiency of the charging process. The probability of a successful match and the possibility of reusing historical billing results.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a service charging apparatus, and the service charging apparatus is configured to execute the service charging method provided by the above embodiment. The service charging apparatus may include modules corresponding to the corresponding steps of the service charging method provided in the above embodiment. Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 9 , the service charging apparatus may include: an acquiring unit 21 , a determining unit 22 , a matching unit 23 and a charging unit 24 .

The obtaining unit 21 is configured to obtain service usage information of a current service of a user.

The determining unit 22 is configured to determine the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service, and determine the charging factor of the current service from the tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service.

A matching unit 23, configured to use the charging factor of the current service determined by the determining unit 22 to match a pre-stored historical charging result, where the historical charging result includes the charging factor and exists with the charging factor The billing result of the corresponding relationship.

The charging unit 24 is configured to, if the matching unit 23 determines that there is a historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, use the historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, according to The service usage information of the current service acquired by the acquiring unit 21 is the charging of the current service, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

Further, the charging factor of the current service includes: at least one of a precise charging factor, a complex charging factor, and a step-by-step charging factor.

Wherein, the precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result; the complex charging factor is a charging factor whose operation result after function operation affects the charging result ; The step charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is not enumerable, and can be converted into the precise charging factor after being regulated by mathematical formulas and mapping.

Further, the precise billing factor includes: an exact factor identifier and an exact factor value; the complex billing factor includes: a complex factor identifier, a complex factor function, and a complex factor parameter; the stepped billing factor includes: a stepped factor Flags, Step Factor Function, Step Tariff Flags, and Step Factor Parameters.

Further, the charging result that has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor included in the historical charging result includes at least one of a historical charging formula and a service charging result.

The historical charging formula is a mathematical formula for charging calculation corresponding to the charging factor obtained by summarizing and summarizing in the historical charging process; the service charging result is obtained by summarizing and summarizing in the historical charging process. The billing amount corresponding to the billing factor.

Optionally, in an application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention, the charging factor of the current service includes: the precise charging factor and the complex charging factor.

In this application scenario, the matching unit 23 is specifically used for:

Matching a first charging result by using the precise charging factor, where the first charging result is the historical charging result;

If there is a second charging result, the complex charging factor is used to match the second charging result, and the second charging result is the first charging result that matches the precise charging factor. Billing results.

The charging unit 24 is specifically configured to, if the matching unit 23 determines that there is a third charging result, use the third charging result to charge the current service according to the service usage information of the current service , the third charging result is a charging result matching the complex charging factor in the second charging result, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

Preferably, in another application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention, the charging factor of the current service includes: the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor.

In this application scenario, the matching unit 23 is specifically used for:

Matching a first charging result by using the precise charging factor, where the first charging result is the historical charging result;

If there is a second charging result, the complex charging factor is used to match the second charging result, and the second charging result is the first charging result that matches the precise charging factor. billing result;

If there is a third charging result, the step charging factor is used to match the third charging result, and the third charging result is the second charging result that matches the complex charging factor Billing results.

The charging unit 24 is specifically configured to, if the matching unit 23 determines that there is a fourth charging result, use the fourth charging result to charge the current service according to the service usage information of the current service , the fourth charging result is the charging result matching the step charging factor in the third charging result, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

Preferably, the charging factor of the current service includes a serialized characteristic value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service, and the serialized characteristic value is used to uniquely identify the charging factor.

The historical charging results include charging factors and charging results that have a corresponding relationship with the charging factors, specifically: the historical charging results include serialized feature values to be matched and sequences to be matched. A charging result in which there is a corresponding relationship between the serialized characteristic values, and one of the serialized characteristic values to be matched is used to uniquely identify a charging factor.

Further, the matching unit 23 is specifically configured to use the serialized feature value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service to match the pre-stored serialized feature value to be matched.

Wherein, when the serialization characteristic value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service is equal to a serialization characteristic value to be matched, the charging factor of the current service matches the charging result corresponding to the serialization characteristic value to be matched.

Further, the charging unit 24 is further configured to, if the matching unit 23 determines that there is no historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, use the user to subscribe for the current service respectively. Each tariff policy in the tariff policies is charged for the current service, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10 , the service charging apparatus may further include: a storage unit 25 .

The saving unit 25 is configured to use each tariff policy in the tariff policies subscribed by the user for the current service in the charging unit 24 to charge the current service, so as to obtain the accounting of the current service. After the charging result is obtained, the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service is saved.

Preferably, the saving unit 25 is specifically configured to save the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service if the usage frequency of the charging factor of the current service is higher than a first frequency threshold Correspondence between.

Further, the service charging apparatus may further include: a deletion unit.

A deletion unit, configured to delete the corresponding relationship between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service if the usage frequency of the charging factor of the current service is lower than the second frequency threshold.

It should be noted that, for the detailed description of the service charging apparatus provided in this embodiment, reference may be made to the relevant content in the method embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again in this embodiment.

The service charging device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can determine the charging factor of the current service from the charging policy ordered by the user for the current service, and then use the charging factor of the current service to match the historical charging results. If the charging factor matches the historical charging result, the historical charging result can be directly reused to charge the current service, instead of charging each charging policy one by one and step by step. Charging the current service by multiplexing the historical charging results can reduce the amount of calculation in the service charging process, simplify the charging process, and further reduce the consumption of system performance.

Moreover, since the precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result, and the complex charging factor is a charging factor whose operation result after logical operation affects the charging result, the step The billing factor is a billing factor whose value range is not enumerable, and can be converted into the precise billing factor after mapping through mathematical formulas. Therefore, it can be seen that the precise billing factor is easier to match the history than the complex billing factor. The billing result, that is, the precise billing factor is more likely to directly reuse the historical billing result; the complex billing factor is easier to match the historical billing result than the step billing factor, that is, the complex billing factor reuses the history The possibility of charging results is higher than the possibility of multiplexing historical charging results by tiered charging factors.

In this way, when the charging factor of the current service includes the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor, the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor are used in sequence to match the historical charging results, which can improve the efficiency of the charging process. The probability of a successful match and the possibility of reusing historical billing results.

As shown in FIG. 11 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a service charging device, where the service charging device includes:

one or more processors 30, memory 31, a bus system 32, a transceiver 33, and one or more applications through which the one or more processors, the memory 31 and the transceiver 33 pass 32 connected.

The one or more application programs are stored in the memory 31, and the one or more application programs include instructions, when the processor 30 of the service charging device executes the instructions, the service charging device The service charging method described in the above method embodiment is executed. For a specific service charging method, reference may be made to the relevant descriptions in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

This embodiment further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where one or more programs are stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and the one or more programs include instructions, when the processor 30 of the service charging apparatus When the instruction is executed, the service charging apparatus executes the service charging method shown in any one of FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 .

The one or more processors 30 may be a central processing unit (English: central processing unit, abbreviation: CPU). The one or more processors 30 may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (English: digital signal processing, DSP for short), application specific integrated circuits (English: application specific integrated circuit, ASIC for short), field programmable gates Array (English: field-programmable gate array, FPGA for short) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

The one or more processors 30 may be dedicated processors, and the dedicated processors may include at least one of an NFC processing chip, a baseband processing chip, a radio frequency processing chip, and the like. Further, the dedicated processor may also include a chip with other dedicated processing functions of the portable electronic device.

The memory 31 may include a volatile memory (English: volatile memory), such as random-access memory (English: random-access memory, abbreviation: RAM); the memory 31 may also include a non-volatile memory (English: non-volatile memory), such as read-only memory (English: read-only memory, abbreviation: ROM), flash memory (English: flash memory), hard disk (English: hard disk drive, abbreviation: HDD) or solid-state drive (English: hard disk drive, abbreviation: HDD) : solid-state drive, abbreviation: SSD); the storage 31 may also include a combination of the above-mentioned types of storage.

The bus system 32 may include a data bus, a power bus, a control bus, a signal status bus, and the like. In this embodiment, for the sake of clarity, various buses are illustrated as a bus system 32 in FIG. 11 .

The transceiver 33 may specifically be a transceiver on a portable electronic device. The transceiver may be a wireless transceiver. For example, the wireless transceiver may be an antenna of a portable electronic device, or the like. The one or more processors 30 send and receive data to and from other devices or databases (eg, user databases) through the transceiver 33 .

It should be noted that, for the detailed description of the service charging apparatus provided in this embodiment, reference may be made to the relevant content in the method embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again in this embodiment.

The service charging device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can determine the charging factor of the current service from the charging policy ordered by the user for the current service, and then use the charging factor of the current service to match the historical charging results. If the charging factor matches the historical charging result, the historical charging result can be directly reused to charge the current service, instead of charging each charging policy one by one and step by step. Charging the current service by multiplexing the historical charging results can reduce the amount of calculation in the service charging process, simplify the charging process, and further reduce the consumption of system performance.

Moreover, since the precise charging factor is a charging factor whose value range is limited and whose value directly affects the charging result, and the complex charging factor is a charging factor whose operation result after logical operation affects the charging result, the step The billing factor is a billing factor whose value range is not enumerable, and can be converted into the precise billing factor after mapping through mathematical formulas. Therefore, it can be seen that the precise billing factor is easier to match the history than the complex billing factor. The billing result, that is, the precise billing factor is more likely to directly reuse the historical billing result; the complex billing factor is easier to match the historical billing result than the step billing factor, that is, the complex billing factor reuses the history The possibility of charging results is higher than the possibility of multiplexing historical charging results by tiered charging factors.

In this way, when the charging factor of the current service includes the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor, the precise charging factor, the complex charging factor, and the stepped charging factor are used in sequence to match the historical charging results, which can improve the efficiency of the charging process. The probability of a successful match and the possibility of reusing historical billing results.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware, and of course can also be implemented by means of hardware, but in many cases the former is a better embodiment . Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention can be embodied in the form of software products in essence or the parts that make contributions to the prior art. The computer software products are stored in a readable storage medium, such as a floppy disk of a computer. , a hard disk or an optical disk, etc., including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present invention.

As will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art, various aspects of the present invention, or possible implementations of various aspects, may be embodied as a system, method or computer program product. Thus, aspects of the present invention, or possible implementations of various aspects, may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, etc.), or a combination of software and These are collectively referred to herein as "circuits," "modules," or "systems." Furthermore, aspects of the present invention, or possible implementations of various aspects, may take the form of a computer program product, which refers to computer readable program code stored on a computer readable medium.

The computer-readable medium may be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium. Computer-readable storage media include, but are not limited to, electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor systems, devices, or devices, or any suitable combination of the foregoing, such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), memory Erase programmable read only memory (EPROM or flash memory), optical fiber, portable read only memory (CD-ROM).

The processor in the computer reads the computer-readable program code stored in the computer-readable medium, so that the processor can perform the functional actions specified in each step or combination of steps in the flowchart; A device that operates the functions specified in each block, or a combination of blocks.

The computer readable program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer, or entirely on the remote computer or server . It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the steps in the flowcharts, or blocks in the block diagrams, may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two steps, or two blocks shown in succession, may in fact be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, provided that these modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include these modifications and variations.

Claims (13)

1. A method for charging for a service, comprising:

acquiring service use information of a current service of a user;

determining a tariff strategy ordered by the user for the current service, and determining a charging factor of the current service from the tariff strategy ordered by the user for the current service;

matching a pre-stored historical charging result by using the charging factor of the current service, wherein the historical charging result comprises the charging factor and a charging result which has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor;

if the historical charging result matched with the charging factor of the current service exists, the historical charging result matched with the charging factor of the current service is adopted to charge the current service according to the service use information of the current service so as to obtain the charging result of the current service;

wherein, the charging factor of the current service comprises: at least one of a precision charging factor, a complex charging factor, and a step charging factor; the accurate charging factor is a charging factor which has a limited value range and directly influences the charging result; the complex charging factor is a charging factor of which the charging result is influenced by the operation result after the function operation; the step charging factor is a charging factor which can not be enumerated in a value range, is regulated through a mathematical formula and can be converted into the accurate charging factor after being mapped;

when the charging factor of the current service includes the accurate charging factor and the complex charging factor, matching a pre-stored historical charging result by using the charging factor of the current service, including: matching a first charging result by adopting the accurate charging factor, wherein the first charging result is the historical charging result; if a second charging result exists, matching the second charging result by adopting the complex charging factor, wherein the second charging result is the charging result matched with the accurate charging factor in the first charging result;

if the historical charging result matched with the charging factor of the current service exists, the historical charging result matched with the charging factor of the current service is adopted to charge the current service according to the service use information of the current service so as to obtain the charging result of the current service, and the method comprises the following steps: and if a third charging result exists, charging the current service according to the service use information of the current service by adopting the third charging result, wherein the third charging result is a charging result matched with the complex charging factor in the second charging result so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the precise charging factor comprises: identifying and dereferencing the precision factor;

the complex charging factors include: a complex factor identifier, a complex factor function and a complex factor parameter;

the tiered charging factor comprises: a step factor identification, a step factor function, a step tariff identification and a step factor parameter.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the charging result included in the historical charging result and having a corresponding relationship with the charging factor comprises: at least one of a historical charging formula and a service charging result;

the historical charging formula is a mathematical formula which is obtained by induction and summarization in the historical charging process and is used for charging calculation and corresponding to the charging factor;

and the service charging result is the charging amount corresponding to the charging factor obtained by inductive summarization in the historical charging process.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the charging factor of the current service includes a serialized characteristic value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service, and the serialized characteristic value is used for uniquely identifying the charging factor;

the historical charging result includes a charging factor and a charging result having a corresponding relationship with the charging factor, and specifically includes:

the historical charging results comprise serialized characteristic values to be matched and charging results which have corresponding relations with the serialized characteristic values to be matched, and one serialized characteristic value to be matched is used for uniquely identifying one charging factor.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

if the historical charging result matched with the charging factor of the current service does not exist, each charge strategy in the charge strategies ordered by the user for the current service is adopted to charge the current service so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein after the charging the current service with each tariff policy subscribed by the user for the current service to obtain the charging result of the current service if there is no historical charging result matching the charging factor of the current service, the method further comprises:

and storing the corresponding relation between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service.

7. A service charging apparatus, comprising:

the system comprises an acquisition unit, a processing unit and a processing unit, wherein the acquisition unit is used for acquiring service use information of a current service of a user;

a determining unit, configured to determine a cost policy ordered by the user for the current service, and determine a charging factor of the current service from the cost policy ordered by the user for the current service;

the matching unit is used for matching a pre-stored historical charging result by adopting the charging factor of the current service determined by the determining unit, wherein the historical charging result comprises a charging factor and a charging result which has a corresponding relationship with the charging factor;

the charging unit is used for charging the current service according to the service use information of the current service by adopting the historical charging result matched with the charging factor of the current service if the matching unit determines that the historical charging result matched with the charging factor of the current service exists, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service;

wherein, the charging factor of the current service comprises: at least one of a precision charging factor, a complex charging factor, and a step charging factor; the accurate charging factor is a charging factor which has a limited value range and directly influences the charging result; the complex charging factor is a charging factor of which the charging result is influenced by the operation result after the function operation; the step charging factor is a charging factor which can not be enumerated in a value range, is regulated through a mathematical formula and can be converted into the accurate charging factor after being mapped;

when the charging factor of the current service includes the precise charging factor and the complex charging factor,

the matching unit is specifically configured to: matching a first charging result by adopting the accurate charging factor, wherein the first charging result is the historical charging result; if a second charging result exists, matching the second charging result by adopting the complex charging factor, wherein the second charging result is the charging result matched with the accurate charging factor in the first charging result; the charging unit is specifically configured to: and if the matching unit determines that a third charging result exists, the matching unit charges the current service according to the service use information of the current service by using the third charging result, and the third charging result is a charging result matched with the complex charging factor in the second charging result so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the precise charging factor comprises: identifying and dereferencing the precision factor;

the complex charging factors include: a complex factor identifier, a complex factor function and a complex factor parameter;

the tiered charging factor comprises: a step factor identification, a step factor function, a step tariff identification and a step factor parameter.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the charging result included in the historical charging result and having a corresponding relationship with the charging factor comprises: at least one of a historical charging formula and a service charging result;

the historical charging formula is a mathematical formula which is obtained by induction and summarization in the historical charging process and is used for charging calculation and corresponding to the charging factor;

and the service charging result is the charging amount corresponding to the charging factor obtained by inductive summarization in the historical charging process.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the charging factor of the current service includes a serialized characteristic value corresponding to the charging factor of the current service, and the serialized characteristic value is used to uniquely identify the charging factor;

the historical charging result includes a charging factor and a charging result having a corresponding relationship with the charging factor, and specifically includes:

the historical charging results comprise serialized characteristic values to be matched and charging results which have corresponding relations with the serialized characteristic values to be matched, and one serialized characteristic value to be matched is used for uniquely identifying one charging factor.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the charging unit is further configured to:

if the matching unit determines that no historical charging result matched with the charging factor of the current service exists, each tariff strategy in the tariff strategies ordered by the user for the current service is adopted to charge the current service, so as to obtain the charging result of the current service.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

and the storage unit is used for respectively adopting each charge strategy in the charge strategies ordered by the user for the current service in the charging unit to charge the current service so as to obtain a charging result of the current service, and then storing the corresponding relation between the charging factor of the current service and the charging result of the current service.

13. A service charging apparatus, characterized in that the service charging apparatus comprises:

one or more processors, a memory, a bus system, a transceiver, and one or more applications, the one or more processors, the memory, and the transceiver being coupled via the bus system;

the one or more application programs stored in the memory, the one or more application programs including instructions that, when executed by a processor of the service charging apparatus, cause the service charging apparatus to perform the service charging method of any of claims 1-6.

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