KR101070999B1 - System and method for charging intelligent network prepayment services used integrated account of plural subscriber - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for billing by integrating a prepaid billing process for a plurality of subscribers and service types into a single intelligent network prepaid account in a wired or wireless communication system.

According to the present invention, as an integrated billing processing system for intelligent network prepaid service subscribers in wired and wireless communication systems, an intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB integrating a plurality of intelligent network prepaid subscribers and a plurality of service types and managing them as one intelligent network integrated prepaid account ; Receives the billing processing request for the intelligent network prepaid subscriber, and determines the subscriber and service type, extracts the intelligent network integrated prepaid account corresponding to the subscriber and the service type from the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB to process the intelligent network prepaid billing Intelligent network prepaid billing server to perform; And manage the information of the intelligent network prepaid subscribers, perform the intelligent network prepaid service subscription and integrated account registration processing of the subscribers of the communication system, and transfer the information related to the registration, change, and deletion processing of the intelligent network integrated prepaid account to the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB. An intelligent network prepayment processing system using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers including a customer information management server is disclosed.

Intelligent network, prepaid billing, integrated account, multiple subscribers

Description

System and method for charging intelligent network prepayment services used integrated account of plural subscriber}

The present invention relates to a real-time billing processing technology of intelligent network prepaid service in a communication system environment, and more particularly, to a single intelligent network prepaid account representing prepaid billing processing for a plurality of subscribers and service types in a wired / wireless communication system. It relates to a method and system for integrating billing.

In modern communication systems, a mobile communication system capable of wirelessly communicating at any time and anywhere through a mobile communication terminal or a personal portable terminal, and a wired communication system using a public telephone network and a wired network, and the like are widely used. Users who want to use such wired and wireless communication systems subscribe to each communication company or communication system and are provided with a communication service. In this case, a communication fee is paid in return for receiving a communication service, and a fee is calculated by calculating a rate according to the details used within a period for a predetermined period.

In addition, in recent years, a method of paying a communication service fee by a subscriber using a communication service includes various payment methods such as a prepaid bill payment service (prepaid billing) in addition to a postpaid billing method according to a conventional service usage time or data usage amount. It is developed and done.

Among these, the prepaid billing is a form in which a predetermined amount is first deposited to a communication service provider before using the communication service, and the communication service is provided within the deposit amount limit.

In particular, efforts have recently been made to simplify the prepaid billing procedures for data services and supplementary services using intelligent networks and to increase the efficiency of signaling networks.

Republic of Korea Patent No. 509,936 (name of the invention: a system and method for providing a prepaid intelligent network service of multimedia data in a mobile communication network), Republic of Korea Patent No. 476,484 (Name of the invention: an additional type except voice calls and data calls in a mobile communication network Real-time billing system and method for services), Republic of Korea Patent No. 419,148 (name of the invention: prepaid billing service system and method in asynchronous mobile intelligent network), Republic of Korea Patent No. 2001-65410 (name of the invention: mobile communication Incoming billing method for prepaid service subscriber in the system) discloses a prepaid billing procedure using an intelligent network system.

However, the conventional methods as described above were only able to process individual prepaid billing by performing the billing processing and balance deduction processing of the intelligent network prepaid subscriber for one subscriber account. Therefore, there is a system structure that is inconvenient for several subscribers to use the same prepaid account at the same time.

In addition, in a wired / wireless integrated environment, various types of subscribers cannot deduct real-time prepaid billing from one intelligent network prepaid balance account, so the intelligent network prepaid subscribers have to pay separate charges when using various types of services such as mobile phones, internet, and landline. By paying, communication costs are excessively spent, and there is a problem that a user is inconvenient to manage them.

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised to solve this problem, and allows the subscribers using the intelligent network prepaid billing service to perform billing deduction through one integrated prepaid balance account accommodating multiple types and a plurality of subscribers. To provide an intelligent network prepaid billing processing system and method.

In addition, there is another object to provide a single prepaid billing service that integrates wired and wireless communication subscribers by interworking the intelligent network of the mobile communication system and wired communication system.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the practice of the invention. Furthermore, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the appended claims.

In order to achieve the above object, an intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers according to the present invention is an integrated billing processing system for an intelligent network prepaid service subscriber in a wired and wireless communication system. And an intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB for managing a single intelligent network integrated prepaid account by integrating a plurality of service types. Receives the billing processing request for the intelligent network prepaid subscriber, and determines the subscriber and service type, extracts the intelligent network integrated prepaid account corresponding to the subscriber and the service type from the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB to process the intelligent network prepaid billing Intelligent network prepaid billing server to perform; And manage the information of the intelligent network prepaid subscribers, perform the intelligent network prepaid service subscription and integrated account registration processing of the subscribers of the communication system, and transfer the information related to the registration, change, and deletion processing of the intelligent network integrated prepaid account to the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB. Includes; customer information management server.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an integrated billing processing apparatus for an intelligent network prepaid service subscriber in a wired / wireless communication system, comprising: a storage means in which a plurality of intelligent network prepaid subscribers and a plurality of service types are integrated and stored in an intelligent network prepaid account; Billing request receiving means for receiving a billing request according to a call processing for an intelligent network prepaid subscriber; Subscriber discrimination means for discriminating a subscriber and a service type of a call for which billing processing is requested; Integrated account extracting means for extracting an intelligent network integrated prepaid account corresponding to the identified subscriber and service type from the storage means; An intelligent network prepaid billing processing apparatus using the integrated account of a plurality of subscribers is provided, and a billing processing means for performing intelligent network prepaid billing processing for the subscriber and the service based on the extracted integrated account.

According to another aspect of the present invention, as an integrated charging processing method for an intelligent network prepaid service subscriber in an intelligent network prepaid billing node of a wired or wireless communication system, (a) call processing for an intelligent network prepaid subscriber from a call processing node of a communication system Receiving a billing request according to; (b) determining the subscriber and service type of the call for which billing is requested; (c) extracting an intelligent network integrated prepaid account corresponding to the determined subscriber and service type from an intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB that integrates a plurality of intelligent network prepaid subscribers and a plurality of service types and manages them as one intelligent network integrated prepaid account; ; There is provided an intelligent network prepaid billing processing method using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers, including: performing intelligent network prepaid billing for the subscriber and the service based on the extracted intelligent network integrated prepaid account.

According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently charge a prepaid fee through a single unified account for a plurality of subscribers or a plurality of service types that use an intelligent network prepaid service in a communication system, thereby enabling customers to efficiently use a communication fee. It is effective to provide.

In addition, through integrated services linked with wired / wireless communication networks, it is possible to implement call savings or discount products (e.g., family prepaid plans) among subscribers tied to one integrated account to provide more competitive and useful services to consumers. It has an effect.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using the integrated account of multiple subscribers of the present invention registers a plurality of subscribers and a plurality of types of services as one integrated prepaid account according to the subscriber's wishes, and uses the integrated prepaid account when using the intelligent network prepaid service. A billing system that performs balance deduction processing in one consolidated account for all subscribers or all types of services registered in.

To this end, referring to Figure 1, the intelligent network prepaid billing processing system according to the present invention, intelligent network prepaid billing processing server 100 and intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB (150) included in the intelligent network to manage subscribers and provide customer information It includes a customer information management server 200, a call processing server 300 for processing various types of calls, a plurality of mobile communication network 410 and a wired network 420 connected to the call processing server 300.

The intelligent network prepaid billing server 100 is a server device that is provided in the intelligent network system or performs the intelligent network prepaid billing process in conjunction with the intelligent network system. That is, according to the call processing for the intelligent network prepaid subscribers, the prepaid billing processing request is received, and the corresponding prepaid billing processing is performed by analyzing the subscriber and the service type of the subscriber. In this case, the billing process is performed by extracting an integrated account corresponding to the analyzed subscriber and service type from the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB 150 and deducting the balance information of the corresponding account. A more detailed description of the intelligent network prepaid billing server 100 will be described later with reference to other drawings.

The intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB 150 stores the intelligent network integrated prepaid account information in a database. The intelligent network prepaid account has a form in which a plurality of subscribers and service types are accommodated in one account. Of course, only one subscriber or one type of service may correspond to one unified account. That is, the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB 150 includes a plurality of subscribers and a plurality of service types in the corresponding account based on one integrated account key. In addition, prepaid balance information is recorded in each consolidated account.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB implemented in an intelligent network prepaid billing processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB 150 according to the present invention includes a plurality of subscribers according to a plurality of service types in one registered account sheet. As shown in the drawing, the Consolidated Account # 001 sheet stores three mobile numbers for the CDMA service type, two mobile numbers for the WCDMA type, two landline numbers for the PSTN type, and two wired numbers for the IP type. An example is shown where three IP addresses and IDs / passwords are stored. In addition, different sheets of subscriber information and service types are stored in different sheets, that is, integrated accounts # 002 and # 003. Of course, the subscriber information (telephone number, etc.) stored at this time may be subscriber information of different people, or information registered by the same person as multiple subscribers.

In other words, for example, the subscriber's phone number of a member of a family may be stored in the unified account # 001 to be used as a family prepaid plan. It can also be stored at 002 to be used as a service integration prepaid plan.

In FIG. 1, the customer information management server 200 is a server device that manages customer information and performs prepaid fee service subscription, change, and deletion processing of customers. In particular, the customer information management server 200 receives an intelligent network integrated prepaid account from customers and subscribers, and newly registers a configuration within the integrated account for intelligent network prepaid billing processing using the integrated account of multiple subscribers according to the present invention; It plays a role of changing and deleting. In addition, the registration, modification, and deletion of the configuration in the integrated account according to the subscriber's request is delivered to the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB 150 to reflect the changes in the database in real time. In addition, balance changes, such as charging a prepaid balance in a consolidated account, are also transmitted to the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB 150 to reflect the balance change.

The call processing server 300 performs call processing for subscribers in a wired / wireless communication system environment, and requests a billing processing request to the intelligent network prepaid billing processing server 100 when the intelligent network prepaid subscriber calls. Do this.

The call processing server 300 may include servers performing call processing of various communication networks or service types. For example, the call processing service type processed by the call processing server 300 may include a voice call, a video call, an SMS call, an MMS call, a data call, an information call, and the like. In addition, it processes calls originating from various types of communication networks, such as CDMA networks, WCDMA networks, WiBro networks, SoIP networks, IPTV / PC networks, wired telephone (PSTN) networks, and the like.

Here, among the networks listed above, the CDMA network is a network for processing voice, data, SMS, MMS, and information service fee using a mobile phone in a 2G network, and the WCDMA network is a voice, video, A network that processes data, SMS, MMS, IMS, and information service fees. The WiBro network is a network providing data services to mobile Internet subscribers, and the SoIP network is a network providing Internet services through a wired internet network. For example, a wired telephone network is a network for providing a voice call using a wired telephone in a PSTN / ISDN network, and the IPTV / PC network is a network for providing a PC or IPTV service through an internet network.

In addition, the call processing server 300 may be broadly classified into a mobile communication network, a wireless network call processing server, a wired network, and an internet network call processing server. Representative mobile communication network, wireless network call processing server and wired network, Internet network call processing server interlocks with each other and performs a role of integrating and processing various call processing.

The mobile communication network 410 includes a CDMA network, a WCDMA network, an IMS network, an LTE network, and the like, and processes the call processing server 300 for various mobile communication service calls such as voice, video, SMS, and MMS. Provides mobile communication service to subscribers by request. Here, although only CDMA and WCDMA networks are illustrated as mobile communication networks, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various mobile communication network systems such as GSM and CDMA2000 may be adopted as mobile communication networks.

In addition, the wired network 420 and the wireless Internet network 420 includes a wired telephone network, IPTV / PC network, SoIP network, WiBro network, and the like, also voice call, data call, information to the call processing server 300 Provides wired and wireless communication service to subscribers by requesting processing of various communication service calls such as use call.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an intelligent network prepaid billing processing apparatus using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 3, the intelligent network prepaid billing processing apparatus 100 according to the present invention is DB storage module 150, billing request receiving module 110, subscriber identification module 120, integrated account extraction module 130, Prepaid billing processing module 140, wired, wireless intelligent network interworking module 160 and the like.

The DB storage module 150 stores and manages a database in which a plurality of intelligent network prepaid subscribers and a plurality of service types are integrated into the intelligent network integrated prepaid account. That is, the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB 150 or the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB 150 serves as a module for managing. Accordingly, the DB storage module 150 includes the information of the configuration as shown in FIG. 2 and performs a role of searching for, extracting, and providing information according to a request.

The billing request receiving module 110 interworks with various types of call processing nodes to receive a billing request according to a call processing for an intelligent network prepaid subscriber from each node.

The subscriber determination module 120 determines the subscriber and the service type of the call with respect to the charge processing request call received through the charge request receiving module 110. At this time, subscriber identification and service type determination are performed using identification information included in the billing request call or extracted by analyzing the billing request call. For example, the extracted identification information may include a mobile phone number, an IP address, a login ID, a landline phone number, and a private user ID assigned to the corresponding network. Of course, in addition to the unique identification information for specifying the subscriber may be used in various ways.

In addition, since the service type includes information on which service type call is included in the request signal information for billing processing, the service type is extracted and used for service type determination. That is, when a prepaid billing process is requested for a voice call of a CDMA network, the billing request signal information extracts information called a voice call of the CDMA network to determine service type information, and extracts mobile phone number information to a corresponding subscriber. Will be determined.

The integrated account extraction module 130 extracts the integrated prepaid account from the DB storage module 150 based on the subscriber information and the service type information determined by the subscriber determination module 120. In other words, the subscriber information and service type information are entered into the DB to include and extract the corresponding prepaid account.

The prepaid billing module 140 serves to process the requested prepaid billing based on the extracted integrated prepaid account. The prepaid billing module 140 further includes a plurality of call processing units, a billing reservation unit, a standard linkage processing unit, and the like, in addition to a billing unit that performs billing processing based on the integrated prepaid account.

The billing processing unit deducts a communication fee according to the service used by the subscriber from the balance of the extracted integrated prepaid account. That is, a plurality of subscribers can deduct a communication fee with one integrated prepaid account. For example, when a mobile communication voice call is made through a mobile phone and a long distance call is made through a landline phone, billing can be performed with the balance of one integrated prepaid account. As a result, subscribers register mobile and landline numbers in one unified account and prepaid billing, so that they can use the prepaid bill efficiently, make the prepaid service more convenient, and simplify the prepaid bill management. Can be achieved.

Since the plurality of call processing units may include a plurality of subscribers and service types in one integrated prepaid account, a plurality of call processing units are provided with call processing means for simultaneously processing a plurality of billing calls. In addition, the billing reservation unit is provided with a call processing means for reserving the billing processing in case a plurality of billing processing calls occur at the same time can not be processed in real time.

The standard linkage processing unit performs a process of interworking with billing processing standards in various various network systems during prepaid billing processing. In other words, CDMA network interlocks to process voice call processing charge through WIN (Wireless Intelligent Network) standard, and WCDMA network interworks to process voice / video call process charge through CAP (CAMEL Application Protocol) standard, and mobile communication In case of using data call in network, it interlocks to handle real-time charging through Diameter standard. In addition, even when using the portable Internet or wired Internet, interworking is handled through the Diameter standard, and prepaid service real-time charging processing in the PSTN network is interworked to be processed through the INAP standard. In addition, when the billing process by interlocking these various standards, the balance in the single prepaid account will be deducted.

The wired / wireless intelligent network interworking module 160 serves to interwork each intelligent network separated for the integrated intelligent network prepaid service when the wired and wireless intelligent networks are separated, such as a mobile communication system and a wired telephone network.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an intelligent network prepaid billing processing method using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers for each node according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, first, the customer information management server manages the information of the intelligent network prepaid subscribers, and provides the integrated prepaid account DB of the subscriber information and the integrated prepaid account information.

In the integrated prepaid account DB, the integrated account DB is built based on the information provided. The integrated account DB thus constructed may include multiple subscribers or service types in one integrated account. (2)

Next, the customer information management server, if the information of the subscribers is changed according to the request of the subscribers and manages it, and delivers the changed information to the integrated prepaid account DB to reflect in the integrated account DB. In addition, a process is implemented to reflect changes in information related to the integrated prepaid account, such as registration of the integrated prepaid account, membership changes, or deletions in the account, to the integrated prepaid account DB.

In the integrated prepaid account DB, the procedure of updating the latest information is reflected by applying the registered, changed, and deleted information to the established integrated account DB. In this way, the integrated prepaid account DB allows DB management linked with the customer information management server to be immediately received and reflected when customer changes occur. (4)

After the information is established in the integrated prepaid account DB, the call processing server of the communication system performs a call processing for the intelligent network prepaid subscriber. At this time, the call processing server is subject to prepaid call processing performed by all call processing servers of the wired and wireless communication networks.

The call processing server requests a prepaid billing request to the intelligent network prepaid billing server according to the prepaid call processing. In this case, the prepaid billing request signal includes subscriber identification information and service type information for prepaid call processing.

When the prepaid billing server receives the prepaid billing request, a procedure for determining subscriber and service type information is performed by analyzing the information included in the request signal. In this case, a mobile phone number, a landline phone number, an IP address, a login ID, etc. may be used as subscriber identification information.

When the subscriber and the service type are determined in this way, the procedure for requesting the integrated account is performed by inquiring the determined information into the integrated prepaid account DB.

In the integrated prepaid account DB, a procedure for extracting an integrated account including the corresponding subscriber information or corresponding to the subscriber information from the DB is performed according to the inquiry request.

In the integrated prepaid account DB, when the integrated account corresponding to the subscriber who requested the inquiry is extracted, a procedure of providing the extracted integrated account information to the prepaid billing server in response to the inquiry request is performed.

In the prepaid billing processing server, a prepaid billing process is performed according to a request from the call processing server with the integrated account provided as a result of the inquiry request. In other words, the service fee is not deducted from the individual balance of the subscriber, but the service fee is deducted from the balance of the integrated prepaid account in which the subscriber is registered.

As described above, after the billing processing is performed in the integrated account, the prepaid billing processing server proceeds to provide the billing processing result information to the corresponding call processing server and completes the prepaid billing processing.

Although the present invention has been described above by means of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and will be described below by the person skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of the claims.

The following drawings, which are attached to this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the present invention serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention includes matters described in such drawings. It should not be construed as limited to.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB implemented in an intelligent network prepaid billing processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an intelligent network prepaid billing processing apparatus using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of an intelligent network prepaid billing processing method using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers for each node according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: intelligent network prepaid billing server

150: intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB

200: customer information management server

300: call processing server

Claims (13)

An integrated billing processing system for intelligent network prepaid service subscribers in wired and wireless communication systems, An intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB for managing a single intelligent network integrated prepaid account by integrating a plurality of intelligent network prepaid subscribers or a plurality of service types; Receives the charge processing request according to the call processing for the intelligent network prepaid subscriber, determines the subscriber and the service type, extracts the intelligent network integrated prepaid account corresponding to the subscriber and the service type from the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB, intelligent network prepaid billing An intelligent network prepaid billing server that performs the processing; And Manage the information of intelligent network prepaid subscribers, perform the intelligent network prepaid service subscription and intelligent network integrated prepaid account registration processing of the subscribers of the communication system, and the intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB Customer information management server to deliver to; Intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using the integrated account of a plurality of subscribers. The method of claim 1, The intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB includes at least one subscriber or at least one service type together with integrated balance information in one intelligent network integrated prepaid account information. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The intelligent network prepaid billing server, An intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers, further comprising a real time billing reservation means for preparing a plurality of calls and a plurality of call processing means. The method according to claim 1 or 2, An intelligent network using an integrated account of multiple subscribers, comprising: a call processing server performing call processing for an intelligent network prepaid subscriber in a wired and wireless communication system environment and requesting a billing request to the intelligent network prepaid billing server. Prepaid Billing Processing System. The method of claim 4, wherein The call processing server is an intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using an integrated account of a plurality of subscribers, characterized in that the mobile communication network or wireless network call processing server and the wired or Internet network call processing server interworking. The method of claim 5, The intelligent network prepaid billing server, Intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using an integrated account of multiple subscribers, characterized in that the subscriber is identified through a subscriber identifier consisting of a combination of a mobile phone number, an IP address, a login ID, a landline phone number, and a private user ID assigned to the network. . The method of claim 5, The mobile communication network or wireless network call processing server intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using the integrated account of multiple subscribers, characterized in that the call processing node of the CDMA network, WCDMA network, IMS network, LTE network. The method of claim 5, The wired network or the Internet network call processing server, the intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using the integrated account of multiple subscribers, characterized in that the call processing node of the wired telephone network, WiBro network, SoIP network, IPTV / PC network. The method of claim 5, The prepaid service call processing type provided by the call processing server is Intelligent network prepaid billing processing system using an integrated account of multiple subscribers, characterized in that the voice call, video call, SMS call, MMS call, data call, information use call. The method of claim 5, The intelligent network prepaid billing server, Intelligent network prepaid using the integrated account of multiple subscribers according to each call processing type, real-time billing processing using WIN (Wireless Intelligent Network) standard, CAP (CAMEL Application Protocol) standard, Diameter standard, INAP standard Billing processing system. An integrated billing processing device for intelligent network prepaid service subscribers in wired and wireless communication systems, Storage means in which a plurality of intelligent network prepaid subscribers and a plurality of service types are integrated and stored in an intelligent network integrated prepaid account; Billing request receiving means for receiving a billing request according to a call processing for an intelligent network prepaid subscriber; Subscriber discrimination means for discriminating a subscriber and a service type of a call for which billing processing is requested; Integrated account extracting means for extracting an intelligent network integrated prepaid account corresponding to the identified subscriber and service type from the storage means; And An intelligent network prepaid billing processing apparatus using a plurality of subscribers integrated account, including; billing means for performing the intelligent network prepaid billing process for the subscriber and the service based on the extracted integrated account. An integrated billing method for intelligent network prepaid service subscribers in an intelligent network prepaid billing node of wired and wireless communication systems, (a) receiving a charge processing request according to a call processing for the intelligent network prepaid subscriber from the call processing node of the communication system; (b) determining the subscriber and service type of the call for which billing is requested; (c) extracting an intelligent network integrated prepaid account corresponding to the determined subscriber and service type from an intelligent network integrated prepaid account DB that integrates a plurality of intelligent network prepaid subscribers and a plurality of service types and manages them as one intelligent network integrated prepaid account; ; and performing intelligent network prepaid billing for the subscriber and the service based on the extracted intelligent network integrated prepaid account. 13. The method of claim 12, Before step (a) above, Intelligent network integration by receiving information from the registration, change, and deletion processing of the intelligent network integrated prepaid account from the customer information management server that manages the information of the intelligent network prepaid subscribers and performs the subscriber registration and integration account registration process of the intelligent network prepaid service. And storing the prepaid account in a DB.

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