CN100403741C - Gate-link and method for authenticating deduction of short-message user - Google Patents

The present invention relates to a gateway and a method for authenticating short message user's fee deduction. The gateway is provided with a storage device and a comparing device, wherein the storage device is mutually connected with the comparing device and is arranged in a short message gateway or is connected with the short message gateway; related service information confirmed by a user is recorded in the storage device; the comparing device can compare service information in fee deduction messages with the related service information in the storage device, if the two kinds of information are consistent, then the short message user's fees can be deducted, otherwise, fees are not deducted. The present invention overcomes the disadvantage that the legitimacy of fee deduction operation is not guaranteed by an effective mechanism when the existing service provider deducts short message user's fees, and provides the short message gateway and the method for authenticating service provider's fee deduction requests; thereby, short message user's legal interest is guaranteed, and the beneficial development and the continuous enlargement of a short message market are promoted.

Gateway and method that the short message user is deducted fees and authenticates

Technical field

The present invention relates to the mobile communication technology field, relate in particular to a kind of short messaging gateway and method that the service provider is deducted fees and authenticates to the short message user.

Background technology

Along with the user who uses Chinese mobile phone increases, short message has become one of the business of frequent use of cellphone subscriber.Except the cellphone subscriber of a large amount of uses to mobile phone user's point-to-point short message service, short message service business from information platform to the mobile phone user is also in fast development, as stock market information, news customization, lottery information, exchange quotations, weather forecast, the download of ringing sound of cell phone picture etc.These business have become a kind of means that users in time obtain information easily.Under the support of numerous service providers (SP), the user can adopt the mode of Short-Message-on-Demand or website customization to obtain a large amount of useful informations, SP also can obtain income by providing to pay information service, so user and SP are very big to the demand of short message service business.

When the user adopted the mobile phone order program service by note, in the message body of editor's short message of mobile phone, input needed the service code of program request, the service code of input SP in " transmissions " number then, transmission note; If send successfully, can receive the information of program request after a while.When adopting the mode of website customization, user's login provides the SP website of short message service, and according to the prompting of the page, registration becomes the user of SP, and registered user's phone number; SP can will confirm that password sends to the user with short message mode, the user confirms at SP with this password, confirmed successfully just can to customize service that SP provides, the user is after the service that customization needs on the page of SP, and SP can send information to user mobile phone according to customization information of user.

Present short message service also is used as small amount payment system by many SP and is used, and in this case, how to ensure well that the fund in the user account is not subjected to invading arbitrarily, and this is the problem that any one payment system all should solve.

Be illustrated in figure 1 as existing SP to the short-message users flow chart of deducting fees, communicate by short messaging gateway (ISMG) between SP and the short message service center (SMSC), so that the cellphone subscriber adopts short message mode and SP two-way communication, receive the information service that SP provides, finish the function of deducting fees accordingly simultaneously.Flow process is as follows:

1, SP submits to short message to ISMG by the internet;

2, the ISMG echo reply is given SP;

3, ISMG sends to withhold and asks IN service control point (SCP);

4, SCP returns to withhold and confirms to give ISMG;

5, the failure if SCP withholds, this flow process finishes; Otherwise ISMG is submitted to SMSC with short message;

6, the SMSC echo reply is given ISMG.

From above-mentioned flow process as can be seen, in the process that SP deducts fees to the user, without any mechanism guarantee deduct fees the operation legitimacy, this has just brought unsafe factor to system, and user benefit is encroached on.

Summary of the invention

Technical problem to be solved by this invention is: overcome existing service provider when the short message user is deducted fees, there is not the deduct fees deficiency of operation validity of effective mechanism guarantee, a kind of short messaging gateway and method that service provider's the request of deducting fees is authenticated is provided, thereby guarantees short message user's legitimate interests.

The present invention solves the problems of the technologies described above the technical scheme that is adopted to be:

This method that the short message user is deducted fees and authenticates may further comprise the steps:

Storage device and comparison means are set, and described storage device and comparison means interconnect, and are located in the short messaging gateway or with short messaging gateway to link to each other the information of the service provider SP that recording user was confirmed in this storage device;

Described comparison means will be deducted fees, and the information of the service provider SP in the business information and storage device compares in the message, if two information conform to, just the short message user is deducted fees; If two information do not meet, just do not deduct fees.

The service related information that described user confirmed comprises the service number of numbering, the SP of service provider (SP), the service charge information of SP.

SP may further comprise the steps the short-message users flow process of deducting fees:

1) SP submits to short message to short messaging gateway ISMG;

2) the ISMG echo reply is given SP;

3) ISMG sends authentication request to storage/comparison means;

4) storage/comparison means returns authentication and confirms to ISMG;

5) as if failed authentication, this flow process finishes; Otherwise short messaging gateway sends to withhold asks IN service control point SCP;

6) the SCP echo reply is given ISMG;

7) failure if SCP withholds, this flow process finishes; Otherwise ISMG is submitted to Short Message Service Center SMSC with message;

8) the SMSC echo reply is given ISMG.

The user can revise the information of the SP that this user confirmed in the storage device by the website that visit links to each other with storage device in the short messaging gateway.

The user also can get in touch by SMS and Short Message Service Center (SMSC), and is mutual by SMSC and ISMG, revises the information of SP in this ISMG storage device.

With the short messaging gateway that said method is deducted fees and authenticated the short message user accordingly, comprise storage device and comparison means, record the information of the service provider SP that the user confirmed in the described storage device; Described comparison means links to each other with storage device, and the information of the service provider SP in business information in the message of deducting fees and the described storage device is compared, and the short message user is deducted fees to be authenticated.

Beneficial effect of the present invention is: the present invention is directed to the machine-processed imperfection of deducting fees on the present message market, user benefit can not get the effectively problem of guarantee, a solution is proposed, by on Networking Platform, effectively authenticating the legitimacy of guaranteeing that the service provider deducts fees to the user, thereby short message user's legitimate interests have been guaranteed, standard message market, can promote the continuous expansion of message market.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 for existing SP to the short-message users flow chart of deducting fees;

Fig. 2 for SP of the present invention to the short-message users flow chart of deducting fees.

Embodiment

With embodiment the present invention is described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings below:

In order to eliminate the hidden danger in the operating process of deducting fees in the original system, the present invention is provided with storage device and comparison means, and described storage device, comparison means and short messaging gateway link to each other or be arranged in the short messaging gateway, to transmit the authentication relevant information.Present embodiment adopts storage device and comparison means is arranged in the short messaging gateway, and short messaging gateway authenticates by storage device and the comparison means message of deducting fees to SP except that having basic gateway function.The information of the SP that confirmed the memory means record user comprises the service number of numbering, the SP of SP, the service charge information of SP and the service whether user has customized this SP etc.In each message of deducting fees that this comparison means proposes SP in the information of SP and the storage device information of SP compare, as if the information conforms of two SP, just deduct fees; If the information of two SP does not meet, just do not deduct fees.

Rate information was appointment in the message that SP sends in the past, after increasing storage/comparison means, owing to store the rate information of SP business in the storage device, therefore need not indicate rate information in the message that SP sends, only need indicate type of service, obtain corresponding rate according to the SPID of SP and type of service (be the numbering of SP and service number) to storage device by short messaging gateway and get final product.

As shown in Figure 2, for after short messaging gateway of the present invention increased this function, SP is to the short-message users flow chart of deducting fees, and flow process is as follows:

1, SP submits to short message to ISMG;

2, the ISMG echo reply is given SP;

3, ISMG sends authentication request to storage/comparison means;

4, storage/comparison means returns authentication and confirms to ISMG;

5, as if failed authentication, this flow process finishes; Otherwise ISMG sends to withhold and asks SCP;

6, the SCP echo reply is given ISMG;

7, the failure if SCP withholds, this flow process finishes; Otherwise ISMG is submitted to SMSC with message;

8, the SMSC echo reply is given ISMG.

Owing to after short messaging gateway is received the message of deducting fees of SP, at first will arrive and carry out authentication in the storage/comparison means that increases newly.Therefore authentication has solved the problem that can't examine the legitimacy of deducting fees effectively by the operation of just deducting fees accordingly afterwards.

For the information that user in the storage device was confirmed is made amendment, the user generally carries out professional increase and decrease or cancellation by the mode of note or website to SP, but so also there is potential safety hazard, for guaranteeing that SP deducts fees to the service stopping of user's cancellation or minimizing, ensure user's legitimate interests, the present invention also can be linked to each other with storage device in the short messaging gateway by the website that operator sets up, the user just can directly increase or reduce the information of the SP that this user confirmed in the storage device by visiting this website, carry out professional customization, and can confirm the charge of SP.

Certainly, the user also can be by mobile phone program request and short message service center (SMSC) contact, the information that comprises SP in the short message that mobile phone sends, increase or reduce the information of SP in the ISMG storage device alternately by short message service center (SMSC) and short messaging gateway (ISMG), thereby increase or reduce SP or its service, carry out professional customization.

The present invention has guaranteed short message user's legitimate interests, standard message market, can promote the benign development of message market and constantly enlarge.