Charging in communication systems

A technology of communication system and charging function, which is applied in the direction of telephone communication, selection device of multiplexing system, prepaid telephone system, etc., and can solve the problem that two or more charging parts cannot be calculated independently at the same time

Inactive Publication Date: 2003-11-26
NOKIA CORP
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However, the present inventors have found that the controller of the originating network cannot simultaneously and independently calculate two or more charging parts within the same originating state model

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[0025] Referring to Figure 1, there is shown a communication system comprising two different networks 1, 2 within which embodiments of the invention may be used. More particularly, Fig. 1 shows a PSTN network 1, a PLMN network 2 and a gateway device 3 between said two networks. A terminal 5 subscribing to PSTN 1 is shown having a fixed line connection to PSTN system 1 . The mobile terminal 6 is able to communicate with the base station 7 of the PLMN system 2 via a wireless connection.

[0026] It should be understood that although the following embodiments describe the elements and functions of a GSM PLMN system and a conventional PSTN, the present invention is also applicable to any other applicable standards and communication systems. For example, without limitation, the connection may originate from and / or terminate within a third generation communication system, such as UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System ) or iphone or IMT 2000 (International Mobile Telecom...

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The present invention relates to charging of communications using chargeable resources of a first communication system and a second communication system wherein at least one of said communication systems provides wireless communication services. In accordance with the method, after a set-up procedure for communications initiated a first procedure for obtaining a first charging component is triggered, the first charging component being associated with the first communication system and determined based on a first charging model. If required, a second procedure for obtaining a second charging component is also triggered, the second charging component being associated with the second communication system and determined based on a second charging model. Information associated with the communications in the first and second communication systems is processed simultaneously to obtain the respective first and second charging components. The first and second charging components are combined to obtain a total charge. A prepaid balance is then decreased during the communications based on the total charge.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to billing within a communication system, and more particularly to billing within a communication system enabling prepayment of communication services. Background technique [0002] A communication system may provide users with fixed line connections or wireless connections for communications, such as voice or data communications. An example of a fixed line system is the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). One example of a wireless communication system is a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), another example is a satellite based mobile communication system. Said wireless communication typically takes place via a radio frequency connection between the user's station and at least one network element of the communication system. Communication within the network is normally handled by fixed line connections between different network elements, but this is not required. It is also possible to transmit communications with...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04M15/00H04L12/14H04M17/00H04Q3/00H04W4/24
CPCH04M15/7655H04M15/49H04M15/772H04Q2213/13098H04M15/50H04M2215/7268H04Q3/0029H04M15/55H04M15/773H04M2215/46H04M17/00H04M2215/0184H04Q2213/1313H04M15/90H04M2215/52H04M2215/7263H04M2215/725H04M2215/44H04M15/8083H04M2215/016H04Q1/30
Inventor 凯里·考塔鲁托朱卡·阿霍南
Owner NOKIA CORP
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