Charging apparatus, method, system, and non-transitory medium
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsShintaro Nakano, Satoru Ishii, Hideo Hasegawa
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Abstract
User identification information for identifying a user of a first terminal connecting to a communication network of a virtual communication operator via a communication network of a first communication operator is specified, and, based on the user identification information, charging for communication of the first terminal and charging for a service that the virtual communication operator is enabled to provide to the user identified by the user identification information are managed.
Claims7
A charging management apparatus connected to a virtualized mobile network operated by a mobile virtual network operator, the virtualized mobile network enabled to communicatively connect to a first mobile network operated by a first mobile network operator and a second mobile network operated by a second mobile network operator, the charging management apparatus comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- identify a user of a terminal connected to the virtualized mobile network via the first mobile network or the second mobile network,
- wherein one or more terminals of the user subscribing to the virtualized mobile network each include a first SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card for the first mobile network of the first mobile network operator or a second SIM card for the second mobile network of the second mobile network operator;
- manage a first charging fee of the one or more terminals of the user for usage of the first mobile network and a second charging fee of the one or more terminals of the user for usage of the second mobile network;
- and
- add the first charging fee and the second charging fee to charge the user with an added result.
A charging management method comprising:
- identifying a user of a terminal connected to a virtualized mobile network, operated by a mobile virtual network operator,
- wherein the virtualized mobile network is enabled to communicatively connect to a first mobile network operated by a first mobile network operator and a second mobile network operated by a second mobile network operator,
- wherein one or more terminals of the user subscribing to the virtualized mobile network each include a first SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card for the first mobile network of the first mobile network operator or a second SIM card for the second mobile network of the second mobile network operator, and
- wherein the one or more terminals of the user connect to the virtualized mobile network via the first mobile network or the second mobile network;
- managing a first charging fee of the one or more terminals of the user for usage of the first mobile network and a second charging fee of the one or more terminals of the user for usage of the second mobile network;
- and
- adding the first charging fee and the second charging fee to charge the user with an added result.
A charging management apparatus comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- identify a user of a terminal connected to a virtualized mobile network operated by a mobile virtual network operator,
- wherein the terminal is connected to the virtualized mobile network via a first mobile network operated by a first mobile network operator, or via a second mobile network operated by a second mobile network operator,
- wherein the virtualized mobile network is configured to communicatively connect to the first mobile network and the second mobile network, and
- wherein one or more terminals of the user each comprise:
- a first SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card configured for the first mobile network;
- or
- a second SIM card configured for the second mobile network;
- manage a first charging fee of the one or more terminals for usage of the first mobile network;
- manage a second charging fee of the one or more terminals for usage of the second mobile network;
- and
- charge the user an added fee comprising the first charging fee added to the second charging fee.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.