US 2002/0160748 A1 · Consolidated billing in a wireless network

Abstract

Consolidated billing in a wireless network is achieved by employing a processing node having storage capabilities for facilitating service creation and/or negotiation, and billing for those services in a wireless network, by associating user information and/or service information with network information. User information, service information, and network information, and their associated billing information, are provided periodically and dynamically into the storage. Using the processing node, user information and/or service information are associated with network information without having to access various network elements located throughout the network, to facilitate service creation and/or negotiation, and billing of services, to thus minimize network processing and network resources.

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A system of billing in a user configurable wireless network, comprising:

a base station controller to establish and maintain communication between a wireless unit and the wireless network;
a home location register in operative communication with the base station controller to support applications and services;
a service data node module in operative communication with the base station controller and the home location register to coordinate the applications and services supported by the home location register;
a user end in operative communication with the service data node, allowing the user to implement service creation and service negotiation without service provider intervention;
and
a billing manager in operative communication with the service data node module, to bill the user based on the user implemented service creation and service negotiation.

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Consolidated billing in a wireless network

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Consolidated billing in a wireless network

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Abstract

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