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US 2003/0114141 A1Published application
Method for location-based billing for mobile communication
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorGero Offer
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Abstract
A method for location-based billing for mobile telecommunication is described in this application. In this context, subscribers communicating on a mobile basis are subject to separate billing within a special billing zone as soon as a network server establishes that the mobile stations belonging to the subscribers are present within this zone at the same time.
Claims12
A method for location-based billing for mobile telecommunication, which comprises:
- registering mobile stations in a cellular mobile radio network formed by base stations and a network server including at least call-processing facilities, facilities for sending/receiving information, and a billing facility;
- recording, forwarding, and transmitting communication information between the mobile stations and/or between the mobile stations and a network server;
- forming a special billing zone by combining a subset of radio cells associated with base stations in the cellular mobile radio network and covering a geographical area;
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- using the billing facility to bill, based on a locally valid tariff for the special billing zone, for communication between ones of the mobile stations temporally concurrently localized within the special billing zone.
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