Contract system and communication method for cellular phone
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsKeiko Arima, Toyonori Ashihara
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Abstract
According to the present invention, multiple contract sets, which are selectable by the user of the cellular phone and which each include a phone number, an available service, a payment method and a payer as contract clauses, are registered in the single cellular phone as contracts for the respective multiple phone numbers; and the cellular phone communication system manages communications for every contract sets according to the contract clauses defined in the respective contract sets and charges rates separately for the respective contract sets.
Claims10
A contract system for a cellular phone in a cellular phone communication system which allows multiple phone numbers to be registered in a single cellular phone,
- wherein multiple contract sets, which are selectable by the user of the cellular phone and which each include a phone number, an available service, a payment method and a payer as contract clauses, are registered in the single cellular phone as contracts for the respective multiple phone numbers;
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- wherein the cellular phone communication system manages communications for every contract sets according to the contract clauses defined in the respective contract sets and charges rates separately for the respective contract sets.
A communication method for a cellular phone in a cellular phone communication system which allows multiple phone numbers to be registered in a single cellular phone, the method comprising the steps of:
- registering multiple contract sets, which are selectable by the user and which each include a phone number, an available service, a payment method and a payer as contract clauses, in the single cellular phone as contracts for the respective multiple phone numbers;
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- registering multiple contract sets having items corresponding to the contract clauses of the contract sets in a charging system of a switching network,
- wherein the cellular phone transmits a message according to the contract clauses defined in the contract set selected by the user of the cellular phone, and
- upon receiving the message from the cellular phone, the switching network manages communication designated in the contract set relative to the communication, and the charging system calculates rates for the respective contract sets and charging the rates separately for the respective contracts sets according to the payment methods and the payers defined in the contract sets.
9 A communication method according to claim 8, wherein the cellular phone receives an incoming call corresponding to any of the contract sets registered in the cellular phone regardless of the currently selected contract set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.