Obile communication service charging apparatus and mobile communication service charging method
OwnerRyo Shirai, Takeshi Iitaka +3inventors
InventorsRyo Shirai, Takeshi Iitaka, Masami Oguro, Masayuki Nakanishi, Miho Kikkawa
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Abstract
A mobile communications service control apparatus comprises signal processing means for conducting prescribed signal processing of a packet transmitted from a mobile terminal or preset communications-equipment, information restoring means for restoring information of a layer higher than a transmitted layer of the signal-processed packet, and service providing means for providing a service in accordance with the contents of the restored information.
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A mobile communications service charging apparatus comprising:
- delivery source extraction means for extracting a delivery source from information that is transmitted and received between content delivery equipment and a mobile terminal when content is delivered from the content delivery equipment to the mobile terminal;
- charging rule setting means for setting a charging rule for the delivery of the content based on the delivery source extracted by the delivery source extraction means and/or the contents of the information that is transmitted;
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- charging means for calculating a communication rate for the delivery of the content based on the charging rule set by the charging rule setting means.
A mobile communications service charging method comprising:
- extracting a delivery source from information that is transmitted and received between a content delivery equipment and a mobile terminal when content is delivered from the content delivery equipment to the mobile terminal;
- setting a charging rule based on the extracted delivery source and/or the contents of the information that is transmitted;
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- calculating a communication rate for the delivery of the content based on the charging rule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.