US 2003/0216147 A1 · Real time charging of delivery and receipt of short message service in a telecommunications network

Abstract

A home Message Center (MC) in a telecommunications network is capable of receiving a short message, the short message being originated by an A-subscriber and destined to a B-subscriber, and determines that prepaid charging is applicable for the short message for at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber. A PrePaid Charging Service Control Point (PPC SCP) is connected to the home MC and is responsible of prepaid accounting for the at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber. The home MC sends to a PPC SCP an indication for notifying the PPC SCP that prepaid charging is applicable for the short message for the at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber, and based on the indication, the PPC SCP charges a prepaid account of the at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber for the short message.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A method for PrePaid Charging of short messages in a telecommunications network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a short message at a home Message Center (MC), the short message being originated by an A-subscriber and destined to a B-subscriber;
determining at the home MC that prepaid charging is applicable for the short message for at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber;
sending from the home MC to a PrePaid Charging Service Control Point (PPC SCP) an indication for notifying the PPC SCP that prepaid charging is applicable for the short message for the at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber;
and
charging at the PPC SCP a prepaid account of the at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber for the short message.

2 more elements

A telecommunications network comprising:

a home Message Center (MC) being capable of receiving a short message, the short message being originated by an A-subscriber and destined to a B-subscriber, and determining that prepaid charging is applicable for the short message for at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber;
a PrePaid Charging Service Control Point (PPC SCP) connected to the home MC, the PPC SCP being responsible of prepaid accounting for the at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber;
wherein the home MC sends to a PPC SCP an indication for notifying the PPC SCP that prepaid charging is applicable for the short message for the at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber, and wherein based on the indication, the PPC SCP charges a prepaid account of the at least one of the A-subscriber and the B-subscriber for the short message.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/326,083Filed 23 Dec 2002

Priority

15 May 2002

Published

20 Nov 2003

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

H04W 4/24
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: accounting or billing
H04M 15/00
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication
H04M 17/00
Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
H04Q 3/005
Provisions for intelligent networking: personal communication services, e.g. provisions for portability of subscriber numbers

Family

Application60/380,267Us provisional application · filed 15 May 2002

Application60/395,644Us provisional application · filed 15 Jul 2002

Application60/403,662Us provisional application · filed 16 Aug 2002

Application60/415,137Us provisional application · filed 2 Oct 2002

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Real time charging of delivery and receipt of short message service in a telecommunications network

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Real time charging of delivery and receipt of short message service in a telecommunications network

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Abstract

Claims21