Processing transactions
OwnerAnthony Rodrigo, Marco Mistroniinventors
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Abstract
A method of processing details of a mobile communication transaction for reception by a transaction receiving apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: reading transaction information in a mark-up language format; applying a style sheet transformation to the transaction information to transform the transaction information into processed information; and sending the processed information to the transaction receiving apparatus.
Claims13
A method of processing details of a mobile communication transaction for reception by a transaction receiving apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- reading transaction information in a mark-up language format;
- applying a style sheet transformation to the transaction information to transform the transaction information into processed information;
- and
- sending the processed information to the transaction receiving apparatus.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the transaction information comprises an indication of whether the cost of the mobile communication has been previously paid.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the step of applying a style sheet transformation to the transaction information comprises the steps of:
- optionally discarding any parts of the information which are not requested;
- optionally performing calculations on the information;
- optionally manipulating and/or adding attributes of the information;
- formatting the information into a form suitable for reception by the transaction receiving apparatus;
- and
- adding a destination address of the transaction receiving apparatus.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the mark-up language is XML.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the style sheet transformation is XSL.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the processed information is sent over HTTP or GTP′ or another Internet protocol.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the transaction receiving apparatus is a customer care and billing system or an operational support system.
An apparatus for processing details of a mobile communication transaction for reception by a transaction receiving apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a reader for reading transaction information in a mark-up language format;
- a transformer for applying a style sheet transformation to the transaction information to transform the transaction information into processed information;
- and
- a transmitter for sending the processed information to the transaction receiving apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.