Method and system for Short Message Service (SMS) rating and billing

Abstract

The Improved Method and System for Short Message Service (SMS) Rating and Billing disclosed herewith presents telecommunications network operators (and related) with the opportunity to rate SMS traffic on its own pre-defined relative value and/or merits, as opposed to the customary peg count or volume based measure. Indeed, the art may be directed towards classifying and rating SMS messages based upon any number of attributes and variables including, inter alia, time-of-day (T-O-D), origination address, destination address, and message content (e.g. text vs. ring-tones).

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