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AssigneeArbooster Limited
InventorNajib Abou Hamzeh
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A method, in the field of communications services, for linking several electronic and information components (including communication network elements, servers, databases and software) to implement a service for, dynamically and selectively, imposing supplementary call charges on behalf of subscribers to the network; whether for self-employed, competent experts, other categories of content provider, or any individuals or organizations receiving communications. Such supplementary tariffs are levied on those calling telephone numbers dynamically and selectively dedicated for this purpose, providing called parties with a way to collect fees for the information they provide to calling parties. The method enables the operating party (a Value added service provider) in partnership with the mobile operator to collect these revenues on behalf of and to share this revenue with, the called subscriber.
A method for enabling communications subscribers to increase the tariff paid by those communicating with them, comprising a system (constituted by a series of electronic components, computers, databases and software) connected to and interfacing with a telecommunications network, comprising an application server to control and give effect to the entire service implementation for the network operator, a billing server to capture and bill the user-determined increase in the tariff, a publisher server that receives information from the application server and generates reports for users at intervals and with a scope determined by subscribers, a log database server that communicates with the publisher server to read all user requests and all changes sent from the application server and stores an accurate and comprehensive record of the same
A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable software instructions embodied therein, wherein the computer readable software instructions comprise:
A method of linking a range of communication equipment with computers and electronic and information media, software and programs in a specific way to give effect to a means for end-user subscribers of the network operator's services to determine the tariffs charged to in-bound callers to their subscriber number
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.