Method to determine charging information in a mobile telecommunications system and a mobile station
AssigneeNokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
InventorMikko Korpela
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Abstract
A method and system to determine charging information in a mobile communications system comprising one or more mobile stations and a mobile telecommunications network wherein the system collects information about the transferred amount of data in a mobile station or in the mobile telecommunications network, which collection can be made separately concerning the transmitted and/or the received data and along with information about the call duration determined in a mobile station. The collection may also include the bearer type and the symmetry of the connection. The transferred data is classified, and the charging information is stored relating to each call or to each class. The information can be displayed to the user on the display of the mobile station.
Claims14
A method for determining charging information in a mobile communications system comprising one or more mobile stations and a mobile telecommunications network, comprising the steps of:
- collecting information about a call in the system, comprising:
- the amount of transferred payload data, and
- the bearer type and the symmetry of the connection, and
- using said information to determine a bill which is proportional to the amount of transferred payload data.
A mobile station which collects charging information for billing a user, wherein the mobile station comprises:
- a transmitter and a receiver for transferring information,
- a payload data counter for counting and providing measurement information about data transferred by the transmitter or the receiver,
- a processor for collecting charging information based on the measurement information provided by the payload data counter, and the bearer type and the symmetry of the connection, and
- a memory for storing the charging information for billing a user and a program of the processor.
A mobile telecommunications system, comprising
- a transmitter and a receiver for transferring information,
- a payload data counter for counting and providing measurement information about data transferred by the transmitter or the receiver,
- a processor for collecting charging information based on the measurement information provided by the payload data counter, and the bearer type and the symmetry of the connection, and
- a memory for storing the charging information for billing and a program of the processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.