Accounting of data transmission costs in a mobile radio/telephone network
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJosef Laumen, Andreas Schmidt, Gunnar Schmidt
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Abstract
A method is provided for the accounting of data transmission costs in a mobile radio network, in particular text and/or image data with or without sound, such that data which is or will be transmitted is assigned at least one cost signal for the costs of sending one or more replies relating to the transmitted data, and that this or these cost signal(s) are transmitted to the recipient(s) of the data.
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A method for accounting of data transmission costs for transmitting multimedia messages in a mobile radio network, the method comprising the steps of:
- assigning data of a multimedia message, which is one of transmitted and to be transmitted, at least one cost signal for costs of sending at least one reply relating to the data of the multimedia message;
- and
- transmitting the at least one cost signal to a recipient of the data;
- wherein at least one cost signal contains information about an assumption of costs, by an original sender of the data, with respect to the at least one reply, the at least one cost signal includes identification information for the data for allowing assignment of at least one reply to the data, and the at least one cost signal is assigned at least one header field of the transmitted data of the multimedia message.
A mobile telecommunication device for accounting of data transmission costs for transmitting multimedia messages in a mobile radio network, comprising:
- parts for assigning data of a multimedia message, which is one of transmitted and to be transmitted, at least one cost signal for costs of sending at least one reply relating to the data of the multimedia message;
- and
- parts for transmitting the at least one cost signal to a recipient of the data;
- wherein the at least one cost signal contains information about an assumption of costs, by an original sender of the data, in respect of the at least one reply, the at least one cost signal includes identification information for the data in order to allow assignment of at least one reply to the data, and the at least one cost signal is assigned at least one header field of the transmitted data of the multimedia message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.