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Apparatus and method for billing in a wireless communication system

US5774802A · kind A · utility

144Cited by
26References
12Claims
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Filing dateApr 10, 1996
Grant dateJun 30, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/32
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method including the steps of receiving a mobile identification number identifying a mobile unit (36), performing a multilateration location measurement based on a nonperiodic signal received from the mobile unit (116), retrieving a location zone from a memory based on the mobile identification number (210), comparing the multilateration location measurement with the location zone, and generating a billing record for the mobile unit (214).

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