Terminal equipment providing payment data in a cellular radio system
US6108531A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M17/00
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cellular radio system includes a unit for controlling payment traffic and a terminal equipment which can be used as a pay telephone in the cellular radio system. The terminal equipment includes a control unit connected directly to the cellular transceiver without a two-wire connection and a collecting means, for controlling collection operations, connected the control unit. The payment traffic is transmitted from the terminal equipment to unit for controlling payment traffic as short data messages over the cellular radio system. The terminal equipment further includes a hands free facility.
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