Patent · US Expired

Mobile telephone or WLL subscriber terminal with accounting function and method for controlling the same

US6148191A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 12, 1998
Grant dateNov 14, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2215/92
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile telephone with an accounting function enables a user to visually check a call charge through a display unit. The mobile telephone includes a display unit for displaying a call charge according to call charge data, and a controller for calculating the call charge at a predetermined time interval beginning at a time when a call success message is received from a mobile telephone switching office, and providing the call charge data to the display. The mobile telephone includes a memory for storing the call charge, and a keypad with which a user can input charge rate data, wherein the controller stores the charge rate in the memory and calculates the call charge based on the charge rate.

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