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Apparatus and method for billing in a wireless communication system

US6256504A · kind A · utility

77Cited by
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24Claims
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Filing dateNov 21, 1997
Grant dateJul 3, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2017

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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