Charging in a telecommunications system
US6345182B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M15/00
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of charging at a mobile switching centre, MSC (5) of a mobile telecommunications network (2) in respect of a call initiated by a mobile terminal (1) registered with the network (2) and terminating outside of the network. At the MSC (5) the call is classified, according to the associated A-number and/or the B-number, as corresponding either to a call for which the MSC (5) is to be the charge determination point or to a call for which the charge determination point is located outside of the mobile telecommunications network (2). In the event that the call belongs to the latter class, the MSC (5) receives tariff information from the external charge determination point (7,9) and calculates charge information on the basis of the received tariff information. In the event that the call belongs to the former class, the MSC (5) disregards any tariff information received from an external charge determination point and calculates charge information on the basis of the mobile telecommunications network's own tariff information.
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