摘要:
The disclosure discloses a method for controlling a transfer of a subscriber and a Service Control Point (SCP), which relate to the field of mobile communications and are intended to solve the problem arising from allowing a subscriber to perform a transfer operation during a call in a pre-paid service in the prior art. The method for controlling a transfer of a subscriber includes: an SCP receives a transfer request message from a subscriber; after the transfer request message is received by the SCP, the SCP determines a status of the subscriber, and generates a result of the determination; when the result of the determination is that the subscriber is in a call, the SCP performs no transfer; and when the result of the determination is that the subscriber is not in a call, the SCP performs a transfer on a balance of a pre-paid account of the subscriber according to the transfer request message. The disclosure can reduce a loss of an operator.
摘要:
Disclosed is a system and method for enabling personalized shared mobile phone usage within a wireless telecommunications network, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to mobile subscribers who cannot afford a mobile phone handset in the emerging markets. For instance, a prepaid wireless subscriber can be provisioned on a wireless network without the need for a mobile phone handset or SIM but with a personal phone number. The subscriber may access his account and invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code followed by his account number on a borrowed handset to access a personalized menu sent from the system over the network. Key features of the disclosure are the very low cost of entry and the ability for a subscriber to access the system from any GSM MAP2+ handsets without the need for any modification or downloading of applications.
摘要:
A method of reserving credit for a mobile subscriber in respect of an IP multimedia service. The method comprises, following initial registration of the subscriber to the IP Multimedia service but prior to invocation of an IP Multimedia service, using the early session establishment procedure to reserve a credit amount at a charging control node and to notify an IP Multimedia Serving Element of the credit reservation, whereupon, at invocation of said IP multimedia service, the IP Multimedia Serving Element is able to proceed immediately with the session establishment.
摘要:
This invention relates to a communication method for use in a communications system comprising at least one user, said method comprising the steps of establishing a session in which the user is arranged to communicate with at least one entity, using a first charging method for one part of said session and using a second charging method for a different part of said session.
摘要:
A method (100) is disclosed such that when a call is being set up (104) from or to a mobile (or fixed) pre-paid subscriber, a portion of the value in the subscriber's pre-paid account is withdrawn (114, 120) to cover the cost of the call. Preferably, the amount withdrawn (114, 120) is large enough to cover the cost for a call of typical duration (e.g., 4 minutes). At call set up (104), for example, in an Intelligent Network (10), this amount is withdrawn (114, 120) from the account and allocated to the call being set up. If this amount is not completely used up, the remainder is returned (146) to the pre-paid account. If, however, the allocated amount is depleted (124) before the call is completed, a second allocation or withdrawal from the account is requested for that call. If the value left in the account is large enough to cover the second withdrawal request, a second amount is withdrawn (114, 120) and allocated to cover the ongoing call. If needed, additional withdrawals (114, 120) can be made to cover the ongoing call until it is completed. Once the call is completed (142), any remainder of the allocated amount is returned (146) to the pre-paid account. Consequently, a pre-paid subscriber can have a plurality of parallel ongoing calls, and because the amount in the pre-paid account is being monitored (116, 122) and accounted for before or while the calls occur, there is no risk that these calls will not be covered by the amount in the pre-paid account.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and device for charging of data reaching a network element of a communication network during a data session, the data session comprising a plurality of data flows, with each flow being distinguishable by a set of flow parameters. The method includes enforcing a charging policy at the network element to be applied to the data, wherein the charging policy defines charging rules per flow, observing the data reaching the network element and detecting at least one flow of data, matching the detected flow of data to an enforced charging policy, and applying the matching charging policy to the data flow, thereby generating charging information. A method and device is also provided for supplying a network element with a charging policy to be enforced at the network element for charging of data reaching the network element of a communication network during a data session.
摘要:
This invention describes a method for carrying out forced booking of reserved credits for the credit management of prepaid accounts within a multi service telecommunications environment. This method can be used in a multi service telecommunications environment (1), wherein a credit management system (8) is in communicative connection with a number of service provisioning systems (3-7), using a telecommunications network (2) and where at least one user of an account can access the network by both mobile and fixed access means (10, 11, 13), characterized in that the credit management system (8) is arranged for carrying out a forced booking in order to update account balance information.