Method and system for location-dependent billing for services
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a tag with a wireless interface configured to wirelessly provide network-related data to a mobile terminal via a local communication connection, wherein;
the tag is configured to receive the network-related data via a fixed telephone network,the fixed telephone network comprises a plurality of fixed terminals,each fixed terminal of the plurality of fixed terminals is installed in a fixed location,the tag is one of the plurality of fixed terminals,the wirelessly-provided, network-related data allows the mobile terminal to gain access to the a network via a control unit of the network,access to the network comprises payment of an access fee based on a billing rate,the wirelessly-provided, network-related data comprises a billing rate code, andthe billing rate is determined according to an electronic key stored in the control unit of the network and the billing rate code provided by the tag.
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Abstract
A method for location-dependent billing for a services that are available to a mobile terminal, a local communication connection is set up to a fixably installed external location tag with a corresponding wireless interface between the fixably installed tag and the mobile terminal, the method including the steps of accessing the external location tag and transmitting a billing rate code from the external location tag to the mobile terminal, forwarding the billing rate code from the mobile terminal to a central unit of a mobile communication network, in which the mobile terminal is logged, determining a geographic location identification of the external location tag by evaluation of the billing rate code at the central unit, and selecting a billing rate for billing for the service available to the user based on the billing rate code at the central unit.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a tag with a wireless interface configured to wirelessly provide network-related data to a mobile terminal via a local communication connection, wherein; the tag is configured to receive the network-related data via a fixed telephone network, the fixed telephone network comprises a plurality of fixed terminals, each fixed terminal of the plurality of fixed terminals is installed in a fixed location, the tag is one of the plurality of fixed terminals, the wirelessly-provided, network-related data allows the mobile terminal to gain access to the a network via a control unit of the network, access to the network comprises payment of an access fee based on a billing rate, the wirelessly-provided, network-related data comprises a billing rate code, and the billing rate is determined according to an electronic key stored in the control unit of the network and the billing rate code provided by the tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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receiving data related to a network, by a tag, via a fixed telephone network; maintaining, in the tag, the network-related data; wirelessly providing the network-related data from the tag to a mobile terminal via a local communication connection; transmitting the wirelessly-provided, network-related data from the mobile terminal to a control unit of the network; causing payment of an access fee based on the wirelessly-provided, network-related data; and gaining access to the network from the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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