Cost control in a telecommunications system
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1. A method of monitoring the chargeable activities of a user in a mobile telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- monitoring one or more conditions on which charging may be based; and
normalising the or each monitored condition so that the condition(s) can be compared against a standard value and/or used for calculating a charge.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring the chargeable activities of a user in a mobile telecommunications network. The method comprises monitoring one or more conditions on which charging may be based and normalising the or each monitored condition so that the condition(s) can be compared against a standard value and/or used for calculating a charge.
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1. A method of monitoring the chargeable activities of a user in a mobile telecommunications network, the method comprising:
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monitoring one or more conditions on which charging may be based; and
normalising the or each monitored condition so that the condition(s) can be compared against a standard value and/or used for calculating a charge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A node of a mobile telecommunications network which provides in use a serving node for one or more mobile users, the apparatus comprising:
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means for monitoring one or more conditions on which charging may be based; and
means for normalising the or each monitored condition so that the condition(s) can be compared against a standard value and/or used for calculating a charge.
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