Advice of charge for communications services, architectures and methods therefor
First Claim
1. A method in communication application, comprising:
- identifying a communication transaction at the communication application;
transmitting a request from the communication application to a communication server for a cost to conduct the transaction;
receiving from the communication server, in response to the request, a cost offer for the transaction before the communication application conducts the transaction.
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Abstract
Architectures and methods architectures for providing real-time cost information to communications applications, for example for transactions conducted by mobile wireless communications devices before the transaction is conducted. In one embodiment a communication transaction is selected at user equipment (UE) (302), a transaction cost request is communicated (304) from the application is to a communication server (306). In response, the server communicates (308) a firm or estimated cost to the UE. The cost may be based on subscription profile information obtained (312) from a source (314) and/or from information obtained (316) from a content provider (317). In some embodiments, the UE accepts or declines to conduct the transaction based on the cost.
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22 Claims
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1. A method in communication application, comprising:
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identifying a communication transaction at the communication application;
transmitting a request from the communication application to a communication server for a cost to conduct the transaction;
receiving from the communication server, in response to the request, a cost offer for the transaction before the communication application conducts the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method in a mobile wireless communication device, comprising:
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identifying a wireless transaction at the mobile wireless communication device;
transmitting a request from the mobile wireless communication device to a network for a cost to conduct the wireless transaction;
receiving from the network, in response to the request, a cost to conduct the wireless transaction before conducting the wireless transaction. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing wireless transaction cost information to a mobile wireless communication device, comprising:
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receiving a request at a communication serving system for a wireless transaction cost from the mobile wireless communication device;
providing a wireless transaction cost to the mobile wireless communication device, in response to the request, before the wireless mobile communication device conducts the wireless transaction for which the cost is provided. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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