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Transaction-based service billing in a telecommunication system

  • US 20040002324A1
  • Filed: 09/13/2002
  • Published: 01/01/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A WAP charging gateway for providing transaction-based billing for WAP services from transaction data written to a billing log file in connection with provision of billable WAP services to a user, said gateway comprising:

  • a reader for reading the transaction data from the billing log file;

    a converter for converting the read transaction data from the billing log file into an alternate readable form;

    first rules applyable against the converted transaction data for generating and storing predefined transaction parameters based on the converted transaction data; and

    second rules applyable against the stored transaction parameters for generating, from the stored transaction parameters, chargeable transactions for use in preparing transaction-based bills for the WAP services.

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