Transaction-based service billing in a telecommunication system
First Claim
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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Abstract
A WAP Charging Gateway, and a method and system, for arranging transaction-based billing for WAP services in a telecommunication system that includes a telecommunication network, a terminal device connected to the telecommunication network and used for accessing WAP services, a WAP Gateway connected to the telecommunication network, a content provider of WAP services connected to the WAP Gateway, a billing log file, a transaction manager for recording transactions associated with billable services and generated from different WAP protocol levels in the billing log file, and reading devices for reading the billing log file. Transactions associated with billable services, generated from different WAP protocol levels, are written to the billing log file and are read from the billing log file (LOG). The transactions in the billing log file are converted into a readable form. First rules are applied to the converted transactions to generate and store predefined transaction parameters, and second rules are then applied to the stored transaction parameters for generating chargeable transactions therefrom.
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18 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for providing transaction-based billing for WAP services, comprising the steps of:
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writing transaction data generated from different WAP protocol levels and associated with billable WAP services to a billing log file;
reading the written transaction data from the billing log file;
converting the read transaction data from the billing log file into an alternate readable form;
applying first rules to the converted transaction data to generate and store predefined transaction parameters based on the converted transaction data; and
applying second rules to the stored transaction parameters to generate chargeable transactions for use in preparing transaction-based bills for the WAP services. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for providing transaction-based billing for WAP services in a telecommunication system that includes a telecommunication network, a terminal device connected to the telecommunication network and operable for using WAP services, a WAP gateway connected to the telecommunication network, a content provider of WAP services connected to the telecommunication network, a billing log file, an event manager operable for writing to the billing log file transaction data generated from different WAP protocol levels and associated with billable transactions, and a reading device for reading the transaction data from the billing log file, said transaction-based billing system comprising:
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a WAP charging gateway;
a converter in said WAP charging gateway for converting the transaction data in the billing log file into a readable form;
first rules for application in said WAP charging gateway against the converted transaction data for generating and storing predefined transaction parameters based on the converted transaction data; and
second rules for application in said WAP charging gateway 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. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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