Processing messages in communication system
First Claim
1. A method of processing messages in a communication system, in which method a message is transmitted from subscriber A'"'"'s subscriber terminal (MSA) to subscriber B'"'"'s subscriber terminal (MSB), characterized by the steps of:
- transmitting information from a third party to subscriber B in connection with said message, and charging the third party for at least part of the charge incurred by transmitting the message and/or at least part of the price of the contents of the message transmitted.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a communication system comprising a sub-scriber A terminal (MSA), a subscriber B terminal (MSB), a message centre (MC) for transmitting a message from subscriber A to subscriber B on the ba-sis of address data included in the message, and a billing database (31) for maintaining subscriber-specific billing data. The system also comprises means for retrieving information from a third party from a database (DB), means for transmitting said information from a third party to subscriber B in connection with a message sent by subscriber A, and means for adding at least part of the charge incurred by transmitting the message and/or at least part of the cost of the contents of the message to the billing database (31) onto the advertiser'"'"'s account.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of processing messages in a communication system, in which method a message is transmitted from subscriber A'"'"'s subscriber terminal (MSA) to subscriber B'"'"'s subscriber terminal (MSB), characterized by the steps of:
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transmitting information from a third party to subscriber B in connection with said message, and charging the third party for at least part of the charge incurred by transmitting the message and/or at least part of the price of the contents of the message transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A communication system comprising a subscriber A terminal (MSA), a subscriber B terminal (MSB), a message centre (MC) for transmitting a message from subscriber A to subscriber B on the basis of address data included in the message, and a billing database (31, 54) for maintaining subscriber-specific billing data, characterized in that the system further comprises
means (53) for retrieving information from a third party from a database (DB), means (52) for transmitting said information from a third party to subscriber B in connection with a message transmitted from subscriber A, and means (52) for adding at least part of the charge incurred by transmitting the message and/or at least part of the price of the contents of the message to the billing databas (31, 54) onto the account of the third party.
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21. A message centre (MC) for transmitting messages from subscriber A to subscriber B in a communication system, characterized in that the message centre (MC) comprises
means (51) for receiving a message from subscriber A, means (52) for checking criteria defined by subscriber B for selecting information from a third party to be transmitted in connection with messages to be received, means (53) for retrieving information from a third party from a database (DB) that is in a data transmission connection with the message centre, according to the criteria defined by subscriber B for information from a third party to be transmitted to him/her, means (52) for transmitting a message and information from a third party in connection with the message to subscriber B on the basis of address data included in the message, means (52) for charging a third party for at least part of the charge incurred by transmitting the message and/or at least a part of the price of the contents of the message transmitted.
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