Method for enabling a combination of several individual products to be identified clearly
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for enabling a combination of several individual products (product bundle) to be identified clearly in order to track said products according to the components thereof for the sale and premiumization thereof when said product bundle is purchased. The product bundle comprises a mobile radio terminal and SIM card. A clear material Number is allocated to the mobile radio terminal and a clear chip card Identification Number (U)ICC-ID is allocated to the SIM chip card. According to the inventive method, the mobile radio terminal and the chip card are combined with each other in an EAN data bank by means of the Material Number of the terminal (optionally IMEI) by means of a European Article Number (EAN) for said product bundle. Combination to form a new product makes it possible to market terminal-specific and/or service-specific packets with mobile radio cards in a package/bundle.
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6. A method for enabling identification of a combination of several individual products, in form of a product bundle, for product-component-dependent tracking of goods and for selling this combination, the combination comprising at least one mobile radio terminal identified by its type and a SIM card which can be uniquely identified by a chip card identification number, ICC-ID or UICC-ID, wherein the type identification of the mobile radio terminal together with the chip card identification number of the SIM card are linked in a database and a European Article Number (EAN) is assigned to the combination as a new product, wherein each combination can be uniquely identified by the chip card identification number of the respective accompanying SIM card, the method including the steps of:
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(a) recording the chip card identification number of the chip card before delivery to a point-of-sale (2) POS, and storing the chip card identification number together with the delivery data and the European Article Number, EAN, of the combination in a central EAN database (5);
(b) recording the chip card identification number of the chip card, the European Article Number, EAN, of the sold combination and the associated contract data when a customer signs the contract at a point-of-sale (2);
(c) transmitting these data from the point-of-sale (2) to a customer administration database (3) and storing to the chip card identification number and the European Article Number, EAN, together with the contract data in this customer administration database;
(d) transmitting these data to the EAN database (5);
reconciling the data from the customer administration database (3) with the data of the EAN database (5) based on the chip card identification number;
(e) providing the chip card identification number, the contract data and the European Article Number, EAN, for individual premium accounting (4) and for goods tracking (6), wherein the data regarding tariff and services for the sale of each combination available at the signing of the contract are added to the data set of the respective combination in the form of an extension of the bundle by an additional service and/or tariff component. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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