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METHOD FOR THE LOCATION-DEPENDENT AND/OR DISTANCE-DEPENDENT BILLING OF COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

  • US 20080171531A1
  • Filed: 01/29/2008
  • Published: 07/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for the location-dependent and/or distance-dependent billing of telecommunications services in a mobile communications network comprising multiple radio cells, each radio cell covering a certain service area and being supplied with radio signals by at least one associated base station, the method comprising:

  • allocating to a subscriber of the mobile communications network an individual, guaranteed home zone defining an area around a predefined geographical location;

    defining the guaranteed home zone as a polygon which circumscribes the geographical location; and

    forming an actual home zone with which all radio cells whose service area overlaps with the guaranteed home zone are associated, whereby for simplification the service area of a radio cell is approximated by a polygon which circumscribes the service area; and

    billing at a special rate the telecommunications services used by the subscriber when the subscriber is located in said actual home zone.

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