METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING VARIABLE BILLING INFORMATION FOR CONTENT AS A COMMUNICATION SERVICE
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Abstract
In a criterion module, variable billing information for content stored in a storage module in the communications network is formed in accordance with specified criteria. These criteria can be, for example, the age of the content, the distance of the subscriber terminal from the relevant location of location-related content, or the number of subscriber terminals to which the content is transmitted. This variable billing information is then transmitted via a communications module to a billing system. A substantial advantage of the method and the system relates to the fact that the charges for content transmitted via communications networks to subscribers can be billed according to variable criteria in a flexible way.
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21. A method for determining billing information in a communication network, comprising:
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storing content in a memory module in the communication network; determining variable billing information for said content by a criteria module; and reporting said variable billing information to a billing system by a communication module. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for determining billing information in a communication network, comprising:
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a content delivery system for delivering content to a subscriber terminal device via the communication network; a memory module provided in the content delivery system for storing the content; a criteria module for determining variable billing information; and a communication module for reporting the variable billing information to a billing system and delivering the content to a subscriber terminal device via the communication network.
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