COMMUNICATION NETWORK
First Claim
1. An information transmission management method in a communication network comprising at least one information provider server, a plurality of user terminals for receiving information provided by the information provider server, and an information transmission management system, the information transmission management system comprising at least one computer and at least one memory for managing transmission of information between the information provider server and the user terminals, the method performed by the information transmission management system comprising:
- registering, in the at least one memory, the information provider server with the information transmission management system, along with billing information regarding an information transmission service rendered by the information provider server;
registering, in the at least one memory, at least one user terminal with the information transmission management system, along with user information regarding a user of the at least one user terminal who receives the information transmission service from the information provider server; and
billing, using the at least one computer, a fee related to the user receiving the information transmission service from the information provider server, based on at least one of the billing information and the user information.
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Abstract
When an IP (Information Provider) server is accessed from a mobile station, a gateway server determines whether or not the IP server is to be IP billed. If it is not to be IP billed, then user billing is applied. In this case, the gateway server sends a user management number of the mobile station and the number of exchanged packets to a billing system. The billing system calculates a communication fee in accordance with the number of packets, and issues a bill to the user specified by the user management number. On the other hand, if the accessed IP server is to be IP billed, then IP billing is applied. In this case, the gateway server sends the number of exchanged packets and the address of the accessed IP server to the billing system. The billing system calculates a communication fee in accordance with the number of packets, and issues a bill to the IP.
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32 Claims
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1. An information transmission management method in a communication network comprising at least one information provider server, a plurality of user terminals for receiving information provided by the information provider server, and an information transmission management system, the information transmission management system comprising at least one computer and at least one memory for managing transmission of information between the information provider server and the user terminals, the method performed by the information transmission management system comprising:
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registering, in the at least one memory, the information provider server with the information transmission management system, along with billing information regarding an information transmission service rendered by the information provider server; registering, in the at least one memory, at least one user terminal with the information transmission management system, along with user information regarding a user of the at least one user terminal who receives the information transmission service from the information provider server; and billing, using the at least one computer, a fee related to the user receiving the information transmission service from the information provider server, based on at least one of the billing information and the user information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An information transmission management system, the information transmission management system managing transmission of information between an information provider server in a first network and a plurality of user terminals in a second network, the information transmission management system comprising:
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at least one database comprising registration of billing information regarding an information transmission service rendered by the information provider server and user information regarding a user of at least one user terminal who receives the information transmission service from the information provider server; and billing system in communication with the at least one database for billing a fee related to the user receiving the information transmission service from the information provider server, based on at least one of the billing information and the user information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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