SYSTEM FOR SCHOOLS MANAGING SMS CREDITS USING MOBILE REVERSE CHARGE TECHNOLOGY
First Claim
1. A method of billing or charging a receiver for a mobile communication being a message, the method including the steps of:
- a receiver electing to receive a message from a telecommunications carrier;
an at least one first party collating information on a subject and constructing a message based on the collated information, the first party having a credit pool;
determining a status of the credit pool of the first party;
determining the status of the receiver according to pre-set schedule;
adding or subtracting a credit to the credit pool in accordance to the status of the receiverthe first party forwarding the message to a premium SMS aggregator to aggregate messages;
the premium SMS aggregator submitting aggregated messages to a telecommunications carrier;
forwarding of the messages to the receiver by the telecommunications carriers network;
the telecommunications carrier registering a charge against the receiver of the messages in relation to a pre-set scale;
the receiver paying the charge direct to the telecommunications carrier;
the telecommunications carrier aggregates a revenue share based on messages sent to receivers; and
paying a percentage of the revenue share to the premium SMS aggregator.
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Abstract
A method of billing or charging a receiver for a mobile communication being message, that allows the receiver to receive messages as part of a service, the receiver being billed directly by the telecommunications carrier who then in turn aggregates a revenue share based on messages sent to receivers, who then in turn pay a percentage of the revenue share to the premium SMS aggregator. The receiver can be of a selected status, which is set to a pre-selected schedule and can receive messages without charge or with a charge. This enables the payment system to be simple and efficient.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of billing or charging a receiver for a mobile communication being a message, the method including the steps of:
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a receiver electing to receive a message from a telecommunications carrier; an at least one first party collating information on a subject and constructing a message based on the collated information, the first party having a credit pool; determining a status of the credit pool of the first party; determining the status of the receiver according to pre-set schedule; adding or subtracting a credit to the credit pool in accordance to the status of the receiver the first party forwarding the message to a premium SMS aggregator to aggregate messages; the premium SMS aggregator submitting aggregated messages to a telecommunications carrier; forwarding of the messages to the receiver by the telecommunications carriers network; the telecommunications carrier registering a charge against the receiver of the messages in relation to a pre-set scale; the receiver paying the charge direct to the telecommunications carrier; the telecommunications carrier aggregates a revenue share based on messages sent to receivers; and paying a percentage of the revenue share to the premium SMS aggregator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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