SYSTEM FOR SCHOOLS MANAGING SMS CREDITS USING MOBILE REVERSE CHARGE TECHNOLOGY

• US 20120231762A1
• Filed: 10/20/2010
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MGM Wireless Holdings Pty., Ltd. (SPACETALK Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: MGM Wireless Holdings Pty., Ltd. (SPACETALK Ltd.)
• Inventors: Fortunatow, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,543,086 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/407
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/08 Metering calls to called party , i.e. B-party charged for the communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/09 Third party charged communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/82 Criteria or parameters used for performing billing operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8221 Message based
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/28 SMS billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

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.

Claims

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 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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the collated information is attendance data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiver elects to receive a message from a telecommunications carrier by pre-registering with the information provider.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein message is an SMS.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information provider compiles the collated information into a SMS message prior to forwarding to premium SMS aggregator.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the pre-set schedule is a database containing receivers details the receivers details including a charge discount, said discount being applied to registered charge.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiver'"'"'s details include a charging status.