Cellular mobile radio credit card system
First Claim
1. A cellular mobile radio subscriber station equipped to support billing of individual accounts of transient customers for their use of the station and connected facilities comprising:
- a cellular mobile radio subscriber set comprising;
means for generating call signalling signals, supervisory signals, and data message signals;
display means for displaying station status information and station operating instructions; and
a radio transceiver for communicating with a cellular mobile radio system and connected transmission, switching and terminal facilities of the public switched network;
said cellular station further comprising;
means for generating control signals and billing data defining said individual customer accounts;
station control means for controlling said station comprising;
register means for storing said billing data;
first control means responsive to said control signals for generating administrative call request signals;
means for storing the direct dialed calling number of an administrative processor,second control means comprising means responsive to said administrative call request signals for originating, via said mobile radio system, direct dialed administrative calls to an administrative processor identified by said stored calling nuber; and
means for conducting bi-directional data administrative message communication exchanges between said mobile station and an administrative processor called via said mobile radio system; and
third control means responsive to certain of said administrative messages from said administrative processor for selectively enabling and disabling said station for the origination of calls by customers from said station.
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Abstract
Cellular mobile telephone stations which are intended for installation and use in public transportation facilities, e.g., taxicabs, limousines, rental cars, etc. are equipped to support credit card billing of transient customers for use of the station services. The cellular pay stations, from the viewpoint of the serving cellular carrier facilities, are indistinguishable from standard cellular mobile stations.
The activities of the credit card stations are supported by an administrative processor which is connected to a standard telephone line of the public switched telephone network. The cellular stations and the administrative processor exchange data messages over a standard telephone connection. The data messages are used to establish operating options and parameters of the credit card mobile stations, compile records in the administrative processor to permit the assignment of billing responsibility to transient customers for use of the stations and connected facilities, and control the stations for administrative and commercial reasons.
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19 Claims
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1. A cellular mobile radio subscriber station equipped to support billing of individual accounts of transient customers for their use of the station and connected facilities comprising:
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a cellular mobile radio subscriber set comprising;
means for generating call signalling signals, supervisory signals, and data message signals;
display means for displaying station status information and station operating instructions; and
a radio transceiver for communicating with a cellular mobile radio system and connected transmission, switching and terminal facilities of the public switched network;said cellular station further comprising;
means for generating control signals and billing data defining said individual customer accounts;station control means for controlling said station comprising; register means for storing said billing data; first control means responsive to said control signals for generating administrative call request signals; means for storing the direct dialed calling number of an administrative processor, second control means comprising means responsive to said administrative call request signals for originating, via said mobile radio system, direct dialed administrative calls to an administrative processor identified by said stored calling nuber; and
means for conducting bi-directional data administrative message communication exchanges between said mobile station and an administrative processor called via said mobile radio system; andthird control means responsive to certain of said administrative messages from said administrative processor for selectively enabling and disabling said station for the origination of calls by customers from said station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A cellular mobile radio subscriber station in accordance with claim 19 wherein:
- said stations further comprise means responsive to signals from said cellular system for indicating that a station has physically moved outside the serving area of its home cellular system and is in the "roam" state, and said station when in the roam state uses the telephone number of an alternate administrative processor to originate data communication.
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