Cordless telephone with internal debit and credit memory
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1. A cordless phone system for handling a charge authorization, comprising:
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means for providing to a cordless phone a credit balance prior to a usage of said cordless phone,means for receiving from said cordless phone said credit balance stored therein,connection means for allowing said usage of said cordless phone depending on said credit balance,said connection means comprising;
means for transmitting to said cordless phone a request signal requesting account data including said credit balance,means for preventing a call to initiate in case of failure to receive said account data from said cordless phone, andmeans for determining whether said credit balance is sufficient for the type of call to be initiated based on the phone number dialed prior to a usage of said cordless phone to make said call, andmeans for providing debiting information to said cordless phone; and
said cordless phone comprises;
memory means for storing said credit balance,means for transmitting to said base station said account data including said credit balance stored therein in response to said request signal,crediting means for crediting said credit balance when more credit is granted, anddebiting means for debiting said credit balance for said usage of said cordless phone in response to said debiting information to update said credit balance.
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Abstract
A method of handling a charge authorization in a cordless phone (12) is provided wherein a memory (53) in the cordless phone (12) is credited (634) by a value representing a purchased amount prior to a usage of the cordless phone (12). The usage of the cordless phone is allowed (420) depending on that value which is debited (522) during the usage of the cordless phone.
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1. A cordless phone system for handling a charge authorization, comprising:
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a base station comprises; means for providing to a cordless phone a credit balance prior to a usage of said cordless phone, means for receiving from said cordless phone said credit balance stored therein, connection means for allowing said usage of said cordless phone depending on said credit balance, said connection means comprising; means for transmitting to said cordless phone a request signal requesting account data including said credit balance, means for preventing a call to initiate in case of failure to receive said account data from said cordless phone, and means for determining whether said credit balance is sufficient for the type of call to be initiated based on the phone number dialed prior to a usage of said cordless phone to make said call, and means for providing debiting information to said cordless phone; and said cordless phone comprises; memory means for storing said credit balance, means for transmitting to said base station said account data including said credit balance stored therein in response to said request signal, crediting means for crediting said credit balance when more credit is granted, and debiting means for debiting said credit balance for said usage of said cordless phone in response to said debiting information to update said credit balance.
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2. A cordless telephone system, for communication with a telephone network, comprising:
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a base station connected to said telephone network; a cordless telephone coupled to said base station via radio; said cordless telephone including an account memory; said base station including control means for allowing a call from said cordless telephone depending on when said account information in said account memory of said cordless telephone exceeds a predetermined value and when an anti-fraud flag is cleared; means for providing debiting information from said base station for updating said account memory corresponding to said call from said cordless telephone; means for setting said anti-fraud flag before reducing said account information; means for reducing said account in said account memory in dependence on said call to provide replenished account information; means for clearing said anti-fraud flag after reducing said account information; and means for storing an amount of said replenished account information.
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3. A method of handling a charge authorization in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting to a cordless phone a request signal requesting account data in response to a call request by the cordless phone; disallowing initiation of a call in case of failure to receive said account data from said cordless phone; determining a credit balance in a memory of said cordless phone based on said account data received prior to a usage of said cordless phone to make said call; and allowing said usage of said cordless phone depending on said credit balance. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A method for limiting a call charge accrual in a cordless telephone system, comprising the steps of:
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in a base station; determining when a call request from a cordless telephone has been received, transmitting to said cordless phone a request signal for requesting stored account information from said cordless telephone, preventing initiation of a call in case of failure to receive said stored account information from said cordless telephone, processing said stored account information to determine if sufficient credit associated with said cordless telephone is available in order to connect said call request, placing a call, based on said call request, and setting a decrement rate for reducing said credit based on said call, and transmitting decrement information to said cordless telephone; and in said cordless telephone; transmitting said call request to said base station, transmitting said stored information in response to said request signal, and receiving said decrement information. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cordless telephone system, for communication with a telephone network, comprising:
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a base station connected to said telephone network; a cordless telephone coupled to said base station via radio; said cordless telephone including an account memory; said base station including control means for allowing a call from said cordless telephone depending on when account information in said account memory of said cordless telephone exceeds a predetermined value; means for providing debiting information from said base station for updating said account memory corresponding to said call from said cordless telephone; means for setting an anti-fraud flag before reducing said account information; means for reducing said account in said account memory in dependence on said call to provide replenished account information; means for clearing an anti-fraud flag after reducing said account information; and means for storing an amount of said replenished account information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A cordless phone system for handling a charge authorization, comprising:
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memory means for storing a credit balance prior to a usage of said cordless phone; updating means for updating said credit balance; and connection means for allowing said usage of said cordless phone depending on said credit balance; said connection means comprising; means for transmitting to a cordless phone a request signal requesting account data; means for disallowing initiation of a call in case of failure to receive said account data from said cordless phone; and means for determining whether said credit balance in said memory means is acceptable for the type of call to be initiated based on the phone number dialed prior to a usage of said cordless phone to make said call. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A cordless telephone system for communication with a telephone wired network, comprising:
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a base station connected to said telephone wired network; a cordless telephone coupled to said base station via radio; said cordless telephone including an account memory and account data wherein said account data further comprising account information; said base station comprising means for transmitting to said cordless telephone a request signal requesting account data; said cordless telephone comprising means for transmitting said account data to said base station in response to said request signal; said base station comprises means for not allowing a call to initiate in case of failure to receive said account data from said cordless telephone; said base station including control means for allowing said call from said cordless telephone depending on when said account information in said account memory of said cordless telephone exceeds a predetermined value; means for providing debiting information from said base station for updating said account memory corresponding to said call from said cordless telephone; means for reducing said account in said account memory in dependence on said call to provide replenished account information; and means for storing an amount of said replenished account information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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