Credit card-based accounting service system for a network
First Claim
1. A credit card-based accounting service system for a network, comprising:
- network means for interconnecting data terminal equipment in a data communication network, managing services related to customers of said data terminal equipment, controlling connections between cordless mobile terminal units, and providing accounting of the services and connections;
a high-order advanced capability layer comprising a service management unit for managing user-related services and a service control unit for controlling connections between the cordless mobile terminal units and providing accounting;
a low-order transmission layer comprising a plurality of exchanges interconnected over a communication line signalling network and base stations for radio communication with the cordless mobile terminal units;
credit accounting service managing means for storing a credit card member number and a subscriber number of the cordless mobile terminal units as a pair as subscriber registration information in a database when a subscriber registration request for a credit card-based credit accounting service issued from said data terminal equipment is received;
illegal use checking means for checking for one of a presence and an absence of an illegal use of said credit card member number with reference to a list of illegally used credit card member numbers which have been registered by the credit card member number obtained from said subscriber registration information when said credit accounting service managing means receives a subscriber registration request, and for permitting a registration only when use of said credit card member number is not used illegally; and
credit accounting means for retrieving a credit card member number from said database using a subscriber number and outputting credit withdrawal information in response to a connection request issued from said data terminal equipment,wherein said service control unit retrieves a credit card member number from said database using a subscriber number in response to a speech setup request issued from said mobile terminal units, and writes said credit card member number into service switching point speech information residing in said exchange each time speech is communicated;
wherein said service control unit checks a credit card member number retrieved from said database, in response to a speech setup request, to determine whether or not said credit card member number is being used illegally and when it is determined that it has been used illegally, said credit accounting service managing means stores an originator subscriber number, a partner subscriber number, an activation time comprising a year/month/day/hour/minute/second of activation, a cordless mobile terminal ID, and a base station ID which are acquired from said service switching point speech information.
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Abstract
Data terminal equipments placed in a rental company and a mass retailer are interconnected via a data transfer network over an intelligent network for rendering an accounting service. The intelligent network accommodates a credit accounting service manager and a credit accountant. In response to a subscriber registration request for a credit accounting service issued from a data terminal equipment, the credit accounting service manager stores a credit card member number and a subscriber number of a portable telephone as a pair in a database. In response to a call setup request issued from a registered telephone, the credit accountant retrieves a credit card member number from the database using a subscriber number and produces credit withdrawal information.
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1. A credit card-based accounting service system for a network, comprising:
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network means for interconnecting data terminal equipment in a data communication network, managing services related to customers of said data terminal equipment, controlling connections between cordless mobile terminal units, and providing accounting of the services and connections; a high-order advanced capability layer comprising a service management unit for managing user-related services and a service control unit for controlling connections between the cordless mobile terminal units and providing accounting; a low-order transmission layer comprising a plurality of exchanges interconnected over a communication line signalling network and base stations for radio communication with the cordless mobile terminal units; credit accounting service managing means for storing a credit card member number and a subscriber number of the cordless mobile terminal units as a pair as subscriber registration information in a database when a subscriber registration request for a credit card-based credit accounting service issued from said data terminal equipment is received; illegal use checking means for checking for one of a presence and an absence of an illegal use of said credit card member number with reference to a list of illegally used credit card member numbers which have been registered by the credit card member number obtained from said subscriber registration information when said credit accounting service managing means receives a subscriber registration request, and for permitting a registration only when use of said credit card member number is not used illegally; and credit accounting means for retrieving a credit card member number from said database using a subscriber number and outputting credit withdrawal information in response to a connection request issued from said data terminal equipment, wherein said service control unit retrieves a credit card member number from said database using a subscriber number in response to a speech setup request issued from said mobile terminal units, and writes said credit card member number into service switching point speech information residing in said exchange each time speech is communicated; wherein said service control unit checks a credit card member number retrieved from said database, in response to a speech setup request, to determine whether or not said credit card member number is being used illegally and when it is determined that it has been used illegally, said credit accounting service managing means stores an originator subscriber number, a partner subscriber number, an activation time comprising a year/month/day/hour/minute/second of activation, a cordless mobile terminal ID, and a base station ID which are acquired from said service switching point speech information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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