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System for subscriber administration in telecommunication network

  • US 6,044,259 A
  • Filed: 05/09/1997
  • Issued: 03/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for subscriber administration in a mobile telephone network having an exchange to which is connected a service switching point SSP of an intelligent network IN, the service switching point providing access from the mobile telephone network to a number of services offered by a service control point SCP of the intelligent network, said system comprising:

  • a service data point SDP associated with the service control point SCP, wherein said service data point SDP comprises a database of subscribers to be managed, and an individual subscriber record which includes at least an A-number of the subscriber;

    subscriber administration logic associated with the service control point SCP, wherein said subscriber administration logic immediately creates in the database a subscriber record for a new subscriber, when the service switching point SSP has routed the call signal of a new subscriber to be managed to the intelligent network, wherein the subscriber record contains additional data including information regarding an account balance, set for the subscriber by an operator;

    means for forwarding charging pulses, generated by the exchange during the call, to the service control point SCP in a manner defined by a monitoring request sent by a service control function SCF, the service control point calculating the charges for the call during the call on the basis of the charging pulses and the charging information about the call given by the service control point SCP, whereby real time charges for the call are known; and

    means for reducing the account balance in real time in accordance with charges incurred during the call only when a speech connection is established with a predetermined B-subscriber number as indicated in the subscriber record.

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