Information communication terminal with charging management function

• US 6,353,736 B1
• Filed: 05/10/1999
• Issued: 03/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hiromichi, Ishida
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woldetatios, Yemane
• Application Number:
  US09/307,799
• Time in Patent Office: 1,030 Days
• Field of Search: 455/406, 455/407, 455/408, 455/415, 455/418, 455/414, 340/7.55, 340/5.74, 340/5.42, 340/825.44, 379/114.05
• US Class Current: 455/406
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/227 with call or message storage means

Abstract

An information communication terminal with a charging management function includes a storage section, a message creation section, a pager call number adding section, an output section, and a management section. The storage section receives and stores an incoming message of a radio signal transmitted from a base station. The message creation section edits the contents of the stored incoming message or creates a new message. The pager call number adding section adds the pager call number of the destination to message information edited or created by the message creation section. The output section outputs the message information and the pager call number of the destination as information data through a push-phone. The management section supervises the destination of the information data and performs charging management.

Claims

1. An information communication terminal with a charging management function, comprising:

storage means for receiving and storing an incoming message of a radio signal transmitted from a base station;

message creation means for editing contents of the stored incoming message or creating a new message;

means for adding a pager call number of a destination to message information edited or created by said message creation means;

means for outputting the message information and the pager call number of the destination as information data through a push-phone; and

means for supervising the destination of the information data and performing charging management, wherein said means for performing charge management includes;

means for converting a public line connection into a tone signal;

means for making a charge table correspond to a destination of the tone signal;

means for calculating a call charge value corresponding to the charge table; and

means for performing list management of a history of the calculated value.

2. An information communication terminal with a charging management function, comprising:

storage means for receiving and storing an incoming message of a radio signal transmitted from a base station;

message creation means for editing contents of the stored incoming message or creating a new message;

means for adding a pager call number of a destination to message information edited or created by said message creation means; and

means for outputting the message information and the pager call number of the destination as DTMF signals, and means for performing charge calculation management by using the pager call number of the destination which has been originated by using the DTMF signals,

wherein said means for performing charge calculation/management comprises;

means for updating or changing contents of the charge table;

means for retrieving charge information data corresponding to the pager call number of the destination from the charge table;

means for calculating a charge call value of the charge information data; and

means for performing list management of a history of the calculated value.

3. A terminal according to claim 2, wherein said means for updating and changing the charge table contents comprises means for receiving information from means for receiving table information from a radio channel like the message, and for correcting/editing or rewriting the information.

4. A terminal according to claim 2, wherein said means for updating and changing the charge table contents comprises means for receiving information from means for receiving table information from a wire line interface such as an ISDN, public network, or PC network, and for correcting/editing or rewriting the information.

5. A terminal according to claim 2, wherein said means for updating and changing the charge table contents comprises means for receiving information from means for receiving table information from an IrDA optical communication interface, and correcting/editing or rewriting the information.

6. A terminal according to claim 2, wherein said means for updating and changing the charge table contents comprises means for receiving information from means for receiving table information upon key input operation by an operator, and for correcting/editing or rewriting the information.

7. A terminal according to claim 2, wherein said means for updating and changing the charge table contents comprises means constituted by a combination of a plurality of means for receiving information from means for receiving table information from a radio channel like message, and for correcting/editing or rewriting the information, said means for receiving information from a wire line interface such as an ISDN, public network, or PC network, and for correcting/editing or rewriting the information, said means for receiving information from means for receiving table information from an IrDA optical communication interface, and for correcting/editing or rewriting the information, and said means for receiving information from means for receiving table information upon key input operation by an operator, and for correcting/editing or rewriting the information.