System and method for creating a page usage record

• US 6,711,246 B1
• Filed: 07/11/2000
• Issued: 03/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Albal, Nandakishore A., Hyziak, Janusz
• Primary Examiner(s): Foster, Roland G
• Application Number:
  US09/613,638
• Time in Patent Office: 1,351 Days
• Field of Search: 379/111, 379/112.01, 379/114.01, 379/114.28, 379/115.01, 379/115.02, 379/116, 379/121.01, 379/121.04, 379/124, 379/126, 379/127.01, 379/133, 379/134, 379/207.02, 379/207.04, 455/405, 455/406, 455/407, 455/79, 455/563, 340/825, 340/825.36, 340/7.2
• US Class Current: 379/126
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/41 Billing record details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure of call data record [CDR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/43 Billing software details
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0164 Billing record, e.g. Call Data Record [CDR], Toll Ticket[TT], Automatic Message Accounting [AMA], Call Line Identifier [CLI], details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/22 Bandwidth or usage-sensitve billing

Abstract

A method of creating a page usage record is provided. An input signal is received. A page usage record is created in response to the input signal. An event jacket is created. The event jacket is associated with the page usage record. A request to send a page is received. A confirmation signal is received after the page has been sent. Finally, a page leg jacket is created. The page leg jacket includes at least one record. The at least one record includes information relating to the page.

Claims

1. A method of creating a page usage record comprising:

authenticating an end user for access to a paging system;

creating a page usage record in response to affirmative authentication of said end user;

creating an event jacket associated with the page usage record comprising an end user identifier, an end user device identifier, an event jacket creation time, and an event jacket creation date;

receiving a command to send a page after creating the page usage record, the page including a text message for display to an end-user;

receiving a confirmation signal after the page has been sent; and

creating a page leg jacket including at least one record, the at least one record comprising a page leg jacket identifier, ia page address, a page trigger, a paging system identifier, a page leg jacket creation time, a page leg jacket creation date, a delivery receipt, and a page content description.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said page trigger further comprises an identifier record corresponding to a page sender and a value record having an indication of whether said page was sent by said end user, by the network, by a second end user, or sent directly to a recipient.

3. A billing system capable of communicating with a plurality of networks using the IS-124 Data Message Handling (DMH standard and further capable of creating a page usage record comprising:

computer readable program code to authenticate an end-user to a paging network;

computer readable program code to create a page usage record in response to affirmative authentication of said end user;

computer readable program code to receive a request to send a page after the page usage record is created, the page including a text message for display to said end user;

computer readable program code to receive a confirmation signal after the page has been sent; and

computer readable program code to create a page leg jacket including at least one record, the at least one record comprising a page leg jacket identifier, a page address, a page trigger, a paging system identifier, a page leg jacket creation time, a page leg jacket creation date, a delivery receipt, and a page content description.

4. The billing system of claim 3 wherein the page trigger further comprises an identifier record corresponding to a page sender and a value record having an indication of whether said page was sent by said end user, by the network, by a second end user, or sent directly to a recipient.

5. A program of creating a page usage record comprising:

computer readable program code to authenticate an end user to a paging network, computer readable program code to create a page usage record in response to affirmative authentication of said end user;

computer readable program code to receive a request to send a page after the page usage record is created, the page including a text message for display to an end-user;

computer readable program code to receive a confirmation signal after the page has been sent; and

computer readable program code to create a page leg jacket including at least one record, the at least one record comprising a page leg jacket identifier, a page address, a page trigger, a paging system identifier, a page leg jacket creation time, a page leg jacket creation date, a delivery receipt, and a page content description.

6. The program of claim 5, wherein the page is a response page and the page leg jacket is a response page leg jacket.

7. A method of creating a page usage record comprising:

creating an event jacket associated with the page usage record wherein said event jacket comprises an end user identifier, an end user device identifier, an event jacket creation time, and an event jacket creation date;

sending a page after creating the page usage record, the page including a text message for display to an end-user; and

creating a page leg jacket comprising a page leg jacket identifier, a page address, a page trigger, a paging system identifier, a page leg jacket creation time, a page leg jacket creation date, a delivery receipt, and a page content description.

8. A method of creating a page usage record comprising:

creating a page usage record;

creating an event jacket associated with the page usage record wherein said event jacket comprises an end user identifier, an end user device identifier, an event jacket creation time, and an event jacket creation date;

receiving a page after creating the page usage record, the page including a text message for display to an end-user; and

creating a page leg jacket comprising a page leg jacket identifier, a page address, a page trigger, a paging system identifier, a page leg jacket creation time, a page leg jacket creation date, a delivery receipt, and a page content description.