Method for effecting the preventive and/or current display of transmission costs during the transmission of internet and online data
First Claim
1. A process displaying prior to transmission the transmission costs in the transmission of Internet data or on-line data by a services/information provider to a subscriber, including:
- prior to a pending transfer of data, transferring a protocol element by the services/information provider to the subscriber'"'"'s terminal unit, wherein the protocol element contains an indication of the pending volume of data;
recognizing the protocol element at one or more transit nodes of the telecommunications networks that are involved in the transmission;
supplementing as needed the protocol element by a partial cost based on a transmission through the one or more transit nodes;
wherein the supplementing step is performed by the one or more transit nodes;
evaluating the protocol element at the subscriber'"'"'s terminal unit to determine the value of a pending transmission;
displaying the total of pending transmission costs at the subscriber'"'"'s terminal unit via browser software to the subscriber, saidbrowser software displaying a menu enabling the subscriber to institutes the transmission of the data or refuses the transmission of data based on the total of pending transmission costs.
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Abstract
The present invention suggests the introduction of an additional protocol element for a preventive display of transmission costs in the case of Internet and on-line services, at least for the transmission of larger quantities of data, such as, for example FTP files, sent by the provider, which can, at least, contain the scope of the data in the pending transmission, as well as other price criteria, optionally, which is recognized as such by the nodes (routers) that are involved in the transmission, and which may be expanded by its own proportional transmission prices, such that, ultimately, in the recipient'"'"'s PC, on the browser for example, an evaluation of the protocol element, with a display of the costs, accordingly, appears on the screen, after which the subscriber can institute a transmission or disrupt it and optionally, take additional measures, such as, for example, activating the automatic instigation of the transmission at a later, more favorable time from the standpoint of costs.
In particular, the introduction of the protocol element for all pending transmissions of data, including, for example, HTML pages, makes sense as an option that affords protection against the senseless delivery of large numbers of illustrated pages, especially in cases of rapid Internet access.
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1. A process displaying prior to transmission the transmission costs in the transmission of Internet data or on-line data by a services/information provider to a subscriber, including:
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prior to a pending transfer of data, transferring a protocol element by the services/information provider to the subscriber'"'"'s terminal unit, wherein the protocol element contains an indication of the pending volume of data; recognizing the protocol element at one or more transit nodes of the telecommunications networks that are involved in the transmission; supplementing as needed the protocol element by a partial cost based on a transmission through the one or more transit nodes;
wherein the supplementing step is performed by the one or more transit nodes;evaluating the protocol element at the subscriber'"'"'s terminal unit to determine the value of a pending transmission; displaying the total of pending transmission costs at the subscriber'"'"'s terminal unit via browser software to the subscriber, said browser software displaying a menu enabling the subscriber to institutes the transmission of the data or refuses the transmission of data based on the total of pending transmission costs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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