Generating and providing access and content charges for different services to a user device in a communication system
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving at a user device from a charging entity of an access system access information regarding access charges of the access system;
the user device communicating said access information regarding access charges of the access system to a service provider in a request for a service from the service provider; and
the user device receiving from the service provider cost information comprising a total cost of the service, the total cost being based on a charge for the service from the service provider and on access charges of the access system for accessing the service.
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Abstract
A user device (20) is provided with information relating to a service wherein content is communicated to the user device via an access system provided by a communications network (22). In the method information regarding access charges from a charging entity (26) associated with the access system is provided to a service provider entity (24), where after an indication of total cost of the service covering content charges and the access charges is sent from the service provider entity to the user device. Alternatively, indication of the total costs can be sent directly to the user device from the charging entity.
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33 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving at a user device from a charging entity of an access system access information regarding access charges of the access system; the user device communicating said access information regarding access charges of the access system to a service provider in a request for a service from the service provider; and the user device receiving from the service provider cost information comprising a total cost of the service, the total cost being based on a charge for the service from the service provider and on access charges of the access system for accessing the service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium comprising computer code that when executed is configured to control a processor to perform:
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receiving at a user device from a charging entity of an access system access information regarding access charges of the access system; communicating, by the user device, said access information regarding access charges of the access system to a service provider in a request for a service from the service provider; and the user device receiving from the service provider cost information comprising a total cost of the service, the total cost being based on a charge for the service from the service provider and on access charges of the access system for accessing the service. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; receive from a charging entity of an access system access information regarding access charges of the access system; communicate said access information regarding access charges of the access system to a service provider in a request for a service from the service provider; and receive from the service provider cost information comprising a total cost of the service, the total cost being based on a charge for the service from the service provider and on access charges from the access system for accessing the service. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; receive from a user device access information regarding access charges of an access system for communication of a service provided by a service provider entity in a request via an access system of a communications network for the service from the service provider entity; and transmit to the user device cost information comprising a total charge for the service, the total charge being based on access charges from the access system for accessing the service and a charge for the service requested of the service provider entity. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method, comprising:
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providing a user device with charge information regarding a service; receiving from the user device access information regarding access charges of an access system in a request to access the service; processing said information regarding the access charges of the access system and said information regarding the service charges; providing, to the user device, the total cost charge of the service, the total cost being based on the charge regarding the service, and on access charges of the access system to access the service. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium that when executed controls a processor to perform:
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providing a user device with charge information regarding a service; receiving in a request for the service from the user device access information regarding access charges of an access system for communication of the service; and processing said information regarding the access charges of the access system and said charge information regarding the service to determine a total cost charge of the service; and presenting on a user interface of the user device the total cost charge of the service enabling a user to accept or not accept the service, the total cost being based on charges for the service and on access charges of the access system for accessing the service.
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