Method and system for location-dependent billing for services
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1. A method for location-dependent billing for a service being available to a user with a mobile terminal having an identification module, wherein, via a wireless interface of the identification module, a local communication connection is set up to a fixably installed external location tag including a billing rate code with a corresponding wireless interface, the method comprising:
- accessing the external location tag and transmitting the billing rate code from the external location tag to the mobile terminal;
forwarding the billing rate code from the mobile terminal to a central unit of a mobile communication network, in which the mobile terminal is logged;
determining a geographic location identification of the external location tag by evaluation of said billing rate code of the external location tag at the central unit; and
selecting a billing rate for billing for the service available to the user based on the billing rate code of the external location tag at the central unit, wherein the service comprises mobile wireless access to the mobile communication network.
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Abstract
A method for location-dependent billing for a services that are available to a mobile terminal, a local communication connection is set up to a fixably installed external location tag with a corresponding wireless interface between the fixably installed tag and the mobile terminal, the method including the steps of accessing the external location tag and transmitting a billing rate code from the external location tag to the mobile terminal, forwarding the billing rate code from the mobile terminal to a central unit of a mobile communication network, in which the mobile terminal is logged, determining a geographic location identification of the external location tag by evaluation of the billing rate code at the central unit, and selecting a billing rate for billing for the service available to the user based on the billing rate code at the central unit.
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1. A method for location-dependent billing for a service being available to a user with a mobile terminal having an identification module, wherein, via a wireless interface of the identification module, a local communication connection is set up to a fixably installed external location tag including a billing rate code with a corresponding wireless interface, the method comprising:
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accessing the external location tag and transmitting the billing rate code from the external location tag to the mobile terminal; forwarding the billing rate code from the mobile terminal to a central unit of a mobile communication network, in which the mobile terminal is logged; determining a geographic location identification of the external location tag by evaluation of said billing rate code of the external location tag at the central unit; and selecting a billing rate for billing for the service available to the user based on the billing rate code of the external location tag at the central unit, wherein the service comprises mobile wireless access to the mobile communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for location-dependent billing of a service, the system including a mobile terminal including an identification module;
- a fixably installed external location tag including billing rate code and a wireless interface; and
a central unit in communication with the mobile terminal, whereinthe identification module includes a wireless interface for local communication connection to the external location tag to the corresponding wireless interface, and the identification module is configured to access the external location tag and to receive the billing rate code form the external location tag; the mobile terminal configured to forward the billing rate code from the mobile terminal to a central unit of a mobile communication network, in which the mobile terminal is logged; the central unit is configured to determine a geographic location identification of the external location tag based on the received billing rate code; and the central unit is further configured to bill for the service available to the user in accordance with a billing rate assigned to the billing rate code at a billing unit, wherein the service comprises mobile wireless access to the mobile communication network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- a fixably installed external location tag including billing rate code and a wireless interface; and
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15. A central unit of a mobile communication network, for location-dependent billing of a communication service, the central unit in communication with a mobile terminal that is logged on the mobile communication network, the mobile terminal including an identification module;
- and the mobile terminal being in wireless communication with a fixably installed external location tag, the external location tag including billing rate code, the identification module includes a wireless interface for local communication connection to the external location tag to the corresponding wireless interface, and the identification module is configured to access the external location tag and to receive the billing rate code form the external location tag, wherein
the central unit is configured to receive the billing rate code from the external location tag via the mobile terminal, via the local communication connection and the mobile communication network; the central unit is configured to determine a geographic location identification of the external location tag based on the billing rate code; and the central unit is further configured to bill for the service available to the user in accordance with a billing rate assigned to the billing rate code at a billing unit, wherein the service comprises mobile wireless access to the mobile communication network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- and the mobile terminal being in wireless communication with a fixably installed external location tag, the external location tag including billing rate code, the identification module includes a wireless interface for local communication connection to the external location tag to the corresponding wireless interface, and the identification module is configured to access the external location tag and to receive the billing rate code form the external location tag, wherein
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