Billing records enhanced by called party names from subscriber phone book
First Claim
1. A cellular communication system comprising:
- a subscriber unit having;
memory comprising a user-updateable callee identity-to-phone-number association table having a callee identity associated with a phone number to be called;
dialing means for dialing the phone number;
means for communicating the identity-to-phone-number association table from the subscriber unit to a billing processor, andthe billing processor comprising;
means for receiving the callee identity-to-phone-number association table from the subscriber unit;
means for generating a billing association table comprising information from the received identity-to-phone-number association table;
means for associating identity information with at least one callee by deriving an identity corresponding to a called phone number from the billing association table; and
means for generating a billing report for the subscriber unit including identity information related to a callee.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a cellular communication system (200), billing processor (223) and method of billing. The communication system includes a subscriber unit (201) having a user updateable identity to phone number association table used for dialling phone numbers based on an identity such as a name. It also includes means (203, 205,219,217) for communicating the table to a billing processor (223) being part of the fixed network. The billing processor (223) comprises means (227) for receiving the table and generating a billing association table containing information from the identity to phone number association table. It furthermore comprises a billing report generator (225) for generating a billing report for the subscriber unit (201) including identity information derived from the billing association table. The invention is applicable to cellular communication systems such as UMTS.
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12 Claims
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1. A cellular communication system comprising:
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a subscriber unit having; memory comprising a user-updateable callee identity-to-phone-number association table having a callee identity associated with a phone number to be called; dialing means for dialing the phone number; means for communicating the identity-to-phone-number association table from the subscriber unit to a billing processor, and the billing processor comprising; means for receiving the callee identity-to-phone-number association table from the subscriber unit; means for generating a billing association table comprising information from the received identity-to-phone-number association table; means for associating identity information with at least one callee by deriving an identity corresponding to a called phone number from the billing association table; and means for generating a billing report for the subscriber unit including identity information related to a callee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of billing in a cellular communication system including a subscriber unit having an user-updateable identity-to-phone-number association table having an identity associated with a phone number to be called and dialing means for dialing the phone number;
- the method comprising the steps of
receiving the callee identity-to-phone-number association table from the subscriber unit; generating a billing association table comprising information from the received identity to phone number association table; associating identity information with at least one callee by deriving an identity corresponding to a called phone number from the billing association table; and generating a billing report for the subscriber unit including identity information related to a callee. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
- the method comprising the steps of
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10. A billing processor for a cellular communication system including
at least one subscriber unit having a user updateable callee identity-to-phone-number association table having a callee identity associated with a phone number to be called and dialing means for dialing the phone number; - the billing processor comprising;
means for receiving the callee identity-to-phone-number association table from the subscriber unit; means for generating a billing association table comprising information from the received identity-to-phone-number association table means for associating identity information with at least one callee by deriving an identity corresponding to a called phone number from the billing association table; means for generating a billing report for the subscriber unit including identity information related to a callee. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
- the billing processor comprising;
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