Nokia Corporation

Nokia Telecommunications Oy

Nokia Networks Oy

Aki T Korhonen

Heikki Tuunanen

Tuija Helena Hurtta

Zhi-Chun Honkasalo

Martti Tuulos

Ralitsa Gateva

Markus Martin

Antti Pikkusaari

Kati Ahvonen

Mika Kiikkilä

Zheng Li

Markku T Mäkinen

Li Zheng

Mika Kiikkila

Markku T Makinen

Martii Tuulos

The invention is a method and a system for the providing of service to user equipment (UE). A method of providing services to user equipment in accordance with the invention includes providing from a database () to a policy decision entity () subscriber information regarding permitted conditions for the users to obtain the services; providing service information from at least one network or server (), regarding service offered by the at least one network or server to the user equipment, forming policy rules at the policy decision entity based upon the subscriber information and the service information. A requesting user equipment transmits a request for service to the communications network which is processed by the policy decision entity in accordance with the policy rules to determine if the service is to be allowed and if the service is allowed characteristics of the service to be provided to the requesting user equipment and the policy enforcement entity enforces at least one characteristic of an allowed service upon the communication network to insure that the allowed service obtained by the requesting user equipment has the at least one characteristic of the allowed service.

Enhanced QoS control

The present invention relates to a payment system comprising a terminal ( ) for establishing a connection via a mobile communication network to purchase chargeable services or products, a service provider's payment centre ( ) for receiving information on the payment of services or products purchased by a subscriber, and a billing centre ( ) for maintaining subscriber-specific billing data comprising information, required for billing, on the services or products purchased. The payment system further comprises means ( ) for comparing the price of a selected service or product with a limit of a corresponding defined service or product group, and means ( ) for accepting the purchase of the service or product provided the price of the service or product is below or equal to the limit of the corresponding group or rejecting the purchase if the price of the service or product exceeds the limit.

Payment system

A method associated with an intelligent network service, comprising the following steps for detecting a special situation and acting in the special situation in the best possible way: defining for the service at least one special situation which is failed for the service but successful for the switching point, defining an instruction for said at least one special situation, receiving at the detection point a message indicating the existence of the call-related service for which the special situation has been defined, receiving at the switching point a first routing instruction ( ) either from a caller or the control point, checking said first routing instruction ( ), detecting the special situation ( ) if the first routing instruction includes the special situation, and following said instruction in response to the detection of the special situation. Besides the method, the invention also relates to an intelligent network, a service control point and a switching point of an intelligent network.

Special situation in intelligent network during which service provisioning fails but switching point operates successfully

A telecommunication network exchange and method of playing an announcement to a call party in a telephone exchange during connection set-up. The invention is based on the idea of totally separating the detection of the need for an announcement from playing the announcement. The need for the announcement is detected in a conventional manner at a given stage of call set-up. However, the exchange does not play the announcement immediately, but delays playing it up to a later stage of call set-up or up to a later event, if necessary. The announcement may be played, for example, not until collection of additional dialing is definitely terminated, the call is confirmed to be successful, the announcement is confirmed to be necessary/correct, and so on. As a consequence of the delayed playing of the announcement, wrong and unnecessary announcements and the failure of the call are thus avoided.

Method of playing announcements in telecommunication network exchange

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Aki T Korhonen