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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christer Granberg, Stockholm, SE;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/100 ;
Abstract
A control point administers an Advice of Charge (AoC) service provided to mobile subscribers. The control point is informed of each can involving a mobile station that subscribes to the Advice of Charge service. The control point determines one or more AoC parameters for the call and sends them to a switching node currently serving the mobile station. The mobile station receives the AoC parameters from the serving switching node and determines a prospective cost associated with the call and displays that cost to the mobile subscriber. Accumulated costs for that call may also be determined and displayed during the call.