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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Wolfgang Lautenschlager, Weissach-Flacht, DE;
Uwe Stahl, Leonberg, DE;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of providing charge information and to a service control unit (SCP) for carrying out the method. During the establishment of a call from a calling subscriber (A) to a called subscriber (B), the service control unit (SCP) is triggered. From a plurality of network operators (OP,to OP,) to whose tariff model data it has access, the service control unit (SCP) selects one or more network operators that provide a service for the call. Based on the tariff model data of the selected network operator or the selected network operators and on data about the calling and called subscribers (A, B), the service control unit (SCP) calculates a tariff for the call. It sends a signaling message (SM) containing a tariff identification assigned to the tariff to the terminal exchange (SUBSW) of the calling subscriber (A), which then sends charge information (SCP) to the calling subscriber (A) according to the tariff identification received from the service control unit (SCP).