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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Uwe Stahl, Leonberg, DE;
Wolfgang Lautenschlager, Weissach-Flacht, DE;
Harald Orlamünder, Ditzingen, DE;
Gerd Siegmund, Stuttgart, DE;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method of charging for the use of an internet service (SERV) by a subscriber of a communications network (KN), plus a service unit (SERV_IN) of this communications network and a service provider unit (SERVU) which furnishes the internet service (SERV). The subscriber accesses the internet service (SERV) by means of a terminal (TE) of the communications network. Establishing a communication connection between the terminal (TE) and the internet (INT) triggers the service unit (SERV_IN) of the communications network (KN). When the internet service (SERV) is accessed via this communication connection, an additional control connection (KOMM) is established between the internet service (SERV) and the service unit (SERV_IN). Fee charging data which identify the fees for the use of the internet service by the subscriber are transmitted to the service unit (SERV_IN) of the communications network (KN) via the control connection (KOMM), and the service unit (SERV_IN) of the communications network (KN) then controls the charging of the fees in the communications network (KN).