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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Jukka Wallenius, Helsinki, FI;
Nokia Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method and system for charging a subscriber ( ) in a telecommunications network comprising nodes ( and ) connected to a mediator unit ( ), whereby a billing unit ( ) comprising the subscriber's ( ) charging data can be located outside the network used, preferably in the subscriber's ( ) home network, in a subscriber identity module (SIM) or behind an open service architecture (OSA) associated with the network, the method comprising the following steps of: noting in the nodes ( and ) the event data related to the services used by the subscriber ( ) and reporting the event data to the mediator unit ( ), the event data being converted substantially in real time in the mediator unit ( ) by applying the network charging algorithms to provide a charging data format understandable to the billing unit ( ), expressed preferably as an amount of money spent or as charging pulses, for the updating of the subscriber's ( ) charging data between the mediator unit ( ) and the billing unit ( ).