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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2013
Paul Aebi, Munchringen, CH;
Paul Aebi, Munchringen, CH;
Swisscom AG, , CH;
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for location-dependent billing for services that may be available to mobile terminals. A mobile terminal may forwarded to a central unit of a mobile communication network, in which the mobile terminal is logged, a billing rate code that may be obtained from an external location tag. The central unit may select, based on the billing rate code at the external location tag, a billing rate for billing for service(s) available to the user. The mobile terminal may access the external location tag via a local communication connection, which may be set up between the mobile terminal and external location tag, such as using a corresponding wireless interface therebetween.