Patent ID: 9344582
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A terminal configured to perform communications using a base station, comprising: a communication device configured to acquire temporary billing information stored on an external storage device via a radio communication link with the external storage device, the temporary billing information being configured to be used for billing relating to the communications by the terminal using the base station; and a controller configured to perform a transmission operation to transmit the temporary billing information acquired from the external storage device to a billing device over a network, the billing device being connected to the base station via the network and configured to store original billing information for use in billing relating to the communications that the terminal performs using the base station, wherein the billing device is configured to temporarily switch from the original billing information to the temporary billing information when the temporary billing information is received so as to bill the communications by the terminal via the base station using the temporary billing information.