Patent ID: 8112115
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile base station device, which relays communication between portable terminals and a network, comprising: an owner information transmission portion that transmits to said network owner-specific information specifying a user who is an owner of a portable terminal as well as installation position information specifying a specific installation position of the mobile base station device; a terminal-specific information reception portion that receives, from an external device in said network, in response to transmission of said owner-specific information, registered user terminal-specific information specifying portable terminals of said owner and portable terminals of registered users that are registered in association with the owner-specific information in the external device in said network; an information storage portion that stores, in association, said installation position information replicated by said owner information transmission portion and said registered user terminal-specific information; a transmission source information reception portion that receives terminal-specific information specifying one portable terminal and transmission request information indicating a transmission request from said one portable terminal, and receives transmitting position information specifying a specific transmitting position of said one portable terminal, wherein the transmitting position of said one portable terminal is a position of said one portable terminal taken after the installation position of the mobile base station device has been established; a user judgment portion that judges whether the user of said one portable terminal is a registered user, based on said registered user terminal-specific information stored in said information storage portion and on said transmitting user terminal-specific information received by said transmission source information reception portion; a transmitting position judgment portion that judges whether the transmitting position of said one portable terminal is within a prescribed area in the environs of said installation position, based on said installation position information stored in said information storage portion and on said transmitting position information received by said transmission source information reception portion; and a billing information generation portion that generates billing information relating to communication connection at a billing rate different from a normal rate, when the user of said one portable terminal is judged to be a registered user by said user judgment portion, and the transmitting position of said one portable terminal is judged to be within a prescribed area in the environs of the installation position by said transmitting position judgment portion.