Patent ID: 6456839
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
Apparatus for billing a cordless service to a subscriber having a mobile wireless subscriber station, the apparatus comprising:a server and associated database configured to collect and store subscriber profile data; and a radio base station configured to serve a plurality of said subscribers and to radiate and receive radio frequencies for communication with said mobile wireless subscriber station, the radio base station interfacing to a digital line switch of a public switched telecommunications network, the radio base station being further configured to receive subscriber selection criteria of a first zone and actuate said cordless service in response to receiving a wireless communication from said subscriber from said first zone, said server being configured to collect billing data for billing said cordless service periodically at one flat rate based on said subscriber profile for calls from said first zone regardless of air time used, wherein the digital line switch is either of a local digital line switch and a toll digital line switch.