Patent ID: 6543686
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
Identification card for users of a communication terminal in a telecommunications network, which card can be inserted into the communication terminal in a removable way, comprising:data processing means which make possible the storage of data including at least identification data of the user; an integrated time-measuring device, with which a duration and a time of the connections in the telecommunications network carried out with said identification card are measured; and rating means, with which the connection fees are determined based upon the duration of use and time established with the integrated time-measuring device; wherein said time measuring device further comprises at least one adjustment register integrated in the identification card with which the time-measuring device integrated in the identification card can be adjusted, and an interface for an external clock signal with which the time-measuring device integrated in the identification card is synchronized.