Patent ID: 6269156
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method for setting up fee-optimized communications connections by a communications device (EX1) including the steps of:providing a database (DB) of the communications device wherein fees are stored that accrue during use of communications paths (CON2A, CON2B) which the communications device uses for setting up a communications connection;logging on at the communications device of a call request by a first subscriber (SUB1) to a second subscriber (SUB2);determining a first communications path (CON2A) between the first and the second subscriber based on overall lowest fees as a criterion;setting up a communications connection between the first and the second subscriber on said first communications path;determining the fees accrued by said communications connection;determining a second, more cost-effective communications path (CON2B) between the first and the second subscriber according to the criterion of overall lowest fees if the fees that accrue on the first communications path change during the connection;switching to the second communications path either by a request from the first or second subscriber or using other criteria; andcharging the accrued fees by the communications device to at least one of the two subscribers.