Patent ID: 6865262
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for calculating advice of charge for a telecommunications system service, the service being other than an advice of charge service, the method comprising: maintaining, in the telecommunications system, at least a first advice of charge calculation algorithm and a second advice of charge calculation algorithm, the first advice of charge calculation algorithm containing information about a first formation mechanism of a service price and about calculation parameter values which the first advice of charge calculation algorithm needs as input to calculate an advice of charge, and the second advice of charge calculation algorithm containing information about a second formation mechanism of a service price and about calculation parameter values which the second advice of charge calculation algorithm needs as input to calculate an advice of charge, associating with the service an indication of the advice of charge calculation algorithm to be used for calculating the advice of charge for the service, and calculating the advice of charge for the service using the indicated advice of charge calculation algorithm.