Patent ID: 6442260
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
Method for presenting the price of a telecommunication connection on the telecommunication terminal of the committer of the telecommunication connection in a telecommunication system comprising a telephone exchange, a telecommunication terminal communicating with the telephone exchange via a telecommunication network and a billing centre, which is connected to the telephone exchange and which takes care of charge calculation in the network, the method comprising: connection-specific advice-of-charge data to the telecommunication terminal at the beginning of the telecommunication connection; using the telecommunication terminal, a price for the telecommunication connection is calculated from the advice-of-charge data; the calculated price of the telecommunication connection is presented on the telecommunication terminal; and the price calculated for the telecommunication connection by the telecommunication terminal is corrected during the connection via advice-of-charge data updates from the billing centre, and an advice-of-charge data update is sent to the telecommunication terminal when the bandwidth reserved for the telecommunication connection changes.