Patent ID: 7890082

Claim:
A method for billing wireless telecommunications services, the method comprising: at a service broker of an apparatus: receiving a cell resolution for a subscriber, the cell resolution being determined for a billing period by a geographic broker; translating the cell resolution into a set of cells that aggregate at least approximately to cells defined in a density map; and sending a request to an adaptive rating criteria engine of the apparatus, the request being for determining a rating structure for said set of cells; at the adaptive rating criteria engine: receiving the request and, in response, determining the rating structure for the set of cells; and sending the rating structure to the service broker of the apparatus; at the service broker of the apparatus: receiving the rating structure and, in response, sending the rating structure and the set of cells to a rating sub-system of a billing system that is in communication with the apparatus; and at the rating sub-system of the billing system: calculating a rating for service rendered to the subscriber based upon the set of cells and the rating structure; and generating a bill reflecting the rating; wherein the rating structure is an equation comprising a base rating and at least one density parameter used to determine the rating, the density parameter being derived from the density map.