Patent ID: 7313388

Claim:
A communications system configured to provide services to communication terminals, the communications system comprising: a service provision unit configured to provide services to the terminals and directing a charge of a call to a sponsoring party distinct from subscribers of the terminals, wherein the service provision unit directs the charge of the call to be made for multiple accounts and tariffs, and each terminal is addressable by means of an address; and a service data storage unit configured to store a set of service provision definitions, each service provision definition comprising a service field storing an indication of a service and an address field storing an expression specifying the address of one or more of the terminals; and a service logic unit configured to receive communications in the system and compare an address specified in a communication with the expressions stored in the address fields of each of the service provision definitions and on the basis of that comparison causing the service provision unit to provide a service to the terminal identified by the said address.