Patent ID: 8060419

Claim:
An apparatus for providing separable billing services, comprising: a mobile communications terminal (MCT) operatively connectable with one or more digital processing devices via a satellite communications system; a memory operatively connectable to the MCT for storing a set of identifiers that identify the digital processing devices in the satellite communications system wherein each identifier in the set of identifiers is assigned a communication type; wherein the first type of communication comprises a business-type communication and a second type of communication comprises a personal-type communication; and a processor operatively connectable to the MCT for receiving a data packet that includes a source address identifying an originator of the data packet, comparing the source address to the set of identifiers to find a matching identifier, determining an assigned communication type assigned to the matching identifier, wherein the communication type includes at least one of a first type of communication or a second type of communication, and adjusting at least one of a first account or a second account associated with the MCT based on the assigned communication type.