Patent ID: 7606354

Claim:
A system for dynamically tariffing and billing a group of users for use of communications services, the system comprising a Service Handler part for controlling the dynamic tariffing and billing, a Data part for storing information, and a Rating part for making calculations, the Service Handler part being linked to the Data part via a first interface and to the Rating part via a second interface, wherein the Data part is configured to store: a list of subscribers that belong to the same group, an account value indicating which of one or more tariff rates is to be applied to a communications service used by a subscriber; identifiers identifying at least two types of telecommunication services, a first identifier identifying a first type of telecommunication services that decrease the account value when used by any one or more group members, and a second identifier identifying a second type of telecommunication services that increase the account value when used by any one or more group members; a rule-set for mapping each unit of a telecommunications service used by any one or more group members to a corresponding account value change unit for increasing or decreasing the account value based on the type of telecommunication service; the Service Handler part is configured to: detect a usage of a telecommunication service by any one or more of the group members; retrieve data from the Data part, the data including at least said account value, one or more of said identifiers, and at least a portion of said rule-set; send at least a portion of the data and the detected usage to the Rating part for calculating a new account value; receive the new account value from the Rating part; and send the new account value to the Data part to overwrite the account value with the new account value.