Patent ID: 8744936

Claim:
A method to obtain the cost of transmitting a set of data from a service provider server computer to a end-user terminal, having a user associated therewith, via a cellular packet radio-communication network, the method comprising: the server computer: creating and sending, with the set of data, a data item, called a ticket, used to determine volume or value of said set of data transmitted; translating the set of data into a set of plurality of packets of a cellular packet radio communication network; and injecting into the set of a plurality of packets of a cellular packet an additional packet which is the ticket; and the end-user terminal: receiving the set of data including the ticket; determining the volume or the value of said set of a plurality of packets transmitted from the received ticket, said volume or said value being indicated by the received ticket; and processing the determined volume or value of the set of a plurality of packets according to a prescribed billing model and to determine whether financial rights associated with the user of the end-user terminal authorize access to the received data.