Patent ID: 8260878

Claim:
A transfer device located in a mobile packet communication network (MPN) and interconnecting the MPN with a second, separate network, the transfer device communicating with at least one information provider server via the second network and communicating with a plurality of user terminals via the MPN, the transfer device comprising: at least one memory; and a processor in communication with the at least one memory, the processor of the transfer device configured to: register in the at least one memory of the transfer device network addresses of the user terminals, corresponding attributes of users of the user terminals and information provider server identification information; receive, from an information provider server, push-type information and attribute information appended to the push-type information the attribute information describing attributes of users which are to receive the push-type information; compare the attribute information from the information provider server with the registered attributes of users; determine at least one network addresses of the user terminals to send the push-type information to based on comparing the registered attributes of users with the attribute information; send a communication start notification signal routing of which solely involves the MPN to make at least one user terminal having the determined network address ready for packet switching with the transfer device before transmitting the push-type information to the at least one user terminal; determine, based on the information provider server identification information, which party to bill for receiving the push-type information, either an information provider of the information provider server or a respective user of the at least one user terminal; and at least partly bill the party determined to be billed.