Patent ID: 7917413

Claim:
A method of billing for transmitting a broadcast message to broadcast message receiving devices located within a broadcast target area by a broadcast transmission network using wireless cell broadcast channel technology, the method comprising: in computer executable instructions of a broadcast billing module associated with the broadcast transmission network adapted to provide a cell broadcast transmission of the broadcast message within a broadcast record to broadcast receiving devices located within the broadcast target area, receiving a validated broadcast message record after authorizing forwarding of a broadcast message to the broadcast transmission network over a wireless cell broadcast channel, the validated broadcast message record including the broadcast message, the broadcast target area, and a broadcast message originator identifier; determining a density of broadcast receiving devices associated with the broadcast transmission network in the broadcast target area; calculating an area served for wireless cell broadcast transmission within the broadcast target area by the broadcast transmission network; determining a length of the broadcast message contained within the validated broadcast message record; and generating an incurred broadcast message billing amount for the forwarded broadcast message as a function of the determined broadcast message length, the determined density, the calculated broadcast area served, the broadcast message originator identifier, and a broadcast message billing rate parameter.