Patent ID: 8396495

Claim:
A method for charging for a short message value-added service (VAS), comprising: obtaining a short message that carries VAS subscription information, which comprises: obtaining, by a calling Data Center for Short Message Service (DCS), the short message that carries VAS subscription information; resolving the VAS to be triggered according to the short message that carries the VAS subscription information, and generating a charging message, which comprises: querying the VAS to be triggered currently, and working out the charging message for the services that need to be triggered by a calling party and a called party, which comprises: forwarding, by the calling DCS, the VAS to be triggered currently to a called DCS, querying, by the calling DCS, the VAS to be triggered currently, and working out a calling party charging message for the services that need to be triggered by the calling party; querying, by the called DCS, the VAS to be triggered currently, and working out a called party charging message for the services that need to be triggered by the called party; and sending the charging message to an intelligent network for charging, which comprises: sending, by the calling DCS, the calling party charging message to a calling intelligent network for charging; and sending, by the called DCS, the calling party charging message to a called intelligent network for charging.