FI115278B - Procedure, system and service to reveal the price information of a connection - Google Patents

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The method, system and service for detecting the connection price information method, system, Science service In order to avslöja prisupplysning of a anslutning 5 of the present invention relates to a method and a system and a service connection price criterion for detecting prior to being formed between the calling party and the at least one of the called party for a connection to at least one formed connection of the parties, of which at least one party is directly connected, through an access connection or a proxy network to the MSC of the PLMN 10 An attribute with which the subscriber is directly connected or a proxy network refers to any telecommunication or data communication network to which the subscriber can connect. Examples of communication and data communication networks include 15 - fixed, circuit or packet switched communication and data communication networks, PLMNs or PLMNs (Public Land Mobile Network), such as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication), GPRS (General Packet). Radio Services), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), and 3G (Generation 3) networks, e.g.

20 UMTS, - Internet Protocol (IP, IP), preferably IPv4 -... IPv6 or a later version of such IP protocol, is applied by fixed or wireless communication networks. kot, such as internet networks,! - fixed LAN (LAN, Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area, '25 Network), WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network).

'· Define the connection means the calling number of the calling party and the called' between the two parties at least in part via a mobile communication network, a PLMN network and the connection, 30 denmuodostuksen allows the formation of a data connection or data connection, i. · communication connection. In this case,>, - the calling party may be a communications network interface that may be connected wirelessly or wirelessly to the communications network, and 2 115278 - the called party may be at least one other communications network interface or service system that provides the calling party with added value or content service, the service system may connect over a wireless or wired connection to a communications network which is the same or another communications network as the communication network 5 to which the calling party is connected;

Connection muodostussignalointi runs therefore at least partially between the calling via the PLMN and the called party. In this context, it can be emphasized that establishing a connection in a PLMN is independent of whether the calling interface is an interface of PLMN 10 or an interface of another communication network which is connected to the PLMN through a gateway.

The attribute roaming, or roaming, refers to a feature of the PLMN network that enables a properly called party to route when it moves from one mobile network to another mobile network or cell. Roaming can be national or international.

A basic problem with prior art connection set-up is the difficulty of disclosing to the calling and / or called party, particularly the mobile station, i.e. ·; ·, the cost of a connection to 20 users when roaming, i.e., visiting another mobile network before using or connecting to the connection.

! Currently, the operator informs its subscribers and other users of the communications network in different ways about the pricing information to be established. Traditionally, price lists are printed on paper and * 25 has been included at the telephone shop when signing up for a subscription. Many teleoperators offer up-to-date pricing on their websites for connection and connection. Also available are operator-provided price inquiry numbers, Finnet International provides a price information service for international calls beginning with 999, where the voice automation service provides price information. Verbal audio bulletins have been used for 30 years for service numbers. In this case, when the subscriber calls the communication network pricing path, '; top server server system by dialing its call number, multiplies the number of the caller. hmtapvre-. cost information before connecting to the personal information service and activating the charge. Mo net mobile technologies also include the ability to use the AoC Advisory of Charge 3 115278 (AoC). AoC is, for example, a GSM standard method for monitoring and / or limiting connection costs.

However, there are many disadvantages in such known solutions for disclosing connection cost information. Price lists on paper are difficult to carry and maintain with time. After a subscriber has signed a subscription contract, he / she will only rarely want to carry the price list with him / her. Price lists are also becoming obsolete as most operators publish a new price list 2-3 times a year. It is particularly difficult to unambiguously express complex pricing structures when the calling party has 10 mobile stations that can easily roam across a communications network or country to country, resulting in different pricing criteria. For example, an applicant already has hundreds of co-operators in different countries around the world whose calls are very different in their networks depending on where and when. Similarly, the rates for receiving calls vary. Typically, country and / or operator-specific reception fees may be incurred in addition to the price information 15 provided by the foreign price information service. Providing reliable price information is thus extremely difficult and complex. The disadvantage of web pages is that they cannot always be read. This is particularly difficult abroad. Also, the operator's pricing information call numbers are no longer free when calling from abroad, and only a few mobile users call their home country * to listen to voice. There are 20 price variations available from 20 tomato services. The AoC service requires messaging · to work. support from complex networks and complex price information tables to mobile switching centers (especially; in the case of pulse-based billing, as prevalent in Finland, for example). In some countries, AoC-. however, the service is utilized for a prepaid service, the so-called. PrePaid service, as a basis.

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In general, it is even problematic to be able to establish, in real-time, a real-time connection based on a price basis and to express that information using current mobile communication technology during the connection set-up. price basis for the calling and / or calling party to establish or establish a connection. Thus, when a subscriber of a mobile network i · 30 is abroad or at home in another operator's PLMN network, he may be charged in very different ways, depending on which operator's network he is connected to, and at what time. Depending on the operator, the connection is established; Thus, the cost to the user's home country or home network may be very different. Similarly, connection set-ups to another country will vary depending on the carrier used. Often it is also of considerable importance whether the called party in the home country is a mobile subscription or another, e.g. In addition, it can also have its own meaning whether a connection is made from the home subscriber to a foreign mobile subscriber line or another connection, such as a fixed network connection. In addition, most operators charge for establishing connections based on different pricing criteria, depending on the time of day and / or day of the week. Thus, it is natural that all such various variables make it extremely difficult for a creeping subscriber to know in advance how much he or she will pay for each connection he or she establishes.

10 When a subscriber is abroad on another operator's communications network, he may be charged for connections to be established in very different ways, depending on which operator's network he is in, his home provider's home country and the time of the connection. It is irrelevant for the called party to establish a connection from the home PLMN or fixed network terminal. Likewise, it is irrelevant whether or not she is contacted from another country. The called party's home country is reflected in the pricing of each operator, eg. In the case of the applicant received the connection price is the same as if the connection to be formed from Finland to the foreign operator's mobile interface. The cost of establishing a connection also depends on which operator's network is connected, since different mobile operators often have different connection charges for creepers. It is also noteworthy that the reception of calls on certain days of the week and hours is more expensive than on others, and typically the time-based reception fees are different for different operators. Thus, the user of a creepy mobile subscription has to • t · *. ': Even when receiving a connection, it is extremely difficult, even impossible, to know what is the pricing basis for the i 25 incoming connection.

A first object of the present invention is to eliminate and at least partially discard reduce the drawbacks and weaknesses of the prior art and provide a new! and an inventive method, system and service for indicating price information for a connection; 30 before the connection is established or connected in order to make it possible to inform the user of the subscription, in particular the mobile station, of the price basis, i.e. what will be paid for the connection to be established or received.

i I I i 5 115278 This object is achieved by the method, rigid system, and service mentioned above, the characteristics of which are defined in the appended claims. The invention is thus generally characteristic that will be identified during the connection establishment phase called party location information that is determined by the determined location information and 5 utilizing the calling party PLMN network side in advance hintaperuste- recorded, and position information on the formed contact price criterion, which is shown in the called party, and / or party terminal the calling user interface.

In accordance with the present invention, the connection set up discloses a cost data basis for a connection to be established or to be connected by means of a short message service (SMS) or a USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service), preferably in the graphical user interface of a mobile station. Data).

Thanks to the invention, the price information can also be displayed in the case where the user enters a dialing area code or a dialed number in the telephone menu (SIM Toolkit, WAP, WWW) when the user wants to know the particular code. contact price information in advance.

According to an embodiment of the invention, it is characteristic that the price information is updated without delay. 20 mate so-called. OTA technology (OTA, Over The Air, see Figure 3).

; When the access terminal has an ID card (ID, Identity), such as a SIM card, it is controlled by a mobile device. A mobile station, preferably a GSM / GPRS / CDMSA / WCDMA / 3G mobile station, can be! co. The ID card is provided by a cost data application which, by analyzing the location data of the subscription and the 25 dialed dial numbers, displays the price information of the connection corresponding to the call number according to a pre-stored price basis. Incoming calls can be received via SMS, SMS or SMS, USSD, or »· | * the price basis for the connection to be established as a message before the connection is established, ie *; · 'Receipt. According to the invention, it is characteristic for the user to make price information! '. j 30 from the menu of the inquiry terminal, such as the mobile station, when dialing the call number.

From specific embodiments of the process of the invention, the following can be noted.

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Price is sent by the price information server HLR or SMSC or USSDC center, when the calling party switching center MSC associated with the memory unit, with a price set up a database server with a price data.

5 When the access terminal smart or SIM card is provided with a cost data application and a memory unit having a cost base database, the cost data application sends location information from the PLMN to the interface memory unit as an SMS / USSD message or similar. In this case, according to one embodiment of the invention, the location information to be sent as a message or message to the interface is transmitted via or via an OTA gateway.

according to the method inherently formed in the invention value set to display interface of the terminal interface, after the subscription is received by the called PLMN party location information or the called party 15 location information based on the price criterion, but the connection between However, before the calling party and the called interface formation or coupling, preferably a so-called. In a "Pop-Up" or "Push" type, preferably an SMS / USSD message in the mobile user interface.

, ·. Further, the method according to the invention is characterized in that the indication of the price criterion includes a step prior to the continuation of the call set-up, at which the calling subscriber. and / or the called interface, preferably by SMS / USSD response message, informing that * the connection setup is rejected / accepted.

! Specific embodiments of the system of the invention may be as follows.

The system comprises a memory unit having a cost base database storing »i '; · Predicting location based pricing. The '*' input and retrieval parameter of the base unit database of the memory unit is formed by the called subpart of the PLMN; 30 The location information and ': "; - the output is a price basis based on the location information intended to be displayed in the UI;

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According to one embodiment of the invention, the system is implemented as a PLMN network service. In this case, the calling party associated with the MSC-center associated with the price-information server, which is equipped with a memory unit, a price-based database, wherein the price data from the server leaves the calling and / or called via the MSC-center party 5 to join in the data set S S -, 'D S S D - san No mana.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the system is implemented as a feature implemented in a terminal. In this case, the smart terminal, or SIM card, of the access terminal is provided with a price data application and a memory unit with a price base database.

In order to obtain a price basis by means of the price information application, the location information is transmitted from the PLMN network to the interface memory unit preferably as an SMS / USSD message. According to an embodiment of the invention, it is preferable that the location information to be sent to the board as an SMS / USSD message is transmitted via or via the OTA gateway.

j of the detection system 15 of the invention, a memory unit for price-based database and the input search parameter is obtained from the PLMN network, location information of the called party, which is preferably LOCI information GI or area code, the output form based on location data to the price criterion.

The cost base database of the memory unit according to the invention stores location information including at least roaming countries and area codes that are MCC and MNC] '. codes, and basic cost information for connections.

The system according to the invention operates as follows.

; · 25 A) When the HLR register detects that a subscriber to whom a price information service has been assigned to transmit the price information for incoming calls, B) The HLR register transmits the information to a price information server associated with the price information memory, · and and analyze: '·' · the MSC in which the called interface is called; '.: 30 · in which country the access is called; ': · Which operator's PLMN network has a called interface, which always updates its location information in the HLR register when registering with the PLMN, ,; · What it costs to receive or make a call at that time,

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C) The price information server then sends the price basis information to: • the HLR registry, which sends the price basis information to the MSC, or • the SMS center, which sends the price basis information to the MSC, or 5 · the USSD, which sends the price basis information to the MSC; the center again polls the HLR home subscriber directory to find out the roaming number that can be used to send the price basis to the calling and / or called subscriber, E) The HLR registry interrogates the VLR where the subscriber is registered. The VLR register responds to the HLR register by providing a subscriber roaming number, F) The HLR register transmits a called / called subscriber roaming number to the MSC.

G) Using the Roaming Number, the MSC sends a price base as an SMS / USSD-15 message to: • a connection to the MSC associated with the calling subscriber to inform the calling subscriber, • the calling subscriber from the PLMN to another MSC in the PLMN; where the called subscription is roam, the cost of the connection to be established; Or • the PLMN of the calling first when roaming overseas; | a suitable center for international relations and an international communications network; and. . : through another foreign center in the country of destination to another PLMN • »·. : The cost of connecting to a network called roaming subscription. · ·. 25) to inform the called subscriber, H) finally, the price criterion is sent by the SMSC / USSDC center associated with the calling subscriber ·; to the MSC, the SMS-AJSSD calling terminal, which! supports SMS / USSD communication, and / or a called subscriber terminal supporting SMS / USSD communications.

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Specific embodiments of the service of the invention may be as follows.

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When the service is the PLMN network, use of the calling parties connected MSC in the price information server, which is equipped with a memory unit, a price-based database, and transmitting price data from the server price-based first subscription in the home network HLR or an SMS-Center or USSD center, and then the call-5 TU / the calling party's MSC-center using SMS / USSD message in the call-tun / calling party to join.

When the service is a feature implemented in the terminal, the smart or SIM card of the access terminal is provided with a personal data application and a memory unit with a price-base 10 database. To display the price base, the cost data application sends a location-to-PLMN network to the cost data application and storage unit as an SMS or USSD message. In this case, according to the invention, it is advantageous for the location information to be transmitted as an SMS or USSD message via or through the OTA gateway.

service 15 according to the invention characteristically has formed a connection to display the price-based interface to the user interface of the terminal after the called subscriber has received the PLMN location information of the party or the called party's location information based on the price criterion. In this case, it is advantageous that the price basis may be automatically displayed before the call 20 and the called connection are established or connected.

the service embodiment, a particularly preferred embodiment according to the invention, "formed connection fee set to display connection terminal Terms * * tj join after the subscriber has received the called PLMN parties, '25 gum based on the position information or the called party location information of the price criterion, and price the notification of the criterion includes a step prior to the continuation of the set-up, whereby the calling and / or called subscriptions may indicate by SMS / USSD response message whether they accept or reject the connection being established.

.: 30 Among the general advantages of the invention with regard to the disclosure of connection cost information are the following.

• '. The invention can reliably disclose price information to a user before establishing a connection, preferably a call, SMS or data call, or before adding value or content,

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in a very user-friendly way. There is no longer a need to carry a price list or a web site to find the price information for a particular operator on a particular day of the week and time.

5 The price information provided to the user is also always correct and in accordance with the current price list. The advantage is that the price information service can be provided to the user free of charge if necessary.

It is also an advantage that the invention can be used to track and report an invoice to 10 users. When the connection is established, the cost of the connection is known, i.e.. charging criteria (e.g., euro / min), so that after termination of the connection, the user may additionally be informed of the total cost based on the cost of the connection, preferably the incoming call, received call or other service used.

The invention also provides a way to find out before the connection is established what it costs to answer another incoming call while on another network or abroad. This is an advantage for a price-conscious user who wants to know exactly whether to receive an incoming call or not to answer. call. In connection with the advantages of the invention, the invention allows the user to display in the graphical user interface of the subscription terminal, preferably the mobile station, the total cost of the connection as well as the cost basis, short message or SMS message or USSD message. -message-sat ..

With respect to the specific features of the invention and other advantages which may be achieved by the invention, reference will be made to the following specific parts of the specification.

The invention will now be described in more detail by means of some preferred embodiments thereof, with reference to the appended drawings in which; FIG. 1 illustrates prior art call set-up, * * FIG. 2 illustrates call set-up signaling and includes the disclosure of the> '· connection cost basis of the invention to a called terminal user, »* \'. which is a roaming subscriber and / or user of the calling terminal, 11527P π

Figure 3 shows the PLMN network server, updating the location information of the called party by the price data,

Figure 4 illustrates updating the PLMN-network interface SIM card for location information of the called party information, price, 5 Figure 5 shows the user interface of the mobile station, which indicates the price of the connection information before the engaging connection, and

Figure 6 illustrates a mobile station interface that indicates a connection charge after a connection.

In order to understand the invention, reference will first be made to the connection known to a person skilled in the art with reference to Figure 1, where the calling party 1 is a first single PLMN network, such as GSM and GPRS networks known per se and broadband mobile networks such as 3G The UMTS network, the subscriber, and when the called party 12 is a mat-15 mobile subscriber interface of another PLMN. The mobile interfaces 1, 12 are typically connected to a wireless access network (not shown), e.g. TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), CDMA, WCDMA access network, and to the MSC switch 2 of the PLMN over the base station system. is associated with or contains a VLR register 4 which is in communication with the HLR register 5 which registers the interfaces of the PLMN in question and ·. 20 their subscription information.

t; Other communication networks that utilize subscriber location tracking and whose subscriber may be connected via wireless access to a wired or PLMN! network, mention may be made of Ipv4 -... Ipv6 or later, * 25 development versions of the WLAN, the Internet.

In the case of Fig. 1, the called second PLMN network interface 12 is roaming overseas in a PLMN which is not a dedicated PLMN network, i.e. home network, of the roaming interface 12. In general, in PLMN mobile networks, it is typical that each interface 1, 12 updates. Each time the power is turned on, and at certain intervals, its location information is automatically established, whereby the interface 12 is locked to the cell of the PLMN cellular network in which it is currently located. The interface 1, 12 is then assigned, via a cellular control channel, a LAI (LAI, »•.; Local Area Identity), which is a three-part code comprising the Mobile Country Code (MCC),

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12 MNC (Mobile Network Code) and LAC (Location Area Code) code.

Together, these codes form the Global Identity of the Area (GI).

The interface 12 is not yet registered as active in the PLMN communication network, so to become active, the interface establishes a connection to the MSC 2 (Mobile Switching Center) and announces its location with a LAI. The mobile switching center 2 transmits the message. The LAI identifier in its own VLR register 4, i.e. its VLR (Visitor Location Register) (VLR), which may be an independent network element or integrated in a mobile switching center 10 2 (VLR registers are shown integrated into MSCs). The VLR register then signals the LAI identifier interface to the HLR register 5 of the home network. Once the subscriber 1, 12 is registered in the PLMN, the interface receives a confirmation, which is usually displayed in the interface of the access terminal. After confirmation, the registration phase ends, after which the subscription updates its location from time to time. PLMN.

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After the subscription is registered as active in the PLMN, it can change its location, i.e. its cell, in which case the subscription must update its new location to the PLMN.

When the interface 1, 12 enters a cell within the service area of the same MSC exchange 2 as the previous cell, the interface receives a control channel, i. The CCH channel, via the new LAI-20 identifier, which is also received by the said. MSC switching to its VLR register, 1, 4 new LAIs. The change is not registered in the HLR 5.

; When interface 1, 12 enters a cell within the service area of another MSC exchange 2,; the interface receives a control channel, i.e.. The CCH channel, via the new LAI identifier and registers with the new LAI identifier to the service area 2 of the second MSC. The new .125 LAI identifier is also received by the new VLR register 4, which registers the new LAI identifier subscription to the HLR register 5 and the previous MSC exchange 2 removes the subscription, 1.12 from the previous VLR register.

Referring to Figure 2, illustrating connection establishment and reporting to the called and / or calling subscriber 1.12 of the connection price to be included in the connection establishment according to the invention, when the called subscriber 12 has registered with the VLR register in the PLMN, is other than the 12 home network of the called access; co.

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Typically, a connection is made to be the first in a PLMN of the calling party at home and abroad, or in another PLMN communications network, which is other than the calling party of the current PLMN communication network between visiting a roa-maavaan party follows.

5 a) Based on the call number, the call is signaled to the MSC switching the calling party 1.

b) center MSC analyzes the call number and sends the query to the VLR-HLR register, in order to obtain the called party, or the MSRN roaming number.

c) the HLR register to determine the MSRN of the called party number, so that the call could be routed 10 to a second PLMN network to the called party. In this case, register HLR makes an inquiry to the switching center MSC whose area is the called party, and an MSC-center responds to the inquiry by the HLR register of the MSRN of the called party number.

d) a register HLR the calling party the called party's MSC-center 15 of the MSRN number.

e) call is routed by means of the MSRN number to the calling party via the PLMN network gateway GMSC of the second PLMN network of the called party, the GMSC gateway to the switching center MSC, which controls the called party. Routing can occur:. · Directly from the GMSC gateway of the first PLMN to the GMSC gateway of the second PLMN: · from the GMSC gateway of the first PLMN to the GMSC gateway of the second PLMN, or; · From the GMSC gateway of the first PLMN to the first ul, - p 25 comma exchange, then to the second foreign exchange via the international communication network, and further to the GMSC gateway of the second PLMN.

. . f) Finally, the call is routed from the GMSC gateway of another PLMN to the calling party! , 'Party call is routed to the called party.

The subscriber 12 can thus receive an incoming call while roaming overseas from either his own operator, I 30 subscriber line or other communications network. 1. The basic idea of the invention, i.e. for expressing price information by the method, system and / or service according to the invention to the calling and / or calling party, there is a price information server in the PLMN network providing a service including PLMN-14 1 1578 network interface 1, 12 receives a connection during setup, i. before that connection, information about the cost basis for the connection. The information is preferably provided as an SMS or USSD message.

The disclosure of the price information according to the invention according to the preferred embodiment of the invention is as follows. The membership of the PLMN mobile subscriber 1, 12 in the price information service circuit is registered in the subscriber's HLR register with customer-specific information.

A. When the HLR register 5 detects that it is a subscriber 1, 12 to whom a price information service 10 is provided for transmitting price information for incoming calls, B. The HLR register 5 transmits information to a price information server 17 associated with a cost information database 13 and Analyze: • Which MSC Center 2 area has the called access; • the country in which the subscription is called; · Which operator in the PLMN network has called the interface 12, which always updates its location information in the HLR register 5 upon registration with the PLMN, • what is the cost of receiving or making a call at that time, C. The price information server 17 then transmits the price information. ':'. 20 · to the HLR register 5, which sends the cost base information to the MSC 2. · To SMS center 6, which sends the cost base information as a short message to MSC, 1,: center 2, or. ,; · To USSD Center 7, which sends cost base information to MSC Center 2.

: D. The MSC Center 2 again polls the HLR home subscriber directory 5 to obtain a clear, 25 le roaming or visitor number for sending the price criterion to the calling and / or calling 1.12.

. E. The HLR register 5 interrogates the VLR register 4 in whose area the subscription is »registered. The VLR register 4 responds to the HLR register 5 by providing the ro-Ming number of the subscriber.

; 30 F. The HLR 5 sends the roaming number 12 of the called subscriber to the MSC 2.

* G. Roaming number MSC Center 2 forwards cost base as SMS / USSD message 15 1 1 5 2 7 8 • Connection to MSC Center 2 associated with Calling Subscriber 1 to provide cost basis to Calling Subscriber 1, • Calling Line 1, from the PLMN network to the MSC in the second PLMN network, where the called subscriber 12 is roaming, to indicate the cost basis to the called subscriber 12, • the called subscriber 12 roaming overseas, the first calling subscriber 1 PLMN networking 11 and another foreign exchange 9 in the destination country to establish a price basis for a second connection 10 to a second PLMN network with a called subscriber 12 for indicating to the called subscriber 12.

H. Finally, the price basis is transmitted by the SMSC / USSDC exchange 6,7 associated with the MSC 2 of the calling interface 1, the terminal of the calling subscriber 1 supporting SMS / USSD communication and / or the called subscriber 12 terminals supporting SMS / USSD communication.

I. According to the invention, it is advantageous for the price basis sent as an SMS / USSD message to be displayed before the connection between the calling interface 1 and the called interface 12 is established. In this case, it is particularly advantageous for the call to appear automatically on the terminal display, the so-called. "Pop-Up" or "Push" message in the mobile user interface.

Such a "Pop-Up" or "Push" message may be, for example, 1 · A Class 0 SMS message as defined in the GSM 03.38 and 03.40 (Technical realization of the Short Message! Service) (SMS) specification.

, 1 · USSD ph2 message that allows an open return channel for the response message.

· WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) using SMS.

. · A SIM Toolkit message according to GSM 11.14 (SIM Application Toolkit), which can be used to send a message over SMS, GPRS, CSD, Bluetooth, IR, etc. channels and access connections and to display the message on the terminal display.

According to the invention, the indication of the cost basis for the connection may be included before the connection is set up, i. follow step H with a feature whereby the calling interface 1 and / or the called interface 12 may indicate in the response message whether it is accepting or rejecting the connection being established. Such an additional feature I is illustrated in 1 1527? 16 in Figure 2 with a broken line. In this case, a USSD message may be used to provide the basic cost information, thereby enabling an open return channel for the response message.

After the keypad information message is displayed, the connection set-up can proceed 5 again as with the traditional connection set-up (see steps c ... f above). Accordingly: the HLR register 5 interrogates the MSC exchange 2 (VLR register 2) within whose area it knows the called interface 12 is present; MSC exchange 2 (VLR register 4) responds by providing the MSRN number of the interface to HLR register 5; The HLR register transmits the roaming number to the MSC 2; The MSC exchange 2 begins to route the call 10 by the roaming number it receives, whereby the call is routed first to the foreign exchange 9, then through the international communication network 11 to a suitable second exchange 9, from which the call is further routed to the MSC 2 of the correct mobile operator; and finally, said mobile switching center 2 establishes a connection to the called interface 12.

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The connection cost basis announcement according to the invention may be implemented entirely as a PLMN network service illustrated in Figure 4, or as a feature implemented in a terminal device illustrated in Figure 3. To provide a price basis, the invention is generally based on a PLMN network or a SIM unit in the terminal. 13 having a cost base database stored in an upgradeable form, preferably in a matrix format,; · Register / list / table location information, ie. LOCI information including at least; roaming countries and area codes that are MCC and MNC codes, and so on. · Cost basis information for connections.

_. . * 25 The memory unit price-based database as an input a search parameter is inexpensive manner as the called party location information of the LD 12, and based on the output from the location information of the price, is created LBC.

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Reference is made to Figure 4, which illustrates a cost basis statement as implemented in a • 30 PLMN network service. PLMN price information server 17, which is associated muistiyk-> 4 unit 13, which is a price-based database, a search parameter is the called party to obtain the PLMN network 12 to location information of the LD, which may be the LOCI or information GI; area code, and where the cost bases for your connections are stored, depending on your location.

The individual location information comprises at least an area code, which is preferably an MNC-1 527 r 17 code, and a roaming country information, which is preferably an MCC code. 12 Thus, the position information of the called party can retrieve the corresponding memory unit 13, the price-based database of the location information of the price-based "LBC". Since the price information server 17 receives the location data 12 of the called party, the price-based LBC information sent from the server 5 to the called party 12 and / or the calling party to one of SMS / USSD message.

Referring to Fig. 3, there is illustrated a cost basis statement implemented on a smart card of a terminal 1, 12, typically a SIM card. The SIM card is a memory unit 13, which is preferably a memory circuit and comprising a price-based database, 10 of which search parameter is obtained from the PLMN network of the called party 12 location information LD, which may be the LOCI data or the gastrointestinal region ID, and a stored location information in dependence on the bases of connections. The location information LD and the connection cost bases stored depending on the LOCI information. The individual location information comprises at least the area code, which is preferably the MNC code, and the roaming country information, which is preferably the MCC code.

12 15 Thus, the position information of the called party can retrieve the corresponding memory unit 13, the price-based database of the location information of the price-based LBC. The SIM card is implemented in addition to price data application that created through a connection to the price-based "LBC" appears on the display interface 1 12 of the terminal or the user interface substantially immediately after one, 12 of the SIM card has received the subscription of the called party 12. 20 location information from the LD PLMN network as an SMS / USSD message either directly as in Figure 4 or via the OTA-GW exchange 15 or as in Figure 3.

| According to the invention, the SIM cards of the subscription 1, 12, in which a list / table | is stored cost information for connections, area codes and roaming countries

/ 25 Expression occurs in principle in such a way that the called party 12 location information of the LD

• 'utilizes the cost base information of the connection to be established in the memory unit 13. In this case »· '1) The user inquires about the price basis by selecting the menu of the terminal 1, 12 terminal'. 'Displayed by the price information section on the terminal SIM card; , · 30 application, option • i. Requesting a price basis by means of a connection, whereby the user enters or selects in the memory of his terminal the access number of the called party to which he wants to know the price basis of the connection to be established, i

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18 ii. or connection setup value data, 2) after the selection is started in accordance with the present invention the connection establishment phase contained in the called party's location report, 3) the called party 12 location information can be stored either in the PLMN network 5 server memory unit 13, the price-based database relating to the calling party to related Lee one MSC center 2, or to one terminal of the calling party's SIM card memory unit 13, the price-based database, updating the location information. According to the invention, the location information may be updated by means of a WAP service, a WWW service or SMS / USSD messages.

10 4 cycles), the server or the SIM card price information application to find out the called party to the current location based on the MCC code and the MNC code, and to filter the access numbers for the selected called party, like e.g. 358 505 066 070, a good spot to an area code, which is cited above. In Example 358, to is Finland and, if necessary, also the communication network of the target country, which in the above example 50 so. 050, which is Applicant 15, or Radiolinja, 5) According to the received location data or LD parameters, the price data application selects from the matrix / register / list / table price base database in memory unit 13 the correct price base LBC corresponding to the LD parameters. Since price criteria are often time based, it is also advisable to utilize time and time zone information available from the communication network, such as GSM 04.42 standard. t standard NITZ function.

6) Cost data application displays the price of the called and / or calling party you end - a display device interface. The price criterion can be displayed in the user interface) e.g. as shown in Figure 5.

(·, 1 25 7) After the price criterion has been presented, the communication can be established according to the original 'selection.

With reference to Figures 3, 4 and 6, it can be seen in connection with the invention that the connection establishment counter 16, known as; 30 connection length information and cost base information can be used to calculate the total cost of the • connection, which can be displayed on the interface terminal screen, i.e. in the user interface, in the same way as the price base LBC.

• 19 115278

The invention and some preferred embodiments thereof have been described above by way of example only when applied to a GSM type PLMN using common terminology in a GSM type PLMN. Of course, this is not intended to limit the invention to such exemplary embodiments, and as will be apparent to one skilled in the art, the invention may be substantially modified, modified and applied within the scope defined by the appended claims. In this context, it is particularly noteworthy that the present invention is applicable to informing the calling or called party of the cost basis of the connection to be established prior to establishing the connection.

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The above method, system and service according to the invention has been described essentially only in connection with a GSM type PLMN mobile network. It should be emphasized that the present invention can also be applied to packet-type PLMNs, e.g. GPRS networks and third generation PLMN networks such as the UMTS-15 network. However, such packet networks do not apply SMS or US SD communication, and in this case the price data basis is transmitted directly, via an access connection or a relay network, of network elements, usually called nodes or network nodes, to the PLMN mobile network.

·, 20 The calling or called party may also be a subscriber to a fixed communications network, whereby • the location information of the subscriber is available for that party. from the customer database at the local or regional center of the subscription.

Further, as a modification or embodiment of the present invention, the possibilities afforded by the invention may be extended to cover the balance limit abroad, which has not been possible hitherto. The SIM card can be followed by a separate balance calculator which utilizes the price basis of the invention and collects the balance data on the SIM card in its own> • * database. The SIM card may be arranged to give advance warning of the impending sal * * - 'limit and also, if necessary, to prevent outgoing calls and text messages in whole, in part:,: 30 or in increments. The invention can also easily limit the routing of calls, SMS messages and data calls, which refers to the use of connections: * · t in different destinations (e.g., abroad) or to different destinations (e.g., calls to different countries or operators).

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11527? 1. A method for the price criterion for detecting prior to the calling party (1) and at least one between the called party (12) to be formed for a connection to at least one formed communicating parties (1, 12), of which at least one party is directly connected, through the interface connection or switching network PLMN the MSC-center (2), wherein the method comprises determining the ER-teydenmuodostusvaiheen called during the party (12) location data (LD), characterized in that the method comprises determining the PLMN network side of the determined location data (LD) and the calling party (1) pre-hintaperuste- stored and location information on the price of the connection to be formed criterion (LBC), and the presentation of price-based (LBC) of the called party (12) and / or the calling party (1) in the user interface of the terminal. January 2 The method according to claim, characterized in that the value set is sent to the price information server (17) to the HLR (5) or SMSC or USSDC center (6, 7) when the calling party (1), the MSC-center (2) is associated with muistiyk a price information server provided with a socket (13) having a price basis database. • 3. The method according to claim 1 and / or 2, characterized in that the smart or SIM card of the terminal (1, 12) is provided with a price information application and a memory (13) having a price basis database, and that the price basis (LBC) for the purpose of providing the price information application, the location information (LD) is transmitted from the PLMN to the memory unit (13) of the interface (1, 12) as an SMS / USSD message The method according to claim 3, characterized in that, preferably, the location information (LD) to be sent as an SMS / USSD message to the interface (1, 12) is transmitted via or through the OTA gateway (15). ; 5. 1-4 A method as claimed in any one of claims, characterized in that formed on the connection price criterion (LBC) to display interface (1, 12) of the terminal user interface, after the subscriber (1, 12) is received PLMN 'of the called party (12 ) location data (LD) or the called party's location information (LD) '* based on the price criterion (LBC), but before the calling party (1) and a called Annex to 11527? interface for (12) the connection between the coupling, preferably a so-called. "Pop-Up" or 'push' type, preferably as an SMS / USSD message in the mobile user interface. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the indication of the price basis (LBC) includes a step prior to the continuation of the connection, whereby the calling interface (1) and / or the called interface (12) is notified by SMS / USSD response message that connection setup rejected / accepted. 7. A system for detecting the connection of the price criterion between before the calling party (1) and at least one of the called party (12) to be formed for a connection to at least one formed communicating parties (1, 12), of which at least one party is directly connected, through the interface connection or switching network PLMN the MSC-center (2), wherein the jäijestelmässä explained YH-teydenmuodostusvaiheen called during the party (12) location data (LD), characterized in that the system is determined by the PLMN network side of the determined location data (LD) and the calling party (1) pre-hintaperuste- stored and location information on the price of the connection to be formed criterion (LBC), and the presentation of price-based (LBC) of the called party (12) and / or the calling party (1) in the user interface of the terminal. . . A system according to claim 7, characterized by a memory unit (13) having. price-based database, which is stored in a predetermined location data (LD) and the price base paths (LBC), the memory unit price-based database inlet and hakuparamet- 'ester form obtained from the PLMN network of the called party's location data (LD), and in that the memory unit of the output of an interface (1, 12) the Location Based Price (LBC) to be displayed in the terminal UI. _; System according to claim 7 and / or 8, characterized in that the system; Implemented as a PLMN network service, wherein the MSC (2) associated with the calling party (1) is connected to a price information server (17) provided with a memory unit (13) having a price basis database, and that the price basis (LBC) is sent from the price information server to the interface (1, 12), preferably as an SMS / USSD message. 11527P The waste system according to claim 7 and / or 8, characterized in that the system is implemented as a feature implemented in the terminal (1, 12), wherein the smart or SIM card of the terminal (1, 12) is provided with a price data application and a memory unit (13). ) with a price basis database, and that, in order to obtain a price basis (LBC), the location information (LD) is transmitted from the PLMN network to the memory unit (13) of the interface (1, 12) as an SMS / USSD message. A waste system according to claim 10, characterized in that the location information (LD) to be sent as an SMS / USSD message to the interface (1, 12) is transmitted via or via the OTA gateway (15). 12 in any one of claims 7 ... 11 jäqestelmä, characterized in that the Muis-memory units (13) hintaperustetietokaiman input and query parameter is obtained from the PLMN network of the called party (12) location data (LD), which is preferably LOCI information or GI domain code, and that the output of the cost base database of the memory unit (13) is a location based cost base (LBC). The waste system according to any one of claims 7 to 12, characterized in that the price base database of the memory unit (13) stores location information (LD) comprising at least roaming countries and area codes, which are MCC and MNC codes, and cost base information (LBC). ; A system according to any one of claims 7 to 13, characterized in that; · A) If the HLR register (5) detects that it is a subscriber (1, 12) assigned a '' * price information service for transmitting price information for incoming calls, '···' B) The HLR register (5) transmits the information to the price information server (5) 17), associated with a price data base (13), which examines and analyzes: 1> '· in which area of the MSC (2) the called interface (12) is called; · The country where the connection is called (12); :; · Which operator in the PLMN network is called by the interface (12) which registers; ''; when updating a PLMN, it always updates its location information to the HLR register (5), · what it costs to receive or make a call _ .. * t at that time, C) the price information server (13) then sends the base price information 1 1 5 2 7 f • to the HLR register (5), which sends the price key information to the MSC (2), or • the SMS center (6), which sends the price key information as a short message to the MSC (2), or • the USSD center (7), which sends the price key information to the MSC ( 2), D) The MSC Center (2) again polls the HLR home subscriber directory (5) to find out the roaming number that can be used to send the price basis to the calling and / or called subscription (1,12), E) the HLR register (5) ) queries the VLR register (4) in which the subscription is registered. The VLR register (4) responds to the HLR register (5) by providing the roa-mmg number of the subscriber, F) The HLR register (5) transmits to the MSC (2) the called roaming number of the subscriber (12). G) Using roaming number, the MSC Center (2) sends the price basis as an SMS / USSD message to the MSC Center (2) associated with the calling subscriber (1) to communicate the price basis to the calling subscriber (1), • the calling subscriber ( 1) a price basis for connection to the called interface (12) from the PLMN network to the MSC exchange (2) in the second PLMN network, where the called subscriber (12) is called, to inform the called subscriber (12), or, * /; · When the called call (12) is roaming overseas, the calling call (1) first! From the PLMN network to a suitable international center (9) and international communication! ! via a network (11) and another foreign exchange (9) in the destination country! .. * a connection to another PLMN with the called subscriber (12) in the roam to inform the called subscriber (12) of the price basis, H) finally sending the price basis An SMSC / USSDC exchange (6, 7) associated with the MSC exchange (2) of the calling interface (1), the main '· y' telecommunication device of the calling subscriber (1) of the SMS / USSD message supporting the SMS / USSD communication, and / or the terminal of the called subscriber (12): which supports SMS / USSD communication. 1 1 5 2 7 f