Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices, systems and methods for location based billing
- Patent Title (中): 用于基于位置的计费的设备,系统和方法
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Application No.: US12632165Application Date: 2009-12-07
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Publication No.: US08634804B2Publication Date: 2014-01-21
- Inventor: Justin Michael Anthony McNamara , John Potts Davis, III , Jay Daryl Rector
- Applicant: Justin Michael Anthony McNamara , John Potts Davis, III , Jay Daryl Rector
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Hartman & Citrin LLC
- Main IPC: H04M11/00
- IPC: H04M11/00

Abstract:
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to billing users of a telecommunication network. A billing server is in communication with a geo-fence database. The geo-fence database contains a plurality of geo-fences. Some geo-fences are associated with a single mobile communication devices, such as a home geo-fence, work geo-fence, etc., while other geo-fences are global, such as a stadium geo-fence, toll geo-fence, etc. When a mobile communication device enters the perimeter of a geo-fence, a billing server changes the billing rate at which connections are billed to the user account or bills another user account. The mobile communication device may send a ticket code to the billing server for a reduced billing rate while within a geo-fence. If a mobile communication device enters a toll geo-fence, then the billing server charges the user account for the toll.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110136468A1 Devices, Systems and Methods for Location Based Billing Public/Granted day:2011-06-09
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