METHOD AND SYSTEM IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR PROVIDING TOLL RESTRICTIONS BASED ON THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF AN ORIGINATOR

摘要

A method and system in a wireless communications network for restricting cer taincommunication transactions to specific geographic ar eas in order to reduce the risk of communications fraud are presented. Initially, a list of communication trans actions is stored such that the list includes communication transactions permitted to o ccur at each of a number of geographic locations. Thereafter, a communications transact ion is initiated. In response to an initiation of the communications transaction, a geographic location of an originator of the communications transaction is determined. N ext, the list of communication transactions is automatically scanned for communication tra nsactions permitted to occur at the geographic location. If the communications transac tion is not found among the list, the initiation of the communications transaction is th ereafter terminated. Alternatively, if the communications transaction is found among the list, the communications transaction is thereafter permitted to continue. The geograph ic location can include a cell or cells maintained within the communications network.