INITIATING A CALL IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

摘要

A method for initiating a call in a communications system comprising a mobile communications device connected in a mobile communications network. The mobile communications device is allocated a mobile identifier for a first, mobile communications service provided by a mobile communications service provider and is allocated a second identifier for a second communications service provided by a second communications service provider that is different from the first, mobile communications service. The method comprises receiving over a data connection, at a switch, a request from the mobile communications device, comprising the second identifier, to initiate a call using the second communications service and adding, at the switch, the mobile identifier to the request and forwarding via a further network, the request comprising both the second identifier and the mobile identifier.

主权项

1. A method for initiating a call in a communications system;
in which the communications system comprises: a mobile communications device connected in a mobile communications network; in which the mobile communications device is allocated an identifier for a mobile communications service provided by a mobile communications service provider and a second identifier for a second communications service; in which the method comprises: receiving, at a switch over a data connection from the mobile communications device, a request to initiate a call using the second communications service; in which the received request comprises the second identifier; the method further comprising: adding, at the switch, the mobile identifier to the received request and forwarding via a further communications network, the request comprising both the second identifier and the mobile identifier, in which the mobile communications device is associated with a billing account for the mobile communications service; in which the method further comprises: allocating to a billing account for a third communications service, a charge relating to the call using the second communications service.