| 摘要 |
An Operator Charging Gateway (OCG) facility within a Mobile Commerce environment that, among other things, provides a bearer-independent and delivery-agnostic charging platform that, inter alia, (a) uncouples all of the particulars of the delivery of content, services, etc. from the myriad of activities, challenges, etc. of charging and (b) adds substantial value to each of the involved parties (including, for example, Mobile Subscribers, Operators, Merchants, etc.). Within a wireless messaging ecosystem an OCG may leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located, full-featured Value-Added Service Provider. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for operating an operator charging gateway, comprising:
receiving a purchase authorization from a content provider, said purchase authorization having been triggered by a purchase request for a product or service from a mobile subscriber; rating said purchase authorization triggered by said purchase request using a universal rating engine, including estimating message volume projections, extrapolated from historical message volumes, to calculate an amount for a volume-sensitive amount pricing plan; sending a purchase reservation to an operator providing wireless service to said mobile subscriber; receiving from said operator a reservation acknowledgement in response to said purchase reservation; in response to said reservation acknowledgement, sending a reservation confirmation to said content provider that authorizes said content provider to deliver the product or service to said mobile subscriber. |
