METHOD AND CORRESPONDING EQUIPMENT ENABLING BILLING FOR USE OF APPLICATIONS HOSTED BY A WIRELESS TERMINAL

摘要

A wireless terminal (10) and an operator network (18) adapted to enable billing a user of the wireless terminal (10) for use of an application (11) hosted by the wireless terminal (10). The application (11) is implemented so as to interface with a business relationship manager (BRM) (12) module also hosted by the terminal (10) via a BRM application programming interface (API) included in the BRM (12), and the BRM (12) ensures that the application (11) is not used by the user unless it is registered with the operator network (18) so that the user is billed for use of the application according to one or another lease/buy plan elected by the user. The BRM (12) also enables registration, de-registration, and even charging for use of network resources by the application (11).