| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention discloses an arrangement in messaging environments, in particular MMS environments, where value added content is to be charged end-users based upon content message transaction events. It introduces two new main components to the MMS infrastructure; a Content Home Locator (CHL) adapted to determine the home environment of the service provider that originally provided an MMS or an object thereof in transfer by investigating a home environment identity included in a policy reference of a policy associated with the data object, a Content Billing Protocol (CBP) having a billing interface being able to exchange policy and billing information concerning the data object with a counterpart CBP of the home environment of the data object determined by the CHL. Billing information provided by the CBP from the home environment of the data object is stored in an Accounting Module (AM) for charging the receiver in case of download or the sender in case of forwarding of the data object and for crediting the service provider. By means of the present invention, service providers are able to charge for value added data objects, e.g. MMSs, downloaded or transferred in environments outside the home environment of the data objects.</p> |
