US Patent No: 7,386,481
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Method for delivering and charging for services in a telecommunications network
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Jun 10, 2008
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Oct 21, 2002
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10/492,743
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Abstract
The method is for delivering and charging for services. The network has one or more user terminals with a browser for requesting services from the service provider and has a connection to a management server. The service provider provides services to the user terminals. The management server has a connection to a database managed by the management server. The database includes information about valid users. The management server communicates with service users in order to process payments for services to be used.
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| 5,930,777 Method of charging for pay-per-access information over a network | 188 | 1997 | |
| 6,157,917 Bandwidth-preserving method of charging for pay-per-access information on a network | 39 | 1997 | |
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| 7,013,296 Using electronic security value units to control access to a resource | 13 | 2000 | |
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| 2001/0013,020 Service providing system and method used therefor | 5 | 2001 | |
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| 6,944,776 System and method for data rights management | 26 | 2000 | |
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