Method for payment in association with IP multimedia sessions in a communication network

• Main Author: MAKRYGIANNIS SOTIRIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.08.2006
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The invention relates to a method for payment in association with a group session in a communication system comprising at least a mobile station, a session control node and an application server. In the method the user in the mobile station selects a group session identifier. A session set-up request comprising the group session identifier is sent from the mobile station to the application server. The mobile station is engaged in the application server in a group session associated with the group session identifier. To the group session belongs at least one other communication device. A payment request message is sent from the communication device to the mobile station. The payment request message is accepted in the mobile station and a payment accept message is sent to the communication device via the session control node and the application server. The session control node submits a charging record to a billing center, the charging record comprising information from the payment accept message.