An apparatus that provides mobile commerce, electronic commerce, customer care and communication services via a plurality of networks and method thereof

摘要

A method and apparatus for providing mobile and electronic commerce, customer care and communication services via networks, including receiving in a roaming network an identification number and a request for a service, forwarding to a home network the identification number, the request for the service, and a cost/rate of the service, verifying, by a convergent communication platform located on the home network, that the identification number relates to a valid user account, that a user device is authorized to receive the service, and that the valid user account has sufficient value, providing an authorization to the service provider, and charging the valid user account on a real time basis. The convergent communications system employs a rul...