AN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING A CREDIT ON AN ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED TO A TERMINAL SUBSCRIBED TO A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

2808/CHENP/2004 ABSTRACT "AN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING A CREDIT ON AN ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED TO A TERMINAL SUBSCRIBED TO A COMMUNICATION NETWORK" The present invention concerns a system for depositing a credit on an account associated to a terminal subscribed to a communication network, the system comprising a network element of a communication network for depositing a credit on an account associated to a user terminal which is subscribed to the communication network, the network element is adapted to interact with said user terminal to provide an indication of at least whether a credit is to be deposited on said account associated to said user terminal, an amount of credit to be deposited and a source of the deposit; and to request said source of the deposh. to deposit said amount of credit on an account associated to said user terminal, wherein said request is based on the DIAMETER protocol; and an account server of a communication network for maintaining an account associated to a user terminal which is subscribed to the communication network, the account server is adapted to receive a request message from the network element to deposit an amount of credit on an account associated to said user terminal, wherein said request message is based on the DIAMETER protocol; and to deposh the amount of credit on the account associated to said user terminal, (fig. 11