Patents by Inventor Reinhard Eder

Reinhard Eder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for operating a billing system, and billing system
    Patent number: 6885858
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a billing system for billing for services provided by a service provider and/or for transmissions of service data via a terminal used by a subscriber using a communication network, where the service provider is arranged outside the communication network, and the billing system accesses subscriber profile data stored in a home location register in the communication network. Access to the subscriber profile data is followed by use thereof to ascertain the TCP/IP address of an account server which manages an electronic credit belonging to the subscriber. The invention also shows a billing system for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard Eder, Ronald Heine, Friedrich Koch
  • System and method for operating a billing system, and billing system
    Publication number: 20030153298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a billing system for billing for services provided by a service provider and/or for transmissions of service data via a terminal used by a subscriber using a communication network, where the service provider is arranged outside the communication network, and the billing system accesses subscriber profile data stored in a home location register in the communication network. Access to the subscriber profile data is followed by use thereof to ascertain the TCP/IP address of an account server which manages an electronic credit belonging to the subscriber. The invention also shows a billing system for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Reinhard Eder, Ronald Heine, Friedrich Koch