Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method for sharing consumption of an electronic communication service by a mobile terminal, a session for consuming the service being established initially between the terminal and a gateway between the mobile network and a packet-switched network, remaining credit for consuming the service being attributed initially to the terminal. The terminal periodically requests authorisation to consume a predetermined quota of the remaining credit. A request to track the credit of the terminal is received and a message, intended for launching a credit request for the terminal is transmitted to the gateway. A credit request message for the terminal including information relating to a portion of the predetermined quota consumed by the terminal is received from the gateway. The remaining credit is updated accordingly. A response to track the credit of the terminal for the service, including the updated value of the remaining credit is transmitted.

Abstract: A method for establishing at least one control rule for a communication session between a packet communication network and a mobile terminal linked to a mobile network, referred to as a user session, which is carried by a connection between the mobile terminal and a gateway of the mobile network. The gateway is connected to the packet communication network, and a control session is carried by a connection between the gateway and a control entity of the mobile network. The method is implemented by the control entity.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a method for sharing consumption of an electronic communication service by a mobile terminal, a session for consuming the service being established initially between the terminal and a gateway between the mobile network and a packet-switched network, remaining credit for consuming the service being attributed initially to the terminal. The terminal periodically requests authorisation to consume a predetermined quota of the remaining credit. A request to track the credit of the terminal is received and a message, intended for launching a credit request for the terminal is transmitted to the gateway. A credit request message for the terminal including information relating to a portion of the predetermined quota consumed by the terminal is received from the gateway. The remaining credit is updated accordingly. A response to track the credit of the terminal for the service, including the updated value of the remaining credit is transmitted.

Abstract: A method for establishing at least one control rule for a communication session between a packet communication network and a mobile terminal linked to a mobile network, referred to as a user session, which is carried by a connection between the mobile terminal and a gateway of the mobile network. The gateway is connected to the packet communication network, and a control session is carried by a connection between the gateway and a control entity of the mobile network. The method is implemented by the control entity.

Abstract: A system for controlled distribution of access to and broadcasting of a content acquired by a user from a content provider and accessible through an access provider, said system comprising a content control provider able to receive from said content provider and to store in a centralized database data relating to the user's rights over the acquired content. The access provider comprises a local database able to receive from said content control provider said data relating to the user's rights and a decisionmaking device able to analyze streams sent out by said user and to decide if said streams sent out conform to the user's rights registered in said local database. Application to controlling access to multimedia contents and broadcasting thereof to users when on the move or away from home via a number of types of networks or to users simultaneously connected to a number of types of networks.

Abstract: The invention relates to supervising the distribution of contents in a telecommunications network (R). A content contains data specific to a given acquisition of rights to the content, written in the form of a digital watermark (WM). During its transfer across an access network (RA), the content is analyzed to detect the presence of a digital watermark. The data specific to the acquisition is then extracted from the watermark and sent with data characteristic of the transfer in progress to central supervisory equipment (300) of the telecommunications network (R) in order to determine if the transfer in progress is legitimate.