Abstract: A method and system for generating rating notification to a user in a communications system, wherein a tariff structure is traversed, and during the traversing, one or more notification requests are detected for intermediate conditions. One or more notifications resulting from the one or more notification requests are sent to the user.

Abstract: To provide optimised real-time charging for simultaneous services there is provided a method and apparatus for executing a real-time charging session in a charging system being interfaced to at least one communication network. At start of a charging session or during re-authorisation of reserved funds there is executed an optimised fund reservation for multi-service and/or multi-unit type services such that it is possible to optimise the fund resources considering various services and related service types in parallel. Fund reservation is executed for multi-service and/or multi-unit type services such that deviations between time of predicted fund depletion for the at least two services and/or for the at least two service types are minimized. Therefore, the signalling traffic to and from the charging system is reduced significantly.

Abstract: A charging device and method determines rating data for charging of services in an electronic communications network. A modifier operator (56, 76) of a node (46, 66) is accessed in a rating analysis in response to a charging request from a service element for a requested service in the electronic communications network. The modifier operator (56, 76) performs at least one operation involving a number of modifiers (46, 27, 48, 66, 67, 68), and returns a result from the at least one operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible selection of subscriber and account related data for charging purposes in a communication network. The subscriber account has at least one charging resource type which is instantiated into at least one charging resource of the charging resource type, and the charging resource is associated with at least one subscriber account. Initially, there is executed an analysis of a service data describing a service event and subscriber/subscriber group related data describing at least one subscriber account to which the service event is to be charged using a configurable analysis structure for generation of a charging resource matching key. The charging resource matching key describes what class of charging resource types could be used for charging the service event.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method and device for switching tariffs for charging of services in an electronic communications network, and more particularly to a method and device for switching tariffs for combining charging of a service which usage is not continually consumed at a regular rate in an electronic communications network.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for charging control of service usage in an electronic communications system. An invocation of charging control is received from a service client for service usage by a user. Charging related data and rules checked for the user and it is determined whether the session should be charging controlled. In case of a non charging controlled session, a response message is returned to the charging client, indicating that the session is not charging controlled and that the service usage is to be reported at the end-of-session. A report of usage is received—from the client—including information of the usage consumed during the session at the end-of-session.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for invoking online charging of a service requested via a communications network and to be accessed according to a first protocol, wherein subscriber information is received from a first network element (102) including information for invoking the online charging, and the received subscriber information is interpreted and in response to a service request online charging is invoked from a second network element (103) for the service by means of a second protocol.

Abstract: A method and system for generating rating notification to a user in a communications system, wherein a tariff structure is traversed, and during the traversing, one or more notification requests are detected for intermediate conditions. One or more notifications resulting from the one or more notification requests are sent to the user.

Abstract: A method for operating a computer system to handle switch over between several accounts at account selection in a real time charging system, wherein at a charging rating of a session, a first account is selected from a set of accounts, to be used and rated with its charging interval; the cost of a first charging interval is calculated for the first account; it is determined if the cost for the first charging interval is covered by the balance of the first account; if the cost for the first charging interval is not covered, a second account is selected to be used from the set of accounts; the cost for a next charging interval is determined; it is determined if the cost for the next charging interval minus the residue money left on the first account is covered by the balance of the second account; and if so, continue with the next charging interval, wherein the residue money left on the first account is used before the selected second account is used.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic device is for mammography examinations and includes an arm for an X-ray tube and an object table having an image receptor. The X-ray tube is able to emit a radiation field towards the image receptor. Further, an X-ray grid is included, that is introducable into the radiation field, as well as an attachment unit that can be attached to the object table. In order to obtain an X-ray diagnostic unit having an arrangement that eliminates the risk of exposing the patient to be examined to an unnecessarily high dose of X-ray radiation, the object table is provided with a sensing arrangement that is connected to a transport device for the X-ray grid. Upon applying the attachment unit to the object table, the attachment unit actuates the sensing arrangement in such a way that the transport device transports the X-ray grid out of the radiation field.

Abstract: A method and distributed rating system for determining rating data for services and subscribers in a communications network, wherein data associated with a service or subscriber is accessed (101), a rating request, including the accessed data is sent (103) to a distributed rating means (16, 19, 21) for distributed rating. Rating data are accessed and determined for the service or subscriber based on distributed data (19) proctected against access from central rating means (14, 17, 20) and on received service data for transmission to the central rating means (14, 17, 20). Resulting rating data are received in the central rating means (14, 17, 20) and a rating value is determined for charging a subscriber based on the received rating data.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic device has an X-ray tube and a diaphragm housing in which diaphragm plates for limiting an X-ray field are contained, as are a lamp and a mirror. The lamp and mirror are configured so that, when the lamp is on, the light therefrom is reflected by the mirror so that the reflected ray field coincides with the hypothetical X-ray field. At least one filter for filtering the X-rays is disposed in the diaphragm housing. The mirror and the filter or filters are attached to a single disk that rotates around an axis such that either the mirror or a filter is within the hypothetical X-ray field.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostics device for mammography examinations has an arm for an X-ray tube and a subject table as well as a compression plate arranged between the X-ray tube and the subject table, the compression plate being connected to the arm and being displaceable along it to compress a female breast. The arm is rotatable around a horizontal shaft, and the shaft is secured to a mount that is laterally displaceable. The mount is displaceably attached to a lifting arrangement connected to the stand that is height-adjustable. A control device accepts output signals from position sensors that indicate the height and lateral positions of the arm as well as from a synchro system that indicates the rotational angle of the arm, to control displacement arrangements the arm such that a rotation of the arm around an axis that can be arbitrarily selected along the longitudinal axis of the stand that is substantially aligned with the center axis of the compressed breast.

Abstract: A data processing system and a method for providing spending control to a post-paid user in a communications system comprising computer processing means (11) for processing data, and storage means connected to said computer processing means for storing data on a storage medium.

Abstract: A magnification table for mammography examinations has a table plate adapted to receive a subject thereon and a base. The table plate is substantially continuously vertically displaceable relative to the base, so that a magnification factor for radiograms of a female breast is continuously adjustable. An X-ray diagnostic device for mammography examinations has an arm supporting an X-ray tube, the arm having a longitudinal axis and a magnification table as described above, and an X-ray receiver. The table plate of the magnification table is displaceable in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the arm so that a magnification factor for radiograms of a female breast is continuously adjustable.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic device has an X-ray tube and a diaphragm housing in which diaphragm plates for limiting an X-ray field are contained, as are a lamp and a mirror. The lamp and mirror are configured so that, when the lamp is on, the light therefrom is reflected by the mirror so that the reflected ray field coincides with the hypothetical X-ray field. At least one filter for filtering the X-rays is disposed in the diaphragm housing. To form a relatively small, simple and inexpensive unit for the mirror and the filter or filters that the mirror and the filter or filters are attached to a single disk that rotates around an axis such that either the mirror or a filter is within the hypothetical X-ray field.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic device is for mammography examinations and includes an arm for an X-ray tube and an object table having an image receptor. The X-ray tube is able to emit a radiation field towards the image receptor. Further, an X-ray grid is included, that is introducable into the radiation field, as well as an attachment unit that can be attached to the object table. In order to obtain an X-ray diagnostic unit having an arrangement that eliminates the risk of exposing the patient to be examined to an unnecessarily high dose of X-ray radiation, the object table is provided with a sensing arrangement that is connected to a transport device for the X-ray grid. Upon applying the attachment unit to the object table, the attachment unit actuates the sensing arrangement in such a way that the transport device transports the X-ray grid out of the radiation field.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostics installation for mammography examinations has an arm for an X-ray tube, a holder for an image receiver and a subject table. The holder and the subject table are laterally adjustable relative to one another. A compression plate arranged between the X-ray tube and the subject table is connected to and displaceable along the arm. The arm is rotatable around a horizontal shaft attached to a stand. In order to maintain the image receiver located in the X-ray field simply and inexpensively given rotation of the subject table or of the image receiver from a vertical attitude into a lateral attitude, the holder for the image receiver is connected to the arm, and the subject table is laterally displaceable relative to the holder.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostics device for mammography examinations has an arm for an X-ray tube and a subject table as well as a compression plate arranged between the X-ray tube and the subject table, the compression plate being connected to the arm and being displaceable along it. The arm can be rotated around a horizontal shaft and is height-adjustable along a longitudinal axis of a stand. The arm is rotatable with a first displacement arrangement around the horizontal shaft, and the shaft is secured to a mount that is laterally displaceable with a second displacement arrangement. As a result the arm is laterally displaceable. The mount is displaceably attached to a lifting arrangement connected to the stand, the lifting arrangement is height-adjustable with a third displacement arrangement.

Abstract: An X-ray diagnostics installation for mammography examinations has an arm for an X-ray tube, a holder for an image receiver and a subject table. The holder and the subject table are laterally adjustable relative to one another. A compression plate arranged between the X-ray tube and the subject table is connected to and displaceable along the arm. The arm is rotatable around a horizontal shaft attached to a stand. In order to maintain the image receiver located in the X-ray field simply and inexpensively given rotation of the subject table or of the image receiver from a vertical attitude into a lateral attitude, the holder for the image receiver is connected to the arm, and the subject table is laterally displaceable relative to the holder.