Communication control method
View Patent ↗A communication control method for controlling data communication conducted between a portable information communication terminal and a data communication apparatus via a communication network including a radio communication network includes the steps of: determining whether data communication between a portable information communication terminal and a data communication apparatus has been interrupted by disconnection of a communication line; and in response to normal termination of data communication between a portable information communication terminal and a data communication apparatus, clearing accounting on data communication that was interrupted between said portable information communication terminal and a data communication apparatus by disconnection of a communication line within a predetermined time before the normal termination of the data communication.
1. A communication control method for controlling wireless data communication conducted between a portable information communication terminal and a data communication apparatus via a communication network including a radio communication network, said communication control method comprising the steps of:
determining a termination situation, when wireless data communication between said portable information communication terminal and said data communication apparatus has been disconnected, so as to classify the termination situation into normal termination, which is a disconnection according to normal procedure, or interrupted line disconnection, which is a disconnection interrupted without normal procedure, wherein accounting data is stored for each data communication with the termination situation;
checking the stored accounting data to determine whether there is any accounting data for the data communication between said portable information communication terminal and said data communication apparatus, for which the termination situation is classified as interrupted line disconnection, and which occurred within a predetermined time before the normal termination of data communication between the portable information communication terminal and the data communication apparatus;
if accounting data for which the termination situation is classified as interrupted line disconnection is found in the checking step, clearing the found accounting data to avoid charging for the disconnection interrupted without normal procedure.
2. A communication control system for controlling wireless data communication conducted between a portable information communication terminal and a data communication apparatus via a communication network including a radio communication network, said communication control system comprising:
means for determining a termination situation, when wireless data communication between said portable information communication terminal and said data communication apparatus has been disconnected, so as to classify the termination situation into normal termination, which is a disconnection according to normal procedure, or interrupted line disconnection, which is a disconnection interrupted without normal procedure, wherein accounting data is stored for each data communication with the termination situation;
means for checking the stored accounting data to determine whether there is any accounting data for the data communication between said portable information communication terminal and said data communication apparatus, for which the termination situation is classified as interrupted line disconnection, and which occurred within a predetermined time before the normal termination of data communication between the portable information communication terminal and the data communication apparatus;
if accounting data for which the termination situation is classified as interrupted line disconnection is found, means for clearing the found accounting data to avoid charging for the disconnection interrupted without normal procedure.
3. A storage medium containing a program operative on a computer to function as a communication control system for controlling wireless data communication conducted between a portable information communication terminal and a data communication apparatus via a communication network including a radio communication network, wherein said program when executed is operative on the computer to perform the steps of:
determining a termination situation, when wireless data communication between said portable information communication terminal and said data communication apparatus has been disconnected, so as to classify the termination situation into normal termination, which is a disconnection according to normal procedure, or interrupted line disconnection, which is a disconnection interrupted without normal procedure, wherein accounting data is stored for each data communication with the termination situation;
checking the stored accounting data to determine whether there is any accounting data for the data communication between said portable information communication terminal and said data communication apparatus, for which the termination situation is classified as interrupted line disconnection, and which occurred within a predetermined time before the normal termination of data communication between the portable information communication terminal and the data communication apparatus;
if accounting data for which the termination situation is classified as interrupted line disconnection is found in the checking step, clearing the found accounting data to avoid charging for the disconnection interrupted without normal procedure.