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Systems and methods for exchanging information, and particularly debit information, between a visited and a home wireless network with respect to a wireless unit operating in the visited network. A translator is provided which includes a receiver for receiving data relating to the unit from the visi

Systems and methods for exchanging information, and particularly debit information, between a visited and a home wireless network with respect to a wireless unit operating in the visited network. A translator is provided which includes a receiver for receiving data relating to the unit from the visited network, a translator application for translating and/or formatting the data into a standard inter-network communications message, and a transmitter for transmitting the standard message to the home network. The translator may receive data from a debit platform of the visited network. The translator may format the data into the standard message, preferably an IS-41 message. This standard message may be received by a translator at the home network. The home translator may extract the data from the standard message, translate the data and provide the data to the debit platform of the home network. After the home debit platform determines the authorization information with respect to the unit, the home translator may translate and format the authorization information into a standard inter-network communications response message, preferably, an IS-41 response message. The home translator transmits this standard response message to the visited network, where the visited translator may receive the response message, extract the authorization information, translate this information and then to provide the authorization information to the visited debit platform.

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[ I claim:] [1.]1. In or for a wireless communications system including a home wireless network of a wireless unit and a visited wireless network of said wireless unit, a first translator associated with said visited wireless network and a second translator associated with said home wireless network

[ I claim:] [1.]1. In or for a wireless communications system including a home wireless network of a wireless unit and a visited wireless network of said wireless unit, a first translator associated with said visited wireless network and a second translator associated with said home wireless network, said first and second translators exchanging information relating to said wireless unit between said visited wireless network and said home wireless network, said first translator comprising:a receiver for receiving data relating to said wireless unit from a visited debit platform of said visited wireless network;said data being in a protocol of said visited wireless network, said protocol being referred to as the visitor's protocol;a translator application for translating said data from said visitor's protocol and formatting said data at said visited wireless network into a standard inter-network communications message; anda transmitter for transmitting said standard inter-network communications message directly to said second translator of said home wireless network.