Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and function for handling a subscriber's communication services
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Application No.: US17413038Application Date: 2018-12-12
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Publication No.: US11937150B2Publication Date: 2024-03-19
- Inventor: Gaurav Bhatnagar , Saurabh Gupta , Robert Törnkvist
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/084499 2018.12.12
- International Announcement: WO2020/119900A 2020.06.18
- Date entered country: 2021-06-11
- Main IPC: H04W4/24
- IPC: H04W4/24 ; H04M17/00 ; H04W8/18

Abstract:
The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a charging function (125) for handling a subscriber's communication services. The charging function (125) detects that a subscriber's credit account has reached or fallen below a credit threshold when the subscriber has multiple ongoing communication services consuming credit from the credit account. The charging function (125) sends a threshold notification to a UE (101) on which the subscriber has at least one of the multiple ongoing communication services. The charging function (125) determines if a response to the threshold notification has been received with prioritization of one of the multiple ongoing communication services. If a response with prioritization of one communication service has been received, the charging function (125) initiates termination of all ongoing communication services except the prioritized communication service, and provides all available credit to be available for the prioritized communication service.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220022011A1 Method and Function for Handling a Subscriber's Communication Services Public/Granted day:2022-01-20
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