Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and telecommunications network utilizing more than one online charging system for a given user
- Patent Title (中): 方法和电信网络为给定用户使用多个在线计费系统
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Application No.: US14358234Application Date: 2012-11-13
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Publication No.: US09485105B2Publication Date: 2016-11-01
- Inventor: Ana Maria Lopez Nieto , Vikrant Chitre , Gerrit Voehringer
- Applicant: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
- Applicant Address: DE Bonn
- Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
- Current Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Bonn
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Priority: EP11009054 20111115
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/004708 WO 20121113
- International Announcement: WO2013/072037 WO 20130523
- Main IPC: H04W4/24
- IPC: H04W4/24 ; H04L12/14 ; H04M15/00

Abstract:
A method for enhanced policy and charging control when a telecommunications network is used by a User Equipment corresponding to a subscriber includes a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function and a first Online Charging System, configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The telecommunications network further includes a second Online Charging System being configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The method includes: communicating, by an interworking credit control function of the telecommunications network, relative to the subscriber of the telecommunications network and with regard to the same or overlapping traffic of the subscriber via a first online charging interface with the Policy and Charging Enforcement Function, via a second online charging interface with the first Online Charging System, and via a third online charging interface with the second Online Charging System.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150038111A1 METHOD AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK UTILIZING MORE THAN ONE ONLINE CHARGING SYSTEM FOR A GIVEN USER Public/Granted day:2015-02-05
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