Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Separate charging for supplemental content in a data flow
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Application No.: US13930366Application Date: 2013-06-28
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Publication No.: US09699323B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Yigang Cai , Ranjan Sharma
- Applicant: Yigang Cai , Ranjan Sharma
- Applicant Address: FR Boulogne-Billancourt
- Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
- Current Assignee Address: FR Boulogne-Billancourt
- Agency: Duft Bornsen & Fettig, LLP
- Main IPC: H04M15/00
- IPC: H04M15/00 ; H04L12/14

Abstract:
Systems and methods that provide charging for supplemental content in a data flow separately from other content in the data flow. One embodiment comprises a network element of a Packet-Switched (PS) network that serves mobile User Equipment (UE). The network element receives a data flow of packets for a download of content requested by the UE, and identifies supplemental content in the data flow not requested by the UE, such as advertising content. The network element generates a charging request, inserts charging information for the supplemental content in the charging request, and transmits the charging request to a charging system so that the supplemental content can be charged separately from other content of the data flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150003298A1 SEPARATE CHARGING FOR SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT IN A DATA FLOW Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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