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Device group partitions and settlement platform

  • US 10,064,033 B2
  • Filed: 10/06/2016
  • Issued: 08/28/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a plurality of wireless end-user devices over a wireless data network, the method comprising:

  • accepting, through respective secure access to an administrator interface, respective secure information from each of a plurality of entities, the respective secure information for each given entity comprising an identification of one or more device-based network data service usage activities for a respective group of the wireless end-user devices managed by that entity, and one or more rules associated with the identified activities,obtaining one or more charging data records (CDRs) from one or more CDR sources for each of the wireless end-user devices, with at least one CDR source for each specific one of the wireless end-user devices being that specific wireless end-user device, wherein each CDR of the one or more CDRs comprises information identifying one or more of a plurality of device-based network data service usage activities associated with a specific one of the end-user devices, and wherein each CDR indicates a wireless network data usage amount associated with each of the one or more identified device-based network data service usage activities; and

    generating, using one or more associated rules and at least one of the one or more CDRs for a specific first one of the end-user devices in a given group, accounting and settlement information configured to assist in apportioning the wireless network data usage indicated in the at least one of the CDRs to different service plan data usage classes based on the information identifying the device-based network data service usage activities and associated wireless network data usage amounts.

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