Systems and methods for retrieving and modifying data records for rating and billing purposes
First Claim
1. In an operational support system that supports a plurality of telecommunications services, a method for generating billable data records associated with a customer'"'"'s use of the plurality of telecommunications services, comprising:
- gathering data records from a number of network elements, each of the network elements being associated with at least one of the plurality of telecommunications services;
identifying information in the data records relevant to rating or billing;
generating billable records based on the identifying;
forwarding the billable records to a rating or billing system; and
rating the billable records.
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Abstract
An operational support system includes a data collection unit and a number of network devices that are associated with various telecommunications services. The data collection unit retrieves raw data records from the network elements and identifies information in the raw data records that is relevant for billing purposes. The data collection unit normalizes the raw data records to create a billable record. The billable record may then be passed to a rating or billing unit that determines the charges associated with a customer'"'"'s use of the telecommunications services.
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23 Claims
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1. In an operational support system that supports a plurality of telecommunications services, a method for generating billable data records associated with a customer'"'"'s use of the plurality of telecommunications services, comprising:
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gathering data records from a number of network elements, each of the network elements being associated with at least one of the plurality of telecommunications services;
identifying information in the data records relevant to rating or billing;
generating billable records based on the identifying;
forwarding the billable records to a rating or billing system; and
rating the billable records. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said sequences of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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retrieve data from a plurality of network elements, the network elements being associated with a plurality of telecommunications services;
identify information in the data that is relevant for billing;
modify the data based on the identified information to create a billable record; and
forward the billable record to a billing unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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17. An operational support system, comprising:
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a plurality of network elements associated with a plurality of systems, each of the systems configured to provide a different telecommunications service to a customer;
a data collection unit configured to;
gather data records from the plurality of network elements, identify information in the data records relevant to rating or billing, generate billable records based on the identifying, and forward the billable records; and
a billing unit configured to;
receive the billable records, and determine charges for the customer based on the billable records.
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