Content-based billing service for wireless prepaid subscribers
First Claim
1. A method of providing content-based billing to a prepaid subscriber comprising the steps of:
- initiating information exchange between a first Serving General Packet Radio Service Support Node (SGSN) and Server Control Point (SCP) regarding said prepaid subscriber;
providing volume limit threshold data to the first SGSN;
forwarding said volume limit threshold data to a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) accumulating a billable data count relating to a profile of a prepaid subscriber;
transmitting said accumulated data count to said first SGSN if said accumulated data count reaches said volume limit threshold; and
providing said accumulated data count to said SCP.
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Abstract
A method of allowing content-based billing to a prepaid subscriber or subscribers is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, the content-based billing is achieved by forwarding volume limit threshold data normally used by the Serving GPRS support node to the Gateway GPRS support node, which according to the prior art, counted all data bits at the same rate. According to this embodiment, by forwarding the volume limit threshold data to the GGSN, a modified data count is accumulated since billable data is monitored and accumulates, whereas free data does not accumulate. This modified data count is then provided from the gateway GPRS support node to the Serving GPRS support node, which then transmits the accumulated data count to the SCP.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing content-based billing to a prepaid subscriber comprising the steps of:
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initiating information exchange between a first Serving General Packet Radio Service Support Node (SGSN) and Server Control Point (SCP) regarding said prepaid subscriber;
providing volume limit threshold data to the first SGSN;
forwarding said volume limit threshold data to a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) accumulating a billable data count relating to a profile of a prepaid subscriber;
transmitting said accumulated data count to said first SGSN if said accumulated data count reaches said volume limit threshold; and
providing said accumulated data count to said SCP. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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