Network subscriber usage recording system
First Claim
1. A network subscriber usage recording system comprising:
- an encapsulator for reading a plurality of network subscriber metadata records from a network data source and converting the network subscriber metadata records to a plurality of data normalized metered events;
an aggregator for processing the data normalized metered events to create aggregated normalized metered events; and
an auditor for generating audit normalized metered events based on the data normalized metered events.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a network subscriber usage recording system and method with configurable audit system. In one embodiment, a network subscriber usage recording system comprises an encapsulator for reading a plurality of network subscriber metadata records from a network data source and converting the network data records to a plurality of data normalized metered events. An aggregator is provided for processing the data normalized metered events to create aggregated normalized metered events. An auditor is provided for generating audit normalized metered events based on the data normalized metered events.
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55 Claims
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1. A network subscriber usage recording system comprising:
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an encapsulator for reading a plurality of network subscriber metadata records from a network data source and converting the network subscriber metadata records to a plurality of data normalized metered events;
an aggregator for processing the data normalized metered events to create aggregated normalized metered events; and
an auditor for generating audit normalized metered events based on the data normalized metered events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A network subscriber usage recording system comprising:
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a collector comprising;
an encapsulator for reading a plurality of network subscriber data records from a network data source and converting the network metadata records to a plurality of data normalized metered events;
an aggregator for processing the data normalized metered events to create aggregated normalized metered events;
an auditor for generating audit normalized metered events from the data normalized metered events; and
an audit server in communication with the collector, wherein the audit server retrieves audit normalized metered events from the collector. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A network subscriber usage recording system comprising:
a collector comprising;
an encapsulator for reading a plurality of network subscriber metadata records from a network data source and converting the network data records to a plurality of data normalized metered events;
an aggregator for processing the data normalized metered events to create aggregated normalized metered events; and
an auditor for generating audit normalized metered events from the data normalized metered events, the auditor comprising a first audit point located at the encapsulator and a second audit point located at the aggregator. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A network subscriber usage system having a multiple level distributed data storage system, the system comprising:
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a set of networks data collectors, wherein at least one network data collector receives network accounting data from a network subscriber metadata source, processes and stores the network accounting data at the at least one network data collector, the set of network data collectors comprising an auditor for generating audit data representative of the network accounting data; and
another network data collector, wherein the another network data collector receives processed network accounting data from the at least one network data collector, processes and stores the network accounting data at the another network data collector, another network data collector comprising at least one auditor for generating audit data representative of the network accounting data. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A network usage system having a multiple level distributed data storage system, the system comprising:
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a first network data collector comprising a first encapsulator, a first aggregator, a first auditor and a first data storage system;
a second network data collector comprising a second encapsulator, a second aggregator, a second auditor, and a second data storage system; and
a data correlator collector comprising a third encapsulator, a third aggregator, a third auditor, and a third data storage system, wherein the third encapsulator is in communication with the first data storage system and the second data storage system. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for recording network subscriber usage comprising:
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defining a collector including an encapsulator, an aggregator and a data storage system;
operating the encapsulator to read a plurality of network subscriber metadata records from a network data source and convert the network data records to a plurality of normalized metered events;
aggregating the plurality of normalized metered events to create a plurality of aggregated normalized metered events; and
storing the aggregated normalized metered events in the data storage system. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A network subscriber usage system having an audit system comprising:
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a plurality of audit points;
a plurality of audit operations, wherein at least one audit operation is associated with each audit point for generating an audit attribute associated with an audit point; and
a plurality of audit verification rules, each audit verification rule configured to process at least one of the audit attributes contained in an audit normalized metered event. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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