Device management network that facilitates selective billing
First Claim
1. A device management server that manages at least one device in a network, the device management server comprising:
- a repository containing a plurality of records, wherein the records comprise information utilized in charging and tracking activities associated with the at least one device;
an assembler that assembles the plurality of records; and
wherein the device management server facilitates retrieval of at least one of the plurality of records by an external system.
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention may be seen in a device management (DM) network capable of associating billing codes with device management activities that involve transfer of data, upload or download of content, device management activities, reporting diagnostics messages, reporting alerts, reporting events, etc., in order to facilitate selective billing of such activities and selective assignment of one of several possible billing entities with these activities. In one embodiment of the present invention, each DM session has an associated billing code. In another embodiment of the present invention, nodes in a DM tree in the device may have an associated billing code to be communicated or otherwise used for billing by a billing server.
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17 Claims
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1. A device management server that manages at least one device in a network, the device management server comprising:
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a repository containing a plurality of records, wherein the records comprise information utilized in charging and tracking activities associated with the at least one device;
an assembler that assembles the plurality of records; and
wherein the device management server facilitates retrieval of at least one of the plurality of records by an external system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A network that facilitates billing for device management activities associated with devices in the network, the network comprising:
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at least one electronic device;
at least one server that manages a plurality of device management activities in the at least one electronic device; and
a billing server, wherein the at least one server, upon termination of the plurality of device management activities in the at least one electronic device, employs the billing server to create billing records associated with the at least one electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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