SUBSCRIPTION AND DEVICE OF CHARGE CONTROL

• US 20100229232A1
• Filed: 08/20/2008
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HMD Global Oy
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Michael, Hellgren, Vesa Pauli
• Application Number:
  US12/733,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20100229232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/9
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1403 Architecture for metering, charging or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/80 Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8011 using class of subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/83 Notification aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/85 characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/851 Determined tariff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/74 Rating aspects, e.g. rating parameters or tariff determination apects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/7407 class of subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/815 Notification when a specific condition, service or event is met
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/8154 Determined tariff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/82 Advice-of-Charge [AOC], i.e. notify subscriber of charges/cumulative charge; meter at the substation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A method of providing service authorization by sending a message from a redirect server to a user terminal including an authorization token. The method includes detecting and removing the authorization token by a network gateway node from the message before forwarding the message to the user terminal.

Claims

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. A method of providing service authorization, comprising:

sending a message, including an authorization token, from a redirect server to a user terminal; and

detecting and removing the authorization token from the message by a network gateway node before forwarding the message to the user terminal.

26. The method according to claim 25,

further comprising performing an authorization dialogue with the user terminal by the redirect server, and

wherein the message sent from the redirect server to the user terminal is a response message within the authorization dialogue.

27. The method according to claim 25, further comprising initiating a service authorization request by the network gateway node towards an online charging system after the forwarding of the message and before the user terminal requests any traffic after receiving the message.

28. The method according to claim 27, further comprising delaying by the redirect server, sending of any traffic by the terminal.

29. The method according to claim 27, further comprising performing the service authorization request by sending a credit control request message to the online charging system which includes the authorization token and asks for permission of a requested service.

30. The method according to claim 25, further comprising initiating redirection of traffic from a user terminal to a redirect server by informing the network gateway node in advance before traffic is sent by the user terminal.

31. The method according to claim 30, wherein said initiating is performed in response to creation of a packet data protocol context for the user terminal.

32. The method according to claim 30, further comprising informing the network gateway node in advance by the online charging system.

33. The method according to claim 25, wherein the network gateway node is a gateway general packet radio service support node.

34. The method according to claim 25, wherein the redirect server is a top-up server.

35. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program that when executed by a processor causes the processor to carry out a method comprising:

sending a message, including an authorization token, from a redirect server to a user terminal; and

detecting and removing the authorization token from the message by a network gateway node before forwarding the message to the user terminal.

36. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 35,

wherein said method further comprises performing an authorization dialogue with the user terminal by the redirect server, and

wherein the message sent from the redirect server to the user terminal is a response message within the authorization dialogue.

37. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 35, wherein said method further comprises initiating a service authorization request by the network gateway node towards an online charging system after the forwarding of the message and before the user terminal requests any traffic after receiving the message.

38. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 37, wherein said method further comprises performing the service authorization request by sending a credit control request message to the online charging system which includes the authorization token and asks for permission of a requested service.

39. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 35, wherein said method further comprises initiating redirection of traffic from a user terminal to a redirect server by informing the network gateway node in advance before traffic is sent by the user terminal.

40. A network gateway device communicating with a redirect server and a user terminal via a network, comprising:

a processor programmed to detect and remove an authorization token from a message from the redirect server to the user terminal; and

an interface, coupled to the network, forwarding the message to the user terminal after removal of the authorization token.

41. The network gateway device according to claim 40, wherein the network gateway device is coupled to an online charging system, and

wherein said interface sends a service authorization request towards the online charging system after the forwarding of the message and before the user terminal requests any traffic after receiving the message.

42. The network gateway device according to claim 41, wherein said interface sends the service authorization request to the online charging system with a credit control request message that includes the authorization token and asks for permission of a requested service.

43. The network gateway device according to claim 40, wherein said processor is programmed to redirect traffic from the user terminal to the redirect server, before traffic is requested by the user terminal, in response to information received to initiate redirection of the traffic.

44. The network gateway device according to claim 40, wherein the network gateway device is a gateway general packet radio service support node.