Method for Accounting Information Handling in an Interworking
First Claim
1. A method for processing accounting information by a gateway device, the method comprising:
- sending an accounting request message to a first electronic device, wherein the accounting request message is related to a communications device attached to a first network;
receiving a response message from the first electronic device, the response message responsive to the accounting request message; and
processing accounting information, wherein the processing is based on the response message,wherein the gateway device and the first electronic device are part of the first network,wherein the communications device is accessing a second network through the first network, andwherein the communications device has a subscription only with the second network.
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Abstract
A method for accounting information handling in an interworking is provided. A method for processing accounting information by a gateway device includes sending an accounting request message to a first electronic device, and receiving a response message from a first electronic device, the response message responsive to the accounting request message. The accounting request message is related to a communications device attached to the first network. The method also includes processing accounting information. The processing is based on the response message, the gateway device and the first electronic device are part of the first network, the communications device is accessing a second network through the first network, and the communications device has a subscription only with the second network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for processing accounting information by a gateway device, the method comprising:
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sending an accounting request message to a first electronic device, wherein the accounting request message is related to a communications device attached to a first network; receiving a response message from the first electronic device, the response message responsive to the accounting request message; and processing accounting information, wherein the processing is based on the response message, wherein the gateway device and the first electronic device are part of the first network, wherein the communications device is accessing a second network through the first network, and wherein the communications device has a subscription only with the second network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for processing accounting information by an authentication device, the method comprising:
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receiving an accounting request message from a first electronic device, wherein the accounting request message is related to a communications device attached to a first network; and sending a response message responsive to the accounting request message to the first electronic device, wherein the authentication device and the first electronic device are part of the first network, wherein the communications device is accessing a second network through the first network, and wherein the communications device has a service subscription only with the second network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for processing accounting information by a gateway device, the method comprising:
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determining if a communications device is participating in an interworking with a first network and a second network; stopping generation of accounting information for the communications device if the communications device is participating in the interworking with the first network and the second network; and continuing to generate accounting information for the communications device if the communications device is not participating in the interworking with the first network and the second network, wherein the communications device is accessing the second network through the first network, and wherein the communications device has a subscription only with the second network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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