METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVIDING USER RELATED TRAFFIC STATISTICS
First Claim
1. A method in a communication network for providing user traffic statistics on user traffic generated in said communication network and involving at least one client to which a first user, being a subscriber of a user traffic statistics service, is registered, and one or more other clients, each of which is registered to a user other than the first user, the method, being executable on a server, comprising the following steps:
- receiving user traffic data, associated with said clients, said user traffic data being intercepted by a traffic intercepting unit;
determining if any user traffic data associated with said first user is stored on said server, and aggregating any such stored data with the received data;
processing one more of the aggregated data and the received data on the basis of pre-defined processing criteria to obtain updated user traffic statistics on traffic associated with said subscriber; and
storing the processed data to provide for subsequent distribution of updated traffic statistics.
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Abstract
A method in a communication network for providing user traffic statistics on user traffic generated in the communication network is provided, wherein statistics involving a subscribing user being registered to one or more clients one or more other clients is considered. User traffic data being received from a traffic intercepting unit and if any associated data is already stored this data is aggregated with the received data, such that user traffic associated with any client of the subscriber is aggregated. The aggregated and/or received data is then processed on the basis of pre-defined processing criteria, such that updated user traffic statistics on traffic associated with the subscriber is obtained, after which the processed data is stored, such that subsequent distribution of updated traffic statistics can be provided.
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24 Claims
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1. A method in a communication network for providing user traffic statistics on user traffic generated in said communication network and involving at least one client to which a first user, being a subscriber of a user traffic statistics service, is registered, and one or more other clients, each of which is registered to a user other than the first user, the method, being executable on a server, comprising the following steps:
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receiving user traffic data, associated with said clients, said user traffic data being intercepted by a traffic intercepting unit; determining if any user traffic data associated with said first user is stored on said server, and aggregating any such stored data with the received data; processing one more of the aggregated data and the received data on the basis of pre-defined processing criteria to obtain updated user traffic statistics on traffic associated with said subscriber; and storing the processed data to provide for subsequent distribution of updated traffic statistics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An arrangement in a communication network for providing user traffic statistics on user traffic generated in said communication network and involving at least one client to which a first user, being a subscriber of a user traffic statistics service, is registered, and one or more other clients, each of which is registered to a user other than the first user, the server comprising:
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a receiving unit, adapted to receive, from at least one traffic intercepting unit, user traffic data associated with said clients; an aggregating unit, adapted to determine whether any user traffic data associated with the first user is stored at a storing unit of said arrangement, and to aggregate the received data with any such stored data; a processing unit, adapted to process one or more of said aggregated data and said received data on the basis of pre-defined processing criteria, to obtain updated user traffic statistics on traffic associated with said subscriber, said processing unit being further adapted to store said updated user traffic statistics in said storing unit, enabling subsequent distribution of updated user traffic statistics via a transmitting unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24)
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