Integrated revenue domain for telecommunication networks
First Claim
1. In a telecommunications network, a system for automatically, in real-time, creating and maintaining records of customer use of the network for diverse types of service and costs, comprising:
- a) means for initiating diverse types of service at different costs for customer use on the network;
b) means for labeling each customer unit an event and assigning a tag to each event;
c) means for transmitting the event through at least one switching device in the network;
d) means for creating at each switching device a record of each event;
e) means for distributing the stored records to at least one processor; and
f) means for generating a record of events for each customer use within a determined time period of the termination of the event.
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Abstract
A system and method automatically, in real-time, create and maintain records of customer use of a telecommunication network for diverse types of service and costs. Each customer use of the network is collected and tagged in a record as an event for each switching device in the network. Real-time event correlation based upon all tags is performed and combined into a standard record for each event. Additional information, e.g. pricing, tax, service is incorporated into the standard record as a basis for billing the customer for use of the diverse types of services and costs on the network.
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10 Claims
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1. In a telecommunications network, a system for automatically, in real-time, creating and maintaining records of customer use of the network for diverse types of service and costs, comprising:
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a) means for initiating diverse types of service at different costs for customer use on the network; b) means for labeling each customer unit an event and assigning a tag to each event; c) means for transmitting the event through at least one switching device in the network; d) means for creating at each switching device a record of each event; e) means for distributing the stored records to at least one processor; and f) means for generating a record of events for each customer use within a determined time period of the termination of the event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a telecommunications network, a method for automatically, in real-time, creating and maintaining records of customer use of the network for diverse types of service and costs, comprising the steps of:
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a) collecting and tagging customer use of the network as an event; b) forming a record of each event at each switching device in the network; c) partitioning and capturing all records and associated tags; d) performing real-time event correlation based upon call tags and combining them into a single record; e) matching records with the same call tag after real-time event correlation to form standard records; and f) incorporating additional information into the standard record as a basis for billing the customer for use of the diverse types of services and costs on the network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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