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Method and apparatus for merging accounting records to minimize overhead

  • US 6,853,630 B1
  • Filed: 06/16/2000
  • Issued: 02/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method to optimize accounting records in a wireless/packet data network, comprising the steps of:

  • detecting that a communication link has been established between a mobile terminal and a host in a packet data network; and

    accumulating, at a packet data serving node disposed between the mobile terminal and the packet data network, accounting information relating to a wireless communication network serving the mobile terminal and the packet data network, the accounting information being used by service providers to generate billing data to minimize the frequency of producing accounting records by the packet data serving node;

    wherein only one start record and only one stop record are sent to an accounting server for a plurality of short data burst transmissions.

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