Method and system for tracking and billing vocoder bypass calls in a wireless wide area network
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1. A method for billing vocoder bypass calls in a wireless wide area network, the method comprising:
- accessing a plurality of electronic records for calls involving a first wireless device on the wireless wide area network, wherein each electronic record in the plurality of electronic records corresponds to a respective call involving the wireless device, wherein each said respective call is a call that could have been established with vocoder bypass, and wherein each electronic record includes an indication of whether its respective call was established with vocoder bypass; and
using the indications in the plurality of electronic records as a basis, at least in part, to charge a user of the first wireless device for accessing the wireless wide area network.
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For calls involving a wireless device on a wireless wide area network, a network entity may create an electronic record for the call that includes an indication of whether the call was established with vocoder bypass. A service provider of the wireless wide area network may then use the indications in the electronic records, at least in part, as a basis for billing a user of the wireless device. The service provider may additionally use the electronic records to generate statistics about the usage of the wireless wide area network.
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1. A method for billing vocoder bypass calls in a wireless wide area network, the method comprising:
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accessing a plurality of electronic records for calls involving a first wireless device on the wireless wide area network, wherein each electronic record in the plurality of electronic records corresponds to a respective call involving the wireless device, wherein each said respective call is a call that could have been established with vocoder bypass, and wherein each electronic record includes an indication of whether its respective call was established with vocoder bypass; and using the indications in the plurality of electronic records as a basis, at least in part, to charge a user of the first wireless device for accessing the wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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