Auditing system for wireless networks
First Claim
1. In a wireless network of a carrier that provides services to multiple end user devices, a method for evaluating a billing system of the wireless network, the method comprising:
- tracking one or more events on a user device, wherein the one or more events correspond to chargeable actions in a wireless network; and
transmitting the one or more events with information noting that at least one event of the one or more events was dropped and a reason why the at least one event was dropped to a remote collection system on a server, wherein the collection system generates results from the one or more events that are used to audit billing data from a carrier of the wireless network.
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Abstract
Independently evaluating the performance of the billing systems of wireless carriers. Devices are provisioned with a collection profile that enables the devices to capture event data at the devices that corresponds to billable events. The collected data is uploaded to a collection and management system. The collection and management system can then compare the collected event data with the billable data generated by the billing systems of wireless carriers to identify discrepancies in the billable events, determine relative performance of elements in the carrier'"'"'s wireless networks, and identify traffic or load based loss in carrier'"'"'s billable data.
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25 Claims
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1. In a wireless network of a carrier that provides services to multiple end user devices, a method for evaluating a billing system of the wireless network, the method comprising:
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tracking one or more events on a user device, wherein the one or more events correspond to chargeable actions in a wireless network; and transmitting the one or more events with information noting that at least one event of the one or more events was dropped and a reason why the at least one event was dropped to a remote collection system on a server, wherein the collection system generates results from the one or more events that are used to audit billing data from a carrier of the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a wireless network of a carrier that provides services to multiple end user devices, a method for evaluating a billing system of the wireless network, the method comprising:
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receiving event data from one or more end user devices operating in one or more wireless networks, wherein the event data represents chargeable events of the one or more end user devices; and auditing billable data from at least one carrier using the event data by comparing the event data with the billable data, wherein the event data is collected independently of the billable data, wherein auditing billable data from at least one carrier using the event data further comprises; correlating tower and/or sector information with carrier infrastructure data to determine relative performance of the tower and/or sector or to determine performance of other elements in the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In one or more wireless networks that provide service to multiple end user devices, a method for evaluating performance of elements operating in a network, the method comprising:
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receiving event data from one or more devices operating in a wireless network, the event data including data representing chargeable events and environment data identifying elements of the wireless network; auditing billing data received from at least one carrier by comparing some of the event data with the billing data to identify a billing issue; correlating the event data with a topology of the wireless network; and identifying one or more elements in the wireless network that contribute to the billing issue. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. In a wireless network of a carrier that provides services to multiple end user devices, a method for evaluating a billing system of the wireless network, the method comprising:
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provisioning end user devices with a collection profile, the collection profile configured to enable each device to identify and collect billable events at the end user device, wherein a sufficient number of end user devices are provisioned with the collective profile such that statistically distributed losses result in an adequate sample set of the event data and such that event data with complete contextual data is captured; receiving event data from one or more end user devices operating in one or more wireless networks, wherein the event data represents chargeable events of the one or more end user devices; and auditing billable data from at least one carrier using the event data by comparing the event data with the billable data, wherein the event data is collected independently of the billable data.
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25. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing, in a wireless network of a carrier that provides services to multiple end user devices, a method for evaluating a billing system of the wireless network, the method comprising:
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provisioning end user devices with a collection profile, the collection profile configured to enable each device to identify and collect billable events at the end user device, wherein a sufficient number of end user devices are provisioned with the collective profile such that statistically distributed losses result in an adequate sample set of the event data and such that event data with complete contextual data is captured; receiving event data from one or more end user devices operating in one or more wireless networks, wherein the event data represents chargeable events of the one or more end user devices; and auditing billable data from at least one carrier using the event data by comparing the event data with the billable data, wherein the event data is collected independently of the billable data.
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