System and method for peer-to-peer transfer of multimedia content and reconciliation thereof
First Claim
1. A system for establishing sessions to share multimedia content between two or more mobile devices across a wireless local network and record shared multimedia content for charging purposes, the system comprising:
- a local Call Session Control Function (CSCF) component associated with a telecommunications carrier and coupled to a single wireless access point, the local CSCF component configured to;
receive a request from a sending mobile device via the single wireless access point to establish a multimedia communication session with one or more receiving mobile devices;
determine whether the one or more receiving mobile devices are communicatively coupled to the single wireless access point;
establish a multimedia communication session between the sending mobile device and one or more receiving mobile devices that are coupled to the single wireless access point such that multimedia transmitted during the multimedia communication session is substantially transmitted via the wireless local network generated by the single wireless access point; and
monitor a characteristic of the multimedia communication session; and
a secure billing agent coupled to the local CSCF component and configured to;
store the monitored characteristic of the multimedia communication session in a session record; and
transmit the session record to the telecommunications carrier to enable charges to be levied for the multimedia communication session that occurred over the wireless local network.
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Abstract
A system and method to enable a transfer of multimedia content between mobile telecommunication devices while maintaining the multimedia traffic within a wireless local network. Multimedia content may be sent from one of the mobile telecommunication devices and delivered to another one or more of the mobile telecommunication devices. The multimedia transfer is facilitated and monitored by a secure agent located within the local network. The secure agent maintains a record of the multimedia content sessions and transmits such information to a billing component. The billing component utilizes the record of content transfer to assess a fee or other charge on the sending device, the receiving device(s), or both sending and receiving devices. In some embodiments, such a charge may include a credit or other reward that is provided to sending devices or receiving devices for implementing a local transfer of multimedia content.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for establishing sessions to share multimedia content between two or more mobile devices across a wireless local network and record shared multimedia content for charging purposes, the system comprising:
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a local Call Session Control Function (CSCF) component associated with a telecommunications carrier and coupled to a single wireless access point, the local CSCF component configured to; receive a request from a sending mobile device via the single wireless access point to establish a multimedia communication session with one or more receiving mobile devices; determine whether the one or more receiving mobile devices are communicatively coupled to the single wireless access point; establish a multimedia communication session between the sending mobile device and one or more receiving mobile devices that are coupled to the single wireless access point such that multimedia transmitted during the multimedia communication session is substantially transmitted via the wireless local network generated by the single wireless access point; and monitor a characteristic of the multimedia communication session; and a secure billing agent coupled to the local CSCF component and configured to; store the monitored characteristic of the multimedia communication session in a session record; and transmit the session record to the telecommunications carrier to enable charges to be levied for the multimedia communication session that occurred over the wireless local network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for establishing sessions to share multimedia content between two or more mobile devices across a wireless local network and record shared multimedia content for charging purposes, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a sending mobile device via a single wireless access point to establish a multimedia communication session with one or more receiving mobile devices; determining whether the one or more receiving mobile devices are communicatively coupled to the single wireless access point; establishing a multimedia communication session between the sending mobile device and one or more receiving mobile devices that are coupled to the single wireless access point such that multimedia transmitted during the multimedia communication session is substantially transmitted via the wireless local network generated by the single wireless access point; monitoring a characteristic of the multimedia communication session; storing the monitored characteristic of the multimedia communication session in a session record; and transmitting the session record to a telecommunications carrier to enable charges to be levied by the telecommunications carrier for the multimedia communication session that occurred over the wireless local network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of charging for multimedia communication sessions that were conducted between two or more mobile devices across a wireless local network, the method comprising:
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transmitting a request to receive local session records associated with a wireless local network; receiving one or more local session records following the request, each of the local session records reflecting a monitored characteristic of a multimedia communication session between a sending mobile device and a receiving mobile device across a wireless local network; receiving one or more core session records, each of the core session records reflecting a monitored characteristic of a multimedia communication session between a sending mobile device and a receiving mobile device across a core network; applying a first service plan to the one or more core session records to determine charges that should be levied on the sending mobile device and the receiving mobile device associated with each core session record based on the monitored characteristic; and applying a second service plan to the one or more local session records to determine charges that should be levied on the sending mobile device and the receiving mobile device associated with each local session record based on the monitored characteristic, wherein the charges applied by the second service plan are less than the charges applied by the first service plan for a multimedia communication session having comparable monitored characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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