Enhancement of network accounting records
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving from a first source a first network record;
correlating the first network record with information available from a second source; and
using the information with which the first network record is correlated to enhance the first network record, the using performed by a processor;
wherein the information is in the form of a second network record and includes parameters and wherein the using comprises adding at least one parameter from the information to the first network record based on a policy;
wherein the enhancement includes adding at least one parameter missing from the first network record to an existing field of the first network record from the information.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for processing network accounting information. A first network accounting record is received from a first source. Thereafter, the first network accounting record is correlated with accounting information available from a second source. The accounting information with which the first network accounting record is correlated is then used to enhance the first network accounting record.
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140 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving from a first source a first network record; correlating the first network record with information available from a second source; and using the information with which the first network record is correlated to enhance the first network record, the using performed by a processor; wherein the information is in the form of a second network record and includes parameters and wherein the using comprises adding at least one parameter from the information to the first network record based on a policy; wherein the enhancement includes adding at least one parameter missing from the first network record to an existing field of the first network record from the information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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4. A system, comprising:
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at least one data collector for receiving from a first source a first network record and for correlating the first network record with information available from a second source; and an enhancement component for using the information with which the first network record is correlated to enhance the first network record; wherein the system is operable such that the information is in the form of a second network record and includes parameters and wherein the system is operable such that the using comprises adding at least one parameter from the information to the first network record based on a policy; wherein the system is operable such that the enhancement includes adding at least one parameter missing from the first network record to an existing field of the first network record from the information. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 140)
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7. A computer program product embodied on a tangible computer readable medium, comprising:
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computer code for receiving from a first source a first network record; computer code for correlating the first network record with information available from a second source; and computer code for using the information with which the first network record is correlated to enhance the first network record; wherein the computer program product is operable such that the information is in the form of a second network record and includes parameters and wherein the computer program product is operable such that the using comprises adding at least one parameter from the information to the first network record based on a policy; wherein the computer program product is operable such that the enhancement includes adding at least one parameter missing from the first network record to an existing field of the first network record from the information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139)
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