Systems and methods for retrieving and modifying data records for rating and billing purposes
First Claim
1. In an operational support system that supports a plurality of telecommunications services, a method for generating billable data records associated with customers'"'"' use of the plurality of telecommunications services, comprising:
- gathering raw data records, via a plurality of agent modules, from a number of network elements, each of the network elements being associated with at least one of the plurality of telecommunications services and interfacing with one of the agent modules, wherein a first one of the agent modules interfaces with a voice portal network element, a second one of the agent modules interfaces with a call center or contact center network element, a third one of the agent modules interfaces with a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services network element, and fourth one of the agent modules interfaces with an Internet protocol (IP) infrastructure network element;
identifying, by a processing device, information in the data records relevant to rating or billing;
generating, by the processing device, billable records based on the identifying, wherein the generating comprises;
converting the raw data records received from the first, second, third and fourth agent modules into normalized billing records associated with each of the plurality of telecommunication services;
forwarding the normalized billable records to a rating or billing system; and
rating the normalized billable records.
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Abstract
An operational support system includes a data collection unit and a number of network devices that are associated with various telecommunications services. The data collection unit retrieves raw data records from the network elements and identifies information in the raw data records that is relevant for billing purposes. The data collection unit normalizes the raw data records to create a billable record. The billable record may then be passed to a rating or billing unit that determines the charges associated with a customer'"'"'s use of the telecommunications services.
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1. In an operational support system that supports a plurality of telecommunications services, a method for generating billable data records associated with customers'"'"' use of the plurality of telecommunications services, comprising:
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gathering raw data records, via a plurality of agent modules, from a number of network elements, each of the network elements being associated with at least one of the plurality of telecommunications services and interfacing with one of the agent modules, wherein a first one of the agent modules interfaces with a voice portal network element, a second one of the agent modules interfaces with a call center or contact center network element, a third one of the agent modules interfaces with a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services network element, and fourth one of the agent modules interfaces with an Internet protocol (IP) infrastructure network element; identifying, by a processing device, information in the data records relevant to rating or billing; generating, by the processing device, billable records based on the identifying, wherein the generating comprises; converting the raw data records received from the first, second, third and fourth agent modules into normalized billing records associated with each of the plurality of telecommunication services; forwarding the normalized billable records to a rating or billing system; and rating the normalized billable records. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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