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Apparatus and method for integrated billing management by real-time session management in wire/wireless integrated service network

  • US 8,204,190 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2007
  • Issued: 06/19/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for integrated billing management in a wired/wireless integrated service network, comprising:

  • billing information pre-processing means for analyzing billing processing request information received from a user terminal through a network access device, transmitting the received billing processing request information to a session information processing means and a billing information processing means, receiving a processing result from the session information processing means and the billing information processing means, and transmitting the processing result to the network access device;

    first session information processing means for receiving billing processing request information from the billing information pre-processing means, and performing a real-time session management function and a session overlapping management function based on type of the received billing processing request information in order to perform billing processing per a user without being duplicated;

    first billing information processing means for performing a billing process based on session information stored in a DB processing means for billing processing request information received from the billing information preprocessing means; and

    DB processing means for organizing databases with registration information, billing information, session information and management information and managing the organized databases by cooperating with the billing information pre-processing means, the session information processing means and the billing information processing means;

    wherein the first billing information processing means classifies data according to service-charge plans, and generates formulaic billing data, based on the session information and the billing information.

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