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Device assisted CDR creation aggregation, mediation and billing

  • US 8,634,805 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2012
  • Issued: 01/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, using at least a network traffic monitor, for managing allocations for network usage of a wireless access network, the method comprising:

  • using the network traffic monitor, monitoring wireless access network traffic associated with an end-user device to identify electronically storable wireless access network traffic data corresponding to a first service usage activity of a plurality of service usage activities available to the end-user device, wherein the first service usage activity is associated with one or more of (1) a first application on the end-user device, (2) a first network communication end-point accessible to the end-user device, and (3) a first type of data traffic the end-user device is capable of sending or receiving;

    obtaining a transaction code associated with the first service usage activity;

    obtaining a measure of access network usage associated with the first service usage activity;

    generating a first charging data record (CDR), storable as electronically stored data, wherein the first CDR comprises data representing at least the transaction code and the measure of access network usage;

    determining a bill-by-account billing offset using information from the first CDR;

    determining, based on the bill-by-account billing offset, an allocation of at least a portion of the measure of access network usage to a first payer entity, the first payer entity responsible for compensating a service provider for a usage of the wireless access network associated with at least a portion of the first service usage activity; and

    storing a representation of the allocation.

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