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Generating a single advice of charge request for multiple sessions in a network environment

  • US 9,209,983 B2
  • Filed: 11/19/2007
  • Issued: 12/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a client services packet gateway operable to communicate with a prepaid end user in order to manage a transaction for an item of content, the item of content communicated through a plurality of communication sessions associated with the transaction, at least two of the plurality of communication sessions associated with chargeable content, the plurality of communication sessions comprising a selected communication session and a second communication session, the selected communication session comprising a different communication protocol than the second communication session; and

    a session manager element operable to;

    receive the selected communication session;

    extract charging data from the selected communication session associated with the transaction;

    generate a single advice of charge request for the communication sessions of the transaction before the item of content has been communicated to the prepaid end user based on the extracted charging data from the selected communication session associated with the transaction;

    transmit the single advice of charge request for the prepaid end user to an advice of charge server;

    receive a portion of a remaining plurality of communication sessions;

    extract additional charging data from the portion of the remaining plurality of communication sessions; and

    associate the portion of the remaining plurality of communication sessions with the transaction based on the extracted additional charging data such that no additional advice of charge requests are generated for the portion of the remaining plurality of communication sessions.

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