Wireless subscriber billing and distribution
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a billing request from a trusted service, the billing request corresponding to a third-party transaction between the trusted service and a client device of a carrier network, wherein the third-party transaction includes a purchased item purchased by the client device;
communicating the billing request including billing information to a validation component of a wireless subscriber billing system of the carrier network;
receiving a validation response to the billing request from the validation component of the wireless subscriber billing system;
communicating the validation response to the trusted service;
adding the purchased item corresponding to the billing request to a subscriber identification information-directed (SID-directed) group of catalog items selected from a main catalog based on a subscriber identification information (SID) corresponding to the client device; and
presenting the SID-directed group including the purchased item to the client device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for generating and responding to billing requests in a wireless subscriber billing system are disclosed. A billing request can be generated at a trusted service. The billing request including billing information is communicated to a wireless subscriber billing system. A validation response to the billing request is generated in the wireless subscriber billing system and the validation response is communicated to the trusted service.
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36 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a billing request from a trusted service, the billing request corresponding to a third-party transaction between the trusted service and a client device of a carrier network, wherein the third-party transaction includes a purchased item purchased by the client device; communicating the billing request including billing information to a validation component of a wireless subscriber billing system of the carrier network; receiving a validation response to the billing request from the validation component of the wireless subscriber billing system; communicating the validation response to the trusted service; adding the purchased item corresponding to the billing request to a subscriber identification information-directed (SID-directed) group of catalog items selected from a main catalog based on a subscriber identification information (SID) corresponding to the client device; and presenting the SID-directed group including the purchased item to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a service value billing (SVB) module in a wireless subscriber billing system configured to receive a billing request from a trusted service, the billing request corresponding to a third-party transaction between the trusted service and a client device of a carrier network, wherein the third-party transaction includes a purchased item purchased by the client device; validation logic configured to generate a validation response in response to the billing request; logic configured to add the purchased item corresponding to the billing request to a subscriber identification information-directed (SID-directed) group of catalog items selected from a main catalog based on a subscriber identification information (SID) corresponding to the client device; and logic configured to present the SID-directed group including the purchased item to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system comprising:
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means for receiving a billing request including billing information from a trusted service at a wireless subscriber billing system, the billing request corresponding to a third-party transaction between the trusted service and a client device of a carrier network, wherein the third-party transaction includes a purchased item purchased by the client device; means for generating a validation response to the billing request in the wireless subscriber billing system; means for communicating the validation response to the trusted service; means for adding the purchased item corresponding to the billing request to a subscriber identification information-directed (SID-directed) group of catalog items selected from a main catalog based on a subscriber identification information (SID) corresponding to the client device; and means for presenting the SID-directed group including the purchased item to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, upon being executed, causes a computing device to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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at least one instruction for receiving a billing request from a trusted service, the billing request corresponding to a third-party transaction between the trusted service and a client device of a carrier network, wherein the third-party transaction includes a purchased item purchased by the client device; at least one instruction for generating a validation response to the billing request in the wireless subscriber billing system; at least one instruction for communicating the validation response to the trusted service; at least one instruction for adding the purchased item corresponding to the billing request to a subscriber identification information-directed (SID-directed) group of catalog items selected from a main catalog based on a subscriber identification information (SID) corresponding to the client device; and at least one instruction for presenting the SID-directed group including the purchased item to the client device.
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36. A method comprising:
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receiving a billing request from a trusted service, the billing request corresponding to a third-party transaction between the trusted service and a client device of a carrier network, wherein the client device corresponds to a subscriber ID (SID), and wherein the third-party transaction includes a purchased item purchased by the client device; communicating the billing request including billing information to a wireless subscriber billing system, wherein the trusted service comprises a third-party external to the wireless subscriber billing system; receiving a validation response to the billing request from the wireless subscriber billing system; communicating the validation response to the trusted service; adding the purchased item to a SID-directed group of catalog items selected from a main catalog based on the subscriber ID, the purchased item corresponding to the billing request; and presenting the SID-directed group including the purchased item to the client device.
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