Charging for commercial group based messaging
First Claim
1. An apparatus for implementing a network element in a telecommunication network, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to;
receive a message for broadcast over the telecommunication network;
determine a group of target receiver devices for the message;
broadcast a decryption key over the telecommunication network based on the determined group of target receiver devices;
encrypt and broadcast the message over the telecommunication network based on the determined group of target receiver devices;
determine one or more actual receiver devices in the group of target receiver devices that successfully received and decrypted the message; and
,generate one or more charging messages based on the determined actual receiver devices of the broadcasted message.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for generating charging data records for commercial group-based messages broadcast by a telecommunications network to a group of subscribers are provided. In one aspect, a network element of a telecommunications network is configured to identify individual user devices that successfully received and processed a message that was broadcast over the telecommunications network to a target group of user devices. The identification of the particular devices in the target group of devices that successfully received and processed the broadcast message is used for generating sender based charging or sender-plus-receiver based charging data records for the subscribers of the telecommunication network.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for implementing a network element in a telecommunication network, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to; receive a message for broadcast over the telecommunication network; determine a group of target receiver devices for the message; broadcast a decryption key over the telecommunication network based on the determined group of target receiver devices; encrypt and broadcast the message over the telecommunication network based on the determined group of target receiver devices; determine one or more actual receiver devices in the group of target receiver devices that successfully received and decrypted the message; and
,generate one or more charging messages based on the determined actual receiver devices of the broadcasted message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for implementing a network function in a telecommunication network, the method comprising:
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receiving a message for broadcast over the telecommunication network; determining a group of target receiver devices for the message; broadcasting a decryption key over the telecommunication network based on the determined group of target receiver devices; encrypting and broadcasting the message over the telecommunication network based on the determined group of target receiver devices; determining one or more actual receiver devices in the group of target receiver devices that successfully received and decrypted the message; and
,generating one or more charging messages based on the determined actual receiver devices of the broadcasted message. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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