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System and method for rating an IP-based wireless telecommunications based on access point

  • US 9,955,024 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2013
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for facilitating billing of IP-based communications from a mobile device over a converged cellular network and an IP-based wireless access network, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving a call detail record after an IP-based communication is completed,wherein the IP-based communication is for communicating data, including voice information, using one of multiple access points, andwherein sets of the multiple access points form different, defined service zones;

    extracting a mobile device identifier associated with a subscriber from the call detail record;

    extracting a service zone identifier from the call detail record,wherein the service zone identifier is associated with one of the defined service zones where the mobile device obtained access to the converged cellular network through the IP-based wireless network,wherein the service zone identifier is separate from a cell global identifier (CGI) for a cell site to which the mobile device is connected or was connected, andwherein the service zone identifier is associated with one of two or more different billing rates;

    comparing the service zone identifier to the identified service zones; and

    determining a bill rate associated with the call detail record at least partially based on the comparison.

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