Device assisted CDR creation, aggregation, mediation and billing
AssigneeHeadwater Research LLC
InventorGregory G. Raleigh
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Abstract
There is provided a system including a processor of a network device in communication with a wireless network. The processor is configured to collect device generated service usage information for one or more devices in wireless communication on the wireless network, and provide the device generated service usage information in a syntax and a communication protocol that can be used by other network devices to augment or replace network generated service usage information for the one or more devices in wireless communication on the wireless network.
Claims20
A method for use by a mobile end-user device in communication with a mobile access network, the method comprising:
- determining a first service activity associated with a first Internet data traffic flow of a plurality of Internet data traffic flows communicated between the mobile end-user device and the mobile access network;
- in response to determining the first service activity, allocating first data usage by the first Internet data traffic flow to the first service activity;
- determining a second service activity associated with a second Internet data traffic flow of the plurality of Internet data traffic flows communicated between the mobile end-user device and the mobile access network;
- in response to determining the second service activity, allocating second data usage by the second Internet data traffic flow to the second service activity;
- generating a first data usage record including the first data usage identified with the first service activity, and a second data usage record including the second data usage identified with the second service activity;
- and
- sending the first data usage record and the second data usage record to a network element.
A mobile end-user device comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- determine a first service activity associated with a first Internet data traffic flow of a plurality of Internet data traffic flows communicated between the mobile end-user device and a mobile access network;
- in response to determining the first service activity, allocate first data usage by the first Internet data traffic flow to the first service activity;
- determine a second service activity associated with a second Internet data traffic flow of the plurality of Internet data traffic flows communicated between the mobile end-user device and the mobile access network;
- in response to determining the second service activity, allocate second data usage by the second Internet data traffic flow to the second service activity;
- generate a first data usage record including the first data usage identified with the first service activity, and a second data usage record including the second data usage identified with the second service activity;
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- send the first data usage record and the second data usage record to a network element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.