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US 2004/0210522 A1Published application
Charging gateway component selection of billing system component to handle charging data record based on one or more characteristics of the charging data record
OwnerAnnette S. Bissantz, David C. Harms +2inventors
InventorsAnnette S. Bissantz, David C. Harms, Catherine M. Scott, Ariel Sharon
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Abstract
A charging gateway component of an apparatus in one example selects a billing system component, to handle a charging data record, from a plurality of available billing system components based on one or more characteristics of the charging data record.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a charging gateway component that selects a billing system component, to handle a charging data record, from a plurality of available billing system components based on one or more characteristics of the charging data record.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- identifying one or more characteristics of a charging data record through analysis of one or more content portions of the charging data record;
- and
- employing the one or more characteristics of the charging data record to route the charging data record to a billing system component of a plurality of available billing system components.
An article, comprising:
- one or more computer-readable signal-bearing media;
- means in the one or more media for identifying one or more characteristics of a charging data record through analysis of one or more content portions of the charging data record;
- and
- means in the one or more media for employing the one or more characteristics of the charging data record to route the charging data record to a billing system component of a plurality of available billing system components.
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