SCP and MSC fault recovery process and signaling node failure reporting mechanism

A method for automatically adjusting charges to a pre-paid account following a temporary failure in a network, said charges for a service that was ongoing at the time of the failure, comprising the steps of:

• initiating a service, said service chargeable against an account balance for a specific pre-paid subscription during a provision of the service;
• terminating the service during a failure in the network, said failure preventing a node in the network used for charging against the account balance from receiving a notification of the termination of service during the failure;
• sending a message after a recovery from the failure, said message containing information relating to the service termination and sent to a node in the network used for charging against the account balance;
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• adjusting the account balance in accordance with the information contained in the message.