Intelligent charging for services

A network system for intelligent provisioning and charging, comprising:

• a Service Controller configured to aggregate a plurality of usage data for a subscriber and to record the usage data on a central database;
• an Intelligent Information Collection Repository (IICR) in communication with the Service Controller, the IICR configured to correlate the usage data with market demographics, network analytics, and other information about the subscriber;
• a Billing Manager within the Service Controller configured to aggregate a plurality of purchasing and charging data for a subscriber;
• and
• a logic unit within the Service Controller configured to:
• determine a usage pattern for a subscriber using a service by a Service Controller on a network;
• record the usage pattern in a subscriber profile on the central database on the network in communication with an application server;
• receive local data regarding subscriber-end information from a Micro Intelligent Information Collection Repository (MIICR) within a device on the network, the MIICR configured to collect and upload local data regarding subscriber-end information, the subscriber-end information including state change information and usage information;
• store the subscriber-end information in the subscriber profile;
• direct the billing manager to charge the subscriber for the service based on the usage pattern and subscriber-end information;
• and
• provision a service for the subscriber by correlating the usage data with the purchasing and charging data;
• wherein the service is provisioned or de-provisioned pursuant to a plurality of billing rules stored in a subscriber profile, said plurality of billing rules including at least a spending limit for the subscriber.

A method for intelligent provisioning and charging, the method comprising:

• determining a usage pattern for a subscriber using a service by a Service Controller on a network;
• recording the usage pattern in a subscriber profile on a database on the network in communication with an application server;
• receiving local data regarding subscriber-end information from the device on the network, the subscriber-end information sent from a Micro Intelligent Information Collection Repository (MIICR) on the device, the MIICR configured to collect and upload local data regarding subscriber-end information, the subscriber-end information including state change information and usage information;
• storing the subscriber-end information in the subscriber profile;
• directing a billing server to charge the subscriber for the service based on the usage pattern and subscriber-end information;
• correlating the usage pattern and subscriber-end information with a plurality of market demographics and network analytics;
• and
• provisioning a second service for the subscriber based on the usage pattern and subscriber-end information, wherein the second service is provisioned pursuant to a plurality of billing rules stored in the subscriber profile, said plurality of billing rules including at least a spending limit for the subscriber.