US 8,027,360 B2Granted

Method for implementing an open charging (OC) middleware platform and gateway system

AssigneeRedknee Inc.

InventorsLucas Skoczkowski, Rubens Rahim

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Abstract

The art of present discloses a method and system for enabling mobile network operators to collect charging information from various other network elements; and indeed, is intended to exploit the resiliency of open network architecture and lessen the requisite dependency on proprietary network elements services and billing systems. The Open Charging (OC) middleware platform and gateway system interacts with proprietary network elements and effectually creates a unifying, enabling layer in mobile networks. Indeed, the art is directed at permitting mobile subscriber access to, among others, third party content and services with the simplicity and convenience of such charges appearing on either mobile phone bill, or decremented from said mobile subscriber's pre-paid account.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A queuing module in a gateway system having:

a plurality of application interfaces for connecting to a respective plurality of external applications via at least one network;
each said external application distinct from a plurality of subscribers and configured to provide at least one external application function call relating to at least one of said plurality of subscribers to its respective application interface;
a plurality of intelligent network (IN) platform adapters for connecting to a respective plurality of IN platforms;
each of said IN platforms configured to respond to at least one of said external application function calls;
said queuing module comprising:
connections for interconnecting said application interfaces and said platform adapter interfaces;
said queuing module configured to maintain, in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, a routing indication associating each of said application interlaces with at least one of said IN platform adapters;
said queuing module further configured to route said at least one external application function call to one of said platform adapters based on said routing indication.

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Facts

Application: 12/856,862Filed 16 Aug 2010 · continuation
Priority: 2 Dec 2002
Published: US 2010/0322261 A123 Dec 2010
Granted: 27 Sep 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

H04M 15/7655
Linked or grouped accounts, e.g. of users or devices: shared by technologies
H04M 15/00
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication
H04M 15/53
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless…: using…
H04M 15/57
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless…: for…

Family

Application10/307,335Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Dec 2002
US 2010/0322261 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Dec 2010
US 7,801,171 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2004/0105424 A1Published application
US 8,027,360 B2This patent

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