Device assisted CDR creation, aggregation, mediation and billing
AssigneeHeadwater Partners I LLC
InventorGregory G. Raleigh
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Abstract
Device assisted CDR creation, aggregation, mediation and billing is provided. In some embodiments, device assisted CDR creation, aggregation, mediation and billing for a wireless network includes collecting device generated service usage information for one or more devices in wireless communication on the wireless network; and providing the device generated service usage information in a syntax (e.g., a device assisted charging data record (CDR)) and a communication protocol (e.g., 3GPP, 3GPP2, or other communication protocols) 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.
Claims25
A system, comprising:
- a processor of a network device in communication with a wireless network, wherein 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;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
A system, comprising:
- a processor of an intermediate network device in communication with a wireless network, wherein the processor is configured to:
- collect device generated service usage information for one or more devices in wireless communication on the wireless network via the intermediate network device;
- 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;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
A system, comprising:
- a processor of a communications device in communication with a wireless network, wherein the processor is configured to:
- generate device service usage information for the communications device based at least in part on a device service usage activity map, wherein the device service usage activity map includes a categorization of device service usage activities based on one or more of the following categories:
- by URL, by network domain, by website, by network traffic type, and by application or application type;
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- send to a service controller the device generated service usage information in a syntax and a communication protocol that can be used to augment or replace network generated service usage information for the communications device;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
A method, comprising:
- collecting device generated service usage information for one or more devices in wireless communication on a wireless network;
- and
- providing 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.