WO2005033841A3 - Real time charging of pre-paid accounts - Google Patents

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WO2005033841A3
WO2005033841A3 PCT/US2004/028807 US2004028807W WO2005033841A3 WO 2005033841 A3 WO2005033841 A3 WO 2005033841A3 US 2004028807 W US2004028807 W US 2004028807W WO 2005033841 A3 WO2005033841 A3 WO 2005033841A3
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operable
real time
manager
subscriber
account
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Haim Rochberger
Meir Morgenstern
Dror Sneh
Gennady Dosovitsky
Ravid Sagy
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Cube Ltd P
Haim Rochberger
Meir Morgenstern
Dror Sneh
Gennady Dosovitsky
Ravid Sagy
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/02—Details
    • H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/02—Details
    • H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
    • H04L12/1453—Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data transmission involving significant interaction with the data transmission network
    • H04L12/1467—Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data transmission involving significant interaction with the data transmission network involving prepayment
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/59—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP based on real time
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M17/00—Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L69/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • H04L69/22—Parsing or analysis of headers

Abstract

An apparatus for charging a network subscriber’s prepaid network usage account in real time. The apparatus has a service engine, a service manager and a quota manager. The service engine is operable to analyze network traffic flow through the apparatus and to identify a network transaction corresponding to the account. The service engine is further operable to determine a usage quota for the subscriber. The service manager is operable to maintain information related to the subscriber and the account. The quota manager is operable to communicate with an external prepaid server.
PCT/US2004/028807 2003-09-29 2004-09-22 Real time charging of pre-paid accounts WO2005033841A2 (en)

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US50617103P 2003-09-29 2003-09-29
US60/506,171 2003-09-29

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