Converged offline charging and online charging

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7940904
APP PUB NO 20070036312A1
SERIAL NO

11190731

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Converged charging systems and methods are described. A converged charging system includes an offline charging system, an online charging system, a common rating function, and a common charging gateway function. When in operation, the online charging system receives online charging information for a first call and accesses the common rating function to determine a rating for the first call. The online charging system then transmits a rated charging data record (CDR) for the first call to the common charging gateway function. The offline charging system receives offline charging information for a second call, and accesses the common rating function to determine a rating for the second call. The offline charging system transmits a rated CDR for the second call to the common charging gateway function. The common charging gateway function buffers the rated CDRs for both online and offline calls, and then transmits the rated CDRs to a billing system.

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RPX CORPORATION4 EMBARCADERO SUITE 4000 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cai, Yigang Naperville, US 335 6820
Li, Xiang Yang Beijing, CN 12 682
Wang, Peng Beijing, CN 1420 6748
Zhao, Jay Z Beijing, CN 14 622

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