Session anchor timestamp for interim accounting requests

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9026075
APP PUB NO 20140273932A1
SERIAL NO

13840141

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Systems and methods that handle failover between peer charging functions for offline charging. In one embodiment, a Charging Trigger Function (CTF) of a network element detects an interim chargeable event during a session, and generates an interim accounting request for the session responsive to the interim chargeable event. The CTF inserts a session anchor timestamp in the interim accounting request indicating the start time for the session, and transmits the interim accounting request to a charging function. The charging function then monitors a time limit trigger for closing a Charging Data Record (CDR) for the session based on the session anchor timestamp.

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  • ALCATEL LUCENT

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cai, Yigang Naperville, US 335 6480
Sharma, Ranjan New Albany, US 110 1751

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