Method, apparatus and system for aggregating charging information

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9525781
APP PUB NO 20150373205A1
SERIAL NO

14766537

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The network element collects, within a time window, charging information of a plurality of user equipments belonging to a same group, aggregates the charging information to obtain a charging aggregation result, and sends the charging aggregation result to a corresponding device in said system. The charging system receives a plurality of pieces of aggregated charging information and time windows sent by a network element in the system, wherein each piece of charging information respectively corresponds to one of the time windows, and aggregates the plurality of pieces of aggregated charging information based on the time windows and the group(s) and/or sub-group(s) to which the user equipments belong, to generate charging data record(s), wherein the time windows and the user equipments correspond to the plurality of pieces of aggregated charging information.

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  • ALCATEL LUCENT

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cai, Yigang Naperville, US 335 6480
Li, Xiangyang Shanghai, CN 121 1393

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