Flexible online charging system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9883050
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15365288

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Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node for selecting an Online Charging System (OCS), the method including: receiving a session establishment request for a subscriber (subscriber session); selecting an OCS realm for the subscriber session based on, in order of priority: policy rules, subscriber attribute or system preference; selecting an OCS host for the subscriber session based on, in order of priority: policy rules, subscriber attribute or system preference; and creating an Sy session using the selected OCS realm and selected OCS host.

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  • ALCATEL LUCENT;ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ding, Zhaoliang Z Ottawa, CA 3 0
Ma, Haiqing H Ottawa, CA 13 43

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