Billing for communications usage
US6052450A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2213/1313
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus produce a bill for usage of a telecommunications network. The system obtains from the telecommunications network a set of events on the network; provides a set of schema applicable to a set of products available to the user, the schema for processing events retrieved from the network, selects from the set of schemas, schemas applicable to the products used by the user; and applies the selected schemas to the set of events to process the events into a form ready for bill production.
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