Apparatus and method for an event rating engine
US6199047A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2215/96
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An event rating engine can be configured for a particular task and is logically decoupled from a rating database when a usage event is rated. The rating engine obtains rating rules from a rating database. The rating database includes rating rules that include rating business rules by usage type along with rate tables containing the current rate values. A rating domain server is coupled to the rating database interface to the rating rules. A rating editor coupled to the rating domain server and provides an interface to the rating domain server. At initialization, the rating engine downloads a set of rating rules from the rating database and interprets the rating rules to form an independent and autonomous rating process that can rate a usage event while being logically decoupled from the rating database during the rating process.
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