Pipelined method and apparatus for processing communication metering data
US6377939B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/04
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
For communication services, a metering and processing system for processing metered information incorporates configurable processing modules and a configuration manager. The system can by readily and flexibly configured, responsive to operator directions, to process metered information to meet the needs of data consumers, such as NSPs and ISPs. Each processing module performs a specific sub-part of a computation on the metered information, and the configuration manager generates a configuration file for specifying the order of operation, computation sub-part, and other operational parameters for the individual processing modules.
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