Method and device for providing more accurate subscriber billing
US7113997B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2215/7072
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A PDSN (18) includes a usage recording agent (19) for distinguishing between nonbillable and billable activity of a subscriber device 12. The usage recording agent (19) creates a record of a total number of bytes transmitted from the PDSN (18) to the RAN (14), counts bytes that are retransmitted from the PDSN (18) for providing a retransmitted byte total, and forwards the retransmitted byte total and the record to an AAA (28) so that the record can be adjusted in accordance with the retransmitted byte total.
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