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Method, apparatus and computer program product for online charging

US8442486B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Robert Törnkvist · Karlskrona, SE
Jüergen Bos
Stefan Karlsson · Linköping, SE
Damir Svoboda · Würselen, DE
Christoph Sous · Würselen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2006
Grant date	May 14, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M2215/7442
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for invoking online charging of a service requested via a communications network and to be accessed according to a first protocol, wherein subscriber information is received from a first network element (102) including information for invoking the online charging, and the received subscriber information is interpreted and in response to a service request online charging is invoked from a second network element (103) for the service by means of a second protocol.

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