System, apparatus for content delivery for internet traffic and methods thereof
US9628579B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/5029
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of serving media includes receiving a delivery log of traffic use after every first time interval for an user equipment. The user equipment is part of a hot billing class of users. The traffic use comprises data usage by the user equipment during communication with a media server in a layer2 access network. A user traffic information computed from the delivery log is transmitted to a billing center. A account status information is received from the billing center. The account status information is received if the user equipment exceeds a user account metric. A session termination information based on the account status information is transmitted.
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