Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080254817 | Charging of Numbers Triggered Premium Sms - A method and arrangement for enabling a mobile terminal user currently roaming in a visited mobile network, to execute a purchase by means of an SMS payment mechanism. An SMS message containing a purchase request is received from the mobile terminal. After detecting that the SMS message is addressed to an external SMS centre in a home mobile network different from the visited one, the address of the external SMS centre in the SMS message is changed into the address of an internal SMS centre in the visited network. The modified SMS message is then routed towards the internal SMS centre where the purchase can be confirmed if a called number in the message matches a product/service provider registered as being authorized to offer said SMS payment mechanism. | 10-16-2008 |
20090163172 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ONLINE CHARGING - 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 ( | 06-25-2009 |
20100104076 | REAL-TIME FLEXIBLE ACCOUNT SELECTION FOR COMMUNICATIONS - A communications system ( | 04-29-2010 |
20130281053 | Method, Device and Computer Program Product for Controlling Use of Electronic Communication Services - A method of controlling use of electronic communication services in an electronic communications network ( | 10-24-2013 |
20140241161 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Data Transmission in a Communication System - A method and apparatus for controlling data transmission in a communication system is provided. In one aspect of the invention relates to a method performed by a data transmission control node in a communication system. The method comprises receiving a request for a transmission rule for a device; determining a transmission impacting parameter for the device based on information received in the request and based on the transmission impacting parameter further determining a device transmission rule governing the data transmission by the device. A transmission rule deployment message is transmitted to the device enabling the device to govern transmission in accordance with the device transmission rule. Another aspect of the invention relates to a transmission control node apparatus and a further aspect relates to a user equipment device. An advantage is that enabling a sending device to optimize its traffic allows a better performing network with higher utilization. | 08-28-2014 |
20140348030 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Charging in a Communication Network - A method and apparatus for controlling a present service charging session for charging service usage in a communication network. The method comprises receiving a first request for grant of a reservation service unit quota from a charging client, the first request including at least data identifying an account to charge for the service usage. A first granted service unit quota for the first request is determined and a first carry-over service units quota from a previous service charging session associated with the identified account is accessed. A first reservation service unit quota is determined by deducting the first carry-over service units quota from the first granted service unit quota. According to the method it is reserved for the first reservation service unit quota from the account and the first granted service unit quota is sent to the charging client. Further, a clearing request is received from the charging client including data enabling a first used amount of service units to be determined. An outstanding service unit quota is determined by deducting the first carry-over service unit quota from the first used amount of service unit and the outstanding service unit quota from the account is deducting for. An advantage is that for example mechanisms for reducing resource usage in the communication network, such as for example Quota-Holding-Time defined in 3GPP 32.299, may be used and still get a correct charging of used services thereby avoiding premature denial of service when the account is extinct. | 11-27-2014 |
20140372287 | Method and Apparatus for Subscriber Account Selection - For a given “consumer” having associations with multiple “provider” accounts that are possible targets for charging with respect to a chargeable event involving the consumer, it is advantageously recognized herein that only one or a relative handful of those provider accounts are likely to be actual candidates for charging with respect to any given chargeable event. Correspondingly, a network node maintains provider account status information indicating whether a given provider account is a candidate for charging in a general sense and in a consumer-specific sense. Account information is retrieved only for the provider accounts indicated as actual candidates for charging, meaning that unnecessary data fetching, account locking, and charging reservation mechanisms are avoided for accounts that, while affiliated with the consumer, are not indicated as being actual candidates for charging with respect to the particular consumer and particular chargeable event. | 12-18-2014 |