Flexible billing support in a service selection gateway (SSG)

Details Flexible billing support in a service selection gateway (SSG) Flexible billing support in a service selection gateway (SSG)

2011-03-01

2011-03-01

Tran, Quoc D (Department: 2614)

Telephonic communications

With usage measurement

Call charge metering or monitoring

C379S114060, C370S352000, C455S406000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07899166

ABSTRACT:
A service selection gateway (SSG) which permits multiple access quotas associated with a pre-paid service accessed by a user. For example, the user's access may be terminated if the usage exceeds a specified time or volume of data transferred (examples of access quotas). According to another aspect, access of a service is permitted based on different tariffs. Thus, a user may be charged differently depending on the applicable tariff. In an embodiment implemented in the context of pre-paid tariffs, multiple access quotas may be received associated with the same resource, and each quota may be computed according to a corresponding tariff.

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