Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Usage measurement
Reexamination Certificate
2004-04-22
2008-09-09
Appiah, Charles N (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Usage measurement
C455S405000, C455S407000, C455S408000, C455S518000, C455S519000, C370S312000, C370S432000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07424283
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for billing an account of a wireless terminal to reflect multicast transmission of data to the wireless terminal. A first record is sent to a billing system indicating that, at a given time, data was transmitted to a multicast group. A second record is sent to the billing system indicating that, at the given time, a given wireless terminal was a member of the multicast group. The billing system correlates the first and second records to determine that the data was transmitted to a given wireless terminal. The billing system may then generate a charge for transmission of the data to the given wireless terminal.
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Akonai Olumide Ajibade
Appiah Charles N
Sprint Spectrum L.P.
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