Synchronizing real-time and off-line accounts for...

Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Accounting

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C455S406000, C709S223000, C379S121030

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07930225

ABSTRACT:
Synchronization is provided between a real-time charging system (22) and an off-line billing system (24) of a communications network. The synchronization is facilitated by the real-time charging system (22) preparing a reporting record which includes information comprising: (1) an accumulated cost parameter associated with the event; (2) the real-time account balance, the real-time account balance reflecting the accumulated cost parameter; and (3) a transaction identifier associated with the event. The reporting record (40) is processed by the off-line billing system (24) so that the balances of a real-time account (34) and a off-line account (54) for a subscriber and be compared and, if necessary, adjusted, or other actions taken.

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3rdGeneration Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Telecommunication Management; Charging Management; Charging Architecture and Principles (Release 8) 3GPP TS 32.240 v8.3.0 (Jun. 2008).
3rdGeneration Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Telecommunication Management; Charging Management; Online Charging System (OCS); Application and Interfaces; (Release 8) 3GPP TS 32.296 v8.2.0 (Jun. 2008).
3rdGeneration Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Telecommunication Management; Charging Management; Charging Data Record (CDR) Parameter Description; (Release 8); 3GPP TS 32.298 v8.2.0 (Jun. 2008).

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