Telephonic communications – With usage measurement – Call charge metering or monitoring
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-11
2004-03-02
Foster, Roland (Department: 2645)
Telephonic communications
With usage measurement
Call charge metering or monitoring
C379S088030, C379S115010, C379S114260, C379S127050, C455S406000, C455S563000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06700962
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to communication systems, and, more particularly, to methods and systems for creating a call detail record.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In today's communication environment, telephone calls are usually placed through a telecommunication network. When a telecommunication network detects a telephone call, a call detail record, which tracks the usage of services offered by the telecommunication carrier and records various details associated with the call, is created. Typically, the call detail record includes, for example, such items as the called number, the calling number, the date, the time, the duration of the call and other information relating to the call.
The call detail record may be stored in accordance with any one of a number of formats, such as, the Data Message Handling (DMH) standard. The DMH standard generally includes five data-containing jackets: an activity jacket, a call jacket, a segment jacket, an event jacket and a leg jacket. Activity jackets contain radio resource usage data, which may include, for example, the frequency on which a wireless device is operating. Call jackets contain a record of the type of services used during a call. Segment jackets contain a record of communication network facility usage data, including, for example, trunk group usage and switch identifier usage. Event jackets contain a record of the time and date the end user accessed the communication network, as well as an authorization identifier. Finally, leg jackets contain a record concerning the routing of the call. However, the DMH standard typically records data concerning voice calls, and may not address other telephone services, including, for example, email services, paging services, end user-location detection services, content delivery services, and the services from other types of network elements. Further, the DMH standard currently does not provide for the authentication of an end user, allowing the end user access to the communication system in a manner consistent with the account provisions of the end user.
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Albal Nandakishore A.
Hyziak Janusz
Bethards Charles W.
Foster Roland
Gauger James E.
Motorola Inc.
Watanabe Hisashi D.
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