Network session management
    1.
    发明授权
    Network session management 有权
    网络会话管理

    公开(公告)号:US07948968B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-24

    申请号:US10979317

    申请日:2004-11-02

    IPC分类号: H04M15/00 H04L12/66 H04L1/00

    摘要: A communication system providing telephony communication across combined circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as a telephone network and the Internet, which are connectable to terminals, such as telephones and computers, for selective communication therebetween. The communication system includes an authorization and account control object in the packet switched network, multiple gateways between the circuit switched and packet switched networks providing controlled connectivity between those networks, and an information retrieval object in the packet switched network, wherein the authorization and account control object maintains a substantially real time record of user accounts and usage, and the information and retrieval object provides substantially real time retrieval of selected information from the authorization and account control object. The retrieval object provides on demand to terminals which provide authentication for access to an identified account information regarding that account. The information regarding the account is substantially real time information including information with respect to communications in progress, which are chargeable to the account which has been authenticated. The authorization and account control object is preferably a unitary logical object having distributed instances thereof handling multitudinous accounts of widely separated terminals. The retrieval object provides isolation of the authorization and account control object permitting simultaneous multitasking by the authorization and account control object and the retrieval object respectively.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过组合电路交换和分组交换网络(例如电话网络和因特网)提供电话通信的通信系统,其可连接到诸如电话和计算机之类的终端,用于其间的选择性通信。 通信系统包括分组交换网络中的授权和帐户控制对象,电路交换和分组交换网络之间的多个网关,提供这些网络之间的受控连接,以及分组交换网络中的信息检索对象,其中授权和帐户控制 对象维护用户帐户和使用的基本实时记录,并且信息和检索对象从授权和帐户控制对象提供基本上实时检索所选择的信息。 检索对象根据需要提供终端,该终端提供用于访问关于该帐户的所识别的帐户信息的认证。 关于账户的信息基本上是实时信息,包括关于正在进行的通信的信息,这些信息可以对已被认证的帐户收费。 授权和帐户控制对象优选地是具有分布式实例的单一逻辑对象处理广泛分离的终端的众多帐户。 检索对象提供授权和帐户控制对象的隔离,允许分别由授权和帐户控制对象和检索对象同时进行多任务。

    Network session management
    8.
    发明授权
    Network session management 失效
    网络会话管理

    公开(公告)号:US6137869A

    公开(公告)日:2000-10-24

    申请号:US931159

    申请日:1997-09-16

    摘要: An internetwork (such as the Internet) telephony system and method incorporating architecture and methodology which facilitates a high degree of scalability. The scalability provides improvement dealing with usage recording, usage pricing, billing account management, and fraud control. The scalability is achieved primarily by bundling of usage recording, pricing, authorization and billing practices in one logical database object which may be physically distributed. A predefined set of network elements are provided access to the database object to obtain authorization for a call along with limitations on the maximum cost or duration of the call for the particular account involved. The database object records usage statistics relating to the completed call, including pricing, and this data is available for virtually immediate billing. The database object provides to customers on a virtual real time basis the customer's usage statistics, including statistics for a call in progress. The operation proceeds in the following manner. Each Internet telephone service subscriber will have at least one billing and authorization account maintained in a database on the Internet. During set-up of a call, the hop-off gateway will obtain identification and password information from the caller. The gateway then communicates with the database to determine if the call is authorized and to negotiate the overall billing algorithm. When the call if finished, the gateway will report usage data to the database for billing purposes.

    摘要翻译: 一种互联网络(例如因特网)电话系统和方法,其结合了有利于高度可扩展性的架构和方法。 可扩展性提供了处理使用记录,使用定价,帐单帐户管理和欺诈控制的改进。 可扩展性主要通过将物理分布在一个逻辑数据库对象中的使用记录,定价,授权和计费实践捆绑在一起实现。 提供了一组预定义的网络元素对数据库对象的访问,以获得对呼叫的授权以及对所涉及的特定帐户的呼叫的最大成本或持续时间的限制。 数据库对象记录与完成的呼叫有关的使用统计信息,包括定价,并且该数据可用于几乎立即计费。 数据库对象在虚拟实时的基础上向客户提供客户的使用统计信息,包括正在进行的呼叫的统计信息。 操作进行如下。 每个互联网电话服务订户将具有在因特网上的数据库中维护的至少一个帐单和授权帐户。 在呼叫建立期间,跳闸网关将从呼叫者获取身份识别和密码信息。 然后,网关与数据库通信,以确定呼叫是否被授权,并协商整体计费算法。 当呼叫完成后,网关将使用数据报告给数据库进行计费。

    Network session management
    9.
    发明授权
    Network session management 失效
    网络会话管理

    公开(公告)号:US06839340B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-04

    申请号:US08931480

    申请日:1997-09-16

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06 H04M15/00 H04L12/66

    摘要: A communication system providing telephony communication across combined circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as a telephone network and the Internet, which are connectable to terminals, such as telephones and computers, for selective communication therebetween. The communication system includes an authorization and account control object in the packet switched network, multiple gateways between the circuit switched and packet switched networks providing controlled connectivity between those networks, and an information retrieval object in the packet switched network, wherein the authorization and account control object maintains a substantially real time record of user accounts and usage, and the information and retrieval object provides substantially real time retrieval of selected information from the authorization and account control object. The retrieval object provides on demand to terminals which provide authentication for access to an identified account information regarding that account. The information regarding the account is substantially real time information including information with respect to communications in progress which are chargeable to the account which has been authenticated. The authorization and account control object is preferably a unitary logical object having distributed instances thereof handling multitudinous accounts of widely separated terminals. The retrieval object provides isolation of the authorization and account control object permitting simultaneous multitasking by the authorization and account control object and the retrieval object respectively.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过组合电路交换和分组交换网络(例如电话网络和因特网)提供电话通信的通信系统,其可连接到诸如电话和计算机之类的终端,用于其间的选择性通信。 通信系统包括分组交换网络中的授权和帐户控制对象,电路交换和分组交换网络之间的多个网关,提供这些网络之间的受控连接,以及分组交换网络中的信息检索对象,其中授权和帐户控制 对象维护用户帐户和使用的基本实时记录,并且信息和检索对象从授权和帐户控制对象提供基本上实时检索所选择的信息。 检索对象根据需要提供终端,该终端提供用于访问关于该帐户的所识别的帐户信息的认证。 关于账户的信息基本上是实时信息,包括关于正在进行通信的信息,这些信息可以通过已被认证的账户收费。 授权和帐户控制对象优选地是具有分布式实例的单一逻辑对象处理广泛分离的终端的众多帐户。 检索对象提供授权和帐户控制对象的隔离,允许分别由授权和帐户控制对象和检索对象同时进行多任务。

    Enhanced signaling for terminating resource
    10.
    发明授权
    Enhanced signaling for terminating resource 有权
    用于终止资源的增强信令

    公开(公告)号:US06430275B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-06

    申请号:US09362554

    申请日:1999-07-28

    IPC分类号: H04M1500

    摘要: An internetwork (such as the Internet) telephony system and method incorporating architecture and methodology which facilitates a high degree of scalability. The scalability provides improvement dealing with usage recording, usage pricing, billing account management, and fraud control. The scalability is achieved primarily by bundling of usage recording, pricing, authorization and billing practices in one logical database object which may be physically distributed. A predefined set of network elements are provided access to the database object to obtain authorization for a call along with limitations on the maximum cost or duration of the call for the particular account involved. The database object records usage statistics relating to the completed call, including pricing, and this data is available for virtually immediate billing. The database object provides to customers on a virtual real time basis the customer's usage statistics, including statistics for a call in progress. The operation proceeds in the following manner. Each Internet telephone service subscriber will have at least one billing and authorization account maintained in a database on the Internet. During set-up of a call, the hop-off gateway will obtain identification and password information from the caller. The gateway then communicates with the database to determine if the call is authorized and to negotiate the overall billing algorithm. When the call if finished, the gateway will report usage data to the database for billing purposes.

    摘要翻译: 一种互联网络(例如因特网)电话系统和方法,其结合了有利于高度可扩展性的架构和方法。 可扩展性提供了处理使用记录,使用定价,帐单帐户管理和欺诈控制的改进。 可扩展性主要通过将物理分布在一个逻辑数据库对象中的使用记录,定价,授权和计费实践捆绑在一起实现。 提供了一组预定义的网络元素对数据库对象的访问,以获得对呼叫的授权以及对所涉及的特定帐户的呼叫的最大成本或持续时间的限制。 数据库对象记录与完成的呼叫有关的使用统计信息,包括定价,并且该数据可用于几乎立即计费。 数据库对象在虚拟实时的基础上向客户提供客户的使用统计信息,包括正在进行的呼叫的统计信息。 操作进行如下。 每个互联网电话服务订户将具有在因特网上的数据库中维护的至少一个帐单和授权帐户。 在呼叫建立期间,跳闸网关将从呼叫者获取身份识别和密码信息。 然后,网关与数据库通信,以确定呼叫是否被授权,并协商整体计费算法。 当呼叫完成后,网关将使用数据报告给数据库进行计费。