SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIERARCHICAL ACCOUNT BALANCE MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240031493A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US17814000

    申请日:2022-07-21

    IPC分类号: H04M15/00

    CPC分类号: H04M15/88 H04M15/41 H04M15/46

    摘要: Systems and methods described herein provide a hierarchical Account Balance Management Function (ABMF) architecture for a Converged Charging System. Multiple distributed account management devices and a centralized account management device are provided. The centralized account management device includes one or more processors to allocate, to the multiple distributed account management devices, a pre-authorized consumption limit for a shared consumption plan; receive, from one of the multiple distributed account management devices, a request for an additional consumption limit from the shared consumption plan; allocate, to the one of the multiple distributed account management devices, the additional consumption limit; and update an account balance for the shared consumption plan based on allocating the additional consumption limit.

    CENTRALIZED SHARED NETWORK CONSUMPTION TRACKING

    公开(公告)号:US20230171569A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US17536389

    申请日:2021-11-29

    IPC分类号: H04W4/24 H04M15/00

    CPC分类号: H04W4/24 H04M15/59

    摘要: A network device executes an account management function that pre-authorizes network service unit consumption by multiple subscribers that are members of a same, shared network service account. The account management function receives, from multiple charging systems distributed within the network, network unit consumption charges associated with each of the multiple subscribers, where the network device is centrally located within a network relative to multiple locations associated with the plurality of charging systems. The account management function updates a consumption counter for the same, shared network service account based on the network unit consumption charges associated with the multiple subscribers received from the multiple charging systems distributed within the network.

    ENHANCED REAL-TIME NETWORK CONSUMPTION TRACKING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20230037097A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17387558

    申请日:2021-07-28

    IPC分类号: H04W24/08 H04W4/24 H04L12/26

    摘要: A real-time network consumption tracking service is provided. A charging function (CHF) device receives transaction records of network consumption by user equipment (UE) devices in a wireless network and generates individual event messages based on each of the transaction records. Each of the individual event messages includes a detailed record based on one of the transaction records. The CHF device associates each of the individual event messages with a message bus topic, formats each of the individual event messages for publication on the message bus, and publishes each of the formatted individual event messages to the message bus. The message bus is accessible to external systems that generate dynamic network consumption data sets based on the formatted individual event messages.