Charging method of communication

Abstract

When a communication service relates to the different servers separately belonging to two or more than two service suppliers, and there are different charging rules for the communication service above separately saved in these different servers, the method is for use in separately charging for the communication service by the different service suppliers. It includes following steps: sets up an account for a user in the first server; when the first server receives a call from the user or a call to the user, it exchanges the messages with each server, and obtains the charging rule of each server; the first server makes counting for the user in term of the obtained rules, and deducts the bill from the user account above, and allocates the bill to the each server in term of the charging rule of each server.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the charging field of communication systems, in particular to a communication charging method. Background technique [0002] The processing of billing is very important in telecommunication communication. Through billing processing, the billing information can be provided to the telecom operator itself, so that the operator can carry out relevant account processing; The fee information is provided to other relevant operators to realize the account settlement between other operators and the telecom operator. [0003] At present, when a call of a user involves different services provided by multiple operators, the cost processing scheme mainly includes the following two types: [0004] 1. The services provided by different operators use different accounts for deduction. For example, when a user uses a smart card service provided by another operator to make a long-distance call, it will be billed in the phone account of the user...

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Problems solved by technology

For NGN, due to the richness of services and the rapid generation of new services, most of which are provided by third parties, it is difficult to record the charging methods of all services, resulting in the inability to charge new services

In particular, when a third party provides a new service, or when its service rate changes, there must be a delay in adding or updating the new service information of the third party by the local network operator, resulting in the inability to update the new service for a period of time. Business billing or billing methods are not updated in time, which restricts the rapid development of various new businesses

And the adjustment of the service rate of each other operator must apply to the operator of the local network to modify the rate data, which is very inflexible

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