Method and system for obtaining charging in for mation

Abstract

This invention discloses a method for obtaining charging information including the following steps: a1, receiving file information and transmitting file information to a management server(MS) by at least a content provider (CP) certified by the MS account number, a2, a content receiving end(CR) sends an enquiry information to the MS and sends the confirmed information to the MS after receiving a reply of providing messages and gets the CP account number from MS for providing selected file, a3, the CR sets up connections with the CP providing their own selected files, sends its account number to them and downloads files from them, a4, the CP and / or the CR transmit charging reports containing data flow information to the MS, which gets charge information from the received reports. This invention also provides a system for getting charge information.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the billing problem of network services, in particular to a method and system for acquiring billing information. Background technique [0002] Peer-to-peer (P2P, Peer To Peer) technology, also called peer-to-peer technology, is a technology used to directly exchange data or services between different end users without going through a relay device such as a server. P2P technology breaks the traditional client (Client) / server (Server) mode in which all data transmission needs to be transferred through the server. Using P2P technology, data devices can directly share point-to-point data or services without going through The server is in transit. In a network using P2P technology, each end user, that is, a network node, has the same status and has dual characteristics of Client and Server, and can serve as a content receiver (CR, Content Receiver) and a content provider (CP, Content Provider) at the same time. Moreover, CR and ...

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[0023] In this case, it is difficult to obtain the data flow sent by each CP and the data flow received by each CR in the P2P network. In the prior art, there is no method and system that can obtain the data flow sent by CR and the data traffic received by CR, furthermore, it is impossible to determine the remuneration payable by CR and the compensation due to CP. For an operational network, there is a problem of how to bill the services provided by CP and the services received by CR

For example, at present, for common P2P technologies on the Internet, namely: bit stream (BT, Bit Torrent), ICQ (I SeekYou) and other technologies, there is no specific billing method, which is not conducive to the long-term development of the business and the current There are promotions on the telecommunications network

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