Service fee charging method, application server and fee charging system

An application server and billing system technology, applied in the field of communication billing, can solve the problems of billing confusion, affecting service image, user loss, etc., to avoid losses, save processing resources, and improve performance.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-05-06
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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[0008] For the existing first charging method, because after the interruption, the service is recognized as a new service when it continues to be recognized, and it is not associated with the previous charging data, resulting in two charges for the same service , causing billing confusion, it is very likely that repeated billing and other erroneous operations will occur for users, causing losses to users and affecting the service image
[0009] For the existing second charging method, because the period between service suspension and service recovery is unpredictable, it will last for a long time sometimes, and a long time charging session will waste a large amount of resources of the application server and the charging system. resources, reducing the operating efficiency and processing capacity of the system

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Embodiment 1

[0035] Embodiment 1, a method for service charging, the flow chart is as follows figure 1 shown, including:

[0036] 101. When the service is suspended, the application server sends a service suspension charging request to the charging system;

[0037] In the embodiment of the present invention, the application server is an enabler deployed with various services and a functional entity providing various services to users, such as a short message server, a multimedia server, a multimedia message server, and a video-on-demand server. It can be understood that the service suspension charging request may be: a charging request, the charging request includes a service suspension identifier, and is used to notify the charging system that the service is suspended.

[0038] After receiving the charging request, the charging system marks the charging data with a suspension mark according to the service suspension identifier. Special classification is carried out for the suspended bus...

Embodiment 2

[0073] Embodiment 2, an online charging method, the signaling process is as follows figure 2 shown, including:

[0074] A1, the user terminal sends a service request to the application server, requesting service delivery;

[0075] A2. The application server sends a billing request to the online billing system, requesting quota reservation;

[0076] A3. After receiving the charging request, the online billing system approves the service and reserves the user account;

[0077] A4. The online charging system returns a charging response to the application server, and the response includes the authorized quota;

[0078] A5, the application server delivers services to the user terminal;

[0079] During the service delivery process, because the authorized quota is about to be used up or the authorization is about to expire, the application server sends a charging request to the online charging system again; steps A2-A4 can be repeated;

[0080] A6, service delivery is interrupte...

Embodiment 3

[0096] Embodiment 3, an offline charging method, the signaling process is as follows image 3 shown, including:

[0097] B1. The user terminal sends a service request to the application server, requesting service delivery;

[0098] B2. The application server delivers services to the user terminal;

[0099] B3. The application server sends an offline charging request message to the charging system, which includes the charging data of the service;

[0100] B4. After the billing system receives the billing request message, it detects that it is a billing start message, opens a new bill, and records the usage information of the service;

[0101] B5. The billing system returns an offline billing response message to the application server, and the response may include the time interval for reporting billing information;

[0102] B6. When the time interval for reporting charging information is reached or a specific charging event occurs, the application server sends an intermediat...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a business charging method, an application server thereof and a charging system thereof. During business suspension, the application server sends out the charging requirements of business suspension to the charging system, and the charging system receives the charging requirements of business suspension for charging treatment, and records charging data before suspension. When the business is recovered, the application server reports the charging requirements of business recovery to the charging system, and the requirements comprise associated marks of the charging data. The charging system obtains the charging data before suspension according to the associated marks of the charging data, and continues to carry out charging treatment so as to realize the association of the business and the charging data. After the business is recovered from interruption, the business is still charged on the base of original charging data. Compared with the prior art, the invention avoids the situation that loss is caused for users because of repeated charging, can not cause charging confusion, saves the treatment sources of the application server and the charging system, and improves the running performance of the system.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of communication billing, in particular to a service billing method, an application server and a billing system. Background technique [0002] With the advancement of network technology, more and more services emerge in the telecommunications field. During the delivery of some services, due to reasons such as user roaming, user terminal shutdown, or network failure, the service will be interrupted and suspended for a period of time; when the user returns to the place where the service is used, the user terminal or the network returns to normal After the state, the business will continue to deliver at the last breakpoint. At present, there are more and more types of such services, which greatly enrich the scope of operators' business operations and increase the operator's ARPU (Average Revenue Per User, average revenue per user) value, for example, data synchronization services, DCD services (Dynamic Conten...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04L12/14H04M15/16
Inventor 史欣单明军李纯康娇
Owner HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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