Charging Data Record for Third-Party Management Service Billing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication systems lack the ability to charge third parties for access to management services, which is essential for operators to monetize their network management capabilities.
Innovation Solution
Implementing procedures and apparatus that enable the generation and transmission of charging data records (CDRs) in response to access events to management services, allowing operators to accurately bill third parties for their usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If operators provide management services to third parties, then service versatility and monetization capability are improved, but the ability to accurately charge and bill third parties is currently missing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a charging data record (CDR) as an intermediary data structure that mediates between the management service access events and the billing process. The CDR captures detailed information about third-party access to management services, enabling accurate charging while maintaining the versatility of service provision. This intermediary mechanism resolves the contradiction by providing a structured way to measure and bill without limiting service versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where access events to management services are continuously monitored, CDRs are generated and transmitted, and charging decisions are made based on this feedback loop. This enables operators to accurately track and bill third parties for their management service usage, resolving the measurement precision issue while maintaining service versatility.
2Measurement precision
If operators implement charging procedures for management services, then billing accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the CDR generation and transmission mechanism to serve multiple functions: it tracks access events, captures billing information, and enables charging decisions. By making this system component universal and multi-functional, the patent improves billing accuracy without proportionally increasing system complexity, as the same mechanism handles multiple operational requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically generates CDRs in response to access events without requiring manual intervention or complex external systems. The charging function self-services by automatically capturing, processing, and transmitting billing information, which improves billing accuracy while minimizing the complexity increase that would result from manual billing processes.
Data Source
AI summary
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to charging third parties for access to management services. An apparatus is configured to receive a first event notification for generating a charging data record (“CDR”). The apparatus is configured to generates the CDR in response to the first event notification, the CDR comprising information associated with access to a management service. The apparatus is configured to transmits a second event notification comprising the generated CDR.