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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Sandvine Incorporated Ulc, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Yuval Lifshitz, Kfar Haoranim, IL;

Said Zaghloul, Waterloo, CA;

Chandan Kumar Sharma, Asha Bhavan, IN;

Assignee:

Other;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 76/32 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1467 (2013.01); H04L 12/1407 (2013.01); H04M 15/64 (2013.01); H04M 15/66 (2013.01); H04M 15/8228 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04M 15/8038 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 76/32 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method and system for managing online charging sessions is provided. The method includes: establishing a subscriber data session on a network; establishing a connection with an initial online charging system; detecting a condition change in the subscriber data session; determining whether the condition change is associated with a change in the online charging system; if the condition change is associated with a change in the online charging system, determining a new online charging system; terminating the connection to the initial online charging system while maintaining the subscriber data session; and establishing a connection with the new online charging system; otherwise continuing the session with the initial online charging system. The system includes a control plane engine and is operatively connected to a policy charging enforcement function.


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