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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2021
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
Suzann Hua, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Patricia R. Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jin Yang, Orinda, CA (US);
Donna L. Polehn, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Vishwanath Ramamurthi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Arda Aksu, Lafayette, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A charging function device may include a processor configured to obtain subscription information associated with a user equipment (UE) device in a wireless communication network. The processor may be further configured to receive, from a gateway device, data flow information relating to data flows associated with the UE device; receive, from a policy device, policy information relating to policies applied to the data flows associated with the UE device; generate a record for the UE device based on the received data flow information and the received policy information, wherein the record identifies at least one account charge based on a particular data flow associated with the UE device; and provide the generated charging record to an account system.