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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2021
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Madhan Muralimanohar, Tampa, FL (US);
Violeta Cakulev, Millburn, NJ (US);
Muthukumar Retnasamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Hans Raj Nahata, New Providence, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A network device executes an account management function that pre-authorizes network service unit consumption by multiple subscribers that are members of a same, shared network service account. The account management function receives, from multiple charging systems distributed within the network, network unit consumption charges associated with each of the multiple subscribers, where the network device is centrally located within a network relative to multiple locations associated with the plurality of charging systems. The account management function updates a consumption counter for the same, shared network service account based on the network unit consumption charges associated with the multiple subscribers received from the multiple charging systems distributed within the network.