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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2022
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Lixia Yan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Barry F. Hoffner, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Javier A. Ferro, Somerset, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method may include receiving, by a charging function (CHF), a data usage monitoring request associated with use of an application, wherein the data usage monitoring request identifies a data usage threshold. The method may also include transmitting, by the CHF and to a session management function (SMF) or a user plane function (UPF), a message notifying the SMF or UPF of the data usage threshold. The method may further include receiving, from the SMF or UPF, a notification that the data usage threshold has been reached, and sending, by the CHF, a message to a network exposure function (NEF) indicating that the data usage threshold has been reached.