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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2021
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Lixia Yan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
James Mathison, Greer, SC (US);
Barry F. Hoffner, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) device may include a processor configured to receive a request associated with a user equipment (UE) device and obtain subscription information associated with the UE device from a subscription management device, wherein the subscription information includes a charging function (CHF) group identifier associated with the UE device, in response to receiving the request. The processor may be further configured to select a CHF for the UE device based on the CHF group identifier and send a message associated with the request to the selected CHF.