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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1999
Gerald Holly, Brossard, CA;
Akilan Tiburtius, Montreal, CA;
Arturo Vega, Montreal, CA;
Hanh Duy Vo, St-Laurent, CA;
Nadia Bishai, Town of Mount Royal, CA;
Jacques Bugnon, Repentigny, CA;
David Strickland, Plano, TX (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method and system for automatically adjusting charges to a pre-paid account in a telecommunications or distributed processing network following a failure in the network. After a service that is chargeable against the pre-paid account is initiated in the network, a failure in the network is detected. The failure prevents a charging node from receiving event data relating to the pre-paid account. After recovery from the failure, a message is sent to the charging node containing service status information. The charging node adjusts the account balance in accordance with the service status information.