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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2001
Limor Schweitzer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tal Givoly, Curpertino, CA (US);
Damian Black, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ori Kushnir, New York, NY (US);
Limor Schweitzer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tal Givoly, Curpertino, CA (US);
Damian Black, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ori Kushnir, New York, NY (US);
Amdocs (Israel) Ltd., Ra'anana, IL;
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for policy-based billing for a network session. Initially, a plurality of packets is received by a plurality of analyzers. Thereafter, the packets are aggregated. Next, the plurality of packets is analyzed to identify a plurality of flows and an session associated with the flows. At least one application associated with the session is also identified. The session is then reconstructed utilizing the identified application. A user associated with the session is then identified along with a policy. The user is then billed for the session in accordance with the policy.