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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2006
Richard Paul Ejzak, Wheaton, IL (US);
Nick J. Mazzarella, Woodridge, IL (US);
Bharat H. Patel, Naperville, IL (US);
Thomas Trayer Towle, Naperville, IL (US);
Richard Paul Ejzak, Wheaton, IL (US);
Nick J. Mazzarella, Woodridge, IL (US);
Bharat H. Patel, Naperville, IL (US);
Thomas Trayer Towle, Naperville, IL (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of processing multi-leg calls in a communication network is provided. The method comprises: receiving a call for a user at a first entity in the network; establishing a first call leg to a second entity; generating a first charging data record with at least one field, wherein the field contains a charging identifier for the first call leg; receiving a response from the second entity; establishing a second call leg to a third entity; generating a second charging data record with at least two fields, wherein the first field contains a charging identifier for the second call leg and the second field contains a copy of the charging identifier for the first call leg; and sending the charging data records to a third entity.