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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Yigang Cai, Naperville, IL (US);
Yile Enoch Wang, Freehold, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Yigang Cai, Naperville, IL (US);
Yile Enoch Wang, Freehold, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to apparatus and a method for assembling and coordinating call data records from a plurality of network elements of an Internet Protocol Multimedia System call to generate charging information. A pre-biller stores an integrated charging record and accesses a rating engine to obtain the charging information to complete a charging data record. Advantageously, the information from a plurality of network elements is integrated into a combined charging data record.