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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2010
Applicant:
Vishal Narkar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventor:
Vishal Narkar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01); H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2009.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04M 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A location mapping service ('LMS') that allows the integrations of an IMS core with the location-based billing methods of a legacy core network. The LMS uses the estimated location of a mobile device during an IMS session in order to determine a Cell Global Identification ('CGI') to associate with the session. The LMS then provides the determined CGI to the legacy core network, so that a billing gateway may determine the billing region to associate with the IMS session. The LMS thereby facilitates location-based billing for IMS sessions in the absence of actual CGI information.