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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Toni Markus Piponius, Helsinki, FI;
Lauri Tapio Aarnio, Helsinki, FI;
Timo Petteri Kiravuo, Helsinki, FI;
Eija Riitta Helena Lehtovaara, Helsinki, FI;
Tero Ilari Silvennoinen, Helsinki, FI;
Hannu H. Kari, Veikkola, FI;
Toni Markus Piponius, Helsinki, FI;
Lauri Tapio Aarnio, Helsinki, FI;
Timo Petteri Kiravuo, Helsinki, FI;
Eija Riitta Helena Lehtovaara, Helsinki, FI;
Tero Ilari Silvennoinen, Helsinki, FI;
Hannu H. Kari, Veikkola, FI;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a content service to a subscriber terminal (MS) from a first server, i.e. content server (CS). The provision of the content service from the content server to the subscriber terminal is controlled by a second server, i.e. proxy (CBP). The control comprises the following steps: 1) determining (-to-) a billing address for the content service by means of the proxy (CBP); 2) under the control of the content billing proxy, providing (-) a content service corresponding to a service request from the content server (CS) to the subscriber terminal (MS); and 3) generating (-) billing information (CDR) related to the content service.