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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Daniel Saker, La Ville du Bois, FR;
Shishir Modi, Pickerington, OH (US);
Goutam Sinha, Naperville, IL (US);
Sridhar Sripathi, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Nathalie Charton, Montrouge, FR;
Brad Nicholas, Wheaton, IL (US);
Daniel Saker, La Ville du Bois, FR;
Shishir Modi, Pickerington, OH (US);
Goutam Sinha, Naperville, IL (US);
Sridhar Sripathi, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Nathalie Charton, Montrouge, FR;
Brad Nicholas, Wheaton, IL (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method for managing a Sponsored Data Plan (SDP) is provided in a mobile telecommunications network. The method includes: receiving a first request for an initial charging policy report in response to a detection of a user's data session with an Application Server (AS) () of a content provider; sending, in response to the first request, the requested initial charging policy report toward a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) () such that the PCRF () selects a first Policy Charging Control Rule (PCC-Rule) in accordance with the report for enforcement at a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF); receiving a second request to perform an online subscription of the user to the SDP; and sending, in response to the second request, information about the SDP toward the PCRF () such that the PCRF () selects a second PCC-Rule in accordance with the information for enforcement at the PCEF.