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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Sanqi LI, Plano, TX (US);
Tao Qian, Shanghai, CN;
Houxiao Han, Beijing, CN;
Hongbo Tian, Beijing, CN;
Kui Lin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Sanqi Li, Plano, TX (US);
Tao Qian, Shanghai, CN;
Houxiao Han, Beijing, CN;
Hongbo Tian, Beijing, CN;
Kui Lin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of serving media includes receiving a delivery log of traffic use after every first time interval for an user equipment. The user equipment is part of a hot billing class of users. The traffic use comprises data usage by the user equipment during communication with a media server in a layer2 access network. A user traffic information computed from the delivery log is transmitted to a billing center. A account status information is received from the billing center. The account status information is received if the user equipment exceeds a user account metric. A session termination information based on the account status information is transmitted.