Patent ID: 9479917
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, with a mobile network gateway that performs charging control for a mobile network, configuration information that defines a first rating group and a second rating group for a subscriber session, wherein the first rating group is associated with a first service for the subscriber session and the second rating group is associated with a second service for the subscriber session, and wherein the configuration information defines an actionable event and a corresponding charging control action for the first rating group; establishing, with the mobile network gateway, a bearer of the mobile network for the subscriber session and associating the first rating group and the second rating group with the bearer; determining, with the mobile network gateway, the occurrence of the actionable event defined by the configuration information for the first rating group; and applying, in response to the determining and based on the association of the first service with the first rating group, the corresponding charging control action for the actionable event for the first rating group to the first service associated with the first rating group without applying the corresponding charging control action for the actionable event to the second service associated with the second rating group.