Patent ID: 9264557
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04M

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method in a node of a telecommunications charging system comprising one or more processors, the one or more processors performing the steps of: associating plural telecommunications services with a product and creating a product instance, the product instance being available to a subscriber entity and having a product instance lifecycle; reserving a product fee for the product instance against a payor account upon receipt of a first service reservation of a first reserved service of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance; posting the product fee against the payor account in conjunction with use of one of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance; thereafter permitting use of all of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance to the subscribing entity during the product instance lifecycle without posting a further fee for use of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance; wherein upon receiving a subsequent reservation for another reserved service of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance, a further fee for the product instance is not reserved against the payor account; upon receiving the reservation for the first reserved service of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance, enabling reservation of telecommunications resources for the first reserved service; and upon receiving the subsequent reservation for the another reserved service of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance, enabling reservation of telecommunications resources for the another reserved service.