Patent ID: 9247072
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing communication status messages in a telecommunications network, the method comprising: at a network node, receiving a communication status message from a signaling node, wherein the signaling node is one of a plurality of signaling nodes responsible for processing signaling information in the telecommunication network, and wherein the received communication status message comprises first communication status information; at the network node, generating second communication status information based on at least the first communication status information, the first communication status information being different from the second communication status information; and at the network node, transmitting two or more communication status messages to a charging node, wherein the two or more transmitted communication status messages comprise the first communication status information and the second communication status information, and wherein the charging node is responsible for processing billing information in the telecommunication network in order to monitor at least one of establishment and duration of communication sessions, and occurrence of event based services.