Patent ID: 9699111
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for controlling transmission of supplemental content in a telecommunications network, the method comprising: receiving at a network element in a Packet-Switched (PS) network that serves a User Equipment (UE) a data flow of packets for a download of content requested by the UE; identifying in the data flow supplemental content that was not requested by the UE; making a determination to transmit the supplemental content to the UE; transmitting the data flow including the supplemental content to the UE based on the determination to transmit the supplemental content; determining charging information to be charged to the UE for at least a portion of the data flow transmitted to the UE; determining charging information for the supplemental content; generating at least one charging request for charging for the transmission of the data flow to the UE; inserting the charging information for the supplemental content and the charging information for the data flow into a same or separate charging request; and, transmitting the at least one charging request to a charging system, wherein the charging information for the supplemental content is determined based on a party identifier included in the received data flow, the party identifier included in the received data flow indicating a party to be charged for the transmission of the supplemental content to the UE.