Patent ID: 9549307
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for managing a change in a usage condition of a service associated with a current communication established by a user terminal within a telecommunications network, comprising the following steps in a server included within the telecommunications network: after receiving a first request coming from a network element configured to generate charging events while monitoring the communication's use of the network's resources, said request comprising an identifier of a service related to the communication and a parameter defining a service usage condition change, determining that a user's account does not allow a delivery of the service with a change in the conditions for using a service and transmitting to the network element a reply containing a code indicating that the delivery of the service is authorized only with other conditions for using the service, in order for the network element to transmit a second request to the server, the second request containing another parameter defining a service usage condition change different from the one contained in the first request; wherein the reply contains a validity time defining a period during which the network element may transmit another request to the server, upon whose expiration the session shall terminate if no request has been transmitted.