Patent ID: 6665386
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method of extracting billing data from data structures stored at a switch in a network for billing reconciliation, comprising:receiving the billing data from the switch in the network, wherein the billing data represents at least one service provided by the network to at least one subscriber; storing the billing data; determining which particular sections of the billing data form data structures; identifying the data structures for each subscriber; selecting an extraction routine from a plurality of extraction routines based upon the type of switch; extracting the billing data from the data structures using the extraction routine selected; generating a portion of a database using the selected extraction routine; wherein the billing data stored in the portion of the database is used to identify services offered to each subscriber; and forwarding the billing data to a reconciliation center for detecting billing discrepancies between services actually available to each subscriber and services recorded as being available to each subscriber.