Patent ID: 8285252
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A charging method, comprising: receiving, by a message converting gateway, a message transmission request from a message sender, wherein the message transmission request carries message content to be transmitted; extracting, by the message converting gateway, the message content in the message transmission request; converting, by the message converting gateway, the message content into multiple messages in accordance with operator's policy, restrictions on a short message protocol or restrictions on network bearer capability generating, by the message converting gateway, a message conversion charging ID; and sending, by the message converting gateway, charging information carrying the message conversion charging ID to a charging system for performing charging control on the multiple messages based on the message conversion charging ID; wherein the message conversion charging ID comprises at least one of the group consisting of: length of a complete message indicating the length of the message content extracted from the message transmission request; the number of the multiple messages, indicating the quantity of the multiple messages converted from the message content; a service application charging ID, indicating that a plurality of the multiple messages belong to a same service application; and a message session charging ID, indicating that a plurality of the multiple messages is converted from the same message content.