Patent ID: 7142651
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting a fraud event in a distributed telecommunications network, wherein the distributed network enables performance of at least two functions selected from a non exhaustive list comprising: an access function, a transport function, an application function, a management function and a security function, by respective functional groups of elements, at least two of the functional groups having respectively different characteristics, and wherein each of the groups comprises at least one element capable of performing operations related to at least the function of said particular functional group and operative to create records on said operations, the method comprising steps of: obtaining records data related to at least one telecommunications session and originating from at least two of the elements each belonging to at least a respective one of the at least two functional groups, analyzing the records data thus obtained to determine whether there is a lack of consistency between the records data respectively obtained from said at least two functional groups and relating to the same at least one telecommunications session, and if the lack of consistency is determined, concluding that there is a fraud event.