Patent ID: 8090667
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of charging in a communications network, said method comprising: receiving a message from a user equipment of a computing device a first node, wherein the message is addressed to a plurality of destinations; generating, at the computing device of the first node, a plurality of messages corresponding to the plurality of destinations; including a first charging identity in a first message of the plurality of messages at the computing device of the first node, wherein the first charging identity is specific to said first message; including, at the computing device of the first node, a second charging identity in said first message or in a second message, wherein the second charging identity is specific to the plurality of messages, and wherein said second charging identity corresponds to a service that generates the plurality of messages and that is performed at the first node; and providing at least one of said first charging identity or said second charging identity to a charging system such that a charge is incurred for a delivery of the first message or the second message.