Patent ID: 8983427
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus implemented method, comprising: receiving, at a session control apparatus from a user apparatus, a session request, wherein the session request indicates a set of service components for at least one service; determining to transmit, from the session control apparatus to a charging apparatus, a credit control message, wherein the credit control message indicates the set of service components, each service component associated with a different category; receiving, at the session control apparatus from the charging apparatus, a credit control response message, wherein the credit control response message advises the session control apparatus with a first message component and a second message component, where the first message component identifies at least a subset of the set of service components that can be provided, in view of an amount of money left in an account corresponding to the user apparatus, said subset missing at least one of the set of service components, and where the second message component identifies a granted unit of money for the subset of the set of service components that can be provided; and determining to send, from the session control apparatus to the user apparatus, a reply to the session request prior to providing any requested service component, wherein the reply comprises a first message component identifying said subset of the set of service components that can be provided and a second message component identifying which service components cannot be provided in lieu of providing the user apparatus with the requested set of service components for the at least one service.