Patent ID: 7924993
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for charging in One Number Links You (ONLY) service, the method comprising: delivering information of simultaneous ringing numbers bonded with an One Number Links You number to a Service Switching Point (SSP) by a Service Control Point (SCP) of an Intelligent Network; delivering from the Service Control Point to the Service Switching Point a first Apply Charging Signal in which a calling number is One Number Links You number and a called number is any one of the bonded simultaneous ringing numbers when the Service Control Point receives a request for calling the One Number Links You number; initiating a call to the simultaneous ringing numbers and detecting an off-hook-and-answering number among the simultaneous ringing numbers by the Service Switching Point; reporting the information of the off-hook-and-answering number from the Service Switching Point to the Service Control Point when the SSP detecting the off-hook-and-answering number among the simultaneous ringing numbers; and determining by the Service Control Point whether the off-hook-and-answering number is consistent with the called number in the first Apply Charging Signal when the Service Control Point receives information of the off-hook-and-answering number sent from the Service Switching Point; if the off-hook-and-answering number is consistent with the called number, the Service Control Point waiting to receive an Apply Charging Report corresponding to the first Apply Charging Signal reported by the Service Switching Point; if the off-hook-and-answering number is not consistent with the called number, delivering from the Service Control Point to the Service Switching Point a second Apply Charging Signal in which the calling number is the One Number Links You number and the called number is the off-hook-and-answering number, overwriting the first Apply Charging Signal, and reporting an Apply Charging Report corresponding to the second Apply Charging Signal by the Service Switching Point after the Service Switching Point receives the second Apply Charging Signal.