Patent ID: 8929859
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of accessing live charging information in a telecommunications network, comprising: receiving in a mobile application server a request message from a user equipment via a stateless interface; identifying a relevant charging system and a relevant policy management system based on information included in the received request message; generating a charging request message and a policy request message based on the information included in the received request message; sending the generated charging request message to the identified charging system for processing via a stateful interface; sending the generated policy request message to the identified policy management system; receiving in the mobile application server a charging response message from the identified charging system in response to sending the generated charging request message to the identified charging system; receiving in the mobile application server a policy response message from the identified policy management system in response to sending the generated policy request message to the identified policy management system; generating in the mobile application server a response message based on charging information included in the received charging response message and policy information included in the received policy response message; and sending from the mobile application server the generated response message to the user equipment.