Patent ID: 7797243
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-based method for content-based billing in Internet Protocol (IP) networks, comprising the steps of: requesting access from an IP node to an access server over a network to a control gateway module, for accessing charge-incurred contents from a content provider; transmitting an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) stored on a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) of the IP node to the control gateway module of the access server, upon request by the access server; storing the received IMSI from the IP node in a database of a Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) module of the access server; authenticating the IP node on a basis of the received IMSI of the IP node by the RADIUS module, the RADIUS module accesses at least one of a Home Location Register (HLR) or a Visiting Location Register (VLR) of a GSM network; transmitting a result of said step of authenticating from the RADIUS module to the access server to allow or deny an access of the charge-incurring contents by the IP node; transmitting an authentication code included in said result of said step of authenticating from the access server to the IP node, to allow the IP node to accept or deny the result of said authenticating; requesting access to the charge-incurring contents by the IP node from an Internet service provider to access the content provider in the IP network, the request to access the charge-incurring contents made via the control gateway module; routing the charge-incurred contents from the content provider to the IP node via the control gateway module, after a successful step of accessing; and recording access records including an identity of the IP node, an identity of the content provider, and cost information for the requested charge-incurring contents at a core engine module, by a communication between the control gateway module and the core engine module, to generate billing information.