Patent ID: 8612568

Claim:
In a network server which provides an interface to a service provider so that an application (APP) of the service provider can use network service of the network server through invocating the interface, a method for producing a charging account for the APP, which uses the network service of the network server, of the service provider, comprising the steps of: receiving, by the network server via an Application Programming Interface (API), an invocation request carrying both an identity of the APP of the service provider and invocation parameters from the APP of the service provider; obtaining, by the network server, both the identity of the APP and invocation parameters from the invocation request, determining, by the network server, type information of the network service capability requested by the APP according to the invocation request received from the APP of the service provider; based on the invocation request received from the APP of the service provider, recording, by the network server, an item of network service capability used by the APP of the service provider, which at least comprises both the identity of the APP of the service provider and the type information of the network service capability used by the APP of the service provider; based on the recorded item of network service capability, and pricing, by the network server, the item of network service capability used by the APP of the service provider according to a charging matrix of network service capability configured in the network server, and producing a charging account for the APP of the service provider.