Patent ID: 7092398

Claim:
A method for charging for Internet Protocol usage utilizing a wireless network, comprising: (a) receiving call description record information from a wireless network in real-time, wherein the call description record information is associated with customer communication over the wireless network; (b) collecting Internet Protocol content usage information associated with the transmission of content using an IP during the customer communication in real-time; and (c) charging the customer for the customer communication utilizing the call description record information and the Internet Protocol content usage information; wherein the customer is charged for the customer communication by mapping the Internet Protocol content usage information to the call description record information to generate mapped information that is filtered, enhanced, and aggregated prior to being delivered to a billing module; wherein the mapping includes collecting source and destination Internet Protocol addresses, application information, an amount of sent and received data, and start timestamps; wherein the mapping includes storing a table that is used to associate dynamic IP flow with wireless identity information; wherein the mapping provides competitive content-based tariff models.