Patent ID: 8548427

Claim:
A method for generating a session record associated with multimedia content that is transferred between two mobile devices across a wireless local network, the session record used by a telecommunications network operator for charging purposes, the method comprising: detecting the establishment of a multimedia communication session between a first mobile device and a second mobile device that is coupled to a wireless access point operating on an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the multimedia communication session involving the transmission of multimedia content between the first and second mobile devices substantially via the wireless local network generated by the wireless access point; monitoring characteristics of the multimedia communication session via the wireless local network; detecting the termination of the multimedia communication session between the first mobile device and the second mobile device; generating a session record characterizing the multimedia communication session, the session record comprising: an identifier associated with the first mobile device; an identifier associated with the second mobile device; a temporal characterization of the multimedia communication session; and a characterization of the multimedia content that is transmitted between the first mobile device and the second mobile device during the multimedia communication session; and transmitting the session record to a telecommunications network operator, the session record used by the telecommunications network operator for charging purposes of at least one of the first mobile device and second mobile device.