Patent ID: 7469341

Claim:
A method of associating a plurality of transaction data records generated in a service access system including at least one service provider, the transaction data records being generated in response to a user accessing the service access system during a single user session, the method including: allowing commencement of the single user session only if the user is positively authenticated by the service access system, and upon positive authentication, storing a unique session identification in a session identification field in an authentication transaction storage area at a transaction processing facility; generating the unique session identification that is uniquely associated with the single user session and which is receivable by the at least one service provider, the unique session identification being included in the transaction data record; providing the unique session identification in a user identification string of each transaction data record when the single user session is authorized; generating a unique code that is uniquely associated with the single user session and including the unique code in the user identification string; retrieving the transaction data records from the at least one service provider and storing each transaction data record in an accounting transaction storage area based on unique session identification data; receiving the transaction data records at a transaction processing facility from the at least one service provider; processing the transaction data records using the unique session identification of each transaction data record; and using the unique session identification to identify at least one of duplicate alias records, ISDN dual-channel records, invalid session length records, and overlapping accounting records.