Patent ID: 8005954

Claim:
An apparatus for managing information in a network environment, comprising: a content service gateway coupled to a hardware storage memory, operable to: send one or more service verification requests corresponding to one or more end user requests by an end user for content or for a service in a communication session, the service verification requests sent to a quota server to request a service verification during which the quota server determines that the end user has agreed to pay for a quota of the service or the content; inform the quota server of an identity of the end user and the service or the content that is to be billed to the end user via a service authorization; receive a service verification response from the quota server, the service verification response indicating the quota and comprising an instruction to stop sending a subsequent service verification request to the quota server; turn off the service verification in response to the instruction of the service verification response to stop sending a subsequent service verification request to the quota server for service or content in the communication session; receive a second end user request for additional service or content; determine that the quota cover the additional service or content; and allow the end user to access the additional service or content according to the second user request without sending a subsequent request to the quota server for service or content in the communication session.