Patent ID: 7860799

Claim:
A method for auditing a media content delivery transaction, the method comprising: by at least one node in a wireless communications network that is not part of a media content provider: receiving copies, generated by a communications link probe or an integrated message feed, of messages that traverse the wireless communications network; analyzing the copies of the messages; identifying, from the copies of the messages, at least one message associated with delivery of media content provided by the media content provider to a wireless communications device via the wireless communications network; determining, based on the at least one message, whether or not the delivery of the media content was successful; generating, based on the at least one message, a media content delivery transaction record that contains information associated with the delivery of the media content; including, in the media content delivery transaction record, a transaction disposition indication that indicates whether or not the delivery of the media content was successful and at least one of a media content type, media content size, and a delivery mode; accessing, by an audit application at the node, the media content delivery transaction record and verifying, by the audit application at the node, delivery statistics provided by the media content provider; and confirming, based on the verification, revenue that should be paid to a network operator.