Patent ID: 8533750

Claim:
A method for generating an Internet Protocol (IP) broadband video service bill, comprising: receiving, by an access device locating between a user terminal and a multicast router, a request for demanding a program from the user terminal; checking, by the access device, whether a user corresponding to the user terminal has a right to demand the program upon receiving the request for demanding the program from the user terminal; if the user has the right to demand the program, checking, by the access device, whether there is a user in a program group comprising the program on demand; if the user is first member joining the program group, sending, by the access device, the request for demanding the program to the multicast router and receiving, by the access device, the multicast stream of the program on demand from the multicast router; then recording, by the access device, a time for the user joining the program on demand while sending, by the access device, the multicast stream of the program on demand received from the multicast router to the user terminal; if the user is not first member joining the program group, recording, by the access device, a time for the user joining the program on demand while sending, by the access device, the multicast stream of the program on demand to the user terminal; recording, by the access device, a time for the user leaving the program on demand while stopping sending, by the access device, the multicast stream of the program on demand to the user terminal when the user stops watching the program on demand; and sending, by the access device, an original bill including the times for the user joining and leaving the program on demand to a video service support system so that a practical bill of the user can be generated by the video service support system based on preset fee information of the program on demand and the original bill received.