Patent ID: 8116326

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and having stored therein a sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to implement a revenue management system for a communications network, the revenue management system including a gateway layer coupled with the communications network, a revenue capture layer communicatively coupled with the gateway layer, and a database and storage layer communicatively coupled with the revenue capture layer, wherein the gateway layer: receives a request related to a communication on the communications network, performs authentication of the request and authorization for services to support the communication based on the request, converts the request to an event data record, and forwards the event data record based on the services authorized and a type of the request, and wherein the revenue capture layer includes a transactional in-memory object store including a read-only reference object cache of data objects from the database and storage layer, wherein the revenue capture layer: receives the event data record from the gateway layer, and routes the event data record to the transactional in-memory object store or the database and storage layer depending upon the type of the request and a configurable directory server consulted, wherein routing the event data record comprises routing real-time requests to the transactional in-memory object store and routing non-real-time requests to the database and storage layer.