Opinion ID: 2689161
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Heading: A computer program product embodied on a

Text: computer readable storage medium for processing network accounting information comprising: computer code for receiving from a first source a first network accounting record; computer code for correlating the first net- work accounting record with accounting in- formation available from a second source; and computer code for using the accounting infor- mation with which the first network account- ing record is correlated to enhance the first network accounting record. AMDOCS LIMITED v. OPENET TELECOM, INC. 5 4. The computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium of claim 3,[1] wherein the accounting information is in the form of a second network accounting record. 7. A method of processing network accounting in- formation comprising: receiving from a first source a first network accounting record; correlating the first network accounting rec- ord with accounting information available from a second source; and using the accounting information with which the first network accounting record is corre- lated to enhance the first network accounting record. 13. A system for collecting data from network en- tities for a data consuming application, comprising: a plurality of data collectors to receive infor- mation from the network entities and to pro- 1 Claim 4 depends on unasserted claims 2 and 3, which recite: