WO2003065154A2 - Facturation multiphases - Google Patents

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WO2003065154A2
WO2003065154A2 PCT/US2003/002438 US0302438W WO03065154A2 WO 2003065154 A2 WO2003065154 A2 WO 2003065154A2 US 0302438 W US0302438 W US 0302438W WO 03065154 A2 WO03065154 A2 WO 03065154A2
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Mike K. Lee
Milton Hernandez
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Evident Software Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/04—Billing or invoicing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/02—Details
    • H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements specially adapted for data communications, e.g. authentication, authorisation and accounting [AAA] framework
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/02—Details
    • H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements specially adapted for data communications, e.g. authentication, authorisation and accounting [AAA] framework
    • H04L12/1403—Architecture for metering, charging or billing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L61/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
    • H04L61/50—Address allocation
    • H04L61/5007—Internet protocol [IP] addresses
    • H04L61/5014—Internet protocol [IP] addresses using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/51—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP for resellers, retailers or service providers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/22—Bandwidth or usage-sensitve billing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/54—Resellers-retail or service providers billing, e.g. agreements with telephone service operator, activation, charging/recharging of accounts

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  • Content collection component 102 collects information about the delivery of the content, as well as the substance of the content itself. Content collection component 102 also may sort, filter, aggregate, correlate, and store the content according to the particular needs of the end user. In effect, content collection component 102 is responsible for extracting meaningful information about IP traffic, and so it is provided with an understanding of the data sources in instrumentation component 101. Content collection component 102 also may transform the data from the plurality of sources in instrumentation component 101 into standard formats for use in a transaction component 103.
  • Transaction component 103 is in .communication with a settlement component 104.
  • Settlement component 104 captures the operations that are necessary to understand the significance of the transaction defined by transaction component 103. For example, settlement component 104 may rate a particular transaction by assigning a monetary value to the transaction. Settlement component 104 also may divide the burdens and benefits of the monetary value among the relevant parties. In this way, settlement component 104 ensures that certain parties receive a particular portion of the payment made by the other parties. Settlement component 104 also may be responsible for delivering this burden and benefit information to the appropriate parties with the appropriate identifiers (e.g., account numbers).
  • identifiers e.g., account numbers
  • Data sources 201-203 may include various internetworking devices like routers, bridges, and network switches.
  • Data sources 201-203 provide raw data to an input data adapter 207. Accordingly, input data adapter 207 understands the operation of, and the data provided by, data sources 201-
  • input data adapter 207 is charged with understanding raw data 204-206 from data sources 201-203, as well as the required flow objects 208 of system 100, it is capable of transforming the raw data to the flow objects, where the flow objects may all be of a standard format.
  • aggregator 213 is shown as a component of system 100, it should be appreciated that the aggregator may be accomplished by a list of computer-readable instructions (e.g., an aggregation file) located on anywhere within the system.
  • Aggregator 213 is located in the block of Figure 2 to facilitate the discussion of the operation of the system. The aggregation process is further discussed in U.S. Patent Application No. 60/298,622 filed June 15, 2001, and entitled "Generic Data Aggregation,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • output data adapter 214 converts the data aggregated by aggregator 213 to a format compatible with transaction component 103.
  • output adapter 214 may format the aggregated data into one or more content data records for storage in CDR database 215.
  • ownership resolution component 216 identifies the parties involved in the transaction. Ownership resolution component 216 reads a usage record, and applies rules to the usage record, so as to determine one or more "accountables." Accountables are labels that are used to facilitate identifying the parties or owners to a transaction. Accountables may be defined and/or modified by an external user (e.g., a customer) using a graphical user interface. Also, it should be appreciated that accountables may be defined for a new usage types for which no rules are provided. The ownership resolution process is further discussed in U.S. Patent Application Attorney Docket No. APOG-0005, filed August 21, 2001, and entitled “Content Ownership Resolution,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • NAT Network Translation
  • the NAT format is an Internet standard that allows a local-area network (LAN), like Internal corporate network 405, to use one set of IP addresses for traffic within the LAN environment and a second set of addresses for external traffic outside the LAN environment (e.g., on the WAN).
  • LAN local-area network
  • Using NAT format provides a type of firewall by hiding internal IP addresses, while allowing a company to use more internal IP addresses without the risk of conflict with other external IP addresses.
  • WAN probe 402 may be programmed to ignore dynamic NAT addresses because such addresses represent network data traffic destined for internal corporate network 405, and thus already captured by LAN probe 404.
  • Internal corporate network 405 also is in communication with a firewall 511 and a VPN 510, both of which may be owned by the IT department.
  • Firewall 511 and VPN 510 may be in communication with a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server 509, also owned by the IT department.
  • RADIUS server 509 is an authentication and accounting system typically used by content service providers, like the IT department for example. When a user dials into a service provider's computer, RADIUS server 509 may verify a username and password, for example, provided by the user and permit access to internal corporate network 405.
  • RADIUS server 509 also may provide an accounting function by charging users based on the network data traffic, and perhaps the duration and/or frequency of using an IP address provided via RADIUS server 509, in a fashion that may be similar to DHCP server 503.
  • multi-stage billing process 600 provides just one example, and is not meant to be exclusive. For example, the number of stages necessary to accomplish the level of billing detail will vary with a particular user or a particular business environment. Also, the data that is gathered or the billing instructions that are resolved within a particular stage of a multi-stage billing process also may vary with the desires of a particular user. Service types provide the mechanism by which the user may define the multi-stage billing process.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé et un système servant à définir une transaction. Dans un mode de réalisation, le procédé de l'invention comprend : la capture des caractéristiques de la transaction sur un réseau de données ; la détermination des charges et des bénéfices de la transaction ; la détermination des interdépendances parmi les caractéristiques. Puis, ledit procédé de l'invention définit le coût de la transaction du réseau comme une fonction des caractéristiques et des interdépendances. Ledit procédé de l'invention peut également identifier une ou plusieurs entités qui sont imputées ou bénéficiaires par la transaction, et il peut facturer l'entité bénéficiaire comme une fonction des charges, des bénéfices et des caractéristiques. Ledit procédé de l'invention peut, en outre, compenser l'entité imputée comme une fonction des charges, des bénéfices et des caractéristiques.
PCT/US2003/002438 2002-01-28 2003-01-28 Facturation multiphases Ceased WO2003065154A2 (fr)

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