Nova Patents
EP2255490B1

Metering of telecommunication services

Abstract

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EP2255490B1, drawing sheet 1
Sheet 1 of 9

Term

1.5 yearsleft in the term

Expires 20 March 2028.

  1. Priority and filed
  2. Granted
  3. Today
  4. Expires

14 claims: 2 independent, 12 dependent

  1. 1
    A method for configuring a communication system comprising:at a configurator, receiving, from a subscriber device associated with and operated by a subscriber, inputs representing a proposed version of a traffic plan, said traffic plan being adapted to regulate access of a service by a client device associated with and operated by said subscriber, said traffic plan including policy aspects and charging aspects, at said configurator, generating a representation of said proposed version of said traffic plan based on said inputs;at said configurator, continuing to receive said inputs and generate said representation based on variations of said proposed version until an indication is received from said subscriber device that said traffic plan is accepted;generating, at said configurator, said traffic plan;and automatically deploying said traffic plan from said configurator amongst at least one element adapted to interconnect said client device with a server for hosting said service and to implement said traffic plan.
  2. 14
    A communication system comprising:at least one element adapted to interconnect a client device associated with and operated by a subscriber and a server for hosting a service, said element being adapted to implement a traffic plan, said traffic plan being adapted to regulate access of said service by said client device said traffic plan including policy aspects and charging aspects;a configurator connected to said element and to a subscriber device associated with and operated by said subscriber, said configurator being adapted to receive inputs from said subscriber device representing a proposed version of said traffic plan;said configurator being further adapted to generate a representation of said proposed version on said subscriber device;said configurator being further adapted to continue receiving said inputs and generating said representation based on variations of said proposed version until an indication is received from said subscriber device that said traffic plan is accepted, whereupon said configurator is adapted to generate said traffic plan and to automatically deploy that plan amongst at least said element.
Independent claims2