The present invention provides a data management apparatus for managing a plurality of data items output by a plurality of communication devices that output data. The data management apparatus includes a storage section configured to store device identification information of each of the plurality of communication devices in association with charge identification information including either contractor identification information of a contractor of a contract for using a relay apparatus that is configured to transfer the plurality of data items to the data management apparatus or acquirer identification information of a data acquirer who acquires the data from the data management apparatus, and a charge amount determination section configured to determine a charge amount for each item of the charge identification information on the basis of data communication traffic volumes corresponding to data output from the communication devices of one or more device identification information items stored in association with the charge identification information.

A computer implemented method for decreasing latency in a billing cycle, the method comprising receiving a first charging data report (CDR) including a sent data volume from a vendor and comparing the first CDR to an operator received data volume and when the first CDR does not match the operator received data volume, rejecting the first charging report. The method further comprising providing a second CDR having the operator received data volume to the vendor, receiving a charging data acceptance including a negotiated data volume from the vendor, constructing a publicly verifiable proof of charging based on the charging data acceptance, and sending the publicly verifiable proof of charging to the vendor.

The present disclosure provides details on an intermediary service bureau (ISB) system which includes an ISB center that acts as an intermediary communication center between communication devices used by correctional facilities and contract providers. The ISB records communications, stores security data, and provides front end processing to facilitate an inmate to communicate with an outside party by way of a contract provider. Further, the ISB provides accounting services for inmates and friends and family that use services provided the contract provider. The contract provider provides security and routing services for the ISB by obtaining data from the ISB and updating data at the ISB according to the communications.

In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for proactively adjusting the infrastructure of a communications network in response to reporting of real-time network performance. For instance, in one example, a method includes obtaining real-time network performance metrics directly from a user endpoint device operated by a customer of a telecommunication service provider network, correlating the real-time network performance metrics with data from another data source, wherein the data includes data other than network performance metrics, and adjusting an infrastructure of the telecommunication service provider network in response to an insight gleaned through the correlating.

Method and system for revenue maximization in a communication network. This invention relates to management of communication networks and more particularly to monitoring information of a subscriber of a communication network. Embodiments herein enable the network operator to collect and profile usage information of a subscriber on a User Equipment (UE) with the intention of using the information for revenue maximization applications and preventing fraud for a network operator, wherein revenue maximization applications include but are not limited to fraud management, revenue assurance, churn management, customer experience management, credit risk management and partner settlement.

Methods, apparatus, and systems for the process-efficient generation of data records for data communications involving groups or aggregates of user equipment (UE), such as IoT devices, are described. In one illustrative example, for each one of a plurality of UEs associated with a group or aggregation identifier (ID), a request which includes data indicative of a network resource usage event of the UE is received and the data are stored in association with the group or aggregation ID. In response to identifying a predetermined condition, the data indicative of the network resource usage events associated with the group or aggregation ID are aggregated, and a request for generating a data record based on the aggregated data is sent to a data function for generating the data record. The generated data record (e.g. a CDR) may be stored for subsequent retrieval for reporting, analysis, network/communications management, or billing.

The present invention relates to a server, a method and a system for allowing a user terminal to receive and use a data capacity shared by a donor terminal, and provide a reward that is as much as the data capacity shared by the donor terminal and provide, to the user terminal, charging information corresponding to the use of data, thereby enabling a fair and meaningful compensation system.

A framework is provided for blockchain-based customer dispute management of wholesale telecommunications claims. A network device receives a telecommunication claim to dispute an invoice from a provider network. The provider network and a partner network that includes the network device are related through a wholesale telecommunications agreement. The network device validates the telecommunication claim based on information in a distributed ledger of the distributed consensus network. The distributed ledger includes transaction information generated by the provider network for the partner network under the wholesale telecommunications agreement. The network device adjudicates the telecommunication claim based on information in the distributed ledger and instructions in a contract and updates the distributed ledger with the adjudicated claim.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving from a first system information comprising a message and an identifier of a user, selecting a channel from a plurality of different third party communication channels for sending the message based on one or more properties of communications on the channel, determining a channel-specific user identifier for the selected channel based on the identifier of the user, creating a channel-specific message formatted for the selected channel based on the message, and sending the message to the user on the selected channel using the channel-specific user identifier.

The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a group node profile based on member nodes. Member node profiles may be maintained. A subset of member node profiles may be identified. Each member node profile of the subset may correspond to a group entity. A set of member node fields to populate values for a group node profile of the group entity may be identified. A corresponding group node field of the group node profile may be updated in accordance with a group node population policy. A field value of the member node field to the group node field may be added. An entry to a value data structure of the field value of the group node field may be added.