Methods and apparatus to generate audience measurement data from population sample data having incomplete demographic classifications are disclosed. An example method includes detecting that a number of impressions a time segment of a video occurred based on messages; detecting that no impressions for the time segment of the video were detected by the database proprietor; determining respective percentages of exposures of the video that are attributable to corresponding ones of multiple demographic groups, determining the respective percentages being based on the first demographic information provided by the database proprietor for exposures of other time segments of the video; attributing respective portions of the number of impressions to the demographic groups based on the respective percentages to determine imputed numbers of impressions; generating adjusted numbers of impressions based on the imputed numbers of impressions; and determining ratings information for the video using the adjusted numbers of impressions.

Systems and methods may provide for establishing a data usage budget based on one or more of user input and historical usage data, wherein the data usage budget distinguishes between usage types and distinguishes between connection types. Additionally, a data usage of one or more client devices may be monitored in accordance with the data usage budget. In one example, the usage types are designated as one or more of a high bandwidth usage and a low bandwidth usage, and the connection types are designated as one or more of a capped connection and a non-capped connection.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing data deliver for data constrained user devices. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, from a user device, requests for resources. For each of the requests, determining whether the user device is currently subject to a data constraint for receiving data responsive to the request. For each request for which the user device is determined to be subject to the data constraint, provide data that causes the user device to display a prompt to choose whether a resource responsive to the request is to be provided in the unrestricted data form or a restricted data form. A resource can be provided in an unrestricted data form has a first data size and provided in a restricted data form has a second data size that is less than the first data size.

Access to a communications network may be provided via a data provider that may charge for access. In some cases, the access fee may be related to the amount of network resources consumed (e.g., amount of data downloaded or bandwidth used). In some cases, a user may have access to a particular amount of data provider resources and be required to pay an additional fee for using resources in excess of the particular amount. To assist the user in managing his data resource consumption, a resource utilization component may provide different alerts and notices informing the user of current consumption, expected future consumption, and recommendations for reducing data provider resources consumed (e.g., stopping particular processes or data provider requests, such as downloading media). If several electronic devices in a network are connected to the same data provider resources, a network component may manage the data provider resource use among the several electronic devices (e.g., allow only particular users or devices access).

A correlation charging method and a charging apparatus, wherein the charging apparatus may determine, based on identifiers of a plurality of application servers in a notification message sent by a CSCF device, whether the charging apparatus receives charging request messages from all the ASs; then send a detection message to a first AS from which the charging apparatus has not received any charging request message, to detect a charging capability of the first AS; and learn of the charging capability of the first AS based on a response message returned by the first AS. In this way, the charging apparatus can learn of charging capabilities of all the ASs, and charge the service based on the charging capabilities of all the ASs in a unified manner.

An access system is provided and includes a memory and a control module. The memory stores a local DNS server VM, LLPS VM and local landing page, where the local DNS server VM is programmed with an IP address and a domain name of the LLPS VM. The control module: transmits a HTTP request from an in-vehicle device to a network application server via a PDN gateway or GGSN; based on a network event, receives a redirect response signal to redirect the in-vehicle device from accessing the network application server to receiving the landing page; based on a URI of the landing page, provides a query request signal to the local DNS server VM for the IP address and the domain name of a network or local landing page server; receives a query response signal from the local DNS server VM and the landing page from the LLPS VM.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a charging system for charging an airtime use account file associated with a user for the provision of mobile telecommunications services to the user. The charging system comprises: one or more data stores configured to store: the airtime use account file, the airtime use account file having an airtime account balance which is debited in correspondence with use of airtime services by the user and has an associated predefined balance threshold; and a dedicated account file associated with the user and configured to store loan funds provided to the user, the dedicated account file having a dedicated account balance which is debited in correspondence with use of payment services or airtime services by the user. The charging system further comprises a rules engine processor programmed with instructions which when executed cause the rules engine processor to increase the dedicated account balance in the dedicated account file by an amount corresponding to a requested loan amount, and decrease the airtime account balance of the airtime use account file by at least the requested loan amount. The rules engine processor is configured to debit the dedicated account balance with use of airtime services when the airtime account balance is at or below the threshold amount.

A network platform manages the provisioning of a UE with a dominant identity profile and a recessive identity profile. The dominant profile is associated with a user's existing wireless data plan and the recessive profile corresponds to a data plan of a provider of device, or machine-to-machine, services to the UE. The UE uses the two profiles to transmit separate data contexts on separate respective bearers. When managing two separate bearers, the UE always uses the dominant profile first for managing a handoff to a stronger cell. The UE reports that the new cell that now serves the dominant context is the only cell that has enough strength to support the recessive context, even if other cells near the UE have signals strong enough. This necessarily causes the recessive context to always be handed off to the same cell to which the dominant context has already been handed off.

A home SMF of a home PLMN receives a first message from a visited SMF of visited PLMN. The first message requests creation of a packet data unit (PDU) session of a wireless device. The first message comprises first charging policy information determined based on a first policy of the visited PLMN. The home SMF determines a second charging policy information for the PDU session based on the first charging policy information and a second policy of the home PLMN. The second charging policy information comprises: a charging method for the PDU session, and a charging parameter indicating a charging level for the PDU session. The home SMF sends a second message to the visited SMF. The second message comprises the second charging policy information.

A method (300) and apparatus (40) according to this disclosure integrate policy evaluation into the process of provisioning temporary products (52) in a telecommunications network (10), in a manner that results in consumption of a temporary product (52) being governed by values of one or more policy-related parameters that are specific to the temporary product (52), rather than being governed by default values for such parameters. Accordingly, an Online Charging System, OCS, (26) includes or is associated with a network node (40) that triggers policy evaluation in conjunction with authorizing charging and policy sessions in the context of temporary product provisioning, to thereby provide the involved policy node (24) with policy-related information that is specific to the temporary product.