Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a plurality of accounting nodes, each accounting node being associated with a service node of a communication network, each accounting node being configured to collect data usage information for a network segment of the communication network including an associated service node, and an accounting server in data communication with accounting nodes of the plurality of accounting nodes, the accounting server configured to receive from the accounting nodes the data usage information for each service node and determine billing for data usage of each network segment. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The present application relates to the technical field of allocating the SIM resource, and provides a method and a system for allocating a SIM card resource, a terminal device and a storage medium, including acquiring a SIM card resource allocation request of a requesting terminal, and determining candidate SIM card resource sharing information corresponding to the SIM card resource allocation request; determining a target SIM card resource sharing information from the candidate SIM card resource sharing information, and acquiring a target terminal corresponding to the target SIM card resource sharing information; establishing a SIM card resource transmission channel between the target terminal and the requesting terminal; and allocating a SIM card resource corresponding to the target terminal to the requesting terminal through the SIM card resource transmission channel. The present application avoids the waste of SIM card resource by reallocating SIM card resource.

The invention relates to a method performed by a network node of managing online charging, and a network node performing the method. In an aspect of the invention, a method performed by a network node of managing online charging of sponsored data connectivity is provided. The method comprises receiving (S101) a user request for service related to the sponsored data connectivity, estimating (S102) a number of users that are expected to use said service, and acquiring (S103), from an Online Charging System authorizing access to the sponsored data connectivity, authorisation for the estimated number of users that are expected to use said service. The method further comprises granting (S104) the user access to the requested service with quota received with the authorisation from said Online Charging System, said quota being valid for a specified time period, and further granting (S104b) any further user requesting (S101b) said service access to the requested service with quota received with the authorisation until total quota authorised by the Online Charging System for the estimated number of users has been apportioned.

A system receives, from an account holder, a customized selection of notification methods and notification conditions associated with notifying an account holder about a first family member's network activity, wherein the first family member's network activity includes a first device's activity in a first network and a second device's activity in a second network, and wherein the second network is a different network than the first network. The system monitors multiple first types of network activity of the first device in the first network, and monitors multiple second types of network activity of the second device in the second network. The system provides notifications to the account holder based on the customized selection of notification methods and notification conditions and based on the monitored first types of the network activity of the first device and the monitored second types of the network activity of the second device.

Enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities is provided. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes monitoring a service usage activity of a wireless communication device, and determining an enterprise and consumer billing allocation for the monitored service usage activity. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes monitoring a service usage activity of a wireless communication device, and reporting the monitored service usage activity to a network element, in which the network element determines an enterprise and consumer billing allocation for the monitored service usage activity. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes providing a service design center for configuring an enterprise and consumer billing allocation of monitored service usage activities for a plurality of wireless communication devices associated with an enterprise account, and implementing the configured enterprise and consumer billing allocation for monitored service usage activities for the plurality of wireless communication devices associated with the enterprise account.

A data communication queuing method includes receiving a communication start notification from a first computing device associated with a first user account, accessing a list of a plurality of other user accounts linked to the first user account, sending a communication availability notification to at least a portion of other user accounts, operating a digital communication queue, enabling a live digital communication between the first user account and the at least one user account for a predetermined period, and ending the live digital communication between the first user account and the at least one user account of the multiple other user accounts after the predetermined period. The digital communication queue is operated by receiving a queue-join request from multiple other user accounts, enqueuing the multiple other user accounts in a determined order, and dequeuing at least one user account of the multiple other user accounts.

A node enables sharing data connectivity between a consumer device and a broker device, and receives from a first packet routing node a request for a consumer authorization certificate. The request includes a subscriber identity. Based on the subscriber identity authorizing the subscriber for sharing data connectivity; a consumer authorization certificate is generated using a private encryption key associated with the node. The consumer authorization certificate includes the subscriber identity of the subscriber. The consumer authorization certificate is returned to the first packet routing node. A request for a data connectivity service for the subscriber is received from a second packet routing node. The request includes a consumer agreement certificate and a broker identity. The consumer agreement certificate is signed using a private key associated with the subscriber and includes the subscriber identity. The consumer agreement certificate is valued. A confirmation message is sent to the second packet routing node.

It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a request is received, wherein the request requests to replace a stored first address of a charging system by a second address, the first address is different from the second address, and the charging system is assumed to control a primary account of a subscriber; informing that the request might be malicious if the request is received.

A node enables sharing data connectivity between a consumer device and a broker device, and receives from a first packet routing node a request for a consumer authorization certificate. The request includes a subscriber identity. Based on the subscriber identity authorizing the subscriber for sharing data connectivity; a consumer authorization certificate is generated using a private encryption key associated with the node. The consumer authorization certificate includes the subscriber identity of the subscriber. The consumer authorization certificate is returned to the first packet routing node. A request for a data connectivity service for the subscriber is received from a second packet routing node. The request includes a consumer agreement certificate and a broker identity. The consumer agreement certificate is signed using a private key associated with the subscriber and includes the subscriber identity. The consumer agreement certificate is valued. A confirmation message is sent to the second packet routing node.

The accessing of network connectivity with a portable computing device begins with the search for at least one proximal network router within a connectivity range of the portable computing device. An unverified identification is routed from the proximal network router through the portable computing device to the remote server. The unverified identification is compared to the router identification for each network router with the remote server in order to identify the router identification of a matching network router from the plurality of network routers. The router password of the matching network router is routed from the remote server through the portable computing device to the proximal network router. Communication access for the proximal network router is granted to the portable computing device. The portable computing device is free to perform computer functions within a secure wireless communication signal.