The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a sponsored service on an IMS-based mobile communication network, and comprises the steps of: a sponsored service client transmitting to a sponsored service server a sponsored service start request message; the sponsored service server determining the validity of the sponsored service after receiving the start request message; transmitting to the sponsored service client a sponsored service start acceptance message when the sponsored service server determines the sponsored service as valid; generating a sponsored service between the sponsored service client and an Internet service provider server; the sponsored service server generating charged fee information and transmitting the charged fee information to an authentication/authorization/accounting (AAA) server, when the sponsored service client requests termination of the sponsored service; and terminating the sponsored service session. According to the present invention, the sponsored service, in which a third pa?y Internet service provider can pay the cost using the mobile communication network instead of a wireless user equipment subscriber, can be provided, and the quality of the service can be dynamically controlled from the point the Internet service is provided.

Methods and systems are described for monitoring communications in a packet-switched network. More specifically, the system initiates a communication between a network endpoint associated with a call mediator and at least a second network endpoint; records, at the call mediator, information associated with the communication; and upon termination of the communication, communicates, from the call mediator to an enterprise gatekeeper, the information associated with the communication.

A mobile wireless device for use with a mobile telecommunications network. The device comprises a controller unit for switching one or more mobile services on and off, and a user interface unit configured to receive user inputs indicating that a user wants to turn the one or more mobile services on or off and for causing the controller unit to act accordingly. The device further comprises a network signalling unit for identifying times at which the user switches the one or more mobile services on and off and for signalling those times to an entity within or connected to said mobile telecommunications network.

A system and method for handling Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) traffic flows on a computer network, and, in particular, encrypted VoIP traffic flows. The method including: collecting traffic flow data with respect to an IP session; collecting parameters associated with the IP session; determining whether the IP session is a VoIP session; correlating IP sessions having similar parameters to the collected parameters; and creating at least one Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR) or Call Detail Record (CDR) based on the correlated IP sessions. The system including: a collection module configured to collect traffic flow data; an analysis module configured to determine parameters and determine whether the IP session is a VoIP session; and a correlation module configured to correlate IP sessions having similar parameters; and create at least one Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR) or Call Detail Record (CDR) based on the correlated IP sessions.

A system and method for generating Call Detail Records (CDR) to optimize network usage notifications to a mobile device subscriber. The system and method can include a billing system module that determines CDR generation parameters for the mobile device subscriber based on the mobile device subscriber's network usage, including increasing CDR generation when the mobile device subscriber's network usage relative to a predetermined quota is high and/or decreasing CDR generation when the mobile device subscriber's network usage relative to the predetermined quota is low. The CDR generation parameters can be applied to control CDR generation for the mobile device subscriber.

Methods and systems are described for monitoring communications in a packet-switched network. More specifically, the system initiates a communication between a network endpoint associated with a call mediator and at least a second network endpoint; records, at the call mediator, information associated with the communication; and upon termination of the communication, communicates, from the call mediator to an enterprise gatekeeper, the information associated with the communication.

A method of prioritizing network efforts using customer impact. The method comprises calculating a total revenue of each of the plurality of cell towers by summing up each revenue of a cell tower as a top cell tower for a mobile communication device, ranking the plurality of cell towers based on their total revenues, categorizing the cell towers based on the revenue ranking, and categorizing top cell towers of a retail store of a wireless carrier that maintains the cell towers as category one cell towers, whereby category one cell towers have the highest priority in the categorization system, whereby maintenance, spare parts, expansions, and upgrades are promoted based on the categorization of cell towers.

A system, method, computer program product and computer processor-implemented method of generating a header detail record (HDR) for a hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) data browsing user accessing network resources, may include: receiving, by at least one computer processor, packet data from at least one probe tapping into at least one network element of a data network of a communications services provider, said packet data comprising: header data, and payload data; analyzing said packet data comprising: extracting at least one header detail record (HDR) from said header data and said payload data for all said packet data, and creating said at least one header detail record (HDR).

Methods and systems are described for monitoring communications in a packet-switched network. More specifically, the system initiates a communication between a network endpoint associated with a call mediator and at least a second network endpoint; records, at the call mediator, information associated with the communication; and upon termination of the communication, communicates, from the call mediator to an enterprise gatekeeper, the information associated with the communication.

The embodiment of the present document discloses a method and apparatus for charging local traffic on a wireless side, which relate to the communication field. The method comprises: a wireless-side network element collecting data traffic and a corresponding IP address of user equipment (UE), searching for UE identification information matching the IP address, and updating the data traffic to a charging data record (CDR) of the corresponding UE, and sending to a charging gateway (CG). The embodiment of the present document can support charging on a wireless access side.