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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.6526/DELNP/2008 A<br />

(19) INDIA<br />

(22) Date <strong>of</strong> filing <strong>of</strong> Application :25/07/2008 (43) Publication Date : 24/10/2008<br />

(54) Title <strong>of</strong> the invention : SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FLEXIBLE CHARGING IN A NETWORK<br />

(51) International classification :H04L 12/14 (71)Name <strong>of</strong> Applicant :<br />

(31) Priority Document No :60/418,547<br />

1)TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)<br />

(32) Priority Date :15/10/2002<br />

Address <strong>of</strong> Applicant :SE-164 83 STOCKHOLM(SE).<br />

(33) Name <strong>of</strong> priority country :U.S.A.<br />

Sweden<br />

(86) International Application No :PCT/SE2003/001122 (72)Name <strong>of</strong> Inventor :<br />

Filing Date<br />

:27/06/2003<br />

1)HARNESK,MAGNUS<br />

(87) International Publication No :WO 2004/036825 2)LEMARK,JAN<br />

(61) Patent <strong>of</strong> Addition to Application<br />

Number<br />

Filing Date<br />

:NA<br />

:NA<br />

3)KORLING,MARTIN<br />

4)HEGDAHL,TORMOD<br />

(62) Divisional to Application Number :1049/DELNP/2005<br />

Filed on<br />

:17/03/2005<br />

(57) Abstract :<br />

The present invention relates to arrangements for charging in a packet switched network. Packets are charged differently dependent on<br />

which service flow the packets belong to. The charging system comprises a control system <strong>and</strong> a serving element residing in a packet<br />

forwarding system wherein said control system comprises an account function adapted to manage an account <strong>of</strong> at least one user <strong>and</strong> a<br />

charging policy decision point arranged to calculate a charging policy for allowed services for the at least one user. Moreover, said<br />

serving element comprises a token bucket per user adapted to store reservations received <strong>from</strong> the account function <strong>of</strong> the user<br />

associated with the token bucket <strong>and</strong> a charging policy enforcement point arranged to perform charging for a plurality <strong>of</strong> the allowed<br />

services by reducing the stored reservation <strong>of</strong> the token bucket according to the calculated charging policy.<br />

No. <strong>of</strong> Pages : 33 No. <strong>of</strong> Claims : 11<br />

The Patent Office Journal 24/10/2008 25983

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