CN106332034A - Third-party application charging method and apparatus, and application function equipment - Google Patents

Third-party application charging method and apparatus, and application function equipment Download PDF

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CN106332034A
CN106332034A CN201510341004.0A CN201510341004A CN106332034A CN 106332034 A CN106332034 A CN 106332034A CN 201510341004 A CN201510341004 A CN 201510341004A CN 106332034 A CN106332034 A CN 106332034A
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吴锦花
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The invention provides a third-party application charging method and apparatus, and application function equipment. The third-party application charging method comprises steps that a service provider charging control system receives a user third-party application session request message initiated by the application function equipment, wherein the session request message comprises a third-party application subscriber identification of a user; and a service provider charging control system carries out charging management of the third-party application of the user according to the session request message. The scheme solves the problem in the prior art that the traffic statistics and the charging execution cannot be achieved according to the third-party subscriber identification, and can provide a single traffic and charge detail record of the third-party application for the third-party application subscriber, so that the settlement and the account checking of both sides can be facilitated.

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The charging method of a kind of third-party application, device and application function equipment
Technical field
The present invention relates to strategy and charging control technology in wireless communication system, being specifically related to a kind of third party should Charging method, device and application function equipment.
Background technology
Dividing of third generation partner program (3GPP, 3rd Generation Partnership Project) evolution Group system (EPS, Evolved Packet System) is connect by the UMTS land of evolution is wireless Network (E-UTRAN, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network), move pipe Reason unit (MME, Mobility Management Entity), gateway (S-GW, Serving Gateway), grouped data network gateway (P-GW or PDN GW, Packet Data Network Gateway), home subscriber server (HSS, Home Subscriber Server), the Certificate Authority of 3GPP Charging (AAA, Authentication, Authorization and Accounting) server, strategy and meter Take regulation function entity (PCRF, Policy and Charging Rules Function) and other support nodes Composition.Wherein,
HSS, is the permanent storage place of user contracting data, is positioned at the home network of user's signing.MME, The user contracting data storage place in current network, be responsible for terminal to network Non-Access Stratum signaling management, Tracking under the safety verification function of terminal, the mobile management of terminal, user's idle pulley and paging management Function and bearer management.S-GW, is the core net gateway that arrives wireless system, is responsible for the terminal use to core net Data buffer storage under the carrying of face, family, terminal idle mode, the function of network side initiating business request, legal prison Listen and packet routing and forwarding capability;Gateway is responsible for counting user terminal and is used the situation of wireless network, And produce terminal use wireless network ticket, send charging gateway to.P-GW, is evolution system and this system The gateway of external packet data networks, it is connected on the Internet and packet data network, is responsible for the mutual of terminal Networking protocol (Internet Protocol, referred to as IP) address distribution, billing function, packet packet filtering, plan The slightly function such as control.PDN, is the IP operation network of operator, and this network by the core net of operator is User provides IP to service.
Embed additionally, policy control and charging control function (PCC, Policy and Charging Control) In EPS framework, in EPS framework, each functional entity of PCC can be distributed as follows: PCRF is strategy and charging rule Then functional entity, strategy and charging execution function entity (PCEF, Policy and Charging Enforcement Function) it is present in P-GW, bearing binding and event reporting function entity (BBERF, Bearer Binding and Event Report Function) may be present in S-GW, the Application Function of business (AF, Application Function) it is present in carrier network agreement (IP, Internet Protocol) business network, User-subscribed database (SPR, Subscription Profile Repository) can be unified with HSS.
In 3 gpp, correspondence can be found by APN (APN, Access Point Name) PDN network.Generally one of UE to PDN network connection is referred to as an IP connect access network (IP-CAN, IP Connectivity Access Network) session.PCC is applicable to all 3GPP IP-CAN, its framework As it is shown in figure 1, PCRF is mainly responsible for the formulation of strategy and charging regulation, the PCC that will be formulated by Gx interface Strategy and charging regulation are handed down to PCEF, PCEF to be installed, performs PCC strategy, and reports dependent event, Charge information mutual with charge system.
QoS (QoS, Quality of Service) rule is issued by PCRF by Gxx interface To BBERF, the BBERF discord mutual charge information of charge system, the most responsible bearing binding and dependent event Report.The business that AF provides business information, SPR to save user's signing by Rx interface to PCRF is believed Breath, PCRF can be by Sp interface to the business information of SPR inquiry user's signing.PCEF passes through Gy Online charging information is sent to Online Charging System (OSC, Online Charging System) by interface to be responsible for The statistics of online charging, by Gz interface offline charging information is sent to off-line accounting system (OFCS, Offline Charging System)。
At present, in PCC framework, PCRF can dynamically issue PCC strategy to PCEF, strategy letter Breath comprises the information of QoS and charging.Service related information, PCEF that PCRF provides according to AF report Bearer related information and SPR in user signing business information, formulate PCC strategy.
AF, for providing the access point of service application, the Internet resources that these service application are used need into The policy control of Mobile state.When service surface carries out parameter negotiation, related service information is passed to strategy by AF Control and charging regulation function entity (PCRF, Policy and Charging Rules Function).If this A little business information are consistent with the strategy of PCRF, then PCRF accepts this negotiation;Otherwise, PCRF refusal should Consult, and provide the acceptable service parameter of PCRF when feedback.Subsequently, these parameters can be returned by AF To subscriber equipment (UE, User Equipment).Wherein, the interface between AF and PCRF is Rx interface.
PCRF is the core of PCC, for being responsible for the formulation of strategic decision-making and charging regulation.PCRF provides base Network in business data flow controls rule, and these networks control to include the detection of business data flow, gate (Gating Control), service quality (QoS, Quality of Service) control and based on data stream Charging regulation etc..Strategy and charging regulation that PCRF is formulated are sent to strategy and charging execution function entity (PCEF, Policy and Control Enforcement Function) performs;Meanwhile, PCRF also needs to protect Demonstrate,prove these rules consistent with the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of user.Wherein, PCRF generates strategy and the foundation bag of charging regulation Include: the information relevant to business that obtains from AF, from user-subscribed database (SPR, Subscription Profile Repository) user policy, billing control and subscription information relevant to policy control and charging that obtain, with And the information with carrying network of relation obtained from PCEF by Gx interface.
PCEF is usually located in gateway (GW, Gate-Way), performs what PCRF was formulated at loading end Strategy and charging regulation.Business datum flow filter in the rule that PCEF is sent according to PCRF is to business Data stream detects, and then these business data flows perform strategy and charging regulation that PCRF is formulated; When carrying is set up, PCEF carries out resource distribution according to the rule that PCRF sends, and according to AF offer Information carries out gating control;Meanwhile, PCEF triggers to report according to the event that PCRF subscribes to and sends out on bearer network Raw event;The charging regulation sent according to PCRF, PCEF performs the operation of corresponding service data flow charge, Charging both can be online charging, it is also possible to be offline charging.If online charging, then PCEF need and Online Charging System (OCS, Online Charging System) carries out credit management together;During offline charging, The charging of exchange correlation between PCEF and off-line accounting system (OFCS, Offline Charging System) Information.Wherein, the interface between PCEF and PCRF is Gx interface, the interface between PCEF and OCS Being Gy interface, the interface between PCEF and OFCS is Gz interface.PCEF also can strengthen have business inspection Brake (TDF, Traffic Detection Function).PCEF can be according to locally configured or PCRF Issue comprises applying detection control strategy (Application Detection and Control is called for short ADC) PCC rule carry out applying detection and carry out strategy execution (as gate, redirect and bandwidth limit).PCEF It is generally placed on the gateway of network, such as grouped data network gateway (PDN-GW), the wireless universal of EPS GGSN in Packet Service (GPRS, General Packet Radio Service) (GGSN) packet count and in interconnection wireless network LAN (I-WLAN, Interworking WLAN) According to gateway (PDG, Packet Data Gateway) etc..
TDF can also independently dispose, and now TDF Yu PCRF passes through Sd interface, and TDF can be according in advance The applying detection that configuration or PCRF issue controls rule and carries out applying detection and strategy execution.PCRF is TDF Thering is provided applying detection control rule or activate the pre-configured rule of TDF, the policy control of independent TDF function performs Operation includes gate, redirects and bandwidth restriction.TDF makees the dependent event of detected business/stream to PCRF With the reporting of information (beginning of the business/stream such as detected to PCRF report and termination), and to PCRF Send business datum stream description, transmit business detection and policing rule for flowing detection from PCRF Signaling.
Bearing binding and event reporting function entity (BBERF, Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function) it is usually located in access network gateway (Access Network Gateway).As worked as subscriber equipment Accessed by E-UTRAN and between EPS, gateway S-GW and P-GW, use proxy mobile internet During protocol edition 6 (PMIPv6, Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol version 6) agreement, S-GW In exist for BBERF.When subscriber equipment is accessed by trusted non-3 GPP access network, trusted non-3 gpp The access network Central Shanxi Plain there is also BBERF.
User-subscribed database (SPR), storage has the user policy, billing control relevant to policy control and charging CAMEL-Subscription-Information processed.Interface between SPR and PCRF is Sp interface.
OCS and PCEF completes control and the management of user credit under online charging mode jointly.OFCS with PCEF completes the billing operation under offline charging mode jointly.
Above PCC framework is achieved UE as accessing a packet data network by each functional entity The IP that (Packet Data Network, referred to as PDN) is set up connects access network (IP Connectivity Access Network, referred to as IP-CAN) policy and charging control of session.
In prior art, after UE sets up the IP-CAN session of certain PDN, network is by corresponding mandate QoS provides the resource of acquiescence signing for it.For IMS (multimedia) class business, then AF will provide new QoS information initiates IP-CAN session modification flow process to PCRF, PCRF, provides resource authorization for this business. IMS class business non-for third party's business, disposes one between third-party application provider and PCRF and is used for The network element that third-party application performs application Access Control (introduces non-roaming PCC framework such as figure after AAC 2), the Rx interface between this application Access Control network element and third party can use such as SOAP or restful Rx interface between protocol communication, and PCRF can use based on Diameter or xml protocol communication.Should Protocol conversion (protocol is had concurrently with Access Control network element (application access control, AAC) Converter, PC) function, the protocol conversion between third party market demand provider and PCRF can be realized, Complete the transmission of application provider's information, business information, QoS demand and charge information.
But after prior art can only solve contracted user's access of third-party application, carrier network is according to operation Business contracted user identifies strategy and the charging control of execution.In existing demand, carrier network needs support many Plant charging way, act on behalf of the payment settlement mode of third party's charge including operator.User has only to place Reason and the rate ticket of signing operator, third party's functional expenses of user are all contained in operator's ticket, Need not additionally pay with third party.When the charge system of operator is for user's charging at present, simply Simply carry out credit authorization according to operator's signatory mark of user, and the consumption of charging and rate are added up And execution, it is impossible to provide for third-party application contracted user individually about third-party application consumption and Rate are single in detail, for both sides' clearing and reconciliation.And operator identifies according to the contracted user of third-party application and the Tripartite carries out consumption and payment settlement, it is ensured that operator has the hidden of the ID of contracted user and peace by oneself Quan Xing.Prior art cannot accomplish that the consumption statistics according to third party contracted user mark and charging perform, nothing Method meets the above accounting requirements to third-party application shielding operator contracted user mark.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides the charging method of a kind of third-party application, device and application function equipment, solve Prior art cannot be accomplished the problem that the consumption statistics according to third party contracted user mark and charging perform.
For solving above-mentioned technical problem, the present invention provides the charging method of a kind of third-party application, including:
Operator's charging control system receives user's third-party application conversation request of application function equipment initiation and disappears Breath, comprises the third-party application contracted user mark of user in described conversation request message;
Described operator charging control system is according to the described conversation request message third-party application to described user Carry out accounting management.
In one embodiment of the invention, described operator charging control system receives application function equipment Initiate third-party application conversation request message to include: the application in described operator charging control system accesses control Function device processed receives the third-party application conversation request message that described application function equipment is initiated.
In one embodiment of the invention, described operator charging control system is according to described conversation request Message also includes before the third-party application of described user is carried out accounting management: the charging of described operator controls The operator contracted user of described user is identified by system and third-party application contracted user mark is associated;
Described operator charging control system identifies and third-party application label according to the operator contracted user of association About ID and described conversation request message carries out accounting management to the third-party application of described user.
In one embodiment of the invention, described operator charging control system is by the operation of described user Business contracted user mark and third-party application contracted user mark are associated including:
Described application access control function equipment is after receiving described conversation request message, described by utilizing Third-party application contracted user identifies the operator contracted user mark obtaining corresponding user, and the fortune that will obtain Battalion's business contracted user mark identifies binding with described third-party application contracted user, sets up association;
Or, described application access control function equipment is after receiving described conversation request message, by described Conversation request message is sent to the strategy in described operator charging control system and charging rule decision function sets Standby;Described strategy and charging rule decision function device are by utilizing the contracted user of described third-party application to mark Know the operator contracted user mark obtaining corresponding user, and by the operator contracted user mark obtained and institute State third-party application contracted user and identify binding, set up association.
In one embodiment of the invention, described application access control function equipment sets up operator's signing After what ID identified with described third-party application contracted user associates, also include:
Described application access control function equipment sends session to described strategy and charging rule decision function device Setting up request message, described session establishment request message includes the operator contracted user mark of described association Identify with described third-party application contracted user;
Described strategy and charging rule decision function device ask message to described user according to described session establishment Third-party application carry out accounting management.
In one embodiment of the invention, described operator charging control system is according to the operator of association Contracted user's mark and third-party application contracted user mark and described conversation request message to described user the Tripartite's application carries out accounting management and includes:
Strategy in described operator charging control system with charging rule decision function device according to the fortune associated Battalion's business contracted user mark and third-party application contracted user mark and described conversation request message formulate charging rule Then, and by described charging regulation it is sent to the strategy in operator's charging control system and charge execution function sets Standby;
Described strategy and charge execution function equipment perform described charging regulation, and control system to operator's charging Charge subsystem feedback charge information in system, carries the operator contracted user of association in described charge information Mark identifies with third-party application contracted user.
In one embodiment of the invention, described strategy and charging rule decision function device formulate charging Also include before rule:
Described strategy and charging rule decision function device charge subsystem in operator's charging control system Initiate chargeable session request message, described chargeable session request message carries the signing of related operator and uses Family mark and third-party application contracted user identify;
Described strategy and charging rule decision function device receive described charge subsystem according to described chargeable session The conversational response message of request message feedback, carries business and accounting-related information in described conversational response message.
For solving above-mentioned technical problem, present invention also offers the charging method of a kind of third-party application, including:
Application function equipment receives the third-party application service request that user sends;
Described application function equipment is sent out to operator's charging control system according to described third-party application service request Play the conversation request message of user's third-party application, described conversation request message comprises the 3rd of described user Fang Yingyong contracted user identifies.
For solving above-mentioned technical problem, the invention provides the message accounting of a kind of third-party application, including:
Message reception module, receives user that application function equipment initiates for operator charging control system Tripartite's utility cession request message, comprises the third-party application signing of described user in described conversation request message ID;
Billing management module, for described operator charging control system according to described conversation request message to institute The third-party application stating user carries out accounting management.
In one embodiment of the invention, described message reception module controls for the charging of described operator Application access control function equipment in system receives user's third-party application session that application function equipment is initiated Request message.
In one embodiment of the invention, also include that module is set up in association, for the charging of described operator The operator contracted user of described user is identified by control system and third-party application contracted user mark is closed Connection;Described billing management module is used according to operator's signing of association for described operator charging control system The third party of described user is answered by family mark and third-party application contracted user mark and described conversation request message With carrying out accounting management.
In one embodiment of the invention, described association is set up module and is included: acquisition of information submodule, Described acquisition of information submodule disappears receiving described conversation request for described application access control function equipment After breath, obtain the operator contracted user of corresponding user by utilizing described third-party application contracted user to identify Mark;Submodule is set up in association, the operator's signing that will obtain for described application access control function equipment ID and described third-party application contracted user identify binding, set up association;
Or, described association is set up module and is included: information sends submodule, for described application Access Control Described conversation request message, after receiving described conversation request message, is sent to described operation by function device Strategy in business's charging control system and charging rule decision function device;Acquisition of information submodule, for institute State strategy and charging rule decision function device by utilizing the contracted user of described third-party application to identify acquisition The operator contracted user mark of corresponding user;Association sets up submodule, for described strategy and charging regulation The operator contracted user of acquisition is identified by decision making function equipment to be tied up with described third-party application contracted user mark Fixed, set up association.
For solving above-mentioned technical problem, the invention provides a kind of application function equipment, including:
Communication module, for receiving the third-party application service request that user sends;
Processing module, for initiating to operator's charging control system according to described third-party application service request The conversation request message of user's third-party application, comprises the third party of described user in described conversation request message Application contracted user's mark.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows:
The charging method of third-party application, device and the application function equipment that the present invention provides, by application The conversation request of the third-party application that user that function device is initiated to operator charging control system is to be launched disappears Carrying the third-party application contracted user mark of described user in breath, operator's charging control system is according to described Conversation request message carries out accounting management to the third-party application of described user.Operator's charging is made to control system System can carry out charging according to third-party application contracted user mark and perform and third-party payment settlement, so, Achieve and provide the consumption and rate individually about third-party application of the contracted user for third-party application detailed Single, for both sides' clearing and reconciliation.
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Fig. 1 is the non-roaming configuration diagram of PCC;
Fig. 2 is the non-roaming configuration diagram of PCC disposing AAC function;
The charging method schematic flow sheet one of the third-party application that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the present invention one;
The charging method schematic flow sheet two of the third-party application that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the present invention one;
The contracted user of Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention one third party market demand provider accesses operation Business's network realizes the embodiment flow chart of online charging function by Gy interface;
The contracted user of Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the present invention one third party market demand provider accesses operation Business's network realizes the embodiment flow chart of offline charging function by Gz interface;
The contracted user of Fig. 7 provides for the embodiment of the present invention one third party market demand provider accesses operation Business's network realizes the embodiment flow chart of online charging function by Sy interface;
Fig. 8 implements the charging method schematic flow sheet of the third-party application of two offers for the present invention;
The message accounting structural representation of the third-party application that Fig. 9 provides for the embodiment of the present invention three.
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Combine accompanying drawing below by detailed description of the invention the present invention is described in further detail.
Embodiment one:
Refer to shown in Fig. 3, the charging method of the third-party application that the present embodiment provides includes:
S301: operator's charging control system receives user's third-party application session that application function equipment is initiated Request message, comprises the third-party application contracted user mark of user in described conversation request message;
The third party of described user is answered by S302: operator's charging control system according to described conversation request message With carrying out accounting management.
It should be appreciated that described third-party application includes: wechat, QQ, the application of Deng Fei operator of Taobao; Described third-party application contracted user mark includes preserving with the form of map listing;Described third-party application label About ID includes: the business letters such as the ID of third-party application signing, UE IP, business datum stream description Breath;Need explanation, if the contracted user of third-party application possesses different user gradations, different users Grade there are differences QoS and charging signing, then also can bring this user gradation to believe in this conversation request message Breath, and QoS and charge information.The third-party application of described user is carried out by operator's charging control system Accounting management includes third-party application carrying out charging and monitoring it in real time;And the charging of described operator Control system includes two kinds of charging ways: online charging mode or offline charging mode.
In step S301, operator's charging control system receives the user third party of application function equipment initiation should Include by conversation request message: the application access control function equipment in described operator charging control system connects Receive the third-party application conversation request message that described application function equipment is initiated;In the present embodiment, here should Do not limit by the communication protocol between function device and application access control function equipment;For example, it is possible to bag Include SOAP or restful agreement etc..If during roaming, then the operation at this application access control function equipment place Business's network, is not limited to belonging area network or the access zone network of this UE, can be the third party outside both Carrier network.By carrying the third-party application signing use of user in conversation request message in the present embodiment Family identifies so that operator's charging control system is counted for corresponding third-party application when carrying out charging Take, obtain the bill of this third-party application, facilitate the operation such as user and third-party reconciliation clearing.
Preferably, the present embodiment additionally provides the charging method of another kind of third-party application and includes:
S401: operator's charging control system receives user's third-party application session that application function equipment is initiated Request message, comprises the third-party application contracted user mark of user in described conversation request message;
The operator contracted user of described user is identified by S402: operator's charging control system and third party should It is associated by contracted user's mark;
S403: operator's charging control system identifies and third-party application according to the operator contracted user of association Contracted user's mark and described conversation request message carry out accounting management to the third-party application of described user.
By third-party application contracted user mark is identified with the provider customer of corresponding user in the present embodiment Be associated so that operator's charging control system when carrying out charging for corresponding third-party application and fortune The corresponding lists at the commercial family of battalion carries out charging, obtains this third-party application and the bill of corresponding provider customer, Optimize further and third-party reconciliation clearing etc. operates.
In step S402, the operator contracted user of described user is identified and the by operator's charging control system Tripartite applies contracted user to identify and is associated including: application access control function equipment is receiving described meeting After words request message, obtain the operator of corresponding user by utilizing described third-party application contracted user to identify Contracted user identifies, and the operator contracted user mark obtained is marked with described third-party application contracted user Know binding, set up association;Particularly as follows: application access control equipment identifies according to third-party application contracted user Judging whether operator's CAMEL-Subscription-Information with corresponding user, if not having, then sending CAMEL-Subscription-Information to SPR please Ask, and in this CAMEL-Subscription-Information is asked, carry third-party application contracted user mark and PDN mark;SPR deposits After storing up the list such as PDN mark of its third-party application received effect contracted user's mark and user, pass through One of them mark is associated with other mark of same user, such as by third-party application contracted user Mark (ID of such as application layer) gets operator contracted user mark (the such as IMSI of corresponding user Or MSISDN), and by the operator's contracted user's identification feedback being associated with to applying access control equipment;Should With the ID list (mapping) of access control equipment this return locally stored, perform according to the information returned Third party contracted user mark and the binding of operator's signatory mark, association third party contracted user is identified to fortune Battalion's business contracted user mark.
Further, described application access control function equipment sets up operator contracted user mark and described the After tripartite applies the association that contracted user identifies, also include: described application access control function equipment is to strategy Send session establishment request message with charging rule decision function device, described session establishment request message is wrapped The operator contracted user mark including described association identifies with described third-party application contracted user;Described strategy The message third-party application to described user is asked according to described session establishment with charging rule decision function device Carry out accounting management;
Or in step S402, described application access control function equipment disappears receiving described conversation request After breath, described conversation request message is sent to the strategy in described operator charging control system and charging rule Then decision making function equipment;Described strategy and charging rule decision function device are by utilizing described third-party application Contracted user identify the operator contracted user mark obtaining corresponding user, and the operator's signing that will obtain ID and described third-party application contracted user identify binding, set up association.Same, described strategy When not there is operator's CAMEL-Subscription-Information of corresponding user with charging rule decision function device, it is also desirable to equally Mode obtain the operator contracted user mark of corresponding user to SPR after, perform further according to the information returned Third party contracted user mark and the binding of operator's signatory mark, association third party contracted user is identified to fortune Battalion's business contracted user mark;
In step S403, operator's charging control system is according to the operator contracted user mark and the 3rd of association Fang Yingyong contracted user mark and described conversation request message carry out charging pipe to the third-party application of described user Reason includes: strategy in described operator charging control system and charging rule decision function device are according to association Operator contracted user mark and third-party application contracted user mark and described conversation request message formulate meter Take rule, and described charging regulation is sent to the strategy in operator's charging control system and charging execution merit Can equipment;Described strategy and charge execution function equipment perform described charging regulation, and to operator's charging control Charge subsystem feedback charge information in system processed, carries operator's signing of association in described charge information ID identifies with third-party application contracted user.Specifically, in online charging mode, described plan Slightly and charge execution function equipment performs described charging regulation, online and in operator's charging control system Charge subsystem initiates credit line request, carries operator's signing of association in described credit line is asked ID identifies with third-party application contracted user;Described online charging subsystem is according to described credit line Request and contracted user's mark perform equipment to described strategy and charging provides credit authorization information;At off-line meter Taking in mode, described strategy and charge execution function equipment perform described charging regulation, and directly to off-line meter Taking subsystem and send offline charging report, the operator's signing carrying association in described offline charging is reported is used Family mark identifies with third-party application contracted user.
In another embodiment, before described strategy and charging rule decision function device formulate charging regulation also Including: described strategy and the charging rule decision function device charging subsystem in operator's charging control system System initiates chargeable session request message, carries the signing of related operator in described chargeable session request message ID and third-party application contracted user mark;Described strategy and charging rule decision function device receive Described charge subsystem rings according to the conversational response message of described chargeable session request message feedback, described session Answer and message is carried business and accounting-related information.Present embodiment typically performs in online charging.
Illustrating this programme with detailed description of the invention below, Fig. 5 is that third party's market demand of the present invention carries Contracted user's access carrier network for business realizes the embodiment flow process of online charging function by Gy interface Figure, as it is shown in figure 5, third party AF (application function equipment) gives AAC (application access control function equipment) Send conversation request message, message is carried user and identifies third-party application contracted user;AAC or PCRF (strategy and the decision making function equipment of charging regulation) performs third party contracted user mark and operator's signing mark The binding (association third party contracted user is identified to operator contracted user mark) known, AAC is sent to PCRF Message in carry third-party application contracted user mark, PCRF strategic decision-making issue rule give PCEF (plan Slightly with charge execution function equipment) execution is installed, message is carried third-party application contracted user mark simultaneously. The charging method of rule is online charging, and PCEF sends credit control request information to OCS (online charging System) request credit authorization, carries operator contracted user mark and user contracts use third party in message Family identifies, and described OCS preserves the ID that user contracts third party, according to the diameter credit control received Request message is that described customer service performs diameter credit control.Specifically include following steps:
S501, during IP-CAN session is set up in UE request, the gateway that PCEF is positioned at receives IP-CAN session establishment request message, wherein, carries use in this IP-CAN session establishment request message The PDN mark of the PDN network that family mark and request access;
S502, PCEF send IP-CAN session establishment instruction message, wherein, this IP-CAN to PCRF Session establishment instruction message is carried ID, PDN mark and the IP address for UE distribution;
After S503, PCRF judge operator's CAMEL-Subscription-Information of the most not this user according to ID, to SPR sends signing document request, and carries ID and PDN mark in this signing document is asked;
S504, SPR return corresponding user signing contract information (by signing according to ID with PDN mark Document response returns);
S505, PCRF formulate according to the user signing contract information returned, network strategy, the access information etc. of UE Strategic decision-making.Wherein it is possible to include formulating PCC rule;
S506, PCRF send IP-CAN session establishment to PCEF and confirm message, wherein, this IP-CAN Session establishment confirms to carry PCC rule in message;
S507, PCEF mounting strategy, the gateway that PCEF is positioned at returns IP-CAN session establishment to UE should Answer, wherein, this IP-CAN session establishment response carries IP address;
S508, if online charging, PCEF transmission CCR message, to OCS, activates online charging session, Thering is provided corresponding input information to carry out decision-making to OCS, PCEF carries charging policy, or charging policy kimonos Business ID asks credit information to OCS;
Whether S509, OCS provide credit authorization information to PCEF according to request message and CAMEL-Subscription-Information decision-making, PCEF is returned in CCA message;
S510, UE are connected and requested service with the AF of third party market demand provider, and this AF is to AAC Send AF conversation request, trigger the AF session set up with PCRF.Request message carries third-party application The business information such as the ID of signing, UE IP, business datum stream description;
Alternatively, if the contracted user of third-party application possesses different user gradations, different user gradations There are differences QoS and charging signing.This request message then also can bring this user gradation information, and QoS and charge information;Here the agreement between AF and AAC does not limits, including SOAP or restful Agreement etc..If during roaming, then the carrier network at this AAC place, it is not limited to the ownership earth mat of this UE Network or access zone network, can be the third-party operator's network outside both.
After S511, AAC judge operator's CAMEL-Subscription-Information of the most not this user according to ID, to SPR Transmission CAMEL-Subscription-Information is asked, and carries third-party application contracted user mark (example in this CAMEL-Subscription-Information is asked Such as application identities) and PDN mark.
S512, if performing S511, then SPR identifies according to third-party application contracted user mark and PDN Return the information (being returned by CAMEL-Subscription-Information response) such as corresponding operator's contracted user's mark.
Here effective contracted user mark that SPR storage third-party application provides, and operator's label of user The about list such as mark.Other mark of same user can be associated with, such as by one of them mark Identify (ID of such as application layer) by the contracted user of third-party application and get the operator of user Signatory mark (such as IMSI or MSISDN).
S513, AAC send the request of AF session establishment to (H) PCRF, carry operator's signing and use in message Family mark and third-party application contracted user identify, and the corresponding content carried in step S510;Alternatively, If performing S511, the ID list (mapping) of AAC this return locally stored, according to the letter returned Breath performs third party contracted user mark and the binding of operator's signatory mark, association third party contracted user mark Know and identify to operator contracted user;
S514, if being not carried out S511, then (H) PCRF needs to perform mark binding, according to (from SPR Obtain and store) locally stored ID list (mapping), perform third-party application contracted user mark Knowing and the binding of operator contracted user mark, association third-party application contracted user is identified to operator's signing ID.(H) PCRF provides according to AAC business information, service provider's information, charge information etc. AF session information, the CAMEL-Subscription-Information that SPR provides, and the IP-CAN session information that PCEF provides, enter Row strategic decision-making, decision-making whether to this service authorization QoS with generate PCC rule, generate respective rule and Subscribe to event accordingly.If AF has consumption threshold value to provide or the consumption monitoring of this business of having contracted, also need to same Time to PCEF issue consumption monitoring keyword and threshold value this business is carried out consumption monitoring;
If (H) PCRF refusal authorizes, then (H) PCRF returns refuse information to AAC, AF service fail, Flow process terminates;
S515, (H) PCRF provide PCC rule to install to PCEF and perform, in the RAR message of PCEF Carry the rule and event subscription generated in third-party application contracted user mark and step S514, and may Consumption monitoring relevant information, concrete such as S514 detailed description;Third party contracted user mark may be embodied in It is carried to PCEF in rule or outside rule;
S516, PCEF preserve the relevant information that S515 issues, and after installing and executing strategy, return to PCRF Return and confirm message;
S517, PCEF according to the rule received and event information, executing rule coupling and bearing modification or The modification process of the IP-CAN sessions such as establishment processes;If PCRF or AF have subscribed rule and perform result or money Source allocation result feedback, then execution result is reported by PCEF by initiation CCR message;
S518, if online charging, PCEF transmission CCR message, to OCS, is asked credit line, is carried Carrying out decision-making to OCS for corresponding input information, PCEF carries charging policy, or charging policy and service ID asks credit information to OCS, carries operator contracted user mark and user third party in message simultaneously Application contracted user's mark.
S519, OCS preserve user and identify third-party application contracted user, according to request message and signing letter Whether breath decision-making provides credit authorization information to PCEF, returns to PCEF in CCA message.
By above step, user can be completed and using third-party application signing ID to initiate service access operator Network carries out the flow process of online charging.OCS carries third-party application label in the ticket of third party contracted user About ID, operator carries out payment settlement by third-party application contracted user mark and third-party application.
Fig. 6 is that contracted user's access carrier network of third party of the present invention market demand provider is connect by Gz The embodiment flow chart of the existing offline charging function of cause for gossip, as shown in Figure 6, AF sends conversation request to AAC Message, carries the third-party application contracted user mark of user in message;AAC or PCRF performs third party Application contracted user's mark (associates third party contracted user with the binding of operator's signatory mark and is identified to operation Business contracted user identifies), AAC is sent in the request message of PCRF carry third-party application contracted user Mark, PCRF strategic decision-making issues rule and installs execution to PCEF, carries third-party application in message simultaneously Contracted user identifies.Rule charging method be offline charging, PCEF according to measuring method (time/flow/ Event) and charging triggering condition send offline charging report to OFCS (offline charging equipment), message is taken The ID contracted third party with operator contracted user mark and user.Specifically include following steps:
S601, during IP-CAN session is set up in UE request, the gateway that PCEF is positioned at receives IP-CAN session establishment request message, wherein, carries use in this IP-CAN session establishment request message The PDN mark of the PDN network that family mark and request access;
S602, PCEF send IP-CAN session establishment instruction message, wherein, this IP-CAN to PCRF Session establishment instruction message is carried ID, PDN mark and the IP address for UE distribution;
After S603, PCRF judge the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of the most not this user according to ID, send out to SPR Send signing document request, and in this signing document is asked, carry ID and PDN mark;
S604, SPR return corresponding user signing contract information (by signing according to ID with PDN mark Document response returns);
S605, PCRF formulate according to the user signing contract information returned, network strategy, the access information etc. of UE Strategic decision-making.Wherein it is possible to include formulating PCC rule etc.;
S606, PCRF send IP-CAN session establishment to PCEF and confirm message, wherein, this IP-CAN Session establishment confirms to carry PCC rule etc. in message;
S607, PCEF mounting strategy, the gateway that PCEF is positioned at returns IP-CAN session establishment to UE should Answer, wherein, this IP-CAN session establishment response carries IP address.
S608, UE and AF are connected and requested service, and this AF sends AF conversation request to AAC, trigger Set up the AF session with PCRF.Request message in carry third-party application signing ID, UE IP, The business information such as business datum stream description.
Alternatively, if the contracted user of third-party application possesses different user gradations, different user gradations There are differences QoS and charging signing.This request message then also can bring this user gradation information, and QoS and charge information;Here the agreement between AF and AAC does not limits;Including: SOAP or restful Agreement etc..If during roaming, then the carrier network at this AAC place, it is not limited to the ownership earth mat of this UE Network or access zone network, can be the third-party operator's network outside both.
After S609, AAC judge operator's CAMEL-Subscription-Information of the most not this user according to ID, to SPR Transmission CAMEL-Subscription-Information is asked, and carries third-party application contracted user mark (example in this CAMEL-Subscription-Information is asked Such as application identities) and PDN mark.
S610, if performing S609, then SPR returns according to third party contracted user mark and PDN mark The information (being returned by CAMEL-Subscription-Information response) such as corresponding operator's contracted user's mark;
Here effective contracted user mark that SPR storage third-party application provides, and operator's label of user The about list such as ID.Other mark of same user can be associated with by one of them mark, The operation of user is such as got by third-party application contracted user mark (ID of such as application layer) Business's signatory mark (such as IMSI or MSISDN).
S611, AAC send the request of AF session establishment to (H) PCRF, carry operator's signing in message ID and third-party application contracted user mark, and the related content that in step S608, AF carries; Alternatively, if performing S609, the ID list (mapping) of AAC this return locally stored, according to The information returned performs third-party application contracted user mark and the binding of operator contracted user mark, association Third-party application contracted user is identified to operator contracted user mark;
S612, if being not carried out S609, then PCRF needs to perform mark binding, according to (obtaining from SPR Take and store) locally stored ID list (mapping), perform third party contracted user mark and fortune The binding of battalion's business's signatory mark, association third party contracted user is identified to operator contracted user mark. (H) the AF session letters such as PCRF provides according to AAC business information, service provider's information, charge information Breath, the CAMEL-Subscription-Information that SPR provides, and the IP-CAN session information that PCEF provides, carry out strategic decision-making, Whether decision-making, to this service authorization QoS and generation PCC rule, generates respective rule and subscribes to event accordingly. If AF has consumption threshold value to provide or the consumption monitoring of this business of having contracted, also need to issue to PCEF simultaneously Consumption monitoring keyword and threshold value carry out consumption monitoring to this business;If (H) PCRF refusal authorizes, then (H) PCRF returns refuse information, AF service fail to AAC, and flow process terminates;
S613, PCRF provide PCC rule to install to PCEF and perform, take in the RAR message of PCEF Rule with generating in third-party application contracted user mark and S612 and event subscription, and possible consumption Monitoring relevant information is concrete such as the detailed description of step S612;Third-party application contracted user mark can be wrapped It is carried to PCEF in being contained in rule or outside rule;
S614, PCEF preserve the relevant information that S613 issues, and after installing and executing strategy, return to PCRF Return and confirm message;
S615, PCEF according to the rule received and event information, executing rule coupling and bearing modification or The modification process of the IP-CAN sessions such as establishment processes;If PCRF or AF have subscribed rule and perform result or money Source allocation result feedback, then execution result is reported by PCEF by initiation CCR message;
S616, charging method is offline charging, and in business procedure, PCEF is according to measuring method (time/stream Amount/event) and charging triggering condition send offline charging report to OFCS, message is carried operator signing The ID that ID and user contract third party.
By above step, user can be completed and using third-party application signing ID to initiate service access operator Network carries out the flow process of offline charging.OFCS carries third-party application label in the ticket of third party contracted user About ID, operator carries out payment settlement by third-party application contracted user mark and third-party application.
Fig. 7 is that contracted user's access carrier network of third party of the present invention market demand provider is connect by Sy The embodiment flow chart of cause for gossip present line billing function.As it is shown in fig. 7, AF sends conversation request to AAC Message, carries user and identifies third-party application contracted user in message;AAC or PCRF performs third party Application contracted user's mark (associates third party contracted user with the binding of operator's signatory mark and is identified to operation Business contracted user identifies), AAC is sent in the request message of PCRF carry third-party application contracted user Mark.PCRF send chargeable session request message to OCS, message is carried operator contracted user mark and Third-party application contracted user identifies, and described OCS preserves the third-party application signing that user contracts third party ID, the chargeable session request message according to receiving returns response message, for PCRF decision-making.PCRF Strategic decision-making also issues regular to PCEF installation execution, carries the contracted user of third-party application in message simultaneously Mark.The charging method of rule is online charging, and PCEF sends credit control request information to OCS (application Credit quota), OCS is that described customer service performs diameter credit control according to the credit control request information received. Specifically include following steps:
S701, during IP-CAN session is set up in UE request, the gateway that PCEF is positioned at receives IP-CAN session establishment request message, wherein, carries use in this IP-CAN session establishment request message The PDN mark of the PDN network that family mark and request access.
S702, PCEF send IP-CAN session establishment instruction message, wherein, this IP-CAN to PCRF Session establishment instruction message is carried ID, PDN mark and the IP address for UE distribution.
After S703, PCRF judge the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of the most not this user according to ID, send out to SPR Send signing document request, and in this signing document is asked, carry ID and PDN mark.
S704, SPR return corresponding user signing contract information (by signing according to ID with PDN mark Document response returns).
S705, if online charging, PCRF sends chargeable session request message to OCS, activation charging Session, carries operator contracted user mark in message.Alternatively, this request message carries credit quota Application, or do not carry quota application and then need to perform step S610 and step S611 step and carry out credit and join Volume is asked.
S706, OCS return chargeable session response message according to request message and CAMEL-Subscription-Information to PCRF, take Band business and accounting-related information;If step S605 carries quota request, then response message may be taken Carry corresponding quota.
S707, PCRF formulate according to the user signing contract information returned, network strategy, the access information etc. of UE Strategic decision-making.Wherein it is possible to include formulating PCC rule and event trigger.
S708, PCRF send IP-CAN session establishment to PCEF and confirm message, wherein, this IP-CAN Session establishment confirms to carry PCC rule and event trigger in message.
S709, PCEF mounting strategy, the gateway that PCEF is positioned at returns IP-CAN session establishment to UE should Answer, wherein, this IP-CAN session establishment response carries IP address.
S710, if online charging, PCEF transmission CCR message, to OCS, activates online charging session, Thering is provided corresponding input information to carry out decision-making to OCS, PCEF carries charging policy or charging policy and service ID asks credit information to OCS.Alternatively, step S710 and S711 step may be incorporated in step S705 With in S706, PCRF carry out credit quota application.
Step S711, whether OCS provides credit authorization to PCEF according to request message and CAMEL-Subscription-Information decision-making Information, returns to PCEF in CCA message.
S712, UE and AF are connected and requested service, and this AF sends AF conversation request to AAC, trigger Set up the AF session with PCRF.Request message in carry third-party application signing ID, UE IP, The business information such as business datum stream description.
Alternatively, if the contracted user of third-party application possesses different user gradations, different user gradations There are differences QoS and charging signing.This request message then also can bring this user gradation information, and QoS and charge information.Here the agreement between AF and AAC does not limits, including SOAP or restful Agreement etc..If during roaming, then the carrier network at this AAC place, it is not limited to the ownership earth mat of this UE Network or access zone network, can be the third-party operator's network outside both.
After S713, AAC judge operator's CAMEL-Subscription-Information of the most not this user according to ID, to SPR Transmission CAMEL-Subscription-Information is asked, and carries third-party application contracted user mark (example in this CAMEL-Subscription-Information is asked Such as application identities) and PDN mark.
S714, if performing S713, then SPR identifies according to third-party application contracted user mark and PDN Return the information (being returned by CAMEL-Subscription-Information response) such as corresponding operator's contracted user's mark.
Here effective contracted user mark that SPR storage third-party application provides, and operator's label of user The about list such as mark.Other mark of same user can be associated with, such as by one of them mark The operator being got user by third-party application contracted user mark (ID of such as application layer) is signed About mark (such as IMSI or MSISDN).
S715, AAC send the request of AF session establishment to (H) PCRF, carry operator's signing in message ID and the ID of third-party application signing, and the corresponding contents that in step S712, AF carries; Alternatively, if performing step S713, then the ID list (mapping) of AAC this return locally stored, Perform third party contracted user mark and the binding of operator's signatory mark according to the information returned, associate the 3rd Side contracted user is identified to operator contracted user mark;
S716, PCRF initiate the chargeable session request message of OCS, carry operator's signing and use in message Family mark and third party contracted user identify.Alternatively, this request message is carried credit quota application, or Person does not carry quota application then needs execution step S721 and S722 to carry out credit quota request.
S717, OCS preserve the ID that user contracts third party, according to request message and CAMEL-Subscription-Information Return chargeable session response message to PCRF, carry business and accounting-related information;If in step S716 PCRF carries quota request, then may carry corresponding quota in response message.
S718, if being not carried out S713, then (H) PCRF needs to perform mark binding, according to (from SPR Obtain and store) locally stored ID list (mapping), perform third-party application contracted user mark Knowing and the binding of operator contracted user mark, association third-party application contracted user is identified to operator's signing ID.The AF such as business information that PCRF provides according to AAC, service provider's information, charge information Session information, the CAMEL-Subscription-Information that SPR provides, and the IP-CAN session information that PCEF provides, carry out plan Slightly decision-making, decision-making, whether to this service authorization QoS with generate PCC rule, generates respective rule and corresponding Subscription event.If AF have consumption threshold value provide or this business of having contracted consumption monitoring, also need to simultaneously to PCEF issues consumption monitoring keyword and threshold value carries out consumption monitoring to this business;If PCRF refuses to authorize, So (H) PCRF returns refuse information, AF service fail to AAC, and flow process terminates;
S719, PCRF provide PCC rule to install to PCEF and perform, take in the RAR message of PCEF Rule with generating in third party contracted user mark and step S715 and event subscription, and possible consumption Monitoring relevant information, specifically describes in detail such as step S715;Third-party application contracted user mark can comprise It is carried to PCEF in rule or outside rule;
S720, PCEF preserve the relevant information that step S718 issues, after installing and executing strategy, to PCRF Return and confirm message;
S721, PCEF according to the rule received and event information, executing rule coupling and bearing modification or The modification process of the IP-CAN sessions such as establishment processes;If PCRF or AF have subscribed rule and perform result or money Source allocation result feedback, then execution result is reported by PCEF by initiation CCR message;
S722, if online charging, PCEF transmission CCR message, to OCS, is asked credit line, is carried Carrying out decision-making for corresponding input information to OCS, PCEF carries charging policy or charging policy and service ID Credit information is asked to OCS.The third party simultaneously carrying operator contracted user mark and user in message should Identify with contracted user.
S723, OCS preserve the third-party application contracted user mark of user, according to request message and signing letter Whether breath decision-making provides credit authorization information to PCEF, returns to PCEF in CCA message.
By above step, user can be completed and using third-party application signing ID to initiate service access operator Network carries out the flow process of online charging.OCS carries third-party application label in the ticket of third party contracted user About ID, operator carries out payment settlement by third-party application contracted user mark and third-party application.
In above-mentioned detailed description of the invention, it should be noted that wherein: for roaming scence, PCRF here For HPCRF.Mutual and the interface of HPCRF Yu VPCRF is deferred to prior art and is realized;For DRA field Scape, i.e. network exist multiple PCRF needs to be carried out the scene of PCRF selection, the AF of AAC by DRA Request is sent to DRA, DRA and identifies according to UE ID/IP and PDN, selects correct PCRF (such as The PCRF of IP-CAN session association).Defer to the PCRF selection technique of existing DRA route.
Embodiment two:
Refer to shown in Fig. 8, the charging method of the third-party application that the present embodiment provides includes:
S801: application function equipment receives the third-party application service request that user sends;
S802: application function equipment according to described third-party application service request to operator's charging control system Initiate the conversation request message of user's third-party application to be launched, described conversation request message comprises described The third-party application contracted user mark of user.
It should be appreciated that described third-party application includes: wechat, QQ, the application of Deng Fei operator of Taobao; Described third-party application contracted user mark includes preserving with the form of map listing;Described third-party application label About ID includes: the business letters such as the ID of third-party application signing, UE IP, business datum stream description Breath;Need explanation, if the contracted user of third-party application possesses different user gradations, different users Grade there are differences QoS and charging signing, then also can bring this user gradation to believe in this conversation request message Breath, and QoS and charge information.Meeting is being sent to operator's charging control system by application function equipment Words request message carries third-party application contracted user mark so that operator's charging control system enters at it During the management of row charging, for third-party application contracted user mark, the 3rd application of user is carried out charging, So that carry third-party application contracted user mark in the ticket of third party contracted user, operator leads to Cross third-party application contracted user mark and third-party application carries out payment settlement.
Embodiment three:
Refer to shown in Fig. 9, the message accounting 90 of the third-party application that the present embodiment provides includes: message connects Receive module 901 and billing management module 902;Described message reception module 901 controls system for operator's charging System receives user's third-party application conversation request message that application function equipment is initiated, described conversation request message In comprise described user third-party application contracted user mark;Described billing management module 903 is for described Operator's charging control system carries out charging according to described conversation request message to the third-party application of described user Management.By the third-party application contracted user of user mark is sent to operator's charging control system, make The keep cost order for specific third-party application must be capable of in operator's charging control system, convenient User and third party check bill.
Further, the described message reception module 901 application in described operator charging control system Access control function equipment receives the session of user's third-party application to be launched that application function equipment is initiated please Seek message;
Specifically, the message accounting 90 of described third-party application also includes: module, described association are set up in association Set up module the operator contracted user of described user to be identified for described operator charging control system and the Tripartite applies contracted user to identify and is associated;Described billing management module 902 is for the charging of described operator Control system identifies and described meeting according to operator contracted user mark and the third-party application contracted user of association Words request message carries out accounting management to the third-party application of described user;By the operator after association is signed About ID and third-party application contracted user mark is sent to operator's charging control system so that in fortune Battalion's business's charging control system is capable of for corresponding provider customer and the meter of specific third-party application Take inventory, further facilitate user and third party checks bill.
Described association is set up module and is included: acquisition of information submodule, and described acquisition of information submodule is for described Application access control function equipment is after receiving described conversation request message, by utilizing described third party to answer The operator contracted user mark obtaining corresponding user is identified with contracted user;Submodule is set up in association, is used for Described application access control function equipment is by the operator contracted user mark obtained and described third-party application label About ID binding, sets up association;Or, described association is set up module and is included: information sends submodule, For described application access control function equipment after receiving described conversation request message, please by described session Message is asked to be sent to the strategy in described operator charging control system and charging rule decision function device;Letter Breath obtains submodule, for described strategy and charging rule decision function device by utilizing the described third party should Contracted user identify the operator contracted user mark obtaining corresponding user;Submodule is set up in association, uses In the operator contracted user mark and the described 3rd that described strategy and charging rule decision function device will obtain Fang Yingyong contracted user identifies binding, sets up association.
Embodiment four:
The application function equipment that the present embodiment provides includes: communication module and processing module;Described communication module For setting up communication connection with user, and receive the third-party application service request that user sends;Described process Module is to be launched for initiating user according to described third-party application service request to operator's charging control system The conversation request message of third-party application, described conversation request message includes that the third party of described user should Identify with contracted user.Disappeared to operator's charging control system transmission conversation request by application function equipment Breath carries third-party application contracted user mark so that operator's charging control system carries out charging at it During management, carry out charging for third-party application contracted user mark, so that third party contracted user Ticket in carry third-party application contracted user mark, operator is identified by third-party application contracted user Payment settlement is carried out with third-party application.
The above, only presently preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is not intended to limit the protection model of the present invention Enclose, all any amendment, equivalent and improvement etc. made within the spirit and principles in the present invention, all should Within being included in protection scope of the present invention.

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1. the charging method of a third-party application, it is characterised in that including:
Operator's charging control system receives user's third-party application conversation request of application function equipment initiation and disappears Breath, comprises the third-party application contracted user mark of user in described conversation request message;
Described operator charging control system is according to the described conversation request message third-party application to described user Carry out accounting management.
2. the charging method of third-party application as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that described fortune Battalion's business's charging control system receives application function equipment initiation third-party application conversation request message and includes: described Application access control function equipment in operator's charging control system receives what described application function equipment was initiated Third-party application conversation request message.
3. the charging method of third-party application as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that described fortune Battalion's business's charging control system carries out charging pipe according to described conversation request message to the third-party application of described user Also include before reason: described operator charging control system the operator contracted user of described user is identified and Third-party application contracted user mark is associated;
Described operator charging control system identifies and third-party application label according to the operator contracted user of association About ID and described conversation request message carries out accounting management to the third-party application of described user.
4. the charging method of third-party application as claimed in claim 3, it is characterised in that described fortune The operator contracted user of described user is identified by battalion's business's charging control system and third-party application contracted user marks Know and be associated including:
Described application access control function equipment is after receiving described conversation request message, described by utilizing Third-party application contracted user identifies the operator contracted user mark obtaining corresponding user, and the fortune that will obtain Battalion's business contracted user mark identifies binding with described third-party application contracted user, sets up association;
Or, described application access control function equipment is after receiving described conversation request message, by described Conversation request message is sent to the strategy in described operator charging control system and charging rule decision function sets Standby;Described strategy and charging rule decision function device are by utilizing the contracted user of described third-party application to mark Know the operator contracted user mark obtaining corresponding user, and by the operator contracted user mark obtained and institute State third-party application contracted user and identify binding, set up association.
5. the charging method of third-party application as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that described should Set up operator contracted user mark with access control function equipment to identify with described third-party application contracted user Association after, also include:
Described application access control function equipment sends session to described strategy and charging rule decision function device Setting up request message, described session establishment request message includes the operator contracted user mark of described association Identify with described third-party application contracted user;
Described strategy and charging rule decision function device ask message to described user according to described session establishment Third-party application carry out accounting management.
6. the charging method of the third-party application as described in any one of claim 3-5, it is characterised in that Described operator charging control system is used according to operator contracted user mark and the third-party application signing of association Family mark and described conversation request message carry out accounting management to the third-party application of described user and include:
Strategy in described operator charging control system with charging rule decision function device according to the fortune associated Battalion's business contracted user mark and third-party application contracted user mark and described conversation request message formulate charging rule Then, and by described charging regulation it is sent to the strategy in operator's charging control system and charge execution function sets Standby;
Described strategy and charge execution function equipment perform described charging regulation, and control system to operator's charging Charge subsystem feedback charge information in system, carries the operator contracted user of association in described charge information Mark identifies with third-party application contracted user.
7. the charging method of third-party application as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that described plan Slightly and also include before charging rule decision function device formulation charging regulation:
Described strategy and charging rule decision function device charge subsystem in operator's charging control system Initiate chargeable session request message, described chargeable session request message carries the signing of related operator and uses Family mark and third-party application contracted user identify;
Described strategy and charging rule decision function device receive described charge subsystem according to described chargeable session The conversational response message of request message feedback, carries business and accounting-related information in described conversational response message.
8. the charging method of a third-party application, it is characterised in that including:
Application function equipment receives the third-party application service request that user sends;
Described application function equipment is sent out to operator's charging control system according to described third-party application service request Play the conversation request message of user's third-party application, described conversation request message comprises the 3rd of described user Fang Yingyong contracted user identifies.
9. the message accounting of a third-party application, it is characterised in that including:
Message reception module, receives user that application function equipment initiates for operator charging control system Tripartite's utility cession request message, comprises the third-party application signing of described user in described conversation request message ID;
Billing management module, for described operator charging control system according to described conversation request message to institute The third-party application stating user carries out accounting management.
10. the message accounting of third-party application as claimed in claim 9, it is characterised in that described in disappear Breath receiver module application access control function equipment in described operator charging control system receives application User's third-party application conversation request message that function device is initiated.
The message accounting of 11. third-party application as claimed in claim 10, it is characterised in that also include Module is set up in association, the operator contracted user of described user is marked for described operator charging control system Know and third-party application contracted user mark is associated;Described billing management module is discussed for described operation Take control system to identify and described according to operator contracted user mark and the third-party application contracted user of association Conversation request message carries out accounting management to the third-party application of described user.
The message accounting of 12. third-party application as claimed in claim 11, it is characterised in that described pass Joint construction formwork erection block includes: acquisition of information submodule, and described acquisition of information submodule accesses control for described application Function device processed is after receiving described conversation request message, by utilizing described third-party application contracted user Mark obtains the operator contracted user mark of corresponding user;Submodule is set up in association, connects for described application Enter to control function device the operator contracted user mark obtained to be identified with described third-party application contracted user Binding, sets up association;
Or, described association is set up module and is included: information sends submodule, for described application Access Control Described conversation request message, after receiving described conversation request message, is sent to described operation by function device Strategy in business's charging control system and charging rule decision function device;Acquisition of information submodule, for institute State strategy and charging rule decision function device by utilizing the contracted user of described third-party application to identify acquisition The operator contracted user mark of corresponding user;Association sets up submodule, for described strategy and charging regulation The operator contracted user of acquisition is identified by decision making function equipment to be tied up with described third-party application contracted user mark Fixed, set up association.
13. 1 kinds of application function equipment, it is characterised in that including:
Communication module, for receiving the third-party application service request that user sends;
Processing module, for initiating to operator's charging control system according to described third-party application service request The conversation request message of user's third-party application, comprises the third party of described user in described conversation request message Application contracted user's mark.
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