Patents by Inventor Vikrant Chitre

Vikrant Chitre has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and telecommunications network utilizing more than one online charging system for a given user
    Patent number: 9485105
    Abstract: A method for enhanced policy and charging control when a telecommunications network is used by a User Equipment corresponding to a subscriber includes a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function and a first Online Charging System, configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The telecommunications network further includes a second Online Charging System being configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The method includes: communicating, by an interworking credit control function of the telecommunications network, relative to the subscriber of the telecommunications network and with regard to the same or overlapping traffic of the subscriber via a first online charging interface with the Policy and Charging Enforcement Function, via a second online charging interface with the first Online Charging System, and via a third online charging interface with the second Online Charging System.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Ana Maria Lopez Nieto, Vikrant Chitre, Gerrit Voehringer
  • METHOD AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK UTILIZING MORE THAN ONE ONLINE CHARGING SYSTEM FOR A GIVEN USER
    Publication number: 20150038111
    Abstract: A method for enhanced policy and charging control when a telecommunications network is used by a User Equipment corresponding to a subscriber includes a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function and a first Online Charging System, configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The telecommunications network further includes a second Online Charging System being configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The method includes: communicating, by an interworking credit control function of the telecommunications network, relative to the subscriber of the telecommunications network and with regard to the same or overlapping traffic of the subscriber via a first online charging interface with the Policy and Charging Enforcement Function, via a second online charging interface with the first Online Charging System, and via a third online charging interface with the second Online Charging System.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Ana Maria Lopez Nieto, Vikrant Chitre, Gerrit Voehringer