Online charging device for use during e.g. voice service accessing session, has charging module including online correlation unit to correlate charging information of resources for delivering overall charging information of session

摘要

The device (113) has an online charging module (115) comprising a base context monitor module (117) for acquiring charging information of different level resources utilized during an access session of a user. The charging module has an online correlation unit (119) to correlate the information for delivering overall charging information of the session. The acquisition unit and the correlation unit are implemented during activation or deactivation of a service in the session. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a method for online charging of utilization of different level resources by a terminal of a user over an information transmitting network, during a session of accessing a service (2) a computer program comprising code instructions for implementing an online charging method.