Method, system, gateway, and server for canceling redirection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9479652-B2
Application number	US-201514737227-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2015
Priority date	Dec 14, 2012
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, a system, a gateway, and a server for canceling redirection. When balances of a user are insufficient, a gateway (GW) receives a redirection policy delivered by a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) and redirects the user to a recharging page of a server; after recharging is finished, the server sends a recharging success packet to the GW, and the GW instructs the PCRF to cancel the redirection policy. In this way, after the recharging succeeds, the server directly sends the recharging success packet to the GW, and the GW can immediately instruct the PCRF to cancel the redirection policy after receiving the packet. Therefore, no delay problem of a billing system exists, thereby avoiding that the user is repeatedly redirected to the recharging page of the server during a delay time and enhancing user experience.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for canceling redirection, the method comprising:
redirecting, by a gateway (GW), a user equipment (UE) to a recharging page of a server according to a redirection policy;
receiving a recharging success packet sent by the server; and
instructing, according to the recharging success packet, a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) to cancel the redirection policy.

2. The method for canceling redirection according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the recharging success packet sent by the server comprises:
obtaining, by the GW, the recharging success packet by monitoring a packet that is sent from the server to the UE.

3. The method for canceling redirection according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the recharging success packet sent by the server comprises:
receiving the recharging success packet from the UE, wherein the recharging success packet is sent by the server to the UE.

4. The method for canceling redirection according to claim 1 , wherein the GW receives the redirection policy from the PCRF.

5. A method for canceling redirection, the method comprising:
receiving, by a server, a recharging request of a user equipment (UE); and
when recharging for the UE succeeds, sending a recharging success packet to a gateway (GW) for the GW to instruct a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) to cancel a redirection policy.

6. The method for canceling redirection according to claim 5 , wherein sending the recharging success packet to the GW comprises:
sending the recharging success packet to the UE, and the recharging success packet is acquired by the GW at the same time.

7. The method for canceling redirection according to claim 5 , wherein sending the recharging success packet to the GW comprises:
sending the recharging success packet to the UE, and the recharging success packet is sent by the UE to the GW.

8. A gateway, comprising:
a redirecting unit, configured to redirect a user equipment (UE) to a recharging page of a server according to a redirection policy;
a receiving unit, configured to receive a recharging success packet sent by the server; and
a canceling unit, configured to instruct, according to the recharging success packet, a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) to cancel the redirection policy.

9. The gateway according to claim 8 , wherein the receiving unit is further configured to:
obtain the recharging success packet by monitoring a packet that is sent from the server to the UE.

10. The gateway according to claim 8 , wherein the receiving unit is further configured to:
receive the recharging success packet from the UE, wherein the recharging success packet is sent by the server to the UE.

11. The gateway according to claim 8 , wherein the redirecting unit is further configured to:
receive the redirection policy from the PCRF.

12. A server, comprising:
a receiving unit, configured to receive a recharging request of a user equipment (UE) sent by a gateway (GW); and
a canceling unit, configured to, when recharging for the UE succeeds, send a recharging success packet to the GW for the GW to instruct a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) to cancel a redirection policy.

13. The server according to claim 12 , wherein the canceling unit is further configured to:
send the recharging success packet to the UE, and the recharging success packet is acquired by the GW at the same time.

14. The server according to claim 12 , wherein the canceling unit is further configured to:
send the recharging success packet to the UE, and the recharging success packet is sent by the UE to the GW.

15. A gateway, comprising:
a network interface;
a processor;
a memory; and
an application program physically stored in the memory, wherein the application program comprises instructions configured to cause the processor to:
redirect a user equipment (UE) to a recharging page of a server according to a redirection policy,
receive a recharging success packet sent by the server, and
instruct, according to the recharging success packet, a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) to cancel the redirection policy.

16. The gateway according to claim 15 , wherein the application program comprises instructions configured to cause the processor to:
obtain, by the GW, the recharging success packet by monitoring a packet that is sent from the server to the UE.

17. The gateway according to claim 15 , wherein the application program comprises instructions configured to cause the processor to:
receive the recharging success packet from the UE, wherein the recharging success packet is sent by the server to the UE.

18. The gateway according to claim 15 , wherein the application program further comprises instructions configured to cause the processor to:
receive the redirection policy from the PCRF.

19. A server, comprising:
a network interface;
a processor;
a memory; and
an application program physically stored in the memory, wherein the application program comprises instructions configured to cause the processor to:
receive a recharging request of a user equipment (UE), and
when recharging for the UE succeeds, send a recharging success packet to a gateway (GW) for the GW to instruct a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) to cancel a redirection policy.

20. A system for canceling redirection, the system comprising:
a gateway; and
a server;
wherein the gateway is configured to redirect a user equipment (UE) to a recharging page of a server according to a redirection policy, receive a recharging success packet sent by the server, and instruct, according to the recharging success packet, a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) to cancel the redirection policy; and
wherein the server is configured to receive the recharging request of the UE sent by the GW, and when recharging for the UE succeeds, send a recharging success packet to the GW.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Guo Jiancheng
• Chen Xiao
• Lin Qingchun
• Zhu Ying

Classifications

• H04M15/88

  Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure · CPC title

• H04M15/852

  Low balance or limit reached · CPC title

• H04M2215/82

  Advice-of-Charge [AOC], i.e. notify subscriber of charges/cumulative charge; meter at the substation · CPC title

• H04M15/85

  characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification · CPC title

• H04M15/83

  Notification aspects · CPC title