US 12,425,818 B2
Systems and methods for network usage monitoring
Lixia Yan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Barry F. Hoffner, Bridgewater, NJ (US); and Javier A. Ferro, Somerset, NJ (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,710.
Prior Publication US 2024/0147199 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 4/24 (2024.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/24 (2013.01) [H04M 15/58 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a charging function (CHF), a data usage monitoring request associated with use of an application, wherein the data usage monitoring request identifies a data usage threshold;
transmitting, by the CHF and to at least one of a session management function (SMF) or a user plane function (UPF), a message notifying the at least one of the SMF or UPF of the data usage threshold;
receiving, from the at least one of the SMF or UPF, a notification that the data usage threshold has been reached;
sending, by the CHF, a message to a network exposure function (NEF) indicating that the data usage threshold has been reached; and
forwarding, by the NEF, a notification to an application function (AF) indicating that the data usage threshold has been reached.