SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING PARTNER SETTLEMENT FOR MANAGED SERVICES IN AN IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) NETWORK

摘要

The present invention can provide multimedia services by hosting within an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) compliant environment of a network operator at least one multimedia service, which is associated with a managed service provider. Instance-specific execution metrics can be determined for instances of the multimedia service. The execution metrics can include resource usage metrics for resources of the IMS compliant environment that are consumed during each of the instances. Revenue generated by the multimedia service instances can be shared between the network operator and the managed service provider based upon the execution metrics in accordance with any revenue sharing agreement established between the network operator and the managed service provider.