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Kasenna LivingRoom — PortaBilling
Interaction
1.
An IPTV service in LivingRoom is activated for the subscriber
when a credit account is created in PortaBilling®.
2.
PortaBilling® terminates services in LivingRoom when the
account, or the customer who owns it, is suspended or terminated.
3.
PortaBilling® adds information on services provided and charges
incurred to the customer's bill.
The following diagram explains the relationship between basic concepts in
PortaBilling® and LivingRoom:
An account in PortaBilling® corresponds to a subscriber in
LivingRoom.
A PortaBilling® product is similar to a LivingRoom service plan.
A package or set of channels in LivingRoom corresponds to a
subscription in PortaBilling®.
A service region in LivingRoom describes a geographical region,
and the same package may represent a different set of channels
for each region.
LivingRoom
Service Plan
Product
Account
Subscriber
Subscription
Service Region
Package
Porta
Billing
Thus the combination of service plan plus service region
corresponds to a PortaBilling® product, while the combination
of service region plus package corresponds to a PortaBilling®
subscription.
Consider the following example:
An IPTV provider uses LivingRoom with the following assets:
2 service regions called “Bonaire” and “Rincon”;
3 packages: Basic, Expanded, Premium;
2 service plans: “Basic Choice”, containing the Basic package, and
“Full”, containing all available packages.
Thus four products should be created in PortaBilling® using the naming
convention <Service Plan> / <Service Region>, as follows:
Basic Choice / Bonaire
Full / Bonaire