OTT Managed Purchases

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Overview

The PLM domain supports direct carrier billing (DCB) by exposing a DCB option for over-the-top (OTT) providers (the actual processing of the charge and the posting of the transaction onto the customer’s bill is the responsibility of the subscription management platform). OTTs integrate with the PLM domain for validating the account, and then for posting the charge for a subscription (like a music streaming service) on the account.

OTT Managed Purchase Flow

Consider the following example of an OTT initiated purchase flow:

  1. The user decides to make a purchase for a service using the Pay by Mobile option on their mobile device.



  2. The user enters their mobile number, and then clicks Next. The OTT calls the MarketONE API for mobile validation, the PLM domain validates the user with the communications service provider (CSP) billing, and then generates and sends an SMS that contains a PIN for the user. This is used to avoid fraudulent purchases on the account.



  3. The user enters the PIN they received in the SMS, and then clicks Confirm. The OTT then calls the MarketONE API to send the purchase charge with the PIN, the PLM domain validates the PIN, sends the charge to CSP billing, and then runs the settlement charge.



  4. The OTT then receives confirmation from the PLM domain that the user purchase was processed and was successful. The OTT then informs the user of this fact. The user then clicks Enter Premium Zone to access the service.

Note: See the Settlements section for more information.

Revision History

Version Description
2019.08 Initial release.
2019.12 Added Contents and Revision History sections.