End user device that secures an association of application to service policy with an application certificate check
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1. An end user device comprising:
- one or more modems configured to connect to one or more access networks,one or more device agents configured to;
store a plurality of application programs and a corresponding access network service policy associated with each of the application programs, each of the corresponding access network service policies comprising, for the corresponding application program;
information about a corresponding application credential associated with the corresponding application program, anddevice agent instructions configured to govern at least an aspect of attempted or actual access network communication activity associated with the corresponding application program, andfor each given one of the plurality of application programs, perform the following operations in any order;
govern the at least an aspect of attempted or actual access network communication activity associated with the given application program, based at least in part on the corresponding device agent instructions for the given application program, andcheck the given application'"'"'s configuration using the corresponding information about the corresponding application credential and, in the case that the application configuration check does not pass, then take an action.
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Abstract
Network service provisioning is described. Network service provisioning to a device includes a mechanism for ensuring that network services are available based upon one or more of appropriate traffic control, billing, and notification policies. Ensuring that the policies are properly enforced on a device is a focus of this paper. The enforcement policies can be on the device or in the network.
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1. An end user device comprising:
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one or more modems configured to connect to one or more access networks, one or more device agents configured to; store a plurality of application programs and a corresponding access network service policy associated with each of the application programs, each of the corresponding access network service policies comprising, for the corresponding application program; information about a corresponding application credential associated with the corresponding application program, and device agent instructions configured to govern at least an aspect of attempted or actual access network communication activity associated with the corresponding application program, and for each given one of the plurality of application programs, perform the following operations in any order; govern the at least an aspect of attempted or actual access network communication activity associated with the given application program, based at least in part on the corresponding device agent instructions for the given application program, and check the given application'"'"'s configuration using the corresponding information about the corresponding application credential and, in the case that the application configuration check does not pass, then take an action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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