Consumer configurable mobile communication solution

• US 20070073874A1
• Filed: 09/07/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ventraq Corporation
• Original Assignee: ACE*COMM Corp. (Ariston Global Holding LLC)
• Inventors: Moghaddam, Mehran, Sena, Jonjie, Perez, Carlos
• Application Number:
  US11/516,576
• Publication Number:
  US 20070073874A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/029 Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1079 of unsolicited session attempts, e.g. SPIT
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/38 Graded-service arrangements, i.e. some subscribers prevented from establishing certain connections queuing arrangements H04Q3/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42136 Administration or customisation of services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters

Abstract

Consumer configurable mobile communications solution enabling policy-enforcement services allowing authorized users to define, manage and enforce restrictions for voice, data, and mobile Web services of a secondary mobile device.

Claims

1. A consumer configurable mobile communications system comprising:

a patrol module for receiving configuration information from a primary user, storing the configuration information, and for forwarding configuration data based on the configuration information received from the primary user; and

a control module interconnected with the patrol module for receiving the configuration.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the patrol module further comprises:

a web server for presenting an interface for the primary user and for receiving the configuration information;

an applications server interconnected with the web server for managing the configuration information; and

a database for storing the configuration information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the patrol module further comprises a service management module for generating configuration data based on the configuration information and for interconnecting with the control module and forwarding the configuration data to the control module.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the control module further comprises a service control point configured to manage network traffic according to the configuration data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the patrol module further comprises a provisioning module.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the provisioning module interconnects with a home location register and provides data based on the configuration information to the home location register.

7. The system of claim 5, further comprising a media module for providing notices and alerts to a mobile device user, wherein the provisioning module interconnects with the media module forwards notice and alert information based on the status of the mobile device user'"'"'s configuration information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the patrol module further comprises a customer service application module for interconnecting with a customer service device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the customer service application module provides an administrative console.

10. The system of claim 2, wherein the web server provides a customer console.

11. A method for configuring a consumer configurable mobile communications device, comprising the steps of:

presenting a user interface;

receiving configuration information;

saving the configuration information

creating configuration data; and

updating a network control point with the configuration data.

12. A method for processing restriction precedence of a mobile communications request, comprising the steps of:

receiving a permission request for a specified contact;

checking for an unrestricted configuration;

checking for the contact'"'"'s inclusion in a white list;

checking for the contact'"'"'s inclusion in a black list;

checking the time of the permission request to be within a valid time period; and

checking that a minimum quota threshold is met.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein if the step for checking for an unrestricted configuration is true accept the request.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein if the step for checking for the contact'"'"'s inclusion in a white list is true accept the request.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein if the step for checking for the contact'"'"'s inclusion in a black list is true reject the request.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein if the step of checking the time of the permission request to be within a valid time period is not true reject the request.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein if the step of checking that a minimum quota threshold is met accept the request, otherwise reject the request.