SERVICE AUTHORIZER
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Abstract
A service authorizer system for pushing and pulling data service authorization requests to wireless terminals is disclosed herein. The wireless terminal or a service authorization server may generate requests for authorization. The wireless terminal may generate a request for authorization that is sent to the service authorization server, which generates a multi-modal response and transmits the multi-modal response to the user. The service authorization server may also generate a multi-modal request for authorization that is sent to the wireless terminal.
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53 Claims
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32. A service authorization system for data service authorization over a wireless access network, the service authorization system comprising:
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a service authorization server configured to generate a data service list associated with a respective user of a wireless terminal; the service authorization server further configured to create and transmit to the wireless terminal as an unsolicited request a multi-modal request for authorization for at least one data service included in the data service list, wherein the multi-modal request comprises at least two different message formats that are transmitted over the wireless access network to the wireless terminal; the service authorization server further configured to receive a response to the multi-modal request for authorization from the wireless terminal; and a virtual customer database in communication with the service authorization server, wherein the service authorization server is further configured to update a user profile of the respective user of the wireless terminal based on the response to the multi-modal request for authorization, wherein the user profile is included in the virtual customer database. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A service authorization system for data service authorizations over a wireless access network, the service authorization system comprising:
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a service authorization server configured to receive a request for authorization to receive a data service, the request for authorization transmitted from a wireless terminal over the wireless access network, wherein the wireless terminal is associated with a respective user; and a virtual customer database in communication with the service authorization server, wherein the virtual customer database includes a user profile of the respective user that is populated with participating company specific data of the respective user, wherein different parts of the participating company specific data is supplied to the virtual customer database from a plurality of respective participating company database servers; the service authorization server further configured to access the virtual customer database to determine if the respective user associated with the wireless terminal is authorized to receive the data service in response to receipt of the request for authorization; the service authorization server further configured to generate a multi-modal response to the request for authorization, wherein the multi-modal response comprises at least two different messages; the service authorization server further configured to transmit the multi-modal response to the wireless terminal over the wireless access network; and the service authorization server further configured to update the user profile included in the virtual customer database based on the multi-modal response. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A service authorization system for data service authorizations over a wireless access network, the service authorization system comprising:
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a participating company server; a service authorization server in communication with the participating company server, the service authorization server configured to receive from the participating company server a request for authorization to provide a data service to a wireless terminal; the service authorization server further configured to create a multi-modal request for authorization for the data service, wherein the multi-modal request for authorization comprises at least two different messages formats; the service authorization server further configured to transmit the multi-modal request for authorization over the wireless access network for receipt by the wireless terminal; the service authorization server further configured to receive a response to the multi-modal request for authorization from the wireless terminal; and a virtual customer database in communication with the service authorization server, the service authorization server further configured to update a user profile associated with wireless terminal based on the response to the multi-modal request for authorization, the user profile stored in the virtual customer database. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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