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SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING COMMUNICATIONS POLICY SETTINGS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

  • US 20100069049A1
  • Filed: 11/19/2009
  • Published: 03/18/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of maintaining a communication policy in a voice telephony network having a policy server and a plurality of subscriber devices comprising the steps of:

  • maintaining, in a memory of said policy server, a communication policy comprising at least one identifier representing whether reception of a voice call having said at least one identifier is permissible at said subscriber devices;

    maintaining, in said memory of said policy server, a trust policy comprising an indicator representing one of at least three levels of trust respective to each one of said subscriber devices;

    each of said levels of trust representing a different allowability of modifying said communication policy;

    receiving, at a network interface associated with said policy server, a request to modify said communication policy from said one of said subscriber devices;

    retrieving, at said policy server, said indicator respective to said one of said subscriber devices from said trust policy maintained in said memory;

    selecting, at said policy server, from a plurality of modification-procedures maintained in said memory, a modification-procedure for said communication policy according to said request and said indicator.

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