Network Based Service Profile Management with User Preference, Adaptive Policy, Network Neutrality, and User Privacy
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a server a first usage measure from a communication device, the server being remote from the communications device, the first usage measure specifying the communications device'"'"'s use of one or more network services over an access network and corresponding to a first data usage classification;
receiving at the server a second usage measure from a network element, the second usage measure specifying the communications device'"'"'s use of the one or more network services over the access network and corresponding to a second data usage classification, the second data usage classification being different than the first data usage classification; and
synchronizing the first and second usage measures, the synchronization including adjusting at least one of the first usage measure and the second usage measure to account for a difference between the first data usage classification and the second data usage classification.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are disclosed for a services policy communication system and method. In some embodiments, a network device implements a service profile for assisting control of a communications device use of a service on a network, in which the service profile includes service policy settings for the communications device; monitors use of the service by the communications device based on the service profile; and modifies a service policy setting to achieve a service usage goal.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a server a first usage measure from a communication device, the server being remote from the communications device, the first usage measure specifying the communications device'"'"'s use of one or more network services over an access network and corresponding to a first data usage classification; receiving at the server a second usage measure from a network element, the second usage measure specifying the communications device'"'"'s use of the one or more network services over the access network and corresponding to a second data usage classification, the second data usage classification being different than the first data usage classification; and synchronizing the first and second usage measures, the synchronization including adjusting at least one of the first usage measure and the second usage measure to account for a difference between the first data usage classification and the second data usage classification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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