User Interest and Identity Control on Internet
First Claim
1. A method in a core part of a wireless communication network comprising the steps of:
- receiving user statistics from deep packet inspection;
storing user information comprising user statistics together with user identity information;
receiving a request from an application server, relating to an IP address and requesting user information; and
providing at least part of stored user information to the application server.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a solution for handling customer activity when connecting to a wireless communication network and in particular for statistics of customer activity using the network. This is provided in a number of aspects such as methods, node, and system for reporting user profile statistics from deep packet inspection of data packets in a packet data network (100) to a policy and charging rules function entity (104) which in turn informs a subscriber usage profile repository (106), i.e. SUPR. The SUPR provides access to external application servers (108) to the subscriber usage profile information after access control.
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15 Claims
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1. A method in a core part of a wireless communication network comprising the steps of:
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receiving user statistics from deep packet inspection; storing user information comprising user statistics together with user identity information; receiving a request from an application server, relating to an IP address and requesting user information; and providing at least part of stored user information to the application server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A node in wireless communications network, comprising:
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a processor; a computer readable storage medium; and a communication interface; wherein the processor is arranged to execute instructions sets stored in the storage medium, using the communication interface, for; i. receiving an attachment request from a user equipment (UR) and assigning at least one IP address to the UE; ii. updating a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) with at least one IP address assigned for the UE; iii. updating a subscriber usage profile repository (SUPR) with information relating to the UE; iv. enabling deep packet inspection of data relating to the UE and assigned IP address and retrieving user statistics using a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF); v. reporting user statistics information to the PCRF; vi. forwarding user statistics information to the SUPR; vii. providing user information deducible from the user statistics information and/or the user identity information to application servers requesting such information; and viii. storing identity information relating to application servers.
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11. A method related to a communications network comprising:
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storing user information relating to an identifiable user and user usage profile; receiving a request relating to the user information from an external application server-comprising an IP address; providing at least past of the user information to the external application server; and charging for the providing of the user information. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A core network in a wireless communication network, comprising:
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a gateway; and a policy and charging rules function entity; wherein the gateway is arranged to provide communicative connection with a user equipment (UE) to provide access to a packet data network for the UE, provide deep packet inspection (DPI) of data packets passing through the gateway, determine user statistics from the DPI, and provide user statistics to the policy and charging rules function entity (PCRF) and wherein the network further comprises a subscriber usage profile repository receiving user statistics information from the PCRF and providing access to the subscriber usage information to application servers requesting such information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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