METHOD FOR ENABLING A WIRELESS DEVICE FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY PREFERENTIAL SERVICES

• US 20160191715A1
• Filed: 03/04/2016
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Jasper Technologies, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mohammed, Jahangir, Gupta, Amit, Collins, Daniel, Barkley, Scott, McGwire, Jack
• Application Number:
  US15/061,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20160191715A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/61 based on the service used
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/62 based on trigger specification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/66 Policy and charging system
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/70 Administration or customization aspects; Counter-checking correct charges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/715 Activating new subscriber or card
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/725 by the operator
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/80 Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8038 Roaming or handoff
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/8083 involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions or volume discounts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2026 Wireless network, e.g. GSM, PCS, TACS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/208 IMS, i.e. Integrated Multimedia messaging Subsystem
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/45 using multiple identity modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/72 Subscriber identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 : Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 : between location register and external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 : Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

Disclosed is system comprising: a server platform operative to communicate with a wireless communication network; and data storage coupled to the server platform to store a plurality of business rules, wherein the server platform is operative to: generate a first provision instruction to provision a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) with a first rule set associated with a first set of business rules for wireless usage incurred by a mobile terminal operating in the wireless communication network; generate a first billing instruction based on the first set of business rules and a first data type determined by a packet gateway that inspects packet data communicated to or from the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server platform operative to communicate with a wireless communication network; and

data storage coupled to the server platform to store a plurality of business rules, wherein the server platform is operative to;

generate a first provision instruction to provision a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) with a first rule set associated with a first set of business rules for wireless usage incurred by a mobile terminal operating in the wireless communication network;

generate a first billing instruction based on the first set of business rules and a first data type determined by a packet gateway that inspects packet data communicated to or from the mobile terminal, wherein the first billing instruction indicates a first party to be billed and a first billing rate for the wireless usage of the mobile terminal;

detect that a transition condition has occurred in a lifecycle of the mobile terminal, wherein the transition condition indicates that an authorized user of the mobile terminal has changed or a usage period of the authorized user has expired;

generate a second provision instruction to provision the PCRF with a second rule set associated with a second set of business rules for the wireless usage of the mobile terminal; and

generate a second billing instruction based on the second set of business rules and a second data type determined by the packet gateway that inspects the packet data, wherein the second billing instruction indicates a second party to be billed and a second billing rate for the wireless usage of the mobile terminal.