Service authorizer

• US 7,441,016 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2002
• Issued: 10/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Gailey, Michael L., Portman, Eric A., Burgiss, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee; John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Daftuar; Saket K
• Application Number:
  US10/263,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20030065749A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,210 Days
• Field of Search: 709206-207, 709/217, 709/219, 709/225, 709/227, 709/229, 379/88.13, 370352-353
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

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.

Claims

1. A method of pushing data service authorization over a wireless access network, comprising the steps of:

generating a data service list associated with a respective user of a wireless terminal;

creating a multi-modal request for authorization for at least one data service contained in said data service list;

transmitting said multi-modal request for authorization to said wireless terminal;

generating a response to said multi-modal request for authorization with said wireless terminal; and

updating a user profile in a customer database based on said response to said multi-modal request for authorization.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a virtual customer database located on a service authorization server is used to generate said data service list.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said virtual customer database contains a user profile associated with said user tat is generated from data obtained from a plurality of participating businesses.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a service authorizer application on a service authorization server is used to generate said data service list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said multi-modal request for authorization includes at least a voice-based message and a text-based message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said multi-modal request for authorization includes at least two messages selected from a group of messages consisting of a voice-based message, a text-based message, an email message, a short message, a chat message, a video message, a video conference message, or a voice-mail message.

7. A method of pushing data service authorizations over a wireless access network, comprising the steps of:

receiving a request for authorization to provide a data service to a wireless terminal from a participating company server;

creating a multi-modal request for authorization for said data service with a service authorization server;

transmitting said multi-modal request for authorization from said service authorization server to said wireless terminal;

generating a response to said multi-modal request for authorization with said wireless terminal;

transmitting said response to said service authorization server, and

updating a user profile in a customer database based on said response to said multi-modal request for authorization.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of delivering said data service from said participating company server to said wireless terminal if said response contains an authorization indication.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said data service is delivered to said wireless terminal using a multi-modal message.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein said request for authorization is generated by said participating company server in response to a predetermined event.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein said multi-modal request for authorization includes at least a voice-based message and a text-based message.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein said multi-modal request for authorization includes at least two messages selected from a group of messages consisting of a voice-based message, a text-based message, an email message, a short message, a chat message, a video message, a video conference message, or a voice-mail message.

13. A method of pushing data service authorizations over a wireless access network, comprising the steps of:

generating a request for authorization to receive a data service from a participating company server with a wireless terminal assigned to a respective user, wherein said data service is to be received at a future time period;

transmitting said request for authorization to a service authorization server;

determining if said user is authorized to receive said data service;

generating a multi-modal response to said request for authorization;

transmitting said multi-modal response to said wireless terminal; and

updating a user profile in a virtual customer database associated with said service authorization sewer based on said multi-modal response.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of delivering said data service to said wireless terminal at said future time period.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said data service includes a maid-modal message.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein a service authorizer application on said service authorization service is used to determine if said user is authorized to receive said data service.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein said multi-modal response includes a voice-based message and a text-based message.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein said multi-modal response includes at least two messages selected from a group of messages consisting of a voice-based message, a text-based message, an email message, a short message, a chat message, a video message, a video conference message, or a voice-mail message.