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Delivery of network services

  • US 7,734,289 B2
  • Filed: 01/02/2003
  • Issued: 06/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A network element comprising:

  • a mobile switching center having at least one input to directly receive communications from a plurality of wireless terminal devices through a transceiver;

    a processing unit and logic to classify the communications as applying to a type of user information, wherein said user information comprises information about a user of a wireless terminal device from the plurality of wireless terminal devices;

    logic on a memory of the mobile switching center to route the communications to a terminal management subnetwork if the type of user information applies to terminal management, to a service management subnetwork if the type of user information applies to service management, and to a network management subnetwork if the type of user information applies to network management;

    logic on the memory to determine a service usage history, a most recently used service, and a most frequently used service for the plurality of wireless terminal devices; and

    a service portal to locate a service for the user by communicating a request for the service along with service capabilities, the service usage history, the most recently used service, and the most frequently used service of the wireless terminal device to service providers, wherein the service portal dynamically updates the user'"'"'s preferences, payment parameters, and service capabilities according to the user'"'"'s location and the wireless terminal device, wherein the service providers provide bids to the service portal in order to provide the service and the service portal receives and evaluates the service provider bids to select from among the service providers that return bids.

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