Femto personal policy server

• US 8,693,987 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Airvana Corporation (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chiussi, Fabio M., Hegde, Parameshwar, Volinsky, Oleg
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisner, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US12/347,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20100167694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,924 Days
• Field of Search: 455/304, 455/410, 455/411, 4554351-4353, 455/403, 4554141-417, 455/422.1, 4554321-4353, 455/443, 455/444, 455/63.2, 4554321-434, 370/395.2, 370/395.21, 370/395.3, 370/338, 713/155, 713168-176
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/105 PBS [Private Base Station] network H04W84/12 - H04W84/16 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

An access point detects a presence of a first device having a device identifier in a femtozone associated with the access point. The access point matches the device identifier with a first personal policy server identifier associated with a corresponding first personal policy profile comprising a first set of rules and retrieves the first personal policy profile corresponding to the first personal policy server identifier. The access point applies the first set of rules in the first personal policy profile.

Claims

1. A method performed by an access point connected to a home network, comprising:

detecting, by the access point, a presence of a first device having a device identifier in a femtozone associated with the access point;

matching, by the access point, the device identifier with a first personal policy server identifier among a plurality of policy server identifiers, said first personal policy server identifier being associated with a corresponding first personal policy profile, the first personal policy profile comprising a first set of rules;

retrieving, by the access point, the first personal policy profile corresponding to the first personal policy server identifier; and

applying, by the access point, the first set of rules in the first personal policy profile, including a rule to change the functionality of a second device connected to the home network based on a time of day.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first device comprises a handset.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of rules in the first personal policy profile comprises a first set of parameters and values associated with the parameters, wherein the first set of parameters has at least a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter corresponding to a first set of applications and the second parameter being a second device identifier, the second device identifier identifying one device selected from a group comprising the first device, a second device attached to a home network attached to the access point, and a network server communicating with the access point, the identified device being the device where the set of application runs.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first set of rules in the first personal policy profile comprises a rule for changing values of usage flags associated with the software applications in the first set of applications from the “

on”

state to an “

off”

state.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the first set of rules in the first personal policy profile comprises a second set of parameters and values associated with the second set of parameters, wherein the second set of parameters comprises parameters to change a user preference associated with software applications in the first set of applications.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the first set of rules in the first personal policy profile comprises a second set of parameters and values associated with the second set of parameters, wherein the second set of parameters comprises priorities and traffic descriptors to apply to traffic generated by the first device as the traffic is processed in the access point.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the first set of rules in the first personal policy profile comprises a second set of parameters and values associated with the second set of parameters, wherein the second set of parameters comprises a description of a digital right management that is applied to traffic generated by the first device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of rules in the first personal policy profile comprises a set of routes for digital data communications that are made available in the access point to traffic generated by the first device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising deactivating the first predefined set of rules in the first personal policy profile when the presence of the first device is not detected.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

matching the device identifier associated with the first device with an identifier associated with a corresponding second personal policy profile that comprises a second predefined set of rules when the presence of the first device is not detected;

retrieving the second personal policy profile using the second personal policy server identifier; and

applying the second predefined set of rules in the second personal policy profile.

11. One or more computer storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices associated with an access point, cause the one or more processing devices to:

detect a presence of a first device having a device identifier in a femtozone associated with the access point, the access point connected to a home network;

match the device identifier with a first personal policy server identifier among a plurality of policy server identifiers, said first personal policy server identifier being associated with a corresponding first personal policy profile, the first personal policy profile comprising a first predefined set of rules;

retrieve the first personal policy profile corresponding to first personal policy server identifier; and

apply the first predefined set of rules in the first personal policy profile, including a rule to change the functionality of a second device connected to the home network based on a time of day.

12. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 11, wherein the first device comprises a handset.

13. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 11, wherein the first predefined set of rules in the first personal policy profile comprises a first set of parameters and values associated with the parameters, wherein the first set of parameters has at least a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter corresponding to a first set of applications and the second parameter being a second device identifier, the second device identifier identifying one device selected from a group comprising the first device, a second device associated with a home network attached to the access point, and a network server communicating with the access point, the identified device being the device where the set of application runs.

14. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 11, further storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to deactivate the first predefined set of rules in the first personal policy profile when the presence of the first device is not detected.

15. The one or more computer storage devices of claim 11, further storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to:

match the device identifier associated with the first device with an identifier associated with a corresponding second personal policy profile that comprises a second predefined set of rules when the presence of the first device is not detected;

retrieve the second personal policy profile using the second personal policy server identifier; and

apply the second predefined set of rules in the second personal policy profile.

16. An apparatus comprising:

an access point associated with a femtozone, the access point connected to a home network;

a detector configured to detect a presence of a first device having a device identifier in the femtozone associated with the access point;

a processor configured to;

match the device identifier with a first personal policy server identifier among a plurality of policy server identifiers, said first personal policy server identifier being associated with a corresponding first personal policy profile, the first personal policy profile comprising a first predefined set of rules;

retrieve the first personal policy profile corresponding to first personal policy server identifier; and

apply the first predefined set of rules in the first personal policy profile including a rule to change the functionality of a second device connected to the home network based on a time of day.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first device comprises a handset.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first predefined set of rules in the first personal policy profile comprises a first set of parameters and values associated with the parameters, wherein the first set of parameters has at least a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter corresponding to first set of applications and the second parameter being a second device identifier, the second device identifier identifying one device selected from a group comprising the first device, a second device attached to a home network associated with the access point, and a network server communicating with the access point, the identified device being the device where the set of application runs.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the processor is further configured to deactivate the first predefined set of rules in the first personal policy profile when the presence of the first device is not detected.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to:

match the device identifier associated with the first device with an identifier associated with a corresponding second personal policy profile that comprises a second predefined set of rules when the presence of the first device is not detected;

retrieve the second personal policy profile using the second personal policy server identifier; and

apply the second predefined set of rules in the second personal policy profile.