System and method for using network identification information to manage mobile wireless user service policies
First Claim
1. A method for managing use of mobile wireless data network services, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a home network mobile wireless data router, a message generated for a mobile wireless data session for a mobile wireless device, the message including a geospatial identifier;
rendering, by a policy engine, a data service policy decision by applying a policy to the geospatial identifier; and
applying, by the home network mobile wireless data router, the data service policy decision to the mobile wireless data session,wherein the data service policy decision comprises at least specifying an in-market roaming mode, by applying a definition of a geographic data network service market to the geospatial identifier, for the mobile wireless data session,wherein specifying the in-market roaming mode affects data service usage accounting for the mobile wireless data session.
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Abstract
A system and method are described that enable policy-implementing modules in a mobile wireless network to identify the location of a user and render policy-based (e.g., quality of service, accounting, throttling, etc.) decisions based upon a variety of additional information such as: home network availability in a market, user class, time of day, network congestion, application type, etc. The system renders policy decisions, based upon geo-spatial location information, by receiving a mobile wireless data message including a geospatial identifier. Thereafter, a policy engine renders a data service policy decision by applying a policy to the geospatial identifier. The potential classifications identified by the data service policy decision include an in-market roaming mode wherein a data usage is treated as non-roaming, even though associated with a roaming data session, based upon an in-market location specified by the geospatial location information.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for managing use of mobile wireless data network services, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a home network mobile wireless data router, a message generated for a mobile wireless data session for a mobile wireless device, the message including a geospatial identifier; rendering, by a policy engine, a data service policy decision by applying a policy to the geospatial identifier; and applying, by the home network mobile wireless data router, the data service policy decision to the mobile wireless data session, wherein the data service policy decision comprises at least specifying an in-market roaming mode, by applying a definition of a geographic data network service market to the geospatial identifier, for the mobile wireless data session, wherein specifying the in-market roaming mode affects data service usage accounting for the mobile wireless data session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for facilitating managing use of mobile wireless data network services, the computer-executable instructions facilitating performing the steps of:
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receiving, by a home network mobile wireless data router, a message generated for a mobile wireless data session for a mobile wireless device, the message including a geospatial identifier; rendering, by a policy engine, a data service policy decision by applying a policy to the geospatial identifier; and applying, the by the home network mobile wireless data router, the data service policy decision to the mobile wireless data session, wherein the data service policy decision comprises at least specifying an in-market roaming mode, by applying a definition of a geographic data network service market to the geospatial identifier, for the mobile wireless data session, wherein specifying the in-market roaming mode affects data service usage accounting for the mobile wireless data session. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile wireless data network system configured to manage use of mobile wireless data network services comprising:
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a home network mobile wireless data router configured to receive a message generated for a mobile wireless data session for a mobile wireless device, the message including a geospatial identifier; and a policy engine for rendering a data service policy decision by applying a policy to the geospatial identifier; and wherein the home network mobile wireless data router is further configured to apply the data service policy decision to the mobile wireless data session, and wherein the data service policy decision comprises at least specifying an in-market roaming mode, by applying a definition of a geographic data network service market to the geospatial identifier, for the mobile wireless data session, wherein specifying the in-market roaming mode affects data service usage accounting for the mobile wireless data session.
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