Adaptive ambient services
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- inspecting a traffic flow associated with an end-user device;
identifying a requested access within the traffic flow;
determining, based on a first set of access rules, whether the requested access is within a first network data service profile, the first network data service profile defining a first network data service, a first service usage associated with the first network data service being accounted for separately from a second service usage associated with at least a second network data service available to the end-user device, the first network data service profile identifying a particular network end-point, a particular end-user-device application, a particular content type, or a combination of these; and
if the requested access is within the first network data service profile, creating or modifying a first record, the first record for assisting in providing an accounting of at least a portion of the first service usage to a first paying entity responsible for subsidizing or paying for the at least a portion of the first service usage.
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Abstract
A method comprising inspecting a traffic flow associated with a device; identifying a requested access within the traffic flow; determining, based on a set of access rules, whether the requested access is within a service profile, the service profile defining a first data service, a first service usage associated with the first data service being accounted for separately from a second service usage associated with at least a second data service available to the device, the service profile identifying a particular network end-point, a particular end-user-device application, a particular content type, or a combination of these; and if the requested access is within the service profile, creating or modifying a record, the record for assisting in providing an accounting of at least a portion of the first service usage to a paying entity responsible for subsidizing or paying for the at least a portion of the first service usage.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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inspecting a traffic flow associated with an end-user device; identifying a requested access within the traffic flow; determining, based on a first set of access rules, whether the requested access is within a first network data service profile, the first network data service profile defining a first network data service, a first service usage associated with the first network data service being accounted for separately from a second service usage associated with at least a second network data service available to the end-user device, the first network data service profile identifying a particular network end-point, a particular end-user-device application, a particular content type, or a combination of these; and if the requested access is within the first network data service profile, creating or modifying a first record, the first record for assisting in providing an accounting of at least a portion of the first service usage to a first paying entity responsible for subsidizing or paying for the at least a portion of the first service usage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30)
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27. A system, comprising:
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means for inspecting a traffic flow associated with an end-user device; means for identifying a requested access within the traffic flow; means for determining, based on a first set of access rules, whether the requested access is within a first network data service profile, the first network data service profile defining a first network data service, a first service usage associated with the first network data service being accounted for separately from a second service usage associated with at least a second network data service available to the end-user device, the first network data service profile identifying a particular network end-point, a particular end-user-device application, a particular content type, or a combination of these; and means for creating or modifying a first record if the requested access is within the first network data service profile, the first record for assisting in providing an accounting of at least a portion of the first service usage to a first paying entity responsible for subsidizing or paying for the at least a portion of the first service usage. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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Specification