Network based service profile management with user preference, adaptive policy, network neutrality, and user privacy
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1. A method of operation within a network system comprising one or more network elements, the method comprising:
- receiving a first usage measure from a mobile end-user device, the first usage measure specifying the mobile end-user device'"'"'s use of one or more network data services over a mobile access network and corresponding to a first data usage classification;
obtaining a second usage measure based on one or more measurements taken within the mobile access network and/or the network system, the second usage measure specifying the mobile end-user device'"'"'s use of the one or more network data services over the mobile access network and corresponding to a second data usage classification, the second data usage classification being different than the first data usage classification; and
synchronizing the first and second usage measures, the synchronization including adjusting at least one of the first usage measure and the second usage measure to account for a difference between the first data usage classification and the second data usage classification.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are disclosed for a services policy communication system and method. In some embodiments, a network device implements a service profile for assisting control of a communications device use of a service on a network, in which the service profile includes service policy settings for the communications device; monitors use of the service by the communications device based on the service profile; and modifies a service policy setting to achieve a service usage goal.
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1. A method of operation within a network system comprising one or more network elements, the method comprising:
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receiving a first usage measure from a mobile end-user device, the first usage measure specifying the mobile end-user device'"'"'s use of one or more network data services over a mobile access network and corresponding to a first data usage classification; obtaining a second usage measure based on one or more measurements taken within the mobile access network and/or the network system, the second usage measure specifying the mobile end-user device'"'"'s use of the one or more network data services over the mobile access network and corresponding to a second data usage classification, the second data usage classification being different than the first data usage classification; and synchronizing the first and second usage measures, the synchronization including adjusting at least one of the first usage measure and the second usage measure to account for a difference between the first data usage classification and the second data usage classification. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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