Service selection set published to device agent with on-device service selection

• US 9,572,019 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Headwater Research LLC (Greg Raleigh)
• Original Assignee: Headwater Partners I LLC (Greg Raleigh)
• Inventors: Raleigh, Gregory G., Lavine, James, Raissinia, Alireza
• Primary Examiner(s): RUDY, ANDREW J
• Application Number:
  US14/551,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20150181415A1
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 455/405, 455/406, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/432.1, 455/408, 709/217, 709/220, 709/223, 709/224
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/41 Billing record details, i.e. parameters, identifiers, structure of call data record [CDR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/42 Dynamic individual rates per user
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/43 Billing software details
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/53 using mediation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/61 based on the service used
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/80 Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Disclosed herein are various embodiments for publishing a service selection set to a device agent on an end-user device and for on-device selection of a service. In some embodiments, a network system publishes a service selection set to an end-user device over a wireless access network, receives a selection set user selection from the end-user device, and provisions one or more network functions based on the selection set user selection.

Claims

1. A mobile end-user device comprising:

a modem to access a network data service through a mobile access network;

a user interface; and

a service processor configured to;

request, through a secure Application Programming Interface (API) of a network element accessed via the mobile access network, a service selection set;

obtain, in response to the request, a corresponding service selection set comprising service plan descriptive information and actionable user selection options;

extract information from the service selection set;

present a notification message containing information from the service selection set through the user interface;

obtain, through the user interface, a user response to the notification message;

generate a response message comprising information specifying a user choice from among the actionable user selection options in a format expected by a selection set user selection receiver; and

send the response message to the secure API.

2. The end-user device recited in claim 1, wherein the service selection set is in a format determined by a network API definition for selection set publishing.

3. The end-user device recited in claim 1, wherein the service processor comprises a device application configured to poll the secure API to obtain the service selection set.

4. The end-user device recited in claim 1, wherein the service processor comprises a device application configured to obtain the service selection set by receiving a push from the secure API.

5. The end-user device recited in claim 1, wherein the format expected by the selection set user selection receiver is determined by the secure API.

6. The mobile end-user device of claim 1, wherein the service processor is further configured to provide at least one of a device credential, a user credential, and an application credential in order to access the secure API.

7. The mobile end-user device of claim 1, wherein the service processor is configured to make the request in response to an attempt by the device to access the mobile access network.

8. The mobile end-user device of claim 1, wherein the service processor is configured to make the request in response to an attempt by the device to access a roaming access network.

9. The mobile end-user device of claim 1, wherein the service processor is configured to make the request in response to an attempt to use a particular application on the end-user device.

10. The mobile end-user device of claim 1, wherein the service processor is configured to make the request in response to an attempt by a particular application on the end-user device to access the mobile access network.

11. The mobile end-user device of claim 1, wherein the service processor is configured to make the request in response to an attempt by a particular application on the end-user device to access a roaming access network.

12. The mobile end-user device of claim 1, the service processor configured to, along with the request, supply information to the secure API about an end-user device activity that prompted the request.

13. The mobile end-user device of claim 1, the service processor configured to, along with the request, supply information to the secure API about the location of the end-user device.