Enhanced roaming services and converged carrier networks with device assisted services and a proxy
First Claim
1. A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a wireless device by a wireless access network, the network system including a network element corresponding to a network element destination, the method comprising:
- providing at least a portion of a device policy to a service processor on the wireless device, the device policy comprising a service usage classification and information identifying the network element destination, wherein the device policy is configured to assist the service processor indetecting wireless device traffic associated with a service activity,identifying the service activity as being included in the service usage activity classification, anddirecting or routing the wireless device traffic associated with the service activity over a wireless access network based on the information identifying the network element destination;
providing a network element policy to the network element corresponding to the network element destination, the network element policy comprising an accounting policy or a control policy;
detecting, by the network element, traffic associated with the wireless device;
applying the network element policy at the network element to the traffic associated with the wireless device;
accepting, through a user interface, a first service administrator input defining at least a portion of the device policy or at least a portion of the network element policy;
configuring, based on the first service administrator input, a device policy setting associated with the device policy, or a network element policy setting associated with the network element policy;
distributing the device policy setting to the service processor or the network element policy setting to the network element.
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Abstract
A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a wireless device by a wireless access network, the network system including a network element corresponding to a network element destination, the method comprising providing at least a portion of a device policy to the wireless device, wherein the device policy is configured to assist in detecting wireless device traffic associated with a service activity, identifying the service activity as being included in a service usage activity classification, and directing or routing the wireless device traffic associated with the service activity over the wireless access network based on information identifying the network element destination; providing a network element policy to the network element corresponding to the network element destination; detecting, at the network element, traffic associated with the wireless device; and applying the network element policy at the network element to the traffic associated with the wireless device.
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11 Claims
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1. A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a wireless device by a wireless access network, the network system including a network element corresponding to a network element destination, the method comprising:
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providing at least a portion of a device policy to a service processor on the wireless device, the device policy comprising a service usage classification and information identifying the network element destination, wherein the device policy is configured to assist the service processor in detecting wireless device traffic associated with a service activity, identifying the service activity as being included in the service usage activity classification, and directing or routing the wireless device traffic associated with the service activity over a wireless access network based on the information identifying the network element destination; providing a network element policy to the network element corresponding to the network element destination, the network element policy comprising an accounting policy or a control policy; detecting, by the network element, traffic associated with the wireless device; applying the network element policy at the network element to the traffic associated with the wireless device; accepting, through a user interface, a first service administrator input defining at least a portion of the device policy or at least a portion of the network element policy; configuring, based on the first service administrator input, a device policy setting associated with the device policy, or a network element policy setting associated with the network element policy; distributing the device policy setting to the service processor or the network element policy setting to the network element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a wireless device by a wireless access network, the network system including a network element corresponding to a network element destination, the method comprising:
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providing at least a portion of a device policy to a service processor on the wireless device, the device policy comprising a device service usage activity classification and information identifying the network element destination, wherein the device policy is configured to assist the service processor in detecting wireless device traffic associated with a service activity, identifying the service activity as being included in the device service usage activity classification, and directing or routing the wireless device traffic associated with the service activity over a wireless access network based on the information identifying the network element destination; providing a network element policy to the network element corresponding to the network element destination, the network element policy comprising an accounting policy or a control policy, the network element policy further comprising a network element service usage activity classification, the network element service usage activity classification enabling the network element to identify the wireless device traffic associated with the service activity; detecting, by the network element, traffic associated with the wireless device; the network element identifying, in the traffic associated with the wireless device, the wireless device traffic associated with the service activity; and the network element applying the network element policy to the wireless device traffic associated with the service activity. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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