Delivery of data services to a roaming network user
US10382945B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W48/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method (100) in a network node is disclosed, the method for delivering data services to a roaming user accessing the services via a user equipment device. The method comprises identifying services to be made available to the user when roaming (110) presenting the identified services to the user equipment device (120), and filtering at least one of data traffic to the user equipment device or data traffic from the user equipment device according to a relation of the data traffic to the identified services (130). Also disclosed is a method (600) in a user equipment device, the method for accessing data services when roaming. The method comprises accessing, from a network node, an identification of services available to a user of the user equipment device when roaming (610), selecting, from the identification of services, services for presentation to the user (620), presenting the selected services to the user (630), and on request of a presented service by the user, initiating a connection to a provider of the requested service (650). Also disclosed are a computer program product for carrying out the above methods and a network node (400, 500) and user equipment device (700, 800) c…
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