System and method for using network identification information to manage mobile wireless user service policies
US8831562B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M15/81
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method are described that enable policy-implementing modules in a mobile wireless network to identify the location of a user and render policy-based (e.g., quality of service, accounting, throttling, etc.) decisions based upon a variety of additional information such as: home network availability in a market, user class, time of day, network congestion, application type, etc. The system renders policy decisions, based upon geo-spatial location information, by receiving a mobile wireless data message including a geospatial identifier. Thereafter, a policy engine renders a data service policy decision by applying a policy to the geospatial identifier. The potential classifications identified by the data service policy decision include an in-market roaming mode wherein a data usage is treated as non-roaming, even though associated with a roaming data session, based upon an in-market location specified by the geospatial location information.
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