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1. A method for enabling mobile policy exchange across plural mobile operator networks, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, at a data processing system, first information pertaining to a policy applicable to a first mobile subscriber that is transmitted from a first home mobile network, wherein the first mobile subscriber wishes to access first data while being serviced by a first visited mobile network; receiving, at the data processing system, second information pertaining to a policy applicable to a second mobile subscriber that is transmitted from the first home mobile network, wherein the second mobile subscriber wishes to access second data while being serviced by a second visited mobile network; transmitting, using a Diameter Signal Controller in the data processing system, the received first information to a policy charging and enforcement function server in the first visited network; and transmitting, using the Diameter Signal Controller in the data processing system, the received second information to a policy charging and enforcement function server in the second visited network, wherein: (a) in possession of the first information, the first visited network routes a request for the first data to a first data service and delivers, to the first mobile subscriber, the first data from the first data service; and (b) in possession of the second information, the second visited network routes a request for the second data to a second data service and delivers, to the second mobile subscriber, the second data from the second data service. |