METHOD FOR ENABLING A WIRELESS DEVICE FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY PREFERENTIAL SERVICES

摘要

Disclosed is system comprising: a server platform operative to communicate with a wireless communication network; and data storage coupled to the server platform to store a plurality of business rules, wherein the server platform is operative to: generate a first provision instruction to provision a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) with a first rule set associated with a first set of business rules for wireless usage incurred by a mobile terminal operating in the wireless communication network; generate a first billing instruction based on the first set of business rules and a first data type determined by a packet gateway that inspects packet data communicated to or from the mobile terminal.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a server platform operative to communicate with a wireless communication network; and data storage coupled to the server platform to store a plurality of business rules, wherein the server platform is operative to:
generate a first provision instruction to provision a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) with a first rule set associated with a first set of business rules for wireless usage incurred by a mobile terminal operating in the wireless communication network;generate a first billing instruction based on the first set of business rules and a first data type determined by a packet gateway that inspects packet data communicated to or from the mobile terminal, wherein the first billing instruction indicates a first party to be billed and a first billing rate for the wireless usage of the mobile terminal;detect that a transition condition has occurred in a lifecycle of the mobile terminal, wherein the transition condition indicates that an authorized user of the mobile terminal has changed or a usage period of the authorized user has expired;generate a second provision instruction to provision the PCRF with a second rule set associated with a second set of business rules for the wireless usage of the mobile terminal; andgenerate a second billing instruction based on the second set of business rules and a second data type determined by the packet gateway that inspects the packet data, wherein the second billing instruction indicates a second party to be billed and a second billing rate for the wireless usage of the mobile terminal.