Network based service profile management with user preference, adaptive policy, network neutrality, and user privacy

摘要

594734 Disclosed is a network system for presenting a service usage notification associated with a service activity category to a user of an end-user device. The end-user device is communicatively coupled to a network system over one or more wireless access networks. The network system includes means for monitoring data traffic associated with the end-user device. The data traffic comprises one or more data transfers over the one or more wireless access networks. The network system also includes means for identifying, in the monitored data traffic, particular data transfers within a service activity category. The service activity category identifies a set of one or more service activities which is less than all service activities associated with the end-user device. The service activity category identifies a particular end-user device application or a particular network communication end point. The network system also includes means for determining a service usage measure based on the identification of the particular data transfers within the service activity category. The network system also includes means for providing a notification to the end-user device. The notification is based at least in part on the service usage measure. The notification is configured to cause a user interface of the end-user device to present service usage information. The network system further includes means for obtaining a user input from a user of the end-user device. The user input either: (i) is in response to the presented service usage information, or (ii) specifies at least an aspect of a control policy to be applied to one or more attempted or successful communications within the service activity category.