Patent ID: 9473931
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of implementing network access policies for a plurality of subscriptions to one or more operator networks in a multi-Subscriber-Identity-Module (multi-SIM) computing device, comprising: receiving, by a hardware processor, a signal from an operator network identifying one of the plurality of subscriptions on which to activate a network access policy for the subscription for an access point name; obtaining, by the hardware processor, a policy file for the subscription identified in the signal from the operator network for the access point name, wherein the policy file identifies one or more applications authorized to access network resources of the access point name; determining, by the hardware processor, whether an application has launched; determining, by the hardware processor, which of the plurality of subscriptions is an active subscription for the launched application; accessing, by the hardware processor, the policy file of the active subscription for the access point name associated with the launched application; determining, by the hardware processor, whether the launched application is identified in the accessed policy file of the active subscription for the access point name; and sending, by the hardware processor, a report to the operator network in response to determining that the launched application is in the accessed policy file of the active subscription for the access point name, wherein the report comprises network address information for detecting network traffic associated with the launched application on the active subscription.