Patent ID: 9241285
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a packet communication system having an Access Network Discovery Selection Function (ANDSF) system, a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) system, and a packet gateway system, the method comprising: in the PCRF system, processing communication policy data to generate a communication policy instruction, a user notice related to the communication policy instruction, and configuration data related to the communication policy instruction for a user communication device; in the PCRF system, transferring the user notice and the configuration data for delivery to the ANDSF system and transferring the communication policy instruction for delivery to the packet gateway system; in the ANDSF system, receiving and processing the user notice and the configuration data to generate and transfer a data file indicating the user notice and the configuration data for delivery to the user communication device, wherein the ANDSF transfers the data file including the user notice and the configuration data to the user communication device; in the user communication device, the user communication device displays the user notice related to the communication policy instruction based on the data file and modifies a device configuration based on the configuration data in the data file; and in the packet gateway system, receiving and processing the communication policy instruction to filter packets exchanged with the user communication device based on the communication policy instruction.