Patent ID: 9445302
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing access to a wireless network by a wireless device, the method comprising: a. accessing a set of network access rules for potential use in governing network access operations performed by the wireless device; b. accessing a set of service classes, wherein each service class is associated with a particular subset of the set of network access rules; c. upon receiving a request by an application running on the wireless device for accessing the wireless network, determining a service class associated with the application, and accessing the network in accordance with the determined service class and the subset of network access rules associated with the determined service class; wherein determining the service class comprises inspecting data packets transmitted by the application and allocating the service class based on contents of said data packets in accordance with a rule set; and wherein allocating the service class based on contents of said data packets comprises allocating the service class based on payload contents of said data packets or a transport-layer criterion specified in the data packets or a link-layer criterion specified in the data packets or an application layer criterion specified in the data packets or a communication protocol used in the data packets.