Patent ID: 9294414
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a request at a service provider to change a quality of service associated with an existing user session in a network that comprises a regional access network; authenticating the service provider with the regional access network; using application programming interface calls to send a query from a the service provider directly to the regional access network without traversing any intermediate network nodes to obtain quality of service capabilities from the regional access network responsive to authenticating the service provider; presenting to the user via the service provider a quality of service option within the quality of service capabilities received from the regional access network; and using the application programming interface calls at the service provider to communicate directly with the regional access network without traversing any of the intermediate network nodes to modify the quality of service associated with the existing user session; wherein the quality of service associated with the existing user session is scheduling resources.