Patent ID: 8626113
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: querying, by an authorization node, a user profile of a user of a mobile user equipment roaming between a first mobile operator and a second mobile operator, wherein the user is a subscriber of the first mobile operator; prompting the user, in accordance with the user profile, to input a service provision threshold for a particular session of service and a predetermined action to take when the service provision threshold is reached; receiving a session control message at a charging device in a communications network, the session control message initiating a charging with the charging device for the particular session of service, wherein the session control message includes the service provision threshold and the predetermined action input by the user, and wherein the particular session of service is requested by the user from the second mobile operator; identifying with the session control message the service provision threshold input by the user for the particular session of service and the predetermined action to take when the service provision threshold is reached; translating, by the charging device, the service provision threshold to a network resource limit value relevant for the particular session of the service requested from the second mobile operator; and transmitting the network resource limit value from the charging device to a service provision node of the second mobile operator, wherein the transmitted network resource limit value prompts the service provision node to meter a provision of the particular session of the service against the network resource limit value and perform the predetermined action when the provision of the particular session reaches the network resource limit value.