Patent ID: 8798083
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a content capability request message, wherein the content capability request message indicates that a content provider desires to establish an end-to-end communications path for providing a content delivery session between the content provider and a subscriber at a specified quality of service, and includes a subscriber identifier that identifies the subscriber for use with content screening, wherein the content capability request message is received from a first network provider in response to: a policy decision module configured to associate a network profile with the received subscriber identifier, wherein the policy decision module determines whether a second network provider of the subscriber will support the specified quality of service based on the subscriber's network profile and supports content screening based on the subscriber identifier; and a subscriber preference module, wherein the subscriber preference module is configured to generate subscriber preference information based on a content tracking repository for the subscriber identified in the content capability request; wherein the system is operable to receive from the first network provider a forwarded quality of service release message that originates from the content provider and indicates that the content has been delivered from the content provider, and in response to receiving the quality of service release message, the system forwards the quality of service release message to the second network provider of the subscriber to record a completion of a transaction.