Patent ID: 8073920
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A service authorization system for data service authorization over a wireless access network, the service authorization system comprising: a service authorization server computer configured to generate a data service list associated with a respective user of a wireless terminal; the service authorization server computer further configured to create and transmit to the wireless terminal, as an unsolicited request, a multi-modal request for authorization for at least one data service included in the data service list, wherein the multi-modal request comprises at least two different message formats that are transmitted over the wireless access network to the wireless terminal; the service authorization server computer further configured to receive a response to the multi-modal request for authorization from the wireless terminal; and a virtual customer database in communication with the service authorization server computer, wherein the service authorization server computer is further configured to update a user profile of the respective user of the wireless terminal based on the response to the multi-modal request for authorization, wherein the user profile is included in the virtual customer database.