Patent ID: 8023425
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A first end point device comprising: an access network modem configured to communicate data over at least one access network, the access network modem providing a connection via at least one 2G, 3G or 4G wireless network; a local area network modem configured to communicate data with one or more additional end point devices over a local area network, the local area network modem providing a connection via at least one of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or USB; a forwarding agent configured to forward the data between the access network modem and the local area network modem according to an access network forwarding policy to implement a network access forwarding service, the forwarding agent including a policy implementation agent configured to forward the data in the first end point device's communications stack, and a firewall agent configured to pass or redirect the data to one or more specific access network routing paths according to the access network forwarding policy; and a service processor configured to: receive a user response for activating the access network forwarding service; provide information regarding the user response to an activation server as part of enabling the access network forwarding service for the first end point device; receive a service profile including one or more access network forwarding settings from the activation server, the one or more access network forwarding settings including one or more restriction settings on the access network forwarding service, the one or more access network forwarding settings identifying which access network route or traffic redirection is to be used by the forwarding agent when attempting to forward traffic between the one or more additional end point devices and the access network; and update the access network forwarding policy with one or more access network forwarding settings to enable the forwarding agent to forward the data.