Patent ID: 8996670
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for network metadata based policy control, the system comprising: a policy store for storing at least one network metadata policy manipulation rule for triggering a change in a value of an operator assigned policy control parameter for subscribers; and a network metadata directed policy server for obtaining network information for a plurality of subscribers, for deriving network metadata from the network information, wherein the network metadata includes a number of a service provider's subscribers that are present in a single retailer location or across plural retailer locations, for accessing the policy store and applying one of the network metadata policy manipulation rules for changing a value of an operator assigned policy control parameter for the subscribers, for determining whether a threshold condition specified by the applied network metadata policy manipulation rule is satisfied, and for generating an instruction to automatically trigger the change in the value of the network operator assigned policy control parameter for currently active sessions of an identified group of a plurality of subscribers determined to be present in the single retailer location or across plural retailer locations to a new value in response to determining that the threshold condition is satisfied.