Patent ID: 8797908
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a network system, the method comprising: obtaining, from a device-group management entity, at least a first portion of a device-group service policy applicable to a device group managed at least in part by the device-group management entity, the device-group management entity being different from a network system operator associated with the network system, the device group including a plurality of end-user devices communicatively coupled or capable of being communicatively coupled to the network system over a first wireless network, the plurality of end-user devices including a first end-user device and a second end-user device, the device-group service policy to be applied when any end-user device in the device group communicates or initiates communication over the first wireless network, the device-group service policy comprising: identifying prospective, attempted, or successful data traffic over the first wireless network associated with the first end-user device; based on at least a portion of the classification policy, identifying first traffic associated with the one or more available service activities within the prospective, attempted, or successful data traffic over the first wireless network associated with the first end-user device; based on at least a portion of the control policy, controlling at least a portion of the first traffic associated with the one or more available service activities; determining that the first end-user device is connected to a second wireless network; identifying prospective, attempted, or successful data traffic over the second wireless network associated with the first end-user device; and refraining from applying at least a second portion of the device-group service policy to at least a portion of the prospective, attempted, or successful data traffic over the second wireless network associated with the first end-user device, the at least a second portion of the device-group service policy being the same as or different from the at least a first portion of the device-group service policy.