Patent ID: 9014663
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a mobile telecommunications network, a method for managing a Sponsored Data Plan (SDP) comprising: receiving a first request, at an Online Charging System (OCS), for an initial charging policy report in response to a detection of a user's data session with an Application Server (AS) of a content provider; sending, in response to the first request, the requested initial charging policy report toward a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) such that said PCRF selects a first Policy Charging Control Rule (PCC-Rule) in accordance with said report for enforcement at a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF); receiving a second request, at the OCS, to perform an online subscription of the user to the SDP; sending, in response to the second request, information about the SDP toward the PCRF such that said PCRF selects a second PCC-Rule in accordance with said information for enforcement at the PCEF; receiving, in response to enforcement of the first PCC-Rule at the PCEF, a first trigger prompting association of the user's data session with a first Rating-Group (RG-1); and receiving, in response to enforcement of the second PCC-Rule at the PCEF, a second trigger prompting association of the user's data session with a second Rating-Group (RG-2).