Patent ID: 8630630

Claim:
A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a wireless device by a wireless access network, the network system including a network element, the network element corresponding to a network element destination, the method comprising: providing at least a portion of a device policy to a service processor on the wireless device, the device policy comprising (a) a service usage activity classification and (b) information identifying the network element destination, wherein the device policy is configured to assist the service processor in detecting wireless device traffic associated with a service activity, identifying the service activity as being included in the service usage activity classification, and directing or routing the wireless device traffic associated with the service activity over the wireless access network based on the information identifying the network element destination; providing a network element policy to the network element corresponding to the network element destination, the network element policy comprising an accounting policy or a control policy; the network element detecting traffic associated with the wireless device; and the network element applying the network element policy to or based on the traffic associated with the wireless device.