Patent ID: 8438613

Claim:
A method for establishing a plurality of facets of a policy for a communication session, comprising: facilitating registration of an access terminal at a visited network, the access terminal associated with a home network having a home policy server; receiving the policy at a non-transitory visited policy server of the visited network, the policy comprising the facets; determining that a first facet is unacceptable; determining that a second facet identifies an application at the home network that is not supported by the visited network; establishing, by the visited policy server, a policy output based on the application even though the visited policy server does not support the application; negotiating the first facet until a stopping point is reached, the negotiation comprising: adjusting by the visited policy server at least one facet that applies to one or more particular packets, the at least one facet not supported by the visited policy server; notifying the home policy server of the adjustment; receiving a notification if the at least one facet adjusted by the visited policy server is acceptable; and establishing the first facet in accordance with the negotiation.