Patent ID: 7647047

Claim:
A subscriber-configurable mobile communications system comprising: a media module; a control module; and a patrol module comprising a patrol database and a provisioning module, said patrol module adapted to receive configuration information and a definition of at least one notice mechanism from a primary subscriber, store the configuration information in the patrol database, create configuration data based on the configuration information whenever updates to said configuration information are made, said configuration data defining rules readable by said control module, and forward said configuration data to said control module upon updates to said configuration information, said configuration information defining rules for restricting communications by one or more secondary subscribers over the mobile telecommunications system, wherein said provisioning module is coupled to a home location register of said mobile telecommunications system and to the media module, and is adapted to provide said configuration data to said home location register and to said media module; said control module is adapted to receive and to store said configuration data forwarded by said patrol module, said control module comprising a service control point that applies said stored configuration data to manage network traffic to and from said one or more secondary subscribers according to said rules; and said media module is adapted to provide a notice to said primary subscriber according to said at least one notice mechanism, said notice describing attempted network traffic of said one or more secondary subscribers that violates said rules, wherein said secondary subscribers are permitted to define and submit contacts to said primary subscriber for consideration in defining new rules, and wherein said contacts are associated with a project code by the submitting secondary subscribers.