Patent ID: 8712389

Claim:
A method in a mobile device, the method comprising: presenting on the mobile device an interface enabling selection among one or more available qualities of service associated with communication services over a wireless telecommunications network accessed by the mobile device; receiving a selection through the interface of one of the one or more available qualities of service, the selected, available quality of service being different from a current quality of service; transmitting to the wireless telecommunications network one or more parameters associated with the selected, available quality of service; receiving an indication of a monetary amount that reflects an amount that a user is willing to pay for the selected, available quality of service; receiving an indication of a duration associated with the selected, available quality of service; receiving an indication of an amount of data that is subject to the selected, available quality of service; presenting on the mobile device: the received indication of the monetary amount associated with the selected, available quality of service; the received indication of the duration associated with the selected, available quality of service; and the received amount of data that is subject to the selected, available quality of service; and transmitting to the wireless telecommunications network a request to change the current quality of service to the selected, available quality of service.