Patent ID: 8862751

Claim:
A method, comprising: sending, from visited network comprising at least one proxy server to a home network an identification of a subscriber, the location of the subscriber, and a type of access network at which the subscriber is registering, wherein at least the location of the home network is determined by the visited network based on analysis of data transmitted to the visited network from the subscriber using packet data protocol; in response to the sending, receiving from the home network at the visited network a selected predetermined subscriber profile selected from of a plurality of subscriber profiles for the subscriber based at least in part on the location of subscriber, each subscriber profile of the plurality of subscriber profiles including a different level of access defining at least one of a bandwidth degree, a security degree or supported supplementary services, in which the selected subscriber profile comprises an authorization for an authorized level of access for the type of access network, and storing at the visited network the received selected predetermined subscriber profile; and controlling, by the visited network, access provided to the subscriber to services provided through the visited network dependent upon a comparison of a requested level of access and the authorized level of access in the stored selected predetermined subscriber profile, wherein the access provided to the subscriber is application level access used to provide connectivity of the subscriber in the visited network defined by the selected subscriber profile.