Patent ID: 7554987

Claim:
A method for adjusting a Quality of Service (QoS) for a communication device in a communication network, the method comprising the steps of: registering an application from a service provider of the communication network with the communication device and the communication network; establishing a token associated with the registered application by the service provider, wherein the token permits a modified QoS level for the registered application; receiving, by the communication device, the token from a token provider outside of the communication network, the token provider being an independent entity from the service provider; sending the token by the communication device to the service provider; negotiating the modified QoS level for the communication device, dependent at least in part on the reception of the token, between the service provider and the token provider; providing by the service provider, for the communication device, the modified QoS level for the registered application, and billing the operator of the token provider for the use of the modified QoS level by the communication device.