Patent ID: 8224289

Claim:
A wireless communication system, comprising: at least one base station; at least one network server operatively connected to the at least one base station; a data storage device operatively connected to the at least one network server; a customer record database stored on the storage device for maintaining records of a plurality of customers of the wireless communication system and for identifying at least one wireless mobile station associated with each of the plurality of customers; a plurality of quality service levels, each of the plurality of quality service levels corresponding to a different quality level of communication and to a different price in an overall pricing structure; and a plurality of security levels, each of the plurality of security levels corresponding to a different security level of communication and to a different service fee in the overall pricing structure; wherein the customer record database is updatable to reflect a selected one of the quality of service levels and a selected one of the security levels for a given customer; and wherein, once a call is initiated between a first wireless mobile station having a first security level or quality service level and a second wireless mobile station having a second security level or quality service level, sending an instruction issued from the first wireless mobile station having a higher security level or quality service level to the second wireless mobile station to upgrade the second wireless mobile station's security level or quality service level for the call.