Patent ID: 8743885

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a first data flow from a mobile network relating to a first mobile subscriber; receiving first subscriber data for the first mobile subscriber, the first subscriber data identifying at least one first service path corresponding to the first mobile subscriber and at least one first service policy corresponding to the first mobile subscriber, the at least one first service path including a first set of network service nodes in a plurality of network service nodes; and initiating routing of at least one packet of the first data flow over a network according to the first service path, the at least one packet corresponding to a request for at least one web-based resource, wherein initiating routing of the at least one packet includes appending the at least one packet with service header data identifying the at least one first service policy; wherein each service node in the plurality of network service nodes performs at least one service based at least in part on received request data, each service node in the first set of service nodes performs a service defined in a service subscription of the first mobile subscriber, the first subscriber data includes accounting date data corresponding to the service subscription of the first mobile subscriber, and at least one particular service node in the first set of network service nodes performs a particular service based at least in part on the at least one first service policy.