Patent ID: 7996526

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving activity data for an account of a subscriber, the subscriber account corresponding to a subscriber access device in an access network, the subscriber account further corresponding to at least one data processing device communicating through the subscriber access device, the activity data indicating execution of first and second application programs on the at least one data processing device; receiving provisioning information for the subscriber account, the provisioning information including prioritization information for communications of the first and second application programs, the prioritization information originating from the subscriber; determining, based at least in part on the activity data and the received provisioning information, that data communications in the access network for the first application program should have higher priority than data communications in the access network for the second application program; communicating information regarding the determination to implement the higher priority; receiving additional activity data for an account of an additional subscriber, the additional subscriber account corresponding to an additional subscriber access device in the access network, the additional subscriber account further corresponding to an additional data processing device, the additional activity data indicating execution on the additional data processing device of an additional application program communicating through the additional subscriber access device: receiving additional provisioning information for the additional subscriber account, the additional provisioning information indicating at least one of multiple network usage policies applicable to the additional subscriber account, wherein at least two of the applicable usage policies conflict if implemented simultaneously; determining, based at least in part on the additional activity data and the received additional provisioning information, that the indicated at least one network usage policy can be implemented without causing a conflict; and communicating information regarding allocation of access network resources so as to implement the indicated at least one network usage policy.