Patent ID: 8892729

Claim:
A network service plan provisioning system communicatively coupled to a wireless end-user device over a wireless access network, the network service plan provisioning system comprising one or more network elements configured to: obtain and store a first service plan component and a second service plan component, the first service plan component comprising (1) information specifying a first traffic classification filter for filtering a traffic event in a network traffic inspection system, the traffic event being associated with the wireless end-user device and (2) a first network policy enforcement action that is triggered in a network policy enforcement system when the traffic event possesses a characteristic that matches the first traffic classification filter, and the second service plan component comprising (a) information specifying a second traffic classification filter for filtering the traffic event in the network traffic inspection system, and (b) a second network policy enforcement action that is triggered in the network policy enforcement system when the traffic event possesses a characteristic that matches the second traffic classification filter; process the first service plan component and the second service plan component to create a network provisioning instruction set in accordance with a prioritization of the first traffic classification filter over the second traffic classification filter, the network provisioning instruction set comprising one or more traffic inspection provisioning instructions for the network traffic inspection system and one or more policy enforcement provisioning instructions for the network policy enforcement system, the network traffic inspection system and the network policy enforcement system implementing one or more policies applicable to the wireless end-user device; provide the one or more traffic inspection provisioning instructions to the network traffic inspection system; and provide the one or more policy enforcement provisioning instructions to the network policy enforcement system.