Patent ID: 8631102

Claim:
An end-user device, comprising: one or more modems for assisting the end-user device in communicating with a network system over a wireless access network, the network system comprising one or more network elements, and assisting the end-user device in communicating with one or more other devices over a wireless local-area network, a personal-area network, a near-field network, or a combination of these; memory configured to store a plurality of service policy settings, the plurality of service policy settings including a first service policy setting for authorizing the end-user device to provide a forwarding service to the one or more other devices, the forwarding service for forwarding traffic between the one or more other devices and the network system; a user interface; and one or more processors configured to execute one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: at least assist to obtain configuration information from the one or more network elements, the configuration information instructing the one or more processors to modify or to allow modification of the first service policy setting, at least assist to obtain, through the user interface, a user input associated with enabling or disabling the forwarding service, and modify a second service policy setting of the plurality of service policy settings in accordance with the user input, the second service policy setting for at least assisting in enabling or disabling the forwarding service.