Patent ID: 7103351

Claim:
A method for providing at least one service to a plurality of mobile users, the service being provided via a network infrastructure owned by a mobile service provider, the service being provided by at least one third party partnering the mobile service provider, the method comprising the steps of: a. creating policy based service objects using core network information, service capability features, and the business relationship with the third party, the policy based service objects being created by the mobile service provider, the service objects once created being made available to the third party for service creation; b. the mobile service provider providing a list of created service objects to the third party. c. creating services using at least one of the created service objects, the services being created by the third party, and the service being added to a list of services, wherein the third party customizes the services as per subscriber profiles by specifying values to variables in the service object, the subscriber profiles including information about the plurality of mobile users; d. providing the list of services to the mobile user via the network infrastructure upon intercepting a request for the service from the mobile user, wherein the list of services is relevant to the mobile user, the list of services being provided by the mobile service provider; e. the mobile user subscribing to a service from the list of services being provided by the mobile service provider; and f. the mobile user customizing the subscribed service by overwriting at least one variable, the variables defining the subscribed service.