US 11,115,525 B2 · Venue owner-controllable per-venue service configuration

Abstract

There are provided measures for venue owner-controllable per-venue service configuration. Such measures could comprise configuring a per-venue service model of services of a network operator for terminal devices of subscribers of the network operator on the basis of an input by a venue owner of a venue, the per-venue service model including at least one configurable parameter for defining a venue-based service for terminal devices of subscribers residing in a specified venue area of the venue, and controlling provision of services of the network operator to terminal devices or subscribers of terminal devices in accordance with the per-venue service model depending on applicability thereof for the service provision.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

configuring a per-venue service model of services of a network operator for terminal devices of subscribers of the network operator on the basis of an input by a venue owner of a venue, the per-venue service model including a configurable parameter for defining a venue-based service for terminal devices of subscribers residing in a specified venue area of the venue, the configurable parameter comprising a time period in which the per-venue service model is applicable, a content, a source for service provision in accordance with the per-venue service model, and a control scheme for service provision in accordance with the per-venue service model;
and
causing implementation of the configured per-venue service model for service provision for at least one of a network device of the network operator and a terminal device of a subscriber of the network operator after the per-venue service model is verified to be applicable to a received service for the terminal device.

An apparatus, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory configured to store computer program code,
wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
configure a per-venue service model of services of a network operator for terminal devices of subscribers of the network operator on the basis of an input by a venue owner of a venue, the per-venue service model including a configurable parameter for defining a venue-based service for terminal devices of subscribers residing in a specified venue area of the venue, the configurable parameter comprising a time period in which the per-venue service model is applicable, a content, a source for service provision in accordance with the per-venue service model, and a control scheme for service provision in accordance with the per-venue service model;
and
causing implementation of the configured per-venue service model for service provision for at least one of a network device of the network operator and a terminal device of a subscriber of the network operator after the per-venue service model is verified to be applicable to a received service for the terminal device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/894,524Filed 5 Jun 2020 · continuation

Priority

25 Apr 2019

Published

US 2020/0304634 A124 Sep 2020

Granted

7 Sep 2021

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H04M 3/42348
Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers: location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
H04L 41/0803
Configuration management of networks or network elements: configuration setting
H04L 41/5051
Characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service: service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services…
H04M 3/42144
Administration or customisation of services: by service provider

Family

PCT/EP2013/074697Parent of this division · filed 26 Nov 2013

Application16/394,771Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Apr 2019

US 10,320,973 B2Parent of this division · filed 11 Jun 2019

US 2020/0304634 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Sep 2020

US 10,721,354 B2Parent of this continuation

Application15/039,190Parent of this division

Application16/394,771Parent of this division

US 2017/0026513 A1Published application

US 2019/0253557 A1Published application

US 11,115,525 B2This patent

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Venue owner-controllable per-venue service configuration

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Abstract

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