Platform and method for providing wireless data services

A method for processing data communication passing through a node in a data network comprising:

• processing communication sessions in the data communication passing through the node, including monitoring data packets for the communication sessions to identify matches to a configured detection point;
• on identifying a match to the configured detection point in one of the communication sessions, passing a request to external service logic identifying the detection point;
• and
• further processing the communication session according to information received from the service logic in response to the passed request.

A method for monitoring a service provided over data communication passing through a node in a data network comprising:

• provisioning the service including identifying characteristics of communication for service interaction;
• detecting service interactions in the data communication each associated with a particular user of the service;
• and
• providing information related to the detected service interactions.

A method for processing packet data communication between mobile stations on a wireless telephone network and service providers on a fixed network comprising:

• provisioning a service on a node coupling the wireless network and the fixed network, including configuring service logic for the service;
• processing packet data communication passing between the wireless telephone network and the fixed network through the node, including monitoring the communication to identify communication sessions associated with the provisioned service;
• matching detection points in the identified communication sessions;
• and
• executing service logic in response to matching of the detection points.

A communication node comprising:

• means for provisioning a service on the node, including means for configuring a detection point for the service;
• means for processing communication passing through the node, including means for monitoring the communication to identify matches to the configured detection point;
• and
• means for notifying service logic for the service of the detection point when a match to the configured detection point is identified.

A communication node comprising:

• a service manager configured to accept provisioning information for services;
• a database coupled to the service manager, including storage for storing the accepted provisioning information;
• circuitry for passing packet data communication through the device and for detecting configurable events in the data communication;
• and
• a service execution engine programmed to communicate with the service manager and to receive notifications of the detected events for the circuitry for passing data.