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AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsIan Michael PATTERSON, Sean Arthur Daniel Carlos Goggin, Marc Plumb
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The present invention provides a system and method of modifying policy settings in a network having a plurality of subscriber devices. An embodiment includes a plurality of base stations, each capable of wirelessly transmitting across a geographic region and a server. A cell-phone, capable of roaming between regions, is operable to establish a wireless link with the base stations and through the base stations, with the server. The network contains a communication policy determining from which other communication devices a subscriber device can receive voice calls. The communication policy is updated, by the server, based on requests from the subscriber devices. Once a request is received from a subscriber device, the determination whether to update the communication policy can be based on a record of rejections respective to the caller requested to be blocked. Alternatively, the communication policy can be updated according to a trust policy maintained on the server respective to the subscriber device making the request; the trust policy represents the procedure to follow when a request is received from that subscriber device.
A method of managing a communication policy in a voice telephony network having a plurality of subscriber devices comprising the steps of:
A policy server comprising:
A computer-readable medium storing a plurality of programming instructions;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.