Mobile network operator and data service provider interoperation

A non-internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) application server (AS) comprising:

• an application module configured to provide one or more applications of the non-IMS AS for access by a user equipment (UE);
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• a front end coupled with user data convergence (UDC) components of a mobile network through an interface with a home subscriber server (HSS)—front end (FE) of the UDC components, wherein the front end is configured to use the interface to exchange user profile information associated with the UE with the HSS-FE.

One or more computer readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a home subscriber server-front end (HSS-FE) to:

• receive, via a first interface, a user service request from a non-internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) application server (AS) of a data provider, the user service request related to user authentication, user billing, and/or user charging;
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• perform, via a second interface, a user service with a user data repository (UDR) based on the user service request.

One or more computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a trigger function to:

• communicatively couple to a user equipment and to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF);
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• alter one or more aspects of traffic handling of a mobile network with respect to data provided to the user equipment from a non-internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) application server (AS) of a data provider.