Service provider certified device policy management
AssigneeAlcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.
InventorsTIRU K. SHETH, RAMASWAMY SUBRAMANIAN
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Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy server. The method includes: receiving a request for service, the request including an identification of user equipment; determining a user equipment type (TAC); evaluating a policy rule based on the user equipment type, the policy rule including a condition referencing at least one user equipment type; and responding to the request for service based on evaluation of the policy rule.
Claims20
A method performed by a policy server, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for service, the request including an identification of user equipment;
- determining a user equipment type;
- evaluating a policy rule based on the user equipment type, the policy rule including a condition referencing at least one user equipment type;
- and
- responding to the request for service based on evaluation of the policy rule.
A policy server comprising:
- an interface configured to receive a service request initiated by a user equipment attaching to a mobile network, the service request including a user equipment identification;
- a device mapper configured to determine a marketing name of the device based on the user equipment identification;
- a rules engine processor configured to evaluate conditions of policy rules and execute actions corresponding to true conditions, at least one policy rule including a condition based on the marketing name of the device.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a policy server, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions for:
- receiving a request for service, the request including an identification of user equipment;
- determining a user equipment type;
- evaluating a policy rule based on the user equipment type, the policy rule including a condition referencing at least one user equipment type;
- and
- responding to the request for service based on evaluation of the policy rule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.