Cellular telephone service management

A user terminal (UT) with managed cellular telephone network services, the UT comprising:

• a cellular subsystem having a wireless interface configured to registering the UT in a cellular telephone network;
• and,
• a service module having an interface connected to the cellular subsystem configured to requesting UT cellular network services in response to receiving, via a traffic channel, a proprietary data message from the cellular telephone network, wherein the proprietary data message contains UT-specific management instructions, and wherein the UT-specific management instructions include instructions to control user account credits, instructions to control permitted call zones and call durations associated with the permitted call zones, instructions to control permitted target call numbers and originating call numbers;
• instructions to control UT's ring mode and ring options, instructions to control UT's screen options, instructions to control permitted network addresses, instructions to control permitted originating and target email addresses, instructions to control permitted data services, and instructions to control permitted memory saves.

A network device for managing cellular telephone network user terminal (UT) services, the network device comprising:

• a management server having an Internet Protocol (IP) network interface operatively connected to a cellular subsystem of a UT via a cellular telephone network to register the UT with the cellular telephone network;
• supply to the UT, via a traffic channel, a proprietary data message, wherein the message contains UT-specific management instructions for cellular network services, wherein the UT-specific management instructions include instructions to control user account credits, instructions to control permitted call zones and call durations associated with the permitted call zones, instructions to control permitted target call numbers and originating call numbers, instructions to control UT's ring mode and ring options, instructions to control UT's screen options, instructions to control permitted network addresses, instructions to control permitted originating and target email addresses, instructions to control permitted data services, and instructions to control permitted memory saves;
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• provide to the UT UT-specific cellular network services requested by the UT.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stored in a memory and executable for managing cellular telephone network user terminal (UT) services, comprising:

• at least one instruction operable to cause a computer to register a UT in a cellular telephone network;
• at least one instruction operable to cause the computer to receive, via a traffic channel, a proprietary data message from the cellular telephone network, wherein the proprietary data message contains UT-specific management instructions for cellular network services, and wherein the UT-specific management instructions include instructions;
• to control user account credits, instructions to control permitted call zones and call durations associated with the permitted call zones, instructions to control permitted target call numbers and originating call numbers, instructions to control UT's ring mode and ring options, instructions to control UT's screen options, instructions to control permitted network addresses, instructions to control permitted originating and target email addresses, instructions to control permitted data services, and instructions to control permitted memory saves;
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• at least one instruction operable to cause the computer to request cellular network services for the UT in response to the UT-specific management instructions.

A user terminal (UT) with managed cellular telephone network services, the UT comprising:

• means for registering a UT in a cellular telephone network;
• means for receiving, via a traffic channel, a proprietary data message from the cellular telephone network, wherein the proprietary data message contains UT-specific management instructions for cellular network services, wherein the UT-specific management instructions include instructions to control user account credits, instructions to control permitted call zones and call durations associated with the permitted call zones, instructions to control permitted target call numbers and originating call numbers, instructions to control UT's ring mode and ring options, instructions to control UT's screen options, instructions to control permitted network addresses, instructions to control permitted originating and target email addresses, instructions to control permitted data services, and instructions to control permitted memory saves;
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• means for requesting cellular network services for the UT in response to the UT-specific management instructions.