Enhanced policy capabilities for mobile data services

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a policy enforcement engine, cause the processor to perform operations for making a policy decision based on a domain name query, the operations comprising:

• detecting the domain name query for a domain name sent by a mobile device to a domain name server;
• sending a request to a policy server for making an incomplete policy decision based on the domain name;
• detecting a domain name response sent from the domain name server to the mobile device, the domain name response including an address for a service provider associated with the domain name that is queried;
• completing the policy decision by using the address for the service provider to add service provider address information to the incomplete policy decision;
• and
• applying the policy decision to a service data flow between the mobile device and the service provider.

An apparatus for making a policy decision based on a domain name query, comprising:

• a processor of a policy enforcement engine;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• detecting the domain name query for a domain name sent by a mobile device to a domain name server;
• sending a request to a policy server for making an incomplete policy decision based on the domain name;
• detecting a domain name response sent from the domain name server to the mobile device, the domain name response including an address for a service provider associated with the domain name that is queried;
• completing the policy decision by using the address for the service provider to add service provider address information to the incomplete policy decision;
• and
• applying the policy decision to a service data flow between the mobile device and the service provider.