Enhanced roaming services and converged carrier networks with device assisted services and a proxy
A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a wireless device by a wireless access network, the network system including a network element corresponding to a network element destination, the method comprising providing at least a portion of a device policy to the wireless device, wherein the device policy is configured to assist in detecting wireless device traffic associated with a service activity, identifying the service activity as being included in a service usage activity classification, and directing or routing the wireless device traffic associated with the service activity over the wireless access network based on information identifying the network element destination; providing a network element policy to the network element corresponding to the network element destination; detecting, at the network element, traffic associated with the wireless device; and applying the network element policy at the network element to the traffic associated with the wireless device.
1. A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a wireless device by a wireless access network, the network system including a network element corresponding to a network element destination, the method comprising:
providing at least a portion of a device policy to a service processor on the wireless device, the device policy comprising a service usage activity classification and information identifying the network element destination, wherein the device policy is configured to assist the service processor in:
detecting wireless device traffic associated with a plurality of service activities,
identifying one or more service activities of the plurality of service activities as being included in the service usage activity classification, the service usage activity classification comprising side information associated with the one or more identified service activities and collected on the one or more identified service activities, and
directing or routing the side information associated with the one or more identified service activities over the wireless access network based on the information identifying the network element destination;
providing a network element policy to the network element corresponding to the network element destination, the network element policy comprising an accounting policy or a control policy;
detecting, by the network element, the side information associated with the one or more identified service activities; and
applying the network element policy at the network element to the side information associated with the one or more identified service activities.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of service activities comprise one or more transactions.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the side information comprises a service usage history.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the side information comprises an identifier for a usage activity tag.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the one or more service usage activities comprises compartmentalizing usage according to pre-assigned device activity transaction codes.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network element comprises a service controller.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the side information comprises device-assisted service measures for the one or more identified service activities.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the service controller is reachable through the wireless access network through an Internet connection.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the Internet connection comprises a secure service control device link.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the service controller comprises an access control integrity server, and wherein the side information comprises service policy device information directed to the access control integrity server.
11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the service controller comprises an access control integrity server, and wherein the side information comprises service usage device information directed to the access control integrity server.
12. The method of claim 6 , wherein the service controller comprises a policy management server, and wherein the side information comprises device user service policy preference changes directed to the policy management server.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the device user service policy preference changes comprise one or more settings that prevent sensitive information from inclusion in the side information without the user's approval.
14. The method of claim 6 , wherein the service controller comprises a network traffic analysis server that collects the side information for the wireless device as service usage history, along with similar side information from a plurality of other wireless devices, and analyzes the collected service usage history.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service usage activity classification comprises an activity map for the plurality of service activities.