Lucent Technologies Inc.

Erik E Anderlind

Laurence Eugene Mailaender

Scott Corey Miller

Mohamed Anisur Rahman

A method, device, and software, for monitoring whether use of a packetized network is commensurate with a preexisting transport service election designated for a user, is disclosed. Also, a method, device and software for selectively discouraging such non-compliant use is disclosed. Packets associated with a user are received and at least one parameter of the packets or an absence of such a parameter, which is indicative of a transport service required by the packets, is inspected. Packets for which the required transport service does not comply with the preexisting service election are identified. If desired, the arrival of the non-compliant packets is selectively delayed by a duration sufficient to degrade the quality of the non-compliant use, which discourages similar non-compliant use. The one or more parameters or absence thereof of the received packets correspond to particular fields within the packet that are indicative of the transport service required by the packet. A typical situation will have a user elect only basic (lower cost) pure-data, i.e., non-real-time packet, transport service. However, the user will transmit and/or receive real-time packets such as voice or video packets. The disclosed invention makes it possible to monitor, and selectively discourage, such non-compliant use, which will encourage election of a higher quality (higher cost) service to avoid similar delays.

Method and apparatus for monitoring and selectively discouraging non-elected transport service over a packetized network

A method and system for providing configurable data services for mobile stations allows mobile stations to select the type and content of data messages addressed to a mobile station. The method includes establishing an active profile associated with a corresponding mobile station. A wireless data server receives a data message addressed to the mobile station. The active profile for the mobile station is accessed to determine applicable stored profile attributes for the mobile station to which the received data message is addressed. The wireless data server detects received profile attributes associated with the received data message. Filtering is applied to the received data message in real-time based on a comparison between the detected profile attributes and the stored profile attributes. The detected profile attributes are readily standardized in accordance with standards followed by the content service provider in order to gain access to the mobile service subscribers.

Method and system for subscriber-configurable communications service

In order to transmit variable length encoded data in low signal to noise ratio environments, a first data pattern is added to a beginning portion of encoded data to signify a beginning of the encoded data. Further, a second data pattern is added to end portion of the encoded data to signify and end of the encoded data. Additionally, since the encoded data may naturally include the second data pattern and thereby mistakenly indicate an end of the encoded data, the encoded data is first checked for such a pattern. If the pattern is found within the encoded data, a new pattern is substituted therefore. In order to counter errors, patterns similar to the first data pattern are also substituted with new patterns. As such, a variable length encoded data can be transmitted in a low signal to noise ratio environment, and can thereafter be easily decoded.

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