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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Qingmin Hu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gus Bourg, Renton, WA (US);
Terry Figurelle, Redmond, WA (US);
Jie McKnight, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey Dean Hjort, Fall City, WA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 28/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/003 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04L 41/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for transmitting signaling information within payload traffic. For example, the method parses a certificate received from a service provider to obtain service imprint information associated with a mobile service, inserts a service control parameter derived from the service imprint information into a packet header, and forwards the packet header within payload traffic to a policy charging and enforcing function.