Service provider certified device policy management

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy server. The method includes: receiving a request for service, the request including an identification of user equipment; determining a user equipment type (TAC); evaluating a policy rule based on the user equipment type, the policy rule including a condition referencing at least one user equipment type; and responding to the request for service based on evaluation of the policy rule.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method performed by a service portal, the method comprising:
 receiving a request for new subscriber registration from a user equipment;   determining an IP address of the user equipment;   requesting, from a policy server, a user equipment type;   determining a set of compatible subscriptions based on the user equipment type;   receiving a selection of a compatible subscription from the user equipment;   sending new subscription information based on the selected compatible subscription to the policy server.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the request for a new subscriber is an HTTP request for a webpage. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein requesting, from a policy server, a user equipment type further includes using an application program interface (API). 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user equipment type is a type allocation code (TAC) extracted from a user-equipment-info attribute value pair (AVP) received in the request for service. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user equipment type includes a marketing name of the user equipment. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising sending information regarding the compatible subscriptions to the user equipment. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein sending information regarding the compatible subscriptions to the user equipment includes sending a webpage displaying properties of the customized plans. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving subscriber information from the user equipment and creating a new account for the subscriber. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising verifying the received subscriber information and charging for the selected compatible subscription. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising sending the new subscription information to a subscriber profile repository. 
     
     
         11 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a service portal, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions for:
 receiving a request for new subscriber registration from a user equipment;   determining an IP address of the user equipment;   requesting, from a policy server, a user equipment type;   determining a set of compatible subscriptions based on the user equipment type;   receiving a selection of a compatible subscription from the user equipment;   sending new subscription information based on the selected compatible subscription to the policy server.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein the request for a new subscriber is an HTTP request for a webpage. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein requesting, from a policy server, a user equipment type further includes using an application program interface (API). 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein the user equipment type is a type allocation code (TAC) extracted from a user-equipment-info attribute value pair (AVP) received in the request for service. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein the user equipment type includes a marketing name of the user equipment. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , further comprising instructions for sending information regarding the compatible subscriptions to the user equipment. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein sending information regarding the compatible subscriptions to the user equipment includes sending a webpage displaying properties of the customized plans. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , further comprising instructions for receiving subscriber information from the user equipment and creating a new account for the subscriber. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , further comprising instructions for verifying the received subscriber information and charging for the selected compatible subscription. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 11 , further comprising instructions for sending the new subscription information to a subscriber profile repository.