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`PATENT
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`Without prejudice and without surrender of any subject matter, please amendthe claims
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`as follows:
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`1. (Currently Amended) A network system for providing one or more Internet data services to
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`one or more wireless end-user devices communicatively coupled to the network system
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`over a wireless access network, the network system comprising:
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`a policy enforcement function configured to block or forward Internet data traffic for each
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`of the wireless end-user devices according to a respectively applicable data access
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`policy for each such wireless end-user device, the respectively applicable data access
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`policy for a first one of the wireless end-user devices comprising a first data access
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`policy that allows Internet data traffic forwarding for the first one of the end-user
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`devices for the limited purpose of communication between a service processor
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`executing on the first one of the end-user devices and a service controller reachable
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`through the policy enforcement function; and
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`a first policy element configured to,
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`upon receiving a first indication from the service controller
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`that the first one of the wireless end-user devices has at least one active
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`Internet data service plan allowing access to an Internet data service, and
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`that the service processor can be trusted to enforce and account for
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`Internet data service supplied to that device according to the at least one active
`Internet data service plan,
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`instruct the policy enforcement function to apply a second data access
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`policy to Internet data traffic for the first one of the wireless end-user devices,
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`the second data access policy allowing forwarding of Internet data traffic
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`between the first one of the wireless end-user devices and unspecified Internet
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`destinations;
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`2-34. (Canceled).
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`35. (Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the policy enforcement function
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`comprises a policy control enforcement function (PCEF).
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`36. (Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the policy enforcement function
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`comprises a gateway GPRSsupport node (GGSN).
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`37. (Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the policy enforcement function
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`comprises a switch.
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`38. (Currently Amended) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the policy
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`enforcement function comprises a packet inspection element.
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`39-54. (Canceled).
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`55. (Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein thefirst policy element
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`comprises a policy decision function (PDF).
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`56. (Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises a policy control function (PCF).
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`57. (Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein thefirst policy element
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`comprises a policy and charging rules function (PCRF).
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`58.
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`(Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises an on-line charging system (OCS).
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`59.
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`(Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises an accounting policy function (APF).
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`60.
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`(Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises a policy state function (PSF).
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`61.
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`(Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises a service policy managementfunction (SPMF).
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`62.
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`(Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises a device interface function (DIF).
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`63.
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`(Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises a classification definition update function (CDUF).
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`64.
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`(Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises a policy rules element (PRE).
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`65.
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`(Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises a charging element (CE).
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`66.
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`(Original) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the first policy element
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`comprises a notification element (NE).
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`67-81. (Canceled).
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`82. (Currently Amended) The network system recited in claim 1, wherein the policy
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`enforcementfunction is configuredto classify traffic from at least a portion of the one
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`or more wireless end-user devices communicatively coupled to the network system
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`over the wireless access network, and wherein the second data access policy first
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`poheyinfermatien comprises one or moreinstructions defining a classification of
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`service, the classification of service enabling the network system to provide or
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`perform granular service accounting, granular service notification, or granular service
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`control.
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`83-89. (Canceled).
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`90. (New) The network system of claim 1, wherein the policy enforcement function is
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`associated with a first APN (Access Point Name) used by a first group of wireless end-
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`user devices, including the one or more wireless end-user devices, for Internet data
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`services, each device in the first group associated with the service controller for
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`service plan management, the network system comprising a second APN for a second
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`group of wireless end-user devices, not associated with the service controller for
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`service plan management.
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`91. (New) The network system of claim 90, further comprising an HLR (HomeLocation
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`Register) to hold subscriber records for devices in the first and second groups of
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`wireless end-user devices, the subscriber records for the first group of devices
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`provisioned with the first APN, the network system configured such that the HLR
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`validates the first wireless end-user device as provisioned with the first APN to
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`determine whetherthe first wireless end-user device is allowed to connectto thefirst
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`APN.
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`92. (New) The network system of claim 1, wherein the one or more wireless end-user devices
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`comprise a first group of devices associated with the service controller for service plan
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`management, and a second group of devices not associated with the service controller
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`for service plan management.
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`93. (New) The network system of claim 92, the policy enforcement function generating usage
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`reporting information for each devicein the first group and each device in the second
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`group, the network system further comprising an OCS and a proxy, the proxy routing
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`the usage reporting information for the first group to the service controller, and routing
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`the usage reporting information for the second groupto the OCS.
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`94. (New) The network system of claim 1, the policy enforcement function further configured
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`to, in responseto the first one of the wireless end-user devices requesting the start of a
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`data session, communicate with the service controller to obtain a secondindication of
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`whether to apply the first data access policy to the first one of the wireless end-user
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`devices, or to refuse the data session.
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`95. (New) The network system of claim 94, wherein thefirst policy element is integrated with
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`the service controller.
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`96. (New) The network system of claim 94, further comprising the service controller, the
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`service controller configured to send the second indication, and when the second
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`indication is to apply the first data access policy, send a third indication to the policy
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`enforcement function to tear down the data session when, within a synchronization
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`period, the service processor executing on the first one of the wireless end-user
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`devices has failed to synchronize with the service controller.
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