Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to request connection to a selected one of a plurality of available network slices of a network system. The UE implements a permission control framework that allows individual applications to request connection to the selected network slice, but establishes the connection only when the framework determines, based on any of a variety of permission criteria, that the application is permitted to access the requested network slice. The UE also supports user selection of the network slice via a graphical user interface that presents a selectable list of available network slices.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving streaming media while switching between different networks is described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a portion of a streaming media through a data connection on a first communication channel between a mobile device and a first network, and while the portion of the streaming media is being received through the data connection on the first communication channel, detecting that a second communication channel between the mobile device and a second network is available, establishing a data connection on the second communication channel, and receiving data through the second data connection on the second communication channel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving streaming media while switching between different networks is described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a portion of a streaming media through a data connection on a first communication channel between a mobile device and a first network, and while the portion of the streaming media is being received through the data connection on the first communication channel, detecting that a second communication channel between the mobile device and a second network is available, establishing a data connection on the second communication channel, and receiving data through the second data connection on the second communication channel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving streaming media while switching between different networks is described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a portion of a streaming media through a data connection on a first communication channel between a mobile device and a first network, and while the portion of the streaming media is being received through the data connection on the first communication channel, detecting that a second communication channel between the mobile device and a second network is available, establishing a data connection on the second communication channel, and receiving data through the second data connection on the second communication channel.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving streaming media while switching between different networks is described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a portion of a streaming media through a data connection on a first communication channel between a mobile device and a first network, and while the portion of the streaming media is being received through the data connection on the first communication channel, detecting that a second communication channel between the mobile device and a second network is available, establishing a data connection on the second communication channel, and receiving data through the second data connection on the second communication channel.

Abstract: A device includes at least one processor, a messaging service operable by the at least one processor to determine whether an outgoing message is a likely premium message, and a user interface module operable by the at least one processor to responsive to determining that outgoing message is the likely premium message, output, for display, a prompt for confirmation to send the outgoing message to a likely premium code, and receive an indication of input detected within the prompt for confirmation. The module is further operable by the at least one processor to selectively send, based at least in part on the received indication of the user input, the outgoing message to the likely premium code.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving streaming media while switching between different networks is described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a portion of a streaming media through a data connection on a first communication channel between a mobile device and a first network, and while the portion of the streaming media is being received through the data connection on the first communication channel, detecting that a second communication channel between the mobile device and a second network is available, establishing a data connection on the second communication channel, and receiving data through the second data connection on the second communication channel.

Abstract: A device includes at least one processor, a messaging service operable by the at least one processor to determine whether an outgoing message is a likely premium message, and a user interface module operable by the at least one processor to responsive to determining that outgoing message is the likely premium message, output, for display, a prompt for confirmation to send the outgoing message to a likely premium code, and receive an indication of input detected within the prompt for confirmation. The module is further operable by the at least one processor to selectively send, based at least in part on the received indication of the user input, the outgoing message to the likely premium code.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing mobile device-based bandwidth throttling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving policy from a wireless carrier that specifies one or more data usage thresholds allotted by the wireless carrier for data transferred over a wireless carrier network during a predetermined period of time, determining an amount of data that has been transferred by the mobile device over the wireless carrier network during the predetermined period of time, determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds, and throttling the bandwidth of a mobile device over the wireless carrier network based on determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing mobile device-based bandwidth throttling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving policy from a wireless carrier that specifies one or more data usage thresholds allotted by the wireless carrier for data transferred over a wireless carrier network during a predetermined period of time, determining an amount of data that has been transferred by the mobile device over the wireless carrier network during the predetermined period of time, determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds, and throttling the bandwidth of a mobile device over the wireless carrier network based on determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing mobile device-based bandwidth throttling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving policy from a wireless carrier that specifies one or more data usage thresholds allotted by the wireless carrier for data transferred over a wireless carrier network during a predetermined period of time, determining an amount of data that has been transferred by the mobile device over the wireless carrier network during the predetermined period of time, determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds, and throttling the bandwidth of a mobile device over the wireless carrier network based on determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing mobile device-based bandwidth throttling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving policy from a wireless carrier that specifies one or more data usage thresholds allotted by the wireless carrier for data transferred over a wireless carrier network during a predetermined period of time, determining an amount of data that has been transferred by the mobile device over the wireless carrier network during the predetermined period of time, determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds, and throttling the bandwidth of a mobile device over the wireless carrier network based on determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing mobile device-based bandwidth throttling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving policy from a wireless carrier that specifies one or more data usage thresholds allotted by the wireless carrier for data transferred over a wireless carrier network during a predetermined period of time, determining an amount of data that has been transferred by the mobile device over the wireless carrier network during the predetermined period of time, determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds, and throttling the bandwidth of a mobile device over the wireless carrier network based on determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing mobile device-based bandwidth throttling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving policy from a wireless carrier that specifies one or more data usage thresholds allotted by the wireless carrier for data transferred over a wireless carrier network during a predetermined period of time, determining an amount of data that has been transferred by the mobile device over the wireless carrier network during the predetermined period of time, determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds, and throttling the bandwidth of a mobile device over the wireless carrier network based on determining that the amount exceeds one or more of the data usage thresholds.