Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for providing subsidized access to network content
- Patent Title (中): 提供补贴访问网络内容的方法和系统
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Application No.: US13458362Application Date: 2012-04-27
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Publication No.: US09489666B2Publication Date: 2016-11-08
- Inventor: Kumar K. Vishwanathan , Gurudutt U. Pai , Rangamani Sundar
- Applicant: Kumar K. Vishwanathan , Gurudutt U. Pai , Rangamani Sundar
- Applicant Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Basking Ridge
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00 ; G06Q20/14 ; G06Q20/12 ; H04M15/08 ; H04M15/00

Abstract:
An exemplary method includes a content delivery system 1) detecting a request provided by an access device associated with a user to access network content by way of a network provided by a network service provider, the network content associated with a content provider and maintained by a content provider subsystem, 2) determining that a data usage charge for access by the user to the network content by way of the network is subsidized by the content provider in accordance with a subsidized access arrangement between the content provider and the network service provider, and 3) providing the user with subsidized access to the network content in accordance with a rule set associated with the subsidized access arrangement. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120278229A1 Methods and Systems for Providing Subsidized Access to Network Content Public/Granted day:2012-11-01
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