Method and system for sharing transmission revenue between mobile operators and content providers
First Claim
1. A method of revenue sharing between a mobile operator and a content provider in a data network, wherein the content provider provides data services to an end user via a mobile network of the mobile operator who furnishes a data connection between the content provider and the end user, and wherein the mobile operator obtains a revenue from the end user for the data services provided by the content provider, said method characterized by providing an agent between the mobile network and the data network for collecting information indicative of a data amount transmitted between the content provider and the end user, and by providing a mechanism for determining a payment amount to pay the content provider based on the revenue.
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Abstract
A method and system for revenue sharing between mobile operators and content providers. The content providers, through a data network, provide data services to the end users of the mobile operators. For the data services, the content providers are paid by the mobile operators based on the revenue collected by the mobile operators from the end users using the services. An intermediate proxy is disposed between a mobile operator and the data network to keep track of the data amount transmitted by the content providers and the users and to keep track of the revenue sharing agreements established between that mobile operator and the content providers. Additionally, an intermediate proxy is linked to each content provider to keep track of the data amount transmitted to the end users via a mobile operator and to keep track of the revenue sharing agreement with that mobile operator.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of revenue sharing between a mobile operator and a content provider in a data network, wherein the content provider provides data services to an end user via a mobile network of the mobile operator who furnishes a data connection between the content provider and the end user, and wherein the mobile operator obtains a revenue from the end user for the data services provided by the content provider, said method characterized by
providing an agent between the mobile network and the data network for collecting information indicative of a data amount transmitted between the content provider and the end user, and by providing a mechanism for determining a payment amount to pay the content provider based on the revenue.
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14. A system for revenue sharing between a mobile operator and a content provider in a data network, wherein the content provider provides data services to an end user via a mobile network of the mobile operator who furnishes a data connection between the content provider and the end user, and wherein the mobile operator obtains a revenue from the end user for the data services provided by the content provider, said system characterized by
an agent located between the mobile network and the data network for collecting information indicative of a data amount transmitted between the content provider and the end user, and by a mechanism for determining a payment amount to pay the content provider based on the revenue.
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