System and method for providing subscribed applications on wireless devices over a wireless network

• US 20060173758A1
• Filed: 02/06/2006
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Gardner, Richard Wayne III, Sprigg, Stephen A., Minear, Brian, Nguyen, Phil Tien, Oliver, Mitchell B., Lekven, Eric J.
• Granted Patent: US 10,009,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/51 for resellers, retailers or service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/54 Resellers-retail or service providers billing, e.g. agreements with telephone service operator, activation, charging/recharging of accounts
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A system and method for the provision of downloadable subscription-based software applications to one or more wireless devices where the applications are downloadable from one or more application download servers across a wireless network. An accounting module receives subscription-based application download data from the one or more application download servers for each subscription-based application downloaded by a wireless device, and subscription-based application deletion data from each wireless device that has deleted a subscription-based application. The accounting module accounts for the use of the subscribed software applications based upon the subscription-based software application download data and subscription-based application deletion data.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. A computer implemented method for providing downloadable subscription based software applications across a wireless network, comprising:

at an accounting module of a computer system;

receiving a subscription based application download data from an application download server corresponding to a download from the application download server to a wireless device of a subscription based software application;

receiving over the wireless network a subscription based application deletion data passively transmitted in response to a deletion from the wireless device of a corresponding subscription based software application;

calculating a subscription fee associated with a usage of said corresponding subscription based software application between said download and said deletion; and

transmitting said subscription fee to a billing module of said computer system.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein said wireless network is a packet switching network.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein the subscription based software application is a software program.

29. The method of claim 26 wherein the subscription based application download data contains information to cause said billing module to initiate subscription billing for a user regarding the subscription based software application, and the subscription based application deletion data contains information to end subscription billing for a user regarding the subscription-based software application.

30. The method of claim 26, wherein the subscription based software application is audio-visual content.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein said audio-visual content comprise news.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein said audio-visual content comprise sports data.