Method and system for managing delivery of communications
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1. A method for managing delivery of communications to at least one user of a mobile communications device, comprising:
- determining a communications network being used by a user;
determining whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network;
identifying a prespecified delivery parameter based on the determination of whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network, wherein the delivery parameter is specified by a content provider and the user is required to receive or be available to receive communications from said content provider; and
selectively delivering communications to the user based on the identified delivery parameter.
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Abstract
Method and system for managing delivery of communications such as advertisements to mobile telephone subscribers where delivery to roaming subscribers is prevented or blocked when the subscriber is determined to be using a roaming network and revenue derived from delivery of the advertisements to a roaming subscriber is less than the cost for delivering the advertisements to the roaming subscribers.
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1. A method for managing delivery of communications to at least one user of a mobile communications device, comprising:
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determining a communications network being used by a user; determining whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network; identifying a prespecified delivery parameter based on the determination of whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network, wherein the delivery parameter is specified by a content provider and the user is required to receive or be available to receive communications from said content provider; and selectively delivering communications to the user based on the identified delivery parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for managing delivery of communications to at least one user of a mobile communications device, comprising:
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means for determining a communications network being used by a user; means for determining whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network; means for identifying a prespecified delivery parameter based on the determination of whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network, wherein the delivery parameter is specified by a content provider and the user is required to receive or be available to receive communications from said content provider; and means for selectively delivering communications to the user based on the identified delivery parameter. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for managing delivery of communications to at least one user of a mobile communications device, comprising:
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a communications management system arranged to receive communications from content providers for delivery to the user; a determining system for determining the communications network being used by the user; and a database coupled to said determining system and said communications management system, said database containing data about the communications network being used by the user as determined by said determining system and providing the data to said communications management system, said communications management system being arranged to identify a prespecified delivery parameter based on the determination of whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network, wherein the delivery parameter is specified by a content provider and the user is required to receive or be available to receive communications from said content provider, said communications management system being further arranged to manage delivery of communications to the user based on the identified delivery parameter. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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