COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF CUSTOMER DATA FROM APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE USAGE

• US 20150033330A1
• Filed: 07/24/2013
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: COUNTERMAN, Raymond C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,218,503 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/20
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent

Abstract

A device may receive a request for analytics information associated with a user device. The device may retrieve application programming interface (API) information associated with the request for analytics information. The API information may include information associated with providing an authorization token and with providing user device information. The device may determine demographic information based on the request for analytics information. The demographic information may be associated with a user of the user device. The device may determine the analytics information based on an analysis of the API information and the demographic information. The device may provide the analytics information.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

one or more processors to;

receive a request for analytics information associated with a user device;

retrieve application programming interface (API) information associated with the request for analytics information,

the API information including information associated with providing an authorization token and with providing user device information;

determine demographic information based on the request for analytics information,

the demographic information being associated with a user of the user device;

determine the analytics information based on an analysis of the API information and the demographic information; and

provide the analytics information.

2. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive a request for authorization to access user device information;

provide an authorization token associated with receiving access to the user device information;

store information associated with providing the authorization token; and

where the one or more processors, when retrieving the API information, are further to;

retrieve the API information based on the information associated with providing the authorization token.

3. The device of claim 2, where the one or more processors are further to:

determine that consent is required from a user device based on the user device information;

receive consent from the user device; and

where the one or more processors, when providing the authorization token associated with receiving access to the user device information, are further to;

provide the authorization token based on receiving consent from the user device.

4. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive a request, which includes an authorization token, for the user device information;

determine the user device information based on the request;

provide the user device information; and

store information associated with providing the user device information; and

where the one or more processors, when retrieving the API information, are further to;

retrieve the API information based on the information associated with providing the user device information.

5. The device of claim 4, where the one or more processors when determining the user device information based on the request, are further to:

determine that the user device information matches a particular result,

the particular result being associated with a request for analytics information; and

where the one or more processors, when providing the analytics information, are further to;

provide the analytics information based on determining that the user device information matches the particular result.

6. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive information identifying a usage of an API;

store the information identifying the usage of the API as API information; and

where the one or more processors, when retrieving API information, are further to;

retrieve the stored information identifying the usage of the API.

7. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors, when providing the analytics information, are further to:

provide the analytics information for display.

8. The device of claim 1, where the request for analytics information includes one or more parameters associated with identifying one or more user devices;

and

where the one or more processors, when determining the analytics information, are further to;

determine the analytics information identifying the one or more user devices based on the one or more parameters.

9. A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive an analytics query,

the analytics query identifying a plurality of parameters;

retrieve application programming interface (API) information associated with the analytics query,

the API information including authorization information and transaction information,

the API information being derived from usage of an API;

determine demographic information associated with the analytics query;

identify one or more user devices based on the API information and the demographic information; and

provide information identifying the one or more user devices.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

receive a request for authorization to access user device information;

provide an authorization token associated with receiving access to the user device information;

store information associated with providing the authorization token; and

where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to retrieve the API information, are further to;

retrieve the API information based on the information associated with providing the authorization token.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

request, from a user device, consent to provide authorization based on the user device information,

the user device being associated with the user device information;

receive consent from the user device; and

where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to provide the authorization token associated with receiving access to the user device information, are further to;

provide the authorization token based on receiving consent from the user device.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

receive a request, which includes the authorization token, to use an API interface;

determine user device information based on the request;

provide the user device information via the API interface;

store API usage information and subscriber identity information based on the user device information and the request to use the API interface; and

where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to retrieve the API information, further cause the one or more processors to;

retrieve the API information based on the stored API usage information and the subscriber identity information.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to provide the analytics information, further cause the one or more processors to:

provide the analytics information for display.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, where the one or more parameters include at least one of:

a subscriber identification parameter;

a subscriber data-usage parameter;

or

a subscriber demographic parameter.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device, a request for analytics information associated with a plurality of user devices;

retrieving, by a device, application programming interface (API) information, derived from usage of an API, associated with the plurality of user devices;

determining, by a device, demographic information corresponding to users of the plurality of user devices;

determining, by a device, the analytics information based an analysis of the API information and the demographic information; and

providing, by a device, the analytics information.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining one or more parameters associated with the request for analytics information;

identifying the plurality of user devices based on the one or more parameters; and

where determining the analytics information based on the analysis of the API information and the demographic information, further comprises;

determining the analytics information based on identifying the plurality of user devices.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a request for user device information associated with the plurality of user devices,

the request being an API usage request;

providing user device information based on the request;

determining API information based on the request;

storing the API information; and

where retrieving API information further comprises;

retrieving the stored API information.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining that a user device, of the plurality of user devices, is using an application;

storing information, associated with the user device'"'"'s usage of the application, as API information; and

where retrieving API information further comprises;

retrieving the stored API information.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

providing an API interface to an application,

the API interface identifying one or more parameters with which the plurality of user devices may be identified; and

where receiving the request for the analytics information further comprises;

receiving a request for analytics information via the API interface.

20. The method of claim 15, where providing the analytics information further comprises:

providing the analytics information for display.