SERVER-SIDE PLUGIN CHECKER FOR TOLL-FREE DATA SERVICE

• US 20170078404A1
• Filed: 09/14/2015
• Published: 03/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: REN, Dahai, Wu, Shuai, Kelly, Susan, Saint-Hilaire, Hector
• Granted Patent: US 10,397,339 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/146 Markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers

Abstract

A system may receive a content identifier corresponding to content to be accessed via a toll free data service (toll-free data service). The system may determine, based on the content identifier, whether a content provider device, associated with the content, is configured with a serving component associated with serving the content via the toll-free data service. The system may provide an indication of whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component. The content may be accessible via the toll-free data service when the content provider device is configured with the serving component.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by one or more devices, a content identifier corresponding to content to be accessed via a toll free data service;

determining, by the one or more devices and based on the content identifier, whether a content provider device, associated with the content, is configured with a serving component associated with serving the content via the toll-free data service,

the serving component including a component that enables serving of the content via the toll-free data service; and

providing, by the one or more devices, an indication of whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component,

the content being accessible via the toll-free data service when the content provider device is configured with the serving component.

2. The method of claim 1, where the serving component includes a Server-Side Plugin component associated with the toll-free data service.

3. The method of claim 1, where determining whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component comprises:

providing, to the content provider device, a request associated with determining whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component; and

determining whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component based on a response, to the request, received from the content provider device.

4. The method of claim 1, where the serving component is configured to enable establishment of session timing records associated with accessing the content via the toll-free data service.

5. The method of claim 1, where the serving component is configured to enable modification of embedded object links associated with accessing the content via the toll-free data service.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to determine whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service;

determining, based on the request and the indication of whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component, whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service; and

providing, based on the request, an indication of whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service.

7. The method of claim 6, where determining whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service comprises:

determining whether a campaign, associated with the content, is active; and

determining whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service based on whether the campaign is active and based on whether the content provider device is configured with serving component.

8. A system, comprising:

one or more devices to;

receive a content identifier corresponding to content to be accessed via a toll free data service;

determine, based on the content identifier, whether a content provider device, associated with the content, is configured with a serving component associated with serving the content via the toll-free data service,

the serving component including a component that facilitates billing of a sponsor of the toll-free data service for data usage associated with accessing the content via the toll-free data service; and

provide an indication of whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component,

the content being accessible via the toll-free data service when the content provider device is configured with the serving component.

9. The system of claim 8, where the serving component includes a Server-Side Plugin component associated with the toll-free data service.

10. The system of claim 8, where the one or more devices, when determining whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component, are to:

provide, to the content provider device, a request associated with determining whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component; and

determine whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component based on a response, to the request, received from the content provider device.

11. The system of claim 8, where the serving component is configured to enable establishment of session timing records associated with accessing the content via the toll-free data service.

12. The system of claim 8, where the serving component is configured to enable modification of embedded object links associated with accessing the content via the toll-free data service.

13. The system of claim 8, where the one or more devices are further to:

receive a request to determine whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service;

determine, based on the request and the indication of whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component, whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service; and

provide, based on the request, an indication of whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service.

14. The system of claim 13, where the one or more devices, when determining whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service, are to:

determine a geo-location associated with the request to determine whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service; and

determine whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service based on the geo-location and based on whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component.

15. A non-transitory 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 a content identifier corresponding to content to be accessed via a toll free data service;

determine, based on the content identifier, whether a content provider device, associated with the content, is configured with a Server-Side Plugin (SSP) component that permits the content provider device to serve the content via the toll-free data service; and

provide an indication of whether the content provider device is configured with the SSP component,

the content being accessible via the toll-free data service when the content provider device is configured with the SSP component.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine whether the content provider device is configured with the SSP component, cause the one or more processors to:

provide, to the content provider device, a request associated with determining whether the content provider device is configured with the SSP component; and

determine whether the content provider device is configured with the SSP component based on a response, to the request, provided by the content provider device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the SSP component is configured to enable establishment of session timing records associated with accessing the content via the toll-free data service.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the SSP component is configured to enable modification of embedded object links associated with accessing the content via the toll-free data service.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, 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 to determine whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service;

determine, based on the request and the indication of whether the content provider device is configured with the SSP component, whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service; and

provide, based on the request, an indication of whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service, cause the one or more processors to:

determine a time associated with the request to determine whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service; and

determine whether the content is accessible via the toll-free data service based on the time and based on whether the content provider device is configured with the serving component.