Method and system for managing delivery of communications
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1. A method for managing delivery of communications from a plurality of content providers 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 of at least one of the plurality of content providers based on the determination of whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network, each of the plurality of content providers having respective prespecified delivery parameters, wherein a respective delivery parameter is specified by a respective content provider and the user is required to receive or be available to receive communications from at least one of said plurality of content providers;
selectively delivering communications to the user based on the identified prespecified delivery parameter, wherein the communications delivered to the user comprise content from at least one of said plurality of content providers;
deriving available resource usage from resource usage allocated by the at least one of said plurality of content providers for delivery of communications to the user; and
comparing the available resource usage to resource usage required for delivering such communications,wherein the step of selectively delivering communications to the user comprises managing delivery of communications based on the comparison of the available resource usage and the resource requirement for delivering communications to the user using a roaming network.
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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 from a plurality of content providers 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 of at least one of the plurality of content providers based on the determination of whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network, each of the plurality of content providers having respective prespecified delivery parameters, wherein a respective delivery parameter is specified by a respective content provider and the user is required to receive or be available to receive communications from at least one of said plurality of content providers; selectively delivering communications to the user based on the identified prespecified delivery parameter, wherein the communications delivered to the user comprise content from at least one of said plurality of content providers; deriving available resource usage from resource usage allocated by the at least one of said plurality of content providers for delivery of communications to the user; and comparing the available resource usage to resource usage required for delivering such communications, wherein the step of selectively delivering communications to the user comprises managing delivery of communications based on the comparison of the available resource usage and the resource requirement for delivering communications to the user using a roaming network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for managing delivery of communications from a plurality of content providers 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 of at least one of the plurality of content providers based on the determination of whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network, each of the plurality of content providers having respective prespecified delivery parameters, wherein a respective delivery parameter is specified by a respective content provider and the user is required to receive or be available to receive communications from at least one of said plurality of content providers; means for selectively delivering communications to the user based on the identified prespecified delivery parameter wherein the communications delivered to the user comprise content from at least one of said plurality of content providers; means for deriving available resource usage from resource usage allocated by the at least one of said plurality of content providers for delivery of communications to the user; and means for comparing the available resource usage to resource usage required for delivering such communications, wherein the means for selectively delivering communications to the user comprises means for managing delivery of communications based on the comparison of the available resource usage and the resource requirement for delivering communications to the user using a roaming network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for managing delivery of communications from a plurality of content providers to at least one user of a mobile communications device, comprising:
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a communications management system arranged to receive communications from the plurality of content providers for delivery to the user wherein the communications delivered to the user comprise content from at least one of said plurality of content providers; a determining system which determines the communications network being used by the user; 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; a deriving system which derives available resource usage from resource usage allocated by the at least one of said plurality of content providers for delivery of communications to the user; and a comparator system which compares the available resource usage to resource usage required for delivering such communications, wherein selectively delivering communications to the user comprises managing delivery of communications based on the comparison of the available resource usage and the resource requirement for delivering communications to the user using a roaming network, said communications management system being arranged to identify a prespecified delivery parameter of at least one of the plurality of content providers based on the determination of whether the communications network being used by the user is a home communications network or a roaming network, each of the plurality of content providers having respective prespecified delivery parameters, wherein a respective delivery parameter is specified by a respective content provider and the user is required to receive or be available to receive communications from at least one of said plurality of content providers, said communications management system being further arranged to manage delivery of communications to the user based on the identified prescribed delivery parameter. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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