Network based ambient services
First Claim
1. A method performed by a network system operated by a network operator, the method comprising:
- monitoring traffic over a wireless access network, the wireless access network communicatively coupling the network system to an end-user device, the end-user device including a plurality of applications, each of the plurality of applications enabling the end-user device to access, over the wireless access network, at least one of one or more network end points, a first application of the plurality of applications enabling the end-user device to access a particular network end point of the one or more network end points, the particular network end point being outside of the wireless access network and operated by or on behalf of one or more entities other than the network operator;
identifying, within the traffic over the wireless access network, one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application;
obtaining an offset, the offset being based on a use of the wireless access network for the one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; and
allocating at least a portion of the offset to a first account, the first account being associated with a service sponsor responsible for paying for or subsidizing at least a portion of the use of the wireless access network for the one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application, wherein the service sponsor is not a user or a subscriber associated with the end-user device.
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Abstract
A system operated by a network operator monitors traffic over a wireless network communicatively coupling the system to a device that includes a plurality of applications, a first application of the plurality of applications enabling the device to access a particular network end point that is outside of the wireless network; identifies, within the traffic, data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; obtains an offset based on a use of the wireless access network for the data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; and allocates at least a portion of the offset to an account associated with a sponsor responsible for paying for or subsidizing at least a portion of the use of the wireless access network for the data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application.
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30 Claims
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1. A method performed by a network system operated by a network operator, the method comprising:
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monitoring traffic over a wireless access network, the wireless access network communicatively coupling the network system to an end-user device, the end-user device including a plurality of applications, each of the plurality of applications enabling the end-user device to access, over the wireless access network, at least one of one or more network end points, a first application of the plurality of applications enabling the end-user device to access a particular network end point of the one or more network end points, the particular network end point being outside of the wireless access network and operated by or on behalf of one or more entities other than the network operator; identifying, within the traffic over the wireless access network, one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; obtaining an offset, the offset being based on a use of the wireless access network for the one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; and allocating at least a portion of the offset to a first account, the first account being associated with a service sponsor responsible for paying for or subsidizing at least a portion of the use of the wireless access network for the one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application, wherein the service sponsor is not a user or a subscriber associated with the end-user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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25. A network system operated by a network operator, the network system comprising:
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means for monitoring traffic over a wireless access network, the wireless access network communicatively coupling the network system to an end-user device, the end-user device including a plurality of applications, each of the plurality of applications enabling the end-user device to access, over the wireless access network, at least one of one or more network end points, a first application of the plurality of applications enabling the end-user device to access a particular network end point of the one or more network end points, the particular network end point being outside of the wireless access network and operated by or on behalf of one or more entities other than the network operator; means for identifying, within the traffic over the wireless access network, one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; means for obtaining an offset, the offset being based on a use of the wireless access network for the one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; and means for allocating at least a portion of the offset to a first account, the first account being associated with a service sponsor responsible for paying for or subsidizing at least a portion of the use of the wireless access network for the one or more data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application, wherein the service sponsor is not a user or a subscriber associated with the end-user device.
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