Managing application events

• US 9,021,598 B1
• Filed: 01/23/2009
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Myers, Steven Duane, Reeves, Raymond Emilio, Wick, Ryan Alan, Rayburn, Terry Gene
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Kambiz
• Assistant Examiner(s): FIELDS, COURTNEY D
• Application Number:
  US12/359,077
• Time in Patent Office: 2,286 Days
• Field of Search: 726/26, 726/2, 709/203, 709/27, 700/16, 345/173, 463/41, 715/738, 705/59
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0235 constrained by time limit or expiration date
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing application events are provided. In embodiments, a notifier is received that indicates a usage of an application installed on a user device and a date associated with the usage. A verification notifier is also received that verifies that the user device is registered in association with the application and indicates a date associated with the verification. The date associated with the usage and the date associated with the verification are compared to determine whether the dates occur within a predetermined time period relative to one another. In such a case, it might be determined that a provider of the application installed on the user device should be rewarded.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable media not being a signal per se having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for managing application events, the method comprising:

receiving at a network provider, a first notifier having a date associated with the first notifier, the first notifier indicates a usage of an application installed on a user device;

receiving at the network provider, a second notifier having a date associated with the second notifier;

determining if the date associated with the first notifier and the date associated with the second notifier are within a predetermined time period relative to one another based on comparing the date associated with the first notifier and the date associated with the second notifier;

determining a credit to apply to a provider of the application, from the network provider, when the date associated with the first notifier and the date associated with the second notifier are within the predetermined time period relative to one another, wherein the network provider supports the application of the provider via the user device on a network service of the network provider; and

applying the credit from the network provider, to the provider of the application.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the first notifier is an application-activation notifier that indicates an initial execution of the application on the user device.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein the second notifier is a verification notifier that verifies that the user device is registered in association with the application.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the second notifier is a device-activation notifier that indicates a registration of the user device with the network provider that provides a network service used by the user device.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the first notifier includes an application identifier that identifies the application, a source identifier that identifies the user device, and a usage type that indicates the type of usage of the application installed on the user device.

6. One or more computer-readable media not being a signal per se having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for managing application events, the method comprising:

launching an application installed on a mobile device that is supported by a network provider that provides network service used by the mobile device,

determining that the application is being launched on the mobile device for a first time; and

generating a notifier that indicates an occurrence of an initial launch of the application on the mobile device, wherein the notifier and a corresponding verification notifier that validates that the mobile device is registered in association with the application are used to calculate a compensation to apply to a provider of the application, wherein the compensation is from the network provider that provides a network service used by the mobile device.

7. The media of claim 6 further comprising communicating the notifier to a counting component that receives the notifier from the mobile device and a notifier from a verifying component used to validate that the mobile device is registered in association with the application.

8. The media of claim 7, wherein the counting component records the received notifiers.

9. The media of claim 8, wherein the counting component communicates the notifiers to a managing component that compares the notifier received from the mobile device and the notifier received from the verifying component.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein the managing component identifies that the notifiers correspond with one another and calculates the compensation to apply to the provider of the application.

11. The media of claim 6, wherein the notifier includes an application identifier, a source identifier, a source type identifier, an event date, an event time, or a combination thereof.

16. The media of claim 6, wherein the notifier is utilized to predict whether a user'"'"'s selection of the mobile device is related to the application.

12. A system for managing application events, the system comprising:

a user device, that is supported by a network provider that provides a wireless telecommunications network used by the mobile device, the user device generates and communicates a first notifier upon an occurrence of an application event associated with usage of an application installed on the user device that uses the wireless telecommunications network, the first notifier providing an indication of the application event;

a verifying component that generates and communicates a second notifier upon verifying that the user device is registered in association with the application, the second notifier providing an indication of the verification; and

a counting component that receives, records, and communicates the first notifier and the second notifier; and

a management components that receives and analyzes the first notifier and the second notifier, wherein analyzing the first notifier and the second notifier comprises;

(a) comparing the first notifier to the second notifier to determine whether a date associated with the first notifier and a date associated with the second notifier relative to one another provide an indication that the user device or the wireless telecommunications network was acquired by a user based on, at least in part, the user'"'"'s ability to utilize the application on the user device using the wireless communications network; and

(b) calculating a compensation, based on a usage-notifier-incentive system of the network provider to providers of applications, when it is determined that the user device or the wireless telecommunications network was acquired by a user based at least in part on the user'"'"'s ability to utilize the application, wherein the compensation is provided to providers of the applications from the network provider of the wireless telecommunications network.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first notifier includes an application identifier, a source identifier, a source type identifier, an event date of the notifier, an event time of the notifier, or a combination thereof.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the second notifier includes an application identifier, a source identifier, a source type identifier, an event date of the notifier, an event time of the notifier, or a combination thereof.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the first notifier is an application-activation notifier, a device-activation notifier, or an execution notifier.