Calculation of a third party solicitation fee

• US 9,881,314 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2015
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Eaton, Brook, Collin, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Hamilton, Matthew L
• Application Number:
  US14/633,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: 705 14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0214 Referral reward systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing

Abstract

A method comprising calculating a third party solicitation fee for a third party, receiving, from a third party server, a third party solicitation on behalf of the third party, sending the third party solicitation to a user apparatus in response to the receipt of the third party solicitation, the third party solicitation comprising a request for a specified action, receiving information indicative of the user apparatus performing the specified action, and decreasing the third party solicitation fee based, at least in part, on the receipt of the information indicative of the user apparatus performing the specified action is disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

receipt of a user context based on at least data detected from at least one of (a) a user apparatus, or (b) a sensor device or other apparatus in communication with the user apparatus;

transmission of the user context to a third party;

calculation of a third party solicitation fee for the third party for provision of a third party solicitation to the user apparatus;

receipt of, from a third party server, the third party solicitation on behalf of the third party, wherein the third party solicitation is determined based on the user context;

sending of the third party solicitation to the user apparatus in response to the receipt of the third party solicitation, the third party solicitation comprising a request for a specified action, wherein the user apparatus is configured to execute at least one application configured to provide the third party solicitation via a user interface of the user apparatus;

determination, based on input received via the at least one application, that a user has performed the action specified in the third party solicitation;

in response to the determination that the user has performed the action specified in the third party solicitation, decreasing of the third party solicitation fee; and

transmission of an indication of the decreased third party solicitation fee to the third party server.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform sending of information indicative of the third party solicitation fee to the third party server.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform sending of information indicative of the user apparatus performing the specified action to the third party server.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

receipt of, from the third party server, another third party solicitation on behalf of the third party;

sending of the other third party solicitation to the user apparatus in response to the receipt of the other third party solicitation, the other third party solicitation comprising a request for another specified action; and

determination that the user apparatus failed to perform the specified action.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform increasing of the third party solicitation fee based, at least in part, on the determination that the user apparatus failed to perform the specified action.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the decrease of the third party solicitation fee has a larger magnitude than a magnitude of the increase of the third party solicitation fee.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

determination of a specified action performance rate associated with the third party based, at least in part, on the determination that the user apparatus failed to perform the specified action and historical specified action performance information; and

determination of an increase magnitude based, at least in part, on the specified action performance rate, wherein the increasing of the third party solicitation fee comprises increasing of the third party solicitation fee by the increase magnitude.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

determination of a specified action performance rate associated with the third party based, at least in part, on information indicative of the user apparatus performing the specified action and historical specified action performance information; and

determination of a decrease magnitude based, at least in part, on the specified action performance rate, wherein the decreasing of the third party solicitation fee comprises decreasing of the third party solicitation fee by the decrease magnitude.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform:

calculation of another third party solicitation fee for another third party;

receipt of, from another third party server, another third party solicitation on behalf of the other third party; and

sending of the other third party solicitation to the user apparatus in response to the receipt of the other third party solicitation, the other third party solicitation comprising a request for another specified action;

receipt of information indicative of the user apparatus performing the other specified action; and

decreasing of the other third party solicitation fee based, at least in part, on the receipt of the information indicative of the user apparatus performing the other specified action.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving, by an apparatus, a user context based on at least data detected from at least one of (a) a user apparatus, or (b) a sensor device or other apparatus in communication with the user apparatus;

transmitting the user context from the apparatus to a third party;

calculating, by the apparatus, a third party solicitation fee for the third party for provision of a third party solicitation to the user apparatus;

receiving, by the apparatus from a third party server, the third party solicitation on behalf of the third party, wherein the third party solicitation is determined based on the user context;

sending the third party solicitation from the apparatus to the user apparatus in response to the receipt of the third party solicitation, the third party solicitation comprising a request for a specified action, wherein the user apparatus is configured to execute at least one application configured to provide the third party solicitation via a user interface of the user apparatus;

determining, by the apparatus, based on input received via the at least one application, that a user has performed the action specified in the third party solicitation;

in response to the determining that the user has performed the action specified in the third party solicitation, with the apparatus, decreasing the third party solicitation fee; and

based

transmitting an indication of the decreased third party solicitation fee from the apparatus to the third party server.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising sending information indicative of the third party solicitation fee to the third party server.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, from the third party server, another third party solicitation on behalf of the third party;

sending the other third party solicitation to the user apparatus in response to the receipt of the other third party solicitation, the other third party solicitation comprising a request for another specified action; and

determining that the user apparatus failed to perform the specified action.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising increasing the third party solicitation fee based, at least in part, on the determination that the user apparatus failed to perform the specified action.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the decrease of the third party solicitation fee has a larger magnitude than a magnitude of the increase of the third party solicitation fee.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining a specified action performance rate associated with the third party based, at least in part, on the determination that the user apparatus failed to perform the specified action and historical specified action performance information; and

determining an increase magnitude based, at least in part, on the specified action performance rate, wherein the increasing of the third party solicitation fee comprises increasing of the third party solicitation fee by the increase magnitude.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining a specified action performance rate associated with the third party based, at least in part, on information indicative of the user apparatus performing the specified action and historical specified action performance information; and

determining a decrease magnitude based, at least in part, on the specified action performance rate, wherein the decreasing of the third party solicitation fee comprises decreasing of the third party solicitation fee by the decrease magnitude.

17. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

receipt of a user context based on at least data detected at least one of (a) from a user apparatus, or (b) a sensor device or other apparatus in communication with the user apparatus;

transmission of the user context to a third party;

calculation of a third party solicitation fee for the third party for provision of a third party solicitation to the user apparatus;

receipt of, from a third party server, the third party solicitation on behalf of the third party, wherein the third party solicitation is determined based on the user context;

sending of the third party solicitation to the user apparatus in response to the receipt of the third party solicitation, the third party solicitation comprising a request for a specified action, wherein the user apparatus is configured to execute at least one application configured to provide the third party solicitation via a user interface of the user apparatus;

determination, based on input received via the at least one application that a user has performed the action specified in the third party solicitation;

in response to the determination that the user has performed the action specified in the third party solicitation, decreasing of the third party solicitation fee; and

transmission of an indication of the decreased third party solicitation fee to the third party server.

18. The medium of claim 17, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

receipt of, from the third party server, another third party solicitation on behalf of the third party;

sending of the other third party solicitation to the user apparatus in response to the receipt of the other third party solicitation, the other third party solicitation comprising a request for another specified action;

determination that the user apparatus failed to perform the specified action; and

increasing of the third party solicitation fee based, at least in part, on the determination that the user apparatus failed to perform the specified action.

19. The medium of claim 18, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

determination of a specified action performance rate associated with the third party based, at least in part, on the determination that the user apparatus failed to perform the specified action and historical specified action performance information; and

determination of an increase magnitude based, at least in part, on the specified action performance rate, wherein the increasing of the third party solicitation fee comprises increasing of the third party solicitation fee by the increase magnitude.

20. The medium of claim 17, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform:

determination of a specified action performance rate associated with the third party based, at least in part, on information indicative of the user apparatus performing the specified action and historical specified action performance information; and

determination of a decrease magnitude based, at least in part, on the specified action performance rate, wherein the decreasing of the third party solicitation fee comprises decreasing of the third party solicitation fee by the decrease magnitude.