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Mobile content delivery via toll-free uniform resource locators

  • US 9,973,340 B2
  • Filed: 11/13/2015
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device, comprising:

  • a communication interface;

    a memory storing instructions; and

    a processing unit that executes the instructions to;

    connect, via the communication interface, to a network,intercept, from a mobile device via a cell tower serving the network, a content request destined for a content host device in the network, wherein the content request includes a uniform resource locator (URL) that is appended with a first signature generated at the mobile device using a first key of an asymmetric key pair associated with a toll-free data campaign,obtain a second key of the asymmetric key pair,extract the first signature from the URL,decrypt the first signature using the second key to obtain a block of data,encrypt the block of data using the first key to generate a second signature,compare the second signature with the first signature,deny toll-free network access to content associated with the URL when the second signature does not match the first signature,determine, when the second signature matches the first signature, whether data transfer charged to the toll-free data campaign has reached a data transfer limit allocated to the toll-free data campaign,meter, based on a determination that the data transfer limit has not been reached, data delivery associated with toll-free access of the content using the URL, andcharge, to the toll-free data campaign, the metered data delivery.

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