Revenue sharing for mobile content

• US 10,846,764 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2018
• Issued: 11/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: O'Neil, Douglas R., Rivera, Jose F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Iwarere, Oluseye
• Application Number:
  US15/910,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20180189846A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 379 8816, 705 34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/14 Charging , metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1403 Architecture for metering, charging or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0104 Augmented, consolidated or itemised billing statement, e.g. additional billing information, bill presentation, layout, format, e-mail, fax, printout, itemised bill per service or per account, cumulative billing, consolidated billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/22 Bandwidth or usage-sensitve billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access

Abstract

A server provides data to software applications executing at mobile devices. Billing information for each wireless device is shared with a provider of a software application. The server formats usage information into a transaction record for the content provider. A customer of a network carrier is charged differently based upon a type of content accessed through the server.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a public content portion of an electronic content provided by a third party content provider;

retrieving, by the server, a personalized content portion of the electronic content from a personal content provider;

sending, by the server, the public content portion and the personalized content portion of the electronic content to a mobile device;

receiving, by the server, a usage information from the mobile device, the usage information describing a usage of the public content portion of the electronic content by a software application associated with the third party content provider; and

sending, by the server via the Internet, a billing record to the third party content provider, the billing record sharing a revenue with the third party content provider based on the usage of the public content portion of the electronic content by the software application associated with the third party content provider.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising rejecting the public content portion of the electronic content.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising discarding the public content portion of the electronic content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising rejecting the public content portion of the electronic content based on a profile associated with the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting a routing of the public content portion of the electronic content.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring a time associated with the usage of the public content portion of the electronic content.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising downloading a webpage as the electronic content.

8. A computer memory device storing code that when executed causes a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a request from a mobile device requesting an electronic content;

retrieving a public content portion of the electronic content from a third party content provider;

retrieving a personalized content portion of the electronic content from a personal content provider;

sending the public content portion of the electronic content via a public network to the mobile device;

sending the personalized content portion of the electronic content via a private network to the mobile device;

receiving a usage information from the mobile device, the usage information describing a usage of the public content portion of the electronic content by a software application associated with the third party content provider; and

sending a billing record to the third party content provider, the billing record sharing a revenue with the third party based on the usage of the public content portion of the electronic content by the software application.

9. The computer memory device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise rejecting the public content portion of the electronic content.

10. The computer memory device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise discarding the public content portion of the electronic content.

11. The computer memory device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise rejecting the public content portion of the electronic content based on a profile associated with the mobile device.

12. The computer memory device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise selecting a routing of the public content portion of the electronic content.

13. The computer memory device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise monitoring a time associated with the usage of the public content portion of the electronic content.