Systems and methods for automatic generation, registration and mobile phone billing of a pod using third party web page content
AssigneeSMS.ac, Inc.
InventorMichael Pousti
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Abstract
The systems and methods described herein generally relate to a method and system for automatically generating an application pod for a third party through which the third party's content is offered for access, purchase and use by mobile phone users within a community network. More specifically, the systems and methods described herein are directed to an application pod that can be automatically generated based on content and information retrieved from one or more web pages of the third party.
Claims1
A method for integrating a network-enabled application with a platform having a plurality of users and a plurality of communication channels with a respective plurality of wireless network carriers, the method comprising:
- a request receipt step of receiving, at the platform, a request from a third-party provider of content to integrate a network-enabled application with the platform, the network-enabled application configured to provide content associated with the third-part provider to the plurality of users;
- a registration data receipt step of receiving, at the platform, a set of registration data corresponding to the network-enabled application from the third-party provider, the set of registration data including location information associated with the content and a link to an application location for accessing the network-enabled application;
- a pricing structure data receipt step of receiving, at the platform, a set of pricing structure data corresponding to the network-enabled application from the third-party provider;
- an application generation step of automatically generating, in the platform, the network-enabled application;
- a database update step of updating, at the platform, a system database to include the set of registration data corresponding to the network-enabled application and to include the pricing structure data corresponding to the network-enabled application;
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- an enablement step of enabling the network-enabled application to be accessible to the plurality of users via a networked interface operated by the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.