Method and apparatus for providing content on a computer system based on usage profile

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer program code embodied therein to retrieve a first time on the computer system;
• computer readable program code to cause an operating system to load;
• computer readable program code to retrieve a second time on the computer system when the operating system has loaded;
• computer readable program code to determine a boot time in response to the first and second times;
• and
• computer readable program code to determine an amount of content to transfer to the computer system based on the boot time.

A system, comprising:

• a computer including,
• a memory element having one or more instructions, and
• a processor coupled to the memory element, the processor, in response to the one or more instructions to,
• retrieve a first time on the computer,
• load an operating system,
• retrieve a second time on the computer when the operating system has loaded,
• determine a boot time in response to the first and second times;
• and
• transmit the boot time when a network connection is detected;
• and
• a server to receive the boot time, determine an amount of content to transfer to the computer based on the boot time, transmit said amount of content to the computer, and charge said amount from a source of the content responsive to the boot time.