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US 8,914,408 B2Granted
Detecting mobile operator networks
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsNathan Ackerman, Shane M. DeSeranno
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Abstract
Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to detecting mobile operator networks. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of operating a catalog server to which a mobile computing device connects via a computer network path that traverses a mobile operator network. The method may include receiving data from a mobile device, the data including a locale and a mobile operator identifier stored in memory on the mobile device; searching a database to find a store based on the mobile operator identifier and the locale; if a store is found, populating settings based on the store; and sending configuration information to the mobile device based on the settings.
Claims20
A method for operating a content marketplace server, the method comprising:
- receiving data from a mobile device, the data including a locale and a mobile operator identifier stored in memory on the mobile device;
- searching a catalog database to find a mobile operator catalog based on the mobile operator identifier and the locale, where the catalog includes a general catalog;
- providing a discovery application program interface (API) in the content marketplace server to identify a mobile operator network of a mobile device and identify which stores a user of the device is subscribed to, including variables and/or values used to detect users who should be offered third party content;
- in response to finding the mobile operator catalog, utilizing the discovery API to populate store specific settings based on the found mobile operator catalog and the general catalog;
- sending configuration information to the mobile device based on the store specific settings;
- if the mobile operator catalog is found, connecting the mobile device with a browsable online marketplace through the discovery API to access digital content of relevance to the user;
- and
- sending to the mobile device data to cause the mobile device to display a browsable online marketplace of digital content for the mobile device, the browsable online marketplace of digital content corresponding to the found mobile operator catalog and the general catalog.
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A method for operating a content marketplace server, the method comprising:
- receiving data from a mobile device, the data including a locale and a mobile operator identifier stored in memory on the mobile device, where the mobile operator identifier is either a mobile country code/mobile network code tuple or a mobile operator key;
- searching a catalog database to find a mobile operator catalog including content provided by a third-party publisher based on the mobile operator identifier and the locale, where the catalog database includes a general catalog including content provided by a first-party publisher;
- providing a discovery application program interface (API) in the content marketplace server to identify a mobile operator network of a mobile device and identify which stores a user of the device is subscribed to, including variables and/or values used to detect users who should be offered third party content;
- in response to finding the mobile operator catalog:
- utilizing the discovery API to populate store specific settings based on the mobile operator catalog and the general catalog;
- sending configuration information to the mobile device based on the store specific settings;
- if the mobile operator catalog is found, connecting the mobile device with a browsable online marketplace through the discovery API to access digital content of relevance to the user;
- and
- sending to the mobile device data to cause the mobile device to display a browsable online marketplace of digital content for the mobile device, the browsable online marketplace of digital content corresponding to the found mobile operator catalog and the general catalog;
- and
- if the mobile operator catalog is not found, sending a fail message to the mobile device.
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A content marketplace server, comprising:
- a logic subsystem;
- and
- a data holding subsystem comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by the logic subsystem to:
- receive data from a mobile device, the data including a locale and a mobile operator identifier stored in memory on the mobile device;
- search a catalog database to find a mobile operator catalog based on the mobile operator identifier and the locale, where the catalog database includes a general catalog;
- provide a discovery application programming interface (API) in the content marketplace server to identify a mobile operator network of a mobile device and identify which stores a user of the device is subscribed to, including variables and/or values used to detect users who should be offered third party content;
- in response to finding the mobile operator catalog, utilize the discovery API to populate store specific settings based on the mobile operator catalog and the general catalog;
- send configuration information to the mobile device based on the store specific settings;
- if the mobile operator catalog is found, connect the mobile device with a browsable online marketplace through the discovery API to access digital content of relevance to the user;
- and
- display on the mobile device a browsable online marketplace of digital content for the mobile device, the browsable online marketplace of digital content corresponding to the found mobile operator catalog and the general catalog.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.