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US 9,071,519 B1Granted
System, method, and computer program for rating network transmissions based on user requested data
AssigneeAmdocs Software Systems Limited
InventorDebabrata Patro
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for rating network transmissions based on user requested data. In use, a transmission of data over a network is identified, where the data includes user requested data and additional data. Additionally, a size of the user requested data is determined. Furthermore, the transmission of the user requested data is rated based on the size of the user requested data. The transmission of additional data may be charged to third parties such as advertisers.
Claims14
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- intercepting at a network bridge a transmission including user requested data and a first advertisement sent from a first data source to a device of the user over a network;
- determining at the network bridge a bandwidth consumed by the transmission of the user requested data;
- identifying a maximum bandwidth capacity for the network;
- determining a remaining available bandwidth by calculating the difference between the maximum bandwidth capacity for the network and the bandwidth consumed by only the transmission of the user requested data and not the first advertisement;
- selecting at the network bridge and from a second data source separate from the first data source a second advertisement, based on a determination that:
- the second advertisement consumes a bandwidth that is within a predetermined amount below the determined remaining available bandwidth,
- the second advertisement is of a type that enables use of the maximum bandwidth capacity, and
- the user has opted to receive advertisements selected based on a size of the user requested data;
- removing the first advertisement from the transmission and appending the second advertisement to the user requested data within the transmission;
- sending the size of the user requested data from the network bridge to a billing system;
- determining at the billing system a rate for the transmission of the user requested data based on the size of the user requested data;
- determining at the billing system whether an account of the user contains sufficient funds to pay the rate for the transmission;
- sending authorization from the billing system to the network bridge when the billing system determines that the account of the user contains sufficient funds to pay the rate;
- and
- transmitting the user requested data and the second advertisement from the network bridge to the device of the user, in response to the authorization.
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A system, comprising:
- a network bridge including at least one hardware processor configured for:
- intercepting a transmission including user requested data and a first advertisement sent from a first data source to a device of the user over a network;
- determining a bandwidth consumed by the transmission of the user requested data;
- identifying a maximum bandwidth capacity for the network;
- determining a remaining available bandwidth by calculating the difference between the maximum bandwidth capacity for the network and the bandwidth consumed by only the transmission of the user requested data and not the first advertisement;
- selecting and from a second data source separate from the first data source a second advertisement, based on a determination that:
- the second advertisement consumes a bandwidth that is within a predetermined amount below the determined remaining available bandwidth,
- the second advertisement is of a type that enables use of the maximum bandwidth capacity, and
- the user has opted to receive advertisements selected based on a size of the user requested data;
- removing the first advertisement from the transmission and appending the second advertisement to the user requested data within the transmission;
- sending the size of the user requested data to a billing system;
- and
- transmitting the user requested data and the second advertisement to the device of the user;
- and
- the billing system including at least one hardware processor configured for:
- determining a rate for the transmission of the user requested data based on the size of the user requested data;
- determining whether an account of the user contains sufficient funds to pay the rate for the transmission;
- and
- sending authorization to the network bridge when the billing system determines that the account of the user contains sufficient funds to pay the rate,
- wherein transmitting the user requested data and the second advertisement from the network bridge to the device of the user is performed in response to the authorization.
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A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
- computer code for intercepting at a network bridge a transmission including user requested data and a first advertisement sent from a first data source to a device of the user over a network;
- computer code for determining at the network bridge a bandwidth consumed by the transmission of the user requested data;
- computer code for identifying a maximum bandwidth capacity for the network;
- computer code for determining a remaining available bandwidth by calculating the difference between the maximum bandwidth capacity for the network and the bandwidth consumed by only the transmission of the user requested data and not the first advertisement;
- computer code for selecting at the network bridge and from a second data source separate from the first data source a second advertisement, based on a determination that:
- the second advertisement consumes a bandwidth that is within a predetermined amount below the determined remaining available bandwidth,
- the second advertisement is of a type that enables use of the maximum bandwidth capacity, and
- the user has opted to receive advertisements selected based on a size of the user requested data;
- computer code for removing the first advertisement from the transmission and appending the second advertisement to the user requested data within the transmission;
- computer code for sending the size of the user requested data from the network bridge to a billing system;
- computer code for determining at the billing system a rate for the transmission of the user requested data based on the size of the user requested data;
- computer code for determining at the billing system whether an account of the user contains sufficient funds to pay the rate for the transmission;
- computer code for sending authorization from the billing system to the network bridge when the billing system determines that the account of the user contains sufficient funds to pay the rate;
- and
- computer code for transmitting the user requested data and the second advertisement from the network bridge to the device of the user, in response to the authorization.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.