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US 9,866,613 B2Granted
SDK for providing content to users without charging for data transmission
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorSamiksha Saxena
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Abstract
Techniques described herein may provide a software development kit (“SDK”) for third party content providers (e.g., content providers external to a wireless telecommunications network) to provide toll-free content to users. Specifically, the transmission of such toll-free content, via the wireless telecommunications network, may not incur data charges to the user. Content providers may register content as being toll-free, and may include a script in web pages that link to the toll-free content. User devices may execute the script in order to validate links to toll-free content. User devices may further provide notifications that indicate that particular content is toll-free content.
Claims20
A user device, comprising:
- a memory device storing a set of processor-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes the user device to:
- receive a web page including one or more links, a particular link being associated with a key, the particular link being a link to toll-free content, the key being associated with the toll-free content;
- output, to a validation server device, a resource identifier associated with the particular link;
- output, to the validation server device, the key associated with the particular link;
- receive, from the validation server device and based on a validation operation performed by the validation server on the resource identifier and the key, a replacement resource identifier that is associated with the toll-free content;
- replace, in the particular link, to generate a modified link, the resource identifier with the replacement resource identifier received from the validation server device;
- present, after replacing the resource identifier with the replacement resource identifier, the web page with the modified link in lieu of the particular link;
- receive a selection of the modified link;
- obtain, based on receiving the selection of the modified link, the toll-free content associated with the replacement resource identifier;
- and
- present the obtained content associated with the replacement resource identifier.
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A system, comprising:
- a memory device storing a set of processor-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes the system to:
- register a resource identifier associated with content, the registering including generating or selecting a key associated with the content;
- output the key to a content provider associated with the content;
- receive a validation request from a user device, the validation request including:
- the resource identifier, wherein the resource identifier is associated with a first link presented in a web page that was received by the user device, and
- the key;
- validate the resource identifier and the key included in the validation request;
- generate a replacement resource identifier based on the validating;
- output, to the user device, the replacement resource identifier, wherein outputting the replacement resource identifier causes the user device to present the web page with a second link, associated with the replacement resource identifier, in lieu of the first link;
- receive an indication that the user device has selected the second link associated with the replacement resource identifier;
- and
- cause, based on the indication that user device has selected the second link associated with the replacement resource identifier, a wireless telecommunications network, via which content associated with the replacement identifier is transmitted to the user device, to:
- forgo charging a user of the user device for the transmission, via the telecommunications network, of the content to the user device, and
- charge the content provider for the transmission, via the telecommunications network, of the content to the user device.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a user device, a web page that includes a link to toll-free content, for which data usage associated with receiving the toll-free content, via a wireless telecommunications network, is not charged to an account associated with the user device;
- receiving, by the user device, validation that the link is a link to toll-free content;
- modifying, by the user device and based on receiving the validation, the link;
- presenting, via a display device associated with a user device, the web page, the web page further including:
- the modified link, in lieu of the link, and
- a thumbnail image associated with the modified link;
- generating, by the user device, a visual notification based on receiving the validation;
- overlaying, by the user device, the visual notification over the thumbnail image;
- receiving, by the user device, a selection of the modified link;
- and
- receiving, by the user device and via the wireless telecommunications network, the toll-free content associated with the modified link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.