Methods and systems for providing subsidized access to network content by way of a secure connection

US10552804B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jae Won Chung · Seoul, KR
• Avinash S. Chugh · Nashua, US
• Rangamani Sundar · Windham, US
• Manian Krishnamoorthy · Hyannis, US
• Damascene M. Joachimpillai · Westford, US
• Raymond C. Counterman · Canton, US
• Mark S. Richardson · Hollis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2215/0192
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An exemplary method includes a subsidized access management system detecting a request provided by an access device associated with a user to access network content by way of a secure connection within a network provided by a network service provider, the network content associated with a content provider and maintained by a content provider system, determining that a data usage charge for access by the user to the network content by way of the secure connection within the network is subsidized by the content provider in accordance with a subsidized access arrangement between the content provider and the network service provider, and providing the user with subsidized access to the network content by way of the secure connection within the network in accordance with a rule set associated with the subsidized access arrangement. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.