System and method for providing subscribed applications on wireless devices over a wireless network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10009743-B2
Application number	US-34938006-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2006
Priority date	Aug 13, 2001
Publication date	Jun 26, 2018
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018

Abstract

A system and method for the provision of downloadable subscription-based software applications to one or more wireless devices where the applications are downloadable from one or more application download servers across a wireless network. An accounting module receives subscription-based application download data from the one or more application download servers for each subscription-based application downloaded by a wireless device, and subscription-based application deletion data from each wireless device that has deleted a subscription-based application. The accounting module accounts for the use of the subscribed software applications based upon the subscription-based software application download data and subscription-based application deletion data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of operating a computer system that is configured to provide downloadable subscription-based software applications across a wireless network, comprising:
receiving a subscription-based application download data at the computer system from an application download server corresponding to a download from the application download server to a wireless device of a subscription-based software application;
receiving, at the computer system over the wireless network, a subscription-based application deletion data passively transmitted in response to a deletion from the wireless device of a corresponding subscription-based software application;
calculating at the computer system a subscription fee associated with a usage of said corresponding subscription-based software application between said download and said deletion; and
transmitting said subscription fee from the computer system to a billing module of said computer system.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said wireless network is a packet switching network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subscription-based software application is a software program.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the subscription-based application download data contains information to cause said billing module to initiate subscription billing for a user regarding the subscription-based software application, and the subscription-based application deletion data contains information to end subscription billing for the user regarding the subscription-based software application.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subscription-based software application is audio-visual content.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said audio-visual content comprise news.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein said audio-visual content comprise sports data.

8. A method of operating a computer system that is configured to provide downloadable subscription-based software applications across a wireless network, comprising:
receiving, at the computer system over the wireless network, a subscription-based application download data corresponding to a download of a subscription-based software application;
receiving, at the computer system over the wireless network, a subscription-based application deletion data passively transmitted in response to a deletion of the corresponding subscription-based software application;
calculating at the computer system a subscription fee associated with a usage of said corresponding subscription-based software application between said download and said deletion; and
subscription billing at the computer system for said subscription fee associated with the usage of said corresponding subscription-based software application between said download and said deletion.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the subscription-based application download data is received from a download server.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the subscription-based application download data corresponds to the download of the subscription-based software application from an application download server to a wireless device.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the subscription-based application download data contains information to cause said accounting module to initiate subscription billing for a user regarding the subscription-based software application, and the subscription-based application deletion data contains information to end subscription billing for the user regarding the subscription-based software application.

12. A system for providing downloadable subscription-based software applications across a wireless network, comprising:
means for receiving, over the wireless network, a subscription-based application download data corresponding to a download of a subscription-based software application;
means for receiving, over the wireless network, a subscription-based application deletion data passively transmitted in response to a deletion of the corresponding subscription-based software application;
means for calculating a subscription fee associated with a usage of said corresponding subscription-based software application between said download and said deletion; and
means for subscription billing for the usage of said corresponding subscription-based software application.

13. An apparatus for providing downloadable subscription-based software applications across a wireless network, comprising:
a computer platform including a processor and a memory; and
an accounting module stored in memory and executable by the processor, the accounting module operable to:
receive, over the wireless network, a subscription-based application download data corresponding to a download of a subscription-based software application;
receive, over the wireless network, a subscription-based application deletion data passively transmitted in response to a deletion of the corresponding subscription-based software application;
calculate a subscription fee associated with a usage of said corresponding subscription-based software application between said download and said deletion; and
subscription bill for the usage of said corresponding subscription-based software application.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the subscription-based application download data is received from a download server.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the subscription-based application download data corresponds to the download of the subscription-based software application from an application download server to a wireless device.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the subscription-based application download data contains information to cause said accounting module to initiate subscription billing for a user regarding the subscription-based software application, and the subscription-based application deletion data contains information to end subscription billing for the user regarding the subscription-based software application.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with an accounting module computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the computer to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
at least one instruction for receiving, over a wireless network, a subscription-based application download data corresponding to a download of a subscription-based software application;
at least one instruction for receiving, over the wireless network, a subscription-based application deletion data passively transmitted in response to a deletion of the corresponding subscription-based software application;
at least one instruction for calculating a subscription fee associated with a usage of said corresponding subscription-based software application between said download and said deletion; and
at least one instruction for subscription billing for said subscription fee associated with the usage of said corresponding subscription-based software application between said download and said deletion.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the subscription-based application download data is received from a download server.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the subscription-based application download data corresponds to the download of the subscription-based software application from an application download server to a wireless device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the subscription-based application download data contains information to c

Assignees

• Minear Brian
• Gardner Iii Richard Wayne
• Sprigg Stephen A
• Nguyen Phil Tien
• Oliver Mitchell B
• Lekven Eric J
• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Minear Brian
• Gardner Iii Richard Wayne
• Sprigg Stephen A
• Nguyen Phil Tien
• Oliver Mitchell B
• Lekven Eric J

Classifications

• H04W4/24 Primary

  Accounting or billing · CPC title

• H04M15/00

  Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication {; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP} · CPC title

• G06Q40/12

  Accounting · CPC title

• G06Q30/0601

  Electronic shopping [e-shopping] · CPC title

• H04M2215/54

  Resellers-retail or service providers billing, e.g. agreements with telephone service operator, activation, charging/recharging of accounts · CPC title