Techniques for contextual mobile data access

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9843454-B2
Application number	US-201715498806-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2017
Priority date	Dec 18, 2014
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

Techniques for contextual mobile data access are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a mobile device with a local gateway utility. The local gateway utility may be operative to receive a network request on a device, determine that the network request corresponds to a context-specific data plan for the device, the context-specific data plan authorizing performance of the network request through a zero-rated proxy server, and perform the network request for the application using the zero-rated proxy server as an intermediary. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, at a commerce server, a selection of a context-specific data plan from a service management application of a client device, the context-specific data plan authorizing performance of a network request through a zero-rated proxy server; and
associating the context-specific data plan with the client device in a data plan store accessible to the commerce server.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising promoting the context-specific data plan to the client device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
analyzing at least one of a user history of the client device or a list of contacts of the client device;
identifying the context-specific data plan based on the analyzing; and
offering the identified context-specific data plan to the client device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising offering the context-specific data plan in response to a determination that the client device has transitioned from a non-metered network to a metered network.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the promoting comprises:
identifying an application or network resource that produces network traffic on a non-metered network; and
promoting the context-specific data plan for use by the application, or to access the network resource, via the zero-rated proxy server for use when the client device is on a metered network.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising setting a price for the context-specific data plan based on a network usage history associated with at least one of the client device, an application on the client device, or a plurality of applications accessing a network.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context-specific data plan is associated with a bundle of applications.

8. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor circuit on a device;
commerce server logic operative on the processor circuit, the commerce server logic configured to receive a selection of a context-specific data plan from a service management application of a client device, the context-specific data plan authorizing performance of a network request through a zero-rated proxy server; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium holding a data plan store, the commerce server logic further configured to associate the context-specific data plan with the client device in the data plan store.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , the processor circuit further configured to promote the context-specific data plan to the client device.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , the processor circuit further configured to:
analyze at least one of a user history of the client device or a list of contacts of the client device;
identify the context-specific data plan based on the analyzing; and
offer the identified context-specific data plan to the client device.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , the processor circuit further configured to offer the context-specific data plan in response to a determination that the client device has transitioned from a non-metered network to a metered network.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the promoting comprises:
identifying an application or network resource that produces network traffic on a non-metered network; and
promoting the context-specific data plan to use the application or access the network resource via the zero-rated proxy server for use when the client device is on a metered network.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , the processor circuit further configured to set a price for the context-specific data plan based on a network usage history associated with at least one of the client device, an application on the client device, or a plurality of applications accessing a network.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the context-specific data plan is associated with a bundle of applications.

15. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
receive, at a commerce server, a selection of a context-specific data plan from a service management application of a client device, the context-specific data plan authorizing performance of a network request through a zero-rated proxy server; and
associate the context-specific data plan with the client device in a data plan store accessible to the commerce server.

16. The medium of claim 15 , further storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to promote the context-specific data plan to the client device.

17. The medium of claim 15 , further storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to:
analyze at least one of a user history of the client device or a list of contacts of the client device;
identify the context-specific data plan based on the analyzing; and
offer the identified context-specific data plan to the client device.

18. The medium of claim 15 , further storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to offer the context-specific data plan in response to a determination that the client device has transitioned from a non-metered network to a metered network.

19. The medium of claim 18 , wherein the promoting comprises:
identifying an application or network resource that produces network traffic on a non-metered network; and
promoting the context-specific data plan to use the application or access the network resource via the zero-rated proxy server for use when the client device is on a metered network.

20. The medium of claim 15 , further storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to set a price for the context-specific data plan based on a network usage history associated with at least one of the client device, an application on the client device, or a plurality of applications accessing a network.

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Tiger Roi
• Karaman Erbil

Classifications

• H04M15/8214

  Data or packet based · CPC title

• H04M15/85

  characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification · CPC title

• H04M15/46

  Real-time negotiation between users and providers or operators · CPC title

• H04M15/72

  by the user · CPC title

• H04W4/24 Primary

  Accounting or billing · CPC title