Sprint Communications Comapny L.p.

Centurylink Intellectual Property LLC

Krishnakumar K Bhaskarankutty Nair

Shekhar Gupta

Geoffrey Martin

Thomas E Anderson

Ryan Kent Hannebaum

Michael Roberts

Jeffrey M Haydon

Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for providing wireless device activity information to a third party based on acceptance of an offer presented to a user. In a particular embodiment, a method provides detecting an occurrence of one of a plurality of trigger conditions, wherein each of the trigger conditions corresponds to at least one activity performed by a wireless communication device. In response to detecting the occurrence, the method provides presenting a user of the wireless communication device with an offer to provide device activity information for the wireless communication device to a third party. The method further provides receiving a response to the offer from the user, wherein the response comprises an indication of whether the user desires to accept the offer.

Provision of wireless device activity information to a third party based on acceptance of an offer presented to a user

A method according to the present disclosure comprises displaying a program in a first format on a first television channel to a user and automatically displaying a message to the user indicating that the program is available in a second format on a second television channel. The message may be displayed on the first television channel while the program in the first format is being displayed. Additionally, the automatic displaying of the message may be unprompted by the user. In certain embodiments, the user may be provided the option to purchase the program in the second format if the second format is not within the user's subscription.

Viewing and purchasing programming in other formats

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Olathe, KS, United States of America

Krishnakumar K Bhaskarankutty Nair