Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Sayan Dey

Jian Huang

Gong Zhang

Fnu Bongu Huma Shankar Rao

Susan Kelly

Guanrao Chen

Mohammad Zohaib Akmal

Bongu Huma Shankar Rao

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions to load a first web page; scan each embedded uniform resource locator (URL) of the first web page; select each embedded uniform resource locator (URL) that is signed to indicate support of a toll-free data service; transmit each signed embedded URL to a first network device; receive, from the first network device, at least one replacement URL; render the first web page using the at least one replacement URL; receive a user input via one of the at least one replacement URL; load a second web page in response to the user input; scan the second web page for an embedded URL; determine whether the second web page includes at least one unsigned embedded URL; and transmit to a second network device, blacklist data that includes the at least one unsigned embedded URL.

Logging system for blacklisting URLs in toll-free data service

A device may receive first information. The first information may be based on traffic associated with usage of a toll-free data service. The device may receive an identifier for a user device. The user device may be using the toll-free data service. The device may generate second information. The second information may correspond to usage, by the user device, of the toll-free data service. The second information may be generated based on the first information and the identifier. The device may send the second information to another device to support providing a notification of toll-free data service usage. The notification of toll-free data service usage may be based on the second information.

Real-time notification of toll-free data service usage

A device intercepts a request that includes a network address or a universal resource locator (URL) for a landing page and determines whether special handling is applicable when forwarding the landing page to the requesting device. When the special handling is applicable, the request is automatically redirected to a validation device, which determines whether the requesting device is eligible for the special handling. The validation device signs based on the determination and returns the signed request to the requesting device. The requesting device forwards the signed request to request the landing page and the special handling is selectively applied based on the signed request.

Special handling of a landing page

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Sayan Dey