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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Kumar K. Vishwanathan, Acton, MA (US);
Gurudutt U. Pai, North Andover, MA (US);
Rangamani Sundar, Windham, NH (US);
Kumar K. Vishwanathan, Acton, MA (US);
Gurudutt U. Pai, North Andover, MA (US);
Rangamani Sundar, Windham, NH (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An exemplary system includes at least one network device included in a network provider subsystem that provides an access device with access to a content processing subsystem by way of an access network. The network device is configured to receive a data flow from the content provider subsystem and directed to the access device by way of the access network, detect a code snippet embedded in the data flow, modify, based on the code snippet embedded in the data flow, content included in the data flow to activate at least one of an instant offer and an instant payment feature, and forward the modified data flow to the access device, the modified data flow configured to be processed by the access device to present the at least one of the instant offer and the instant payment feature to a user of the access device.