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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 27, 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 method includes a content delivery system 1) detecting a request provided by an access device associated with a user to access network content by way of a network provided by a network service provider, the network content associated with a content provider and maintained by a content provider subsystem, 2) determining that a data usage charge for access by the user to the network content by way of the network is subsidized by the content provider in accordance with a subsidized access arrangement between the content provider and the network service provider, and 3) providing the user with subsidized access to the network content in accordance with a rule set associated with the subsidized access arrangement. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.