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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Filippo Pacifici, San Francisco, CA (US);

Zixiao Zhang, Los Altos, CA (US);

Timothy Irish Bauman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Breno Pompeu Roberto, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/8088 (2013.01); H04L 12/1457 (2013.01); H04L 12/1485 (2013.01); H04M 15/8016 (2013.01); H04M 15/8214 (2013.01); H04L 12/1407 (2013.01); H04L 12/1435 (2013.01); H04L 12/1467 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for dynamic zero-rated server clusters are described. Some embodiments are particularly directed to techniques for delivering zero-rated content packages in which different client devices with different zero-rated content packages may receive their appropriate zero-rated content using a shared cluster of zero-rated servers. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a network access component operative to receive a user request at a network service from a client device via a data network, wherein the network service is rate-adjusted for the client device with the data network; and respond to the user request; and a rate-adjustment management component operative to access a rate-adjustment wallet for a user account for the user request; and configure the network access component to respond to the user request based on the rate-adjustment wallet. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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