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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lior Tubi, Tel Aviv, IL;
Dekel Schmuel Naar, Tel Aviv, IL;
Roi Tiger, Tel Aviv, IL;
Guy Rosen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joshua Ryan Lauer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Xiaoliang Wei, Palo Alto, CA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for zero rating through redirection are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a client proxy component operative to receive a proxy network packet from a local gateway application on a client device, the proxy network packet containing an application network packet for delivery to a network server device; and forward the application network packet to the network server device based on a determination that a local user application is authorized to use the proxy server device; and a proxy access component operative on the processor circuit to determine that the application network packet is associated with the local user application on the client device; and determine that the local user application is authorized to use the proxy server device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.