Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Consumer choice for broadband application and content services
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Application No.: US15925351Application Date: 2018-03-19
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Publication No.: US10944748B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Michael J. Fargano , Charles I. Cook , Kevin M. McBride , John T. Pugaczewski
- Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: Lumen Patent Firm
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; G06Q20/12 ; G11B20/00 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing application, service, and/or content access control. Based at least in part on a consumer's choice of applications, services, content, and/or content providers—particular in exchange for a subsidy on content and/or network access fees provided to the consumer by chosen content providers—, a computing system may determine whether access to applications, services, and/or content not associated with the chosen content providers (“other content”) should be allowed or restricted. If restricted, the computing system might utilize various network access techniques and/or technologies to block the consumer's access to the other content, to allow access to the other content on a charge per access basis, or to allow access to the other content at reduced network access speeds. In some embodiments, an access provider (e.g., an Internet service provider, etc.) might perform both determination and implementation of content access and restriction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180205735A1 Consumer Choice for Broadband Application and Content Services Public/Granted day:2018-07-19
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