Patent ID: 9591145
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: obtaining an application from an application market infrastructure that provides applications for installation on mobile devices; consuming data from a data allocation provided by a mobile data provider for the mobile device; defining a sub-allocation of the data allocation for use by the application, whereby the application is prevented from consuming additional data when the sub-allocation has been exhausted; running the application on the mobile device, wherein the application consumes data; deducting an amount of the data consumed by the application from the sub-allocation of the data allocation; detecting depletion of the sub-allocation; prompting a user of the mobile device to purchase an increase in the data allocation for use by the application; communicating with a component of the application market infrastructure to request that the application market infrastructure conduct a purchase transaction with the user for purchasing the increase in the data allocation; and adding at least a portion of the increase in the data allocation to the sub-allocation for use by the application.