Patent ID: 9596606
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: providing, from an application programming interface (API) gateway device, an access token to a content provider device, wherein the access token authorizes the content provider device to access resources for sponsored data services (SDSs); receiving, at the API gateway device, a first request for an SDS resource from the content provider device; generating, at the API gateway device, a first timestamp associated with the first request; determining, at the API gateway device, a destination for the first request, wherein the destination specifies a network address corresponding to an SDS resource device; forwarding, from the API gateway device, the first request to the SDS resource device based on the determined destination; receiving, at the API gateway device, a first response from the SDS resource device corresponding to the first request; generating, at the API gateway device, a second timestamp associated with the first response; and forwarding, from the API gateway device, the first response, along with the first timestamp and the second timestamp, to the content provider device.