Patent ID: 8718616
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a plurality of network-enabled applications to a plurality of users via a social networking site and billing the plurality of users via a plurality of communication channels managed by a respective plurality of wireless network carriers, the method comprising: on a social network site, establishing a user area associated with each of a plurality of users and making the plurality of network enabled applications available to the plurality of users through the user area associated with each user; determining an associated wireless network carrier of a plurality of wireless network carriers for each of the plurality of users and billing each user for access to the plurality of network enabled applications via the associated wireless network carrier; receiving, at a platform hosting the social network, a request originating from one of the plurality of wireless network carriers for a list of network-enabled applications being provided to users associated with the requesting wireless network carrier; providing, by the platform, the list to the requesting wireless network carrier, the list including the name, user information, revenue information, and status of one or more listed network-enabled applications being provided to users associated with the requesting wireless network carrier; receiving, at the platform, complaints associated with one or more of the plurality of network-enabled applications from one or more of the plurality of users; and updating, at the platform, status information for each of at least a subset of the one or more of the plurality of network-based applications based on the complaints.