Patent ID: 9197706
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for bundling application services with inbuilt connectivity management comprising: launching, at an access terminal, a software application comprising an application service associated with an application service provider; detecting, via the software application, a need for connectivity with a connectivity network to use the application service associated with the software application; establishing connectivity via a processor using an inbuilt connectivity management of the software application, wherein the inbuilt connectivity management comprises information necessary to establish the connectivity, wherein the information identifies a connectivity agent associated with the application service provider that negotiates connectivity on behalf of the software application, wherein the connectivity agent negotiates a connectivity agreement with the connectivity network including at least one parameter for connectivity, wherein the connectivity agent is located across the connectivity network from the access terminal; and executing the application service associated with the software application utilizing the established connectivity.