Patent ID: 8909691
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a piece of content to a subscriber terminal from a content server, wherein the provision of the content from the content server to the subscriber terminal is controlled by a proxy, and said control of the content provision comprises the following steps: receiving, from the subscriber terminal, in the proxy a content request for providing the content, determining that the content identified in the content request comprises content included in an agreement between an operator of the content server and an operator of the proxy, determining, by the proxy, whether or not the content is chargeable content, wherein the determining step includes accessing a database that includes information that is indicative of which content is chargeable and which content is free to end users connected to a network, determining by means of the proxy a billing address for the chargeable content, forwarding, by the proxy, the content request from the subscriber terminal to the content server, forwarding, by the proxy, the content corresponding to the content request from the content server to the subscriber terminal, and generating billing information related to the chargeable content, wherein generating billing information includes accessing a subscriber terminal profile, and wherein the subscriber terminal profile includes a prepaid amount provided by an end user of the subscriber terminal.