Patent ID: 8880543
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a plurality of mobile devices associated with different users, each mobile device configured for communication with a network for downloading resources from the network, the network associated with a carrier that charges users for data consumption based on airtime or data charges associated with downloads of requested data; creating a resource bundle, the resource bundle representing download capacity that is to be shared in a time period among the plurality of mobile devices for resource downloads from the network; determining, by an entity other than one of the different users, a negotiated price for the resource bundle with the carrier, wherein the negotiated price is less than an actual cost that would be incurred by the users individually for downloads of the resources in the time period and less than the airtime or data charges; receiving requests for downloading resources from the network from ones of the plurality of mobile devices, each request including a resource address identifying a location of the resource on the network; prior to downloading a requested resource to a respective one of the plurality of mobile devices, providing data, responsive to a received request, to a respective user of a mobile device that has provided a request, the data including rate information for initiating a respective download associated with the request, the rate information being based at least in part on the negotiated price and being irrespective of airtime or data charges for the download that would ordinarily be charged by the carrier; and after successful receipt of the resource at the user's mobile device, debiting an account associated with the user based on the rate information.