Patent ID: 9044504
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored contents that configure a computing device to track use of invocable services by end users of applications in a configurable manner, by performing a method comprising: storing, by the configured computing device, information indicating an association of a defined application key with an application and indicating an association of a defined user token with an end user who is using an executing copy of the application; receiving, by the configured computing device, information indicating a use of an invocable service that has one or more associated pricing terms for use in determining fees for use of the invocable service, wherein the received information includes copies of the defined application key and the defined user token; determining, by the configured computing device based at least in part on the stored information and on the copies of the defined application key and the defined user token included in the received information, that the use of the invocable service is performed by the executing copy of the application on behalf of the end user; assessing, by the configured computing device based on the determining that the use of the invocable service is performed by the executing copy of the application on behalf of the end user, multiple fees associated with the use of the invocable service, the assessing including: providing one or more indications of the first, second and third fees to enable the first fee to be obtained from the end user and to enable the second fee to be provided to the provider of the invocable service and to enable the third fee to be provided to the provider of the application.