Patent ID: 9167103
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for subsidizing a wireless service, the method comprising: configuring a geo-fenced zone, the geo-fenced zone comprising a boundary defined by a set of fixed points in space; configuring a subsidized pricing for the wireless service when the wireless service is consumed by a mobile device within the geo-fenced zone, forming a subsidized wireless service; detecting the mobile device in the geo-fenced zone; providing the mobile device the subsidized wireless service; and applying a billing entry to an account associated with the mobile device, wherein the billing entry charges the account a subsidized amount corresponding to a measured amount of subsidized wireless service used by the mobile device while the mobile device remains within the geo-fenced zone, wherein the subsidized amount is less than an agreed amount applied to the account when the mobile device consumes the measured amount of wireless service outside the geo-fenced zone.