Patent ID: 7895297

Claim:
A computerized system for providing subsidized wireless internet service to a user, the system comprising: a. a plurality of wireless network gateways operable to establish a connection between a computer device of the user and a computer network and enable the user to access the computer network; b. a central processing unit executing a registration application and a proxy application, the registration application operable to cause the proxy application and the plurality of wireless network gateways to transmit its internet addresses to each other and register the internet address of the proxy application with the plurality of wireless network gateways, whereby the plurality of wireless network gateways forward user requests to the proxy application using the registered internet address of the proxy application, the proxy application automatically redirect the user who uses the wireless network gateway and who initiates a request for a partner merchant web service, the redirection being performed using an affiliate link; c. a database storing information on a plurality of partner merchant web services and its plurality of affiliate links used for redirection, the plurality of web services being provided by a plurality of partner merchants; and d. a payment application operable to initiate plurality of payments from the plurality of partner merchants to an operator of a wireless network gateway of the plurality of wireless network gateways, wherein: i. the proxy application is operable to receive at least one connection request from at least one network client, and to determine if the receiving at least one user connection request matches with the partner merchant web service on the internet; ii. if the proxy application determines that the received at least one connection request matches with the partner web server, to automatically redirect the received at least one user connection request to the partner merchant web service via the affiliate link; iii. each of the plurality of payments from each of the plurality of partner merchants is based on a number of times the user accessed the partner web services using the one of the plurality of wireless network gateway; and iv. wherein the plurality of partner merchants providing partner merchant web services to which the proxy application automatically redirects received user connection requests using the affiliate link collectively subsidize the providing of the wireless internet service to the user.