Patent ID: 6968175

Claim:
A method of revenue sharing between a mobile operator and a content provider in a data network, wherein the content provider provides data services to an end user via a mobile network of the mobile operator who furnishes a data connection between the content provider and the end user, and wherein the mobile operator obtains a revenue from the end user for the data services provided by the content provider, said method characterized by providing an agent between the mobile network and the data network for collecting information indicative of a data amount transmitted between the content provider and the end user, by providing a mechanism for determining a payment amount to pay the content provider based on the revenue, and by providing a further agent linked to the content provider so as to allow the content provider to keep track of a revenue sharing agreement with the mobile operator based on an address of the mobile operator, wherein the content provider provides the mobile operator at pre-configured intervals an invoice for payment based on the data amount, and the mechanism is adapted to verify the invoice, and wherein the data transmission between the content provider and the end user is carried out in a packet-switched fashion, and the agent is adapted to collect information indicative of the data amount transmitted by counting packets based on an address of the content provider, and wherein the agent is adapted to keep track of a revenue sharing agreement with the content provider based on an address of the content provider so as to allow the mechanism to determine the payment amount based on the agreement.