Patent ID: 8121906

Claim:
A method performed by a content service for generating revenue from content supplied by a content provider to a consumer device, comprising: using one or more computers to perform the steps of: connecting a data network of a network operator to content available from a content provider; receiving a selection by a consumer of particular content available from the content provider via a consumer device connected to the data network; assigning a secure identifier to a particular connection set up by the network operator to supply content to the consumer device, wherein the secure identifier is used by the content service to subsequently request payment from the network operator for the content but does not personally identify the consumer receiving the content to the content service; providing the network operator with the selected content to supply to the to the consumer device via the data network without the content provider or the content service directly charging the consumer; receiving payment from the network operator for the content supplied to the consumer device; and sending a portion of payments received from the network operator to the content provider.