Patents Examined by Anug T. Win
  • Method and system for providing advanced notice of cost to access web content
    Patent number: 7310516
    Abstract: A method and system for providing advanced notice of cost to access web content. During transmission of web content over a communication path between a content server and a client station, an intermediation system adds into the web content, in conjunction with a hyperlink to web content, an indication of cost to access the referenced web content. The indication of cost will then be presented to a user when the web content is presented to the user, thereby giving the user an advanced notice of the cost to access the referenced content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Vacanti, Todd M. Conley, Martin Geddes, David J. Anderson