Multiple Access Internet Portal Revenue Sharing - Patent 8086219

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Description: The present invention is generally related to internet connectivity, and more particularly related to multiple access internet portals.DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART The development of the internet has resulted in rapid technology growth over the past ten years. This is particularly true of the world-wide-web. As the world-wide-web has grown, it has become a part of everyday life for many. Web basede-mail has allowed people the convenience of accessing their accounts from any terminal equipped with a web browser. Moreover, companies such as Yahoo! and Microsoft have expanded to give users the flexibility of providing personalized content at anyweb terminal worldwide. In the past few years, it has become increasingly prevalent for users to carry a wireless access protocol (WAP) enabled cellular phone. As WAP phones have become more popular, content providers like Microsoft have attempted to provide theirservices to the end user through licensing the wireless carrier to provide the service to their customers. However, this leaves the carrier paying for every wireless user with a WAP enabled phone. Thus, in traditional models, one of two circumstancesoccur: every customer ends up paying for the service regardless of whether they use it or not; or, the customers who use the service subsidize the availability of the service to everyone else. Thus, there is a need for systems that overcome the aboveshortcomings, among others.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One embodiment, among others, of the present invention provides a multiple access internet portal billing system. A representative system, among others, includes a communication facility, a wireless internet server, and a transaction billingsystem. The communication facility includes a billing platform and can connect to a plurality of wireless devices on different platforms through a mobile network. The wireless internet server provides internet access to the plurality of wirelessdevices and communicates a billing
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