SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TASK SPECIFIC, METERED BANDWIDTH CONTROL WITHIN SHARED CLIENT ENVIRONMENT ON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMS

摘要

A communications system is provided which comprises (a) a platform having a plurality of tenants associated therewith, wherein each tenant has a set of mobile communications devices associated with it which has a plurality of members, wherein each mobile communications device in the set maintains an open connection to a communications network and is equipped with a graphical user interface (GUI); and (b) for each of the plurality of tenants, a group of offers selected by the tenant which are displayed on the GUI of each member of the set of mobile communications devices associated with that tenant.

主权项

1. A method of providing access to a network service, comprising:
displaying, on a mobile device, a graphical user interface associated with a mobile device client on the mobile device, wherein the mobile device client is associated with a network service provider, and wherein the graphical user interface comprises a plurality of graphical user interface elements associated with a respective plurality of network services provided by the network service provider; receiving, at the mobile device client on the mobile device, a user selection corresponding with a selected graphical user interface element of the plurality of graphical user interface elements; identifying, by the mobile device client and based on the selected graphical user interface element, an access point from a plurality of access points associated with the network service provider, wherein at least one access point of the plurality of access points controls access to a network service of the plurality of network services provided by the network service provider; and transmitting, from the mobile device client to a device having an IP address corresponding to the identified access point, a request for a network service of the plurality of network services provided by the network service provider.