A wireless mobile end-user device is disclosed to receive from one or more computing devices a purchase confirmation request for an electronic mobile commerce transaction, and in response to receiving the purchase confirmation request, provide information relating to the electronic mobile commerce transaction to a device user, and a request to the device user for a user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, receive the user approval by receiving a biometric response from the device user locally, and send an instruction to cause a secure service downloader to communicate a unique security key from a secure dedicated memory partition, via a secure communication link, in connection with a billing event that relates to the electronic mobile commerce transaction, where the unique security key is not accessible by an application processor.

One or more servers are disclosed to transmit, via a secure connection a device, a first signed certificate to the device to confirm a compatible and approved server status, receive, via the secure connection, a second signed certificate from the device to confirm a compatible and approved device status, determine whether the device is configured to authorize, mobile commerce transactions billed through a central billing process, transmit, via the secure connection, a purchase confirmation request for a mobile commerce transaction, the purchase confirmation request provides information relating to the transaction including an amount, and the purchase confirmation request triggers a request for the approval by the device user requiring a biometric authentication of the device user locally, and receive a purchase confirmation for the mobile commerce transaction.

Computer implemented systems and methods for permanently displaying banner advertisements to a smartphone user, wherein the system provides logic and content to display such advertisements using a process which cannot be disabled by the user, and which does not require actions for the user, and which does not run via a standard-type application which the user would download. The banner ads are constantly displayed and the operating system, and other applications are not presented as full screen applications because the system of the present invention reserves screen space for banner ad placement. In one embodiment, a display driver used by the operating system is configured to reserve banner space on the screen and the home application and all other applications are given spatial dimensions representative of the normal viewable area in which those applications use to display information to the user with banner space reserved for display of advertising content.

Some embodiments relate to methods, systems, and devices for a provider of government-subsidized connectivity services (such as subsidized broadband connectivity; e.g., high-speed internet access) to automatically monitor the status of its subscribers in the government-subsidized connectivity services program, and to automatically and selectively re-enroll subscribers to receive the government-subsidized connectivity services through the provider in the event that the monitored status indicates that the subscriber is no longer enrolled to receive the government-subsidized connectivity services from the provider, such as if the subscriber has been de-enrolled from the government-subsidized connectivity service program, or if the subscriber has been transferred to a different provider of the government-subsidized connectivity service.

Some embodiments relate to methods, systems, and devices for a provider of government-subsidized connectivity services (such as subsidized broadband connectivity; e.g., high-speed internet access) to automatically monitor the status of its subscribers in the government-subsidized connectivity services program, and to automatically and selectively re-enroll subscribers to receive the government-subsidized connectivity services through the provider in the event that the monitored status indicates that the subscriber is no longer enrolled to receive the government-subsidized connectivity services from the provider, such as if the subscriber has been de-enrolled from the government-subsidized connectivity service program, or if the subscriber has been transferred to a different provider of the government-subsidized connectivity service.

Certain of the disclosed embodiments present a system and method for providing in-home targeted advertisements to individual consumers. For instance, the disclosed embodiments include an in-home advertising device that enables a user to interact with the in-home advertising device and purchase items with the push of a button. Additionally, in some embodiments, the in-home advertising device may include a built in printer for enabling a user to print an advertised and/or coupon.

A method for transmitting and receiving a signal by a terminal in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a first message including information related to a service to a core network, receiving a response to the first message from the core network, and transmitting or receiving traffic related to the service based on the response.

A device can be configured to receive a transmission control protocol (TCP) packet from a user device and determine, based on data included in a header portion of the TCP packet, that the TCP packet includes a toll-free token. The toll-free token included in the TCP packet can be identified, an entity associated with the toll-free token can be identified, and an action can be performed based on the entity.

A wireless end-user device is disclosed. One or more user inputs indicate that a user of the wireless end-user device authorizes the device to send a first file to a server over a network of a first network type, and that the user does not authorize the device to send a second file to the server over the network of the first type. Based on the one or more user inputs and a determination that the device is connected to the network of the first type, the device sends the first file, but not the second file, to the server over the network of the first network type. Upon detecting that the device is connected to a network of the second network type, the device sends the second file to the server over the network of the second network type.

A method of adding a value to a customer account is provided. A request to add a value to a customer account of a customer is received from a point of sale terminal. The request may comprise value identification data associated with the value and account identification data associated with the customer account. The customer account identification data may be entered at the point of sale. The request may be associated with a purchase of the value. The value may be caused to be added to the customer account. During subsequent value purchase transactions, additional value may be added to the account.