Automated billing and distribution platform for application providers

Abstract

Integrating a network-enabled application with a platform having a plurality of users and a plurality of communication channels with a respective plurality of wireless network carriers, including receiving a request from a third-party provider to integrate a network-enabled application with the platform, receiving a set of registration data corresponding to the network-enabled application from the third-party provider, the set of registration data including a link to an application location for accessing the network-enabled application, receiving a set of pricing structure data corresponding to the network-enabled application from the third-party provider, updating a system database in the platform to include the set of registration data and the pricing structure data corresponding to the network-enabled application, and enabling the network-enabled application to be accessible to the plurality of users via a networked interface operated by the platform.

1 . A method for integrating a network-enabled application with a platform having a plurality of users and a plurality of communication channels with a respective plurality of wireless network carriers, the method comprising:
 a request receipt step of receiving, at the platform, a request from a third-party provider to integrate a network-enabled application with the platform;   a registration data receipt step of receiving, at the platform, a set of registration data corresponding to the network-enabled application from the third-party provider, the set of registration data including a link to an application location for accessing the network-enabled application;   a pricing structure data receipt step of receiving, at the platform, a set of pricing structure data corresponding to the network-enabled application from the third-party provider;   a database update step of updating a system database in the platform to include the set of registration data corresponding to the network-enabled application and to include the pricing structure data corresponding to the network-enabled application; and   an enablement step of enabling the network-enabled application to be accessible to the plurality of users via a networked interface operated by the platform.