Internet on board sponsoring managed in partnership between public transport company and CSP

• Public transport company buys a connectivity offer for internet on board from the CSP
• CSP delivers the internet on board offer
• CSP provides to public transport company all needed technical information to integrate CSP API (web portal credentials, name of the API bundle corresponding to the subscribed offer
• The public transport company integrates the API with its own IT system and proceeds to their deployment
• CSP generates a voucher and provides it (push mode) to final customer
  • Voucher is considered as a "free" offer
  • CSP registers voucher in its product inventory with a validity period
• Final customer buys a transport ticket including internet on board service to public transport company using voucher
• Public transport company sells ticket and registers voucher
  • By using Product Inventory API, public transport company can check voucher validity and update CSP product inventory to indicate that voucher has been used
• At the end of billing period, CSP:
  • Rates internet on board offer
  • Rates voucher
  • Can
    • Invoice public transport company subtracting voucher amount from invoice total amount
      • By using Billing API, public transport company can receive bill items corresponding to its invoice
    • OR Invoice public transport company and calculates settlements to payback public transport company
      • By using Billing API , CSP can send settlements note advice to public transport company

The diagram below summarizes the sequence of actions:

Figure 13 – Internet on board sponsoring management
Profiling option management
Assumption: There is no payback process from CSP to public transport company related to voucher use because cost of voucher is supposed to be included in profiling offer cost

• CSP proposes to final customer a free offer allowing CSP to provide customer data to public transport company for analysis purposes in exchange for vouchers
  • Final customer agrees and indicates which data can be used and for what kind of partner
  • CSP updates its product inventory
• CSP proposes profiling offer to public transport companies
• Public transport company buys the profiling offer from the CSP
• CSP delivers the profiling offer
• Public transport company uses offer and selects customer ( explicit list or corresponding to given criteria) to be queried
  • Product inventory API is used to update public transport company product inventory
• Public transport company performs queries
  • Beyond a given threshold, CSP generates a discount voucher in its product inventory with a validity period and provides it to final customer
• Final customer buys a service to public transport company using voucher
• Public transport company sells service and registers voucher
  • By using Product Inventory API, public transport company can check voucher validity and update CSP product inventory
• At the end of billing period, CSP:
  • Rates profiling offer
  • Invoices public transport company
    • By using Billing API, public transport company can receive bill items corresponding to its invoice

The diagram below summarizes the sequence of actions:









Figure 14 – Internet on board profiling option management