Techniques for zero rating through web reconstruction

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a network interface on a web transform server device, a web request from a client device, the web request for a web page hosted on a network server device;

retrieving the web page from the network server device;

identifying one or more non-zero-rated resource references in the retrieved web page;

transforming the one or more non-zero-rated resource references to form one or more zero-rated resource references;

automatically replacing the one or more non-zero-rated resource references with the one or more zero-rated resource references in the web page to form a zero-rating transformed web page; and

transmitting the zero-rating transformed web page to the client device in response to the web request.

2. The method of claim 1 , the web request addressed to a domain name associated with the web transform server device, the one or more zero-rated resource references addressed to the domain name associated with the web transform server device.

3. The method of claim 1 , the web request addressed to a domain name associated a pool of server devices, the pool of server devices including the web transform server device, the one or more zero-rated resource references addressed to the domain name associated with the pool of server devices.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

retrieving a web cookie associated with the client device from a web cookie repository;

transmitting the web cookie to the network server device as part of retrieving the web page from the network server device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving a client web cookie from the client device;

extracting an encryption key from the client web cookie; and

decrypting the web cookie using the encryption key.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a web cookie from the network server device in association with retrieving the web page from the network server device; and

storing the web cookie in a web cookie repository in association with the client device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying one or more additional non-zero-rated resource references in the retrieved web page;

determining that a zero-rating mapping record does not specify a zero-rated resource for the one or more additional non-zero-rated resource references; and

removing the one or more additional non-zero-rated resource references from the web page in forming the zero-rating transformed web page.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying one or more additional resource references in the retrieved web page;

determining that the additional resource references are of an executable media type; and

removing the additional resource references from the web page in forming the zero-rating transformed web page.

9. The method of claim 1 , an image resource reference comprising one of the one or more non-zero-rated resource references, the image resource reference indicating an image resource, further comprising:

transforming the image resource reference to form a zero-rated image resource reference, the zero-rated image resource reference comprising one of the one or more zero-rated resource references, the zero-rated image resource reference indicating a lower-file-size version of the image resource.

10. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor circuit on a web transform server device;

a network interface on the web transform server device;

client access logic operative on the processor circuit to receive, from the network interface, a web request from a client device, the web request for a web page hosted on a network server device; and transmit a zero-rating transformed web page to the client device in response to the web request; and

web reconstruction logic operative on the processor circuit to retrieve the web page from the network server device; identify one or more non-zero-rated resource references in the retrieved web page; transform the one or more non-zero-rated resource references to form one or more zero-rated resource references; and automatically replace the one or more non-zero-rated resource references with the one or more zero-rated resource references in the web page to form the zero-rating transformed web page.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , the web request addressed to a domain name associated a pool of server devices, the pool of server devices including the web transform server device, the one or more zero-rated resource references addressed to the domain name associated with the pool of server devices.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , the web reconstruction logic further operative to receive a web cookie from the network server device in association with retrieving the web page from the network server device; store the web cookie in a web cookie repository in association with the client device; retrieve the web cookie associated with the client device from the web cookie repository; and transmit the web cookie to the network server device as part of retrieving the web page from the network server device.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , the client access logic further operative to receive a client web cookie from the client device, the web reconstruction component further operative to extract an encryption key from the client web cookie; and decrypt the web cookie using the encryption key.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , the web reconstruction logic further operative to identify one or more additional resource references in the retrieved web page; determine that the additional resource references are of an executable media type; and remove the additional resource references from the web page in forming the zero-rating transformed web page.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 , an image resource reference comprising one of the one or more non-zero-rated resource references, the image resource reference indicating an image resource, the web reconstruction component further operative to transform the image resource reference to form a zero-rated image resource reference, the zero-rated image resource reference comprising one of the one or more zero-rated resource references, the zero-rated image resource reference indicating a lower-file-size version of the image resource.

16. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

receive, at a network interface on a web transform server device, a web request from a client device, the web request for a web page hosted on a network server device;

retrieve the web page from the network server device;

identify one or more non-zero-rated resource references in the retrieved web page;

transform the one or more non-zero-rated resource references to form one or more zero-rated resource references;

automatically replace the one or more non-zero-rated resource references with the one or more zero-rated resource references in the web page to form a zero-rating transformed web page; and

transmit the zero-rating transformed web page to the client device in response to the web request.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

receive a web cookie from the network server device in association with retrieving the web page from the network server device;

store the web cookie in a web cookie repository in association with the client device;

retrieve the web cookie associated with the client device from the web cookie repository; and

transmit the web cookie to the network server device as part of retrieving the web page from the network server device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

receive a client web cookie from the client device;

extract an encryption key from the client web cookie; and

decrypt the web cookie using the encryption key.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

identify one or more additional resource references in the retrieved web page;

determine that the additional resource references are of an executable media type; and

remove the additional resource references from the web page in forming the zero-rating transformed web page.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , an image resource reference comprising one of the one or more non-zero-rated resource references, the image resource reference indicating an image resource, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

transform the image resource reference to form a zero-rated image resource reference, the zero-rated image resource reference comprising one of the one or more zero-rated resource references, the zero-rated image resource reference indicating a lower-file-size version of the image resource.