Method and system for paying prepaid communications credit
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorsJohn Ruckart, Rimas Rauba, Jerome Myers
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Abstract
A method and system for prepaying credits to a user account for communications services is provided. A system receives an origination number and a code. The code corresponds to a predefined payment amount for prepaid credit. The system credits an account associated with the origination number with the predefined payment amount for prepaid credit. Software for implementing the method and system may be implemented in a number of environments, including a computer system accessible remotely or a processor located on a user communication device.
Claims22
1-37. (canceled)
A method for purchasing prepaid communications credit, comprising:
- receiving an origination number;
- creating a plurality of user accounts associated with the origination number, wherein each of the plurality of user accounts is associated with a different access code;
- receiving a credit code, wherein the credit code corresponds to a predefined payment amount for prepaid credit;
- receiving an access code;
- crediting the user account associated with the received access code with the predefined payment amount for prepaid credit;
- and
- deducting a cost associated with a communication over a computer network from the payment amount for prepaid credit in the account, wherein the communication is connected to the computer network via a digital subscription line connection.
A method for purchasing prepaid communications credit, comprising:
- receiving an origination number;
- creating a plurality of user accounts associated with the origination number, wherein each of the plurality of user accounts is associated with a different access code;
- receiving a credit code, wherein the credit code corresponds to a predefined payment amount for prepaid credit;
- receiving an access code;
- crediting the user account associated with the received access code with the predefined payment amount for prepaid credit;
- and
- deducting a cost associated with a communication over a computer network from the payment amount for prepaid credit in the account, wherein the communication is connected to the computer network via a cable modem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.