Prepay accounts for applications, services and content for communication devices
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsStephen Sprigg, Brian Minear, Mitchell Oliver, Richard Gardner
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Abstract
A system and method for managing a billing account including a client device, a transceiver, logic configured to establish at least one primary account wherein the at least one primary account represents periodic fees that are charged to the billing account on a periodic basis; and logic configured to establish at least one secondary account wherein the at least one secondary account represents an amount of prepaid service that is available for the billing account.
Claims21
A system for managing a billing account comprising:
- a client device comprising:
- a transceiver;
- logic configured to establish at least one primary account wherein the at least one primary account represents periodic fees that are charged to the billing account on a periodic basis;
- and
- logic configured to establish at least one secondary account wherein the at least one secondary account represents an amount of prepaid service that is available for the billing account.
A method for billing prepay accounts comprising:
- establishing at least one primary account wherein the at least one primary account represents periodic fees that are charged to the billing account on a periodic basis;
- and
- establishing at least one secondary account wherein the at least one secondary account represents an amount of prepaid service that is available for the billing account.
A wireless client device, comprising:
- a transceiver;
- a user interface;
- and
- a billing manager for managing the at least one primary account and the at least one secondary account and wherein the at least one secondary account represents an amount of prepaid service.
A computer-readable medium on which is stored a computer program for managing a billing account, the computer program comprising instructions which, upon being executed by at least one computing device, causes the computing device to perform the process of:
- establishing at least one primary account wherein the at least one primary account represents periodic fees that are charged to the billing account on a periodic basis;
- and
- establishing at least one secondary account wherein the at least one secondary account represents an amount of prepaid service that is available for the billing account.
A server for enabling a billing account comprising:
- means for establishing at least one primary account wherein the at least one primary account represents periodic fees that are charged to the billing account on a periodic basis;
- and
- means for establishing at least one secondary account wherein the at least one secondary account represents an amount of prepaid service that is available for the billing account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.