Remote rechargeable prepaid cellular service peripheral device
OwnerMaher Abuhamdehinventor
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Abstract
An integrated prepaid cellular service and telephone unit including a cellular transceiver, a storage unit, a processor; and a credit/debit card interface. In a further aspect, the invention includes code for contacting a cellular provider, transmitting user debit/credit information, receiving a quantity of pre-paid cellular service units, storing the units, and allowing use of the cellular transceiver as long as said units does not equal zero.
Claims10
1-14. (canceled)
A wireless consumer device, comprising:
- a) internal data storage memory for storing data representing electronic money and credit/debit card information to enable a user to perform financial transactions within the device;
- b) a transceiver for transferring the data from and into the consumer device;
- c) executable program instructions stored in the consumer device;
- and
- d) a processor, responsive to said executable program instructions, for accessing said internal data storage memory to transfer electronic money into and out of the device via said transceiver.
A storage medium which stores computer instructions for execution by a processor and for access to an internal memory by the processor in a consumer hand-held wireless device, that when executed by the processor enable the hand-held wireless device to:
- receive and store user information in the internal memory;
- receive a request for electronic funds;
- communicate with a server external to the wireless device to transmit the user information and the request after receiving the user financial information and the request;
- automatically transmit the user financial information and the request to the server;
- and
- receive the requested electronic funds from the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.