Handling insufficient account balance of subscribers
AssigneeWest Corporation
InventorsKuen-Yih Hwang, John Lawrence Snapp
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for handling insufficient account balance of subscribers in a mobile communications network is disclosed. A request for communication is received from a mobile station. A determination is made as to whether a subscriber of the mobile station has an insufficient account balance. If the subscriber has an insufficient account balance, the request is withheld and the mobile station is notified by a short message.
Claims20
A method for handling insufficient account balance of subscribers, comprising:
- receiving a request for communication from a mobile station;
- determining if a subscriber of the mobile station has an insufficient account balance;
- and
- withholding the request and notifying the mobile station if the subscriber has an insufficient account balance.
A method for handling insufficient account balance of subscribers, comprising:
- receiving a voice call from a mobile station;
- determining if a subscriber of the mobile station has an insufficient account balance;
- and
- withholding the voice call and notifying the mobile station if the subscriber has an insufficient account balance.
A computer readable medium comprising instructions for:
- monitoring requests for voice calls between a mobile station and a prepaid server;
- determining if a subscriber of the mobile station has an insufficient account balance responsive to receiving a request for a voice call from the mobile station;
- and
- disconnecting the voice call and notifying the mobile station if the subscriber has an insufficient account balance.
A system for handling insufficient account balance of subscribers, comprising:
- at least one mobile station;
- at least one mobile switching center communicably connected to the at least one mobile station and at least one short message service center;
- at least one short message service center communicably connected to at least one mobile switching center;
- and
- a prepaid server communicably connected to the at least one short message service center,
- wherein the at least one short message service center is operable to receive a request for communication from the at least one mobile station, determine if a subscriber of the at least one mobile station has an insufficient account balance, and withhold the request and notify the at least one mobile station if the subscriber has an insufficient account balance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.