US 2009/0088127 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS CALLS FROM THE SAME PREPAID ACCOUNT

Abstract

Prepaid services include associating a plurality of users with a prepaid services account. The account is configured to track a prepaid balance associated with the account as well as to allow at least a subset of the plurality of users associated with the account to draw down the prepaid balance at least generally at the same time. Drawing down the prepaid balance includes allocating a portion of the prepaid balance to each respective user, monitoring a provision of service, and repeating, selectively, the allocating and monitoring.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

associating a plurality of users with a prepaid services account;
tracking a prepaid balance associated with the account;
drawing down the prepaid balance at least generally at the same time using at least a subset of the users, including:
allocating a portion of the prepaid balance to each respective user;
monitoring a provision of service;
and
repeating, selectively, the allocating and the monitoring.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/862,659Filed 27 Sep 2007

Published

2 Apr 2009

Term ends

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Classification31 codes

H04M 15/00
Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication
H04M 15/765
Administration or customization aspects; Counter-checking correct charges: linked or grouped accounts, e.g. of users or devices
H04M 15/7652
Linked or grouped accounts, e.g. of users or devices: shared by users
H04M 15/775
Administration or customization aspects; Counter-checking correct charges: account specifications on parallel communications

Systems and methods for providing multiple simultaneous calls from the same prepaid account

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Systems and methods for providing multiple simultaneous calls from the same prepaid account

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Abstract

Claims18