Systems and methods for providing telephony services
AssigneeVonage Network LLC
InventorsAmichay Oren, Gregory Hardy, Moti Gust
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Abstract
A system and method for enabling a user to purchase an instant mobile telephony services plan makes use of an application on a mobile telephony device. The user can purchase an instant mobile plan via a third party merchant. Once purchased, the user can also make use of the application on the user's mobile telephony device to obtain the purchased telephony services. The communications services provider that provides services to the user under an instant mobile plan may be different from the communications services provider that is tied to the user's mobile telephony device.
Claims30
A method of providing communications services to a user of a mobile telephony device, comprising:
- displaying telephony communications services plan options offered by a first telephony service provider on a user's mobile telephony device that receives telephony service from a second telephony service provider;
- communicating the user's telephony communications services plan selection to a third party merchant via the user's mobile telephony device;
- and
- effecting the purchase of the selected telephony communications services plan from the third party merchant using the user's mobile telephony device such that the user can obtain telephony services from both the first telephony service provider and the second telephony service provider.
(canceled)
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed cause a user's mobile telephony device to perform a method comprising:
- displaying telephony communications services plan options offered by a first telephony service provider to the user, wherein the user's mobile telephony device receives service from a second telephony service provider;
- communicating the user's telephony communications services plan selection to a third party merchant;
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- effecting the purchase of the selected telephony communications services plan from the third party merchant via communications implemented with the user's mobile telephony device such that the user can obtain telephony services from both the first telephony service provider and the second telephony service provider.
(canceled)
A method of providing a user with the ability to purchase a communications services plan with a mobile telephony device, comprising:
- causing a user's mobile telephony device to present the user with telephony communications services plan options provided by a first telephony service provider, wherein the user's mobile telephony device is already provided with telephony service by a second telephony service provider;
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- facilitating communications between the user and an online merchant so that the user is able to purchase a selected communications services plan provided by the first telephony service provider from the online merchant such that the user can obtain telephony services from both the first telephony service provider and the second telephony service provider, and wherein the communications are implemented via the user's mobile telephony device.
(canceled)
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed cause a user's mobile telephony device to perform a method comprising:
- presenting the user with telephony communications services plan options provided by a first telephony service provider, wherein the user's mobile telephony device is already provided with service by a second telephony service provider;
- and
- facilitating communications between the user and an online merchant so that the user is able to purchase a selected telephony communications services plan from the online merchant such that the user can obtain telephony services from both the first telephony service provider and the second telephony service provider, and wherein the communications are implemented via the user's mobile telephony device.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.