Prepaid security cellular telecommunications system

A method of managing preauthorized telecommunications service, the method comprising:

• entering an alpha/numeric sequence corresponding to and obtained from a preauthorized wireless telecommunications card into a wireless communications device the alpha/numeric sequence representing a specific, predetermined level of credit;
• transmitting to a wireless telecommunications center the entered alphanumeric sequence and information indicative of the wireless communications device;
• identifying a wireless service provider based on the information indicative of the wireless communications device;
• routing the entered alphanumeric sequence and the information indicative of the wireless communications device to the identified wireless service provider;
• and
• modifying an account associated with the wireless communications device based on the entered alphanumeric sequence.

A method of managing preauthorized telecommunications service, the method comprising:

• receiving information from a wireless communications device, the information comprising an identifier and user-input, obtained from a vended medium, that comprises an encrypted number and that represents a specific, predetermined level of credit;
• routing the received information to a wireless service provider based on the identifier;
• and
• modifying an account at the wireless service provider based on the user-input.

A method of managing preauthorized telecommunications service, the method comprising:

• receiving information from a wireless communications device, the information comprising an identifier and user-input, obtained from a vended medium, that comprises information other than a destination number (DNIS) and that represents a specific, predetermined level of credit;
• routing the received information to a wireless service provider based on the identifier;
• and
• modifying an account at the wireless service provider based on the user-input.

A method of managing preauthorized telecommunications service, the method comprising:

• receiving information from a wireless communications device, the information comprising an identifier and user-input, obtained from a vended medium, that comprises an alpha/numeric sequence input by the user that corresponds to one or more telecommunications service units, the user-input representing a specific, predetermined level of credit;
• routing the received information to a wireless service provider based on the identifier;
• and
• modifying an account at the wireless service provider based on the user-input.

A method of managing preauthorized telecommunications service, the method comprising:

• receiving information from a wireless communications device, the information comprising an identifier and user-input that comprises an alpha/numeric sequence input by the user that corresponds to information obtained from a prepaid wireless telecommunications card and that represents a specific, predetermined level of credit;
• routing the received information to a wireless service provider based on the identifier;
• and
• modifying an account at the wireless service provider based on the user-input.

A method of managing preauthorized telecommunications service, the method comprising:

• receiving information from a wireless communications device, the information comprising an identifier and user-input that comprises an alpha/numeric sequence input by the user that uniquely identifies a prepaid wireless telecommunications card purchased by or for the user of the wireless telecommunications device, the user-input representing a specific, predetermined level of credit;
• routing the received information to a wireless service provider based on the identifier;
• and
• modifying an account at the wireless service provider based on the user-input.

A method of managing preauthorized telecommunications service, the method comprising:

• receiving information from a wireless communications device, the information comprising an identifier and user-input, obtained from a vended medium, that represents a specific, predetermined level of credit;
• routing the received information to a wireless service provider based on the identifier;
• and
• modifying an account at the wireless service provider based on the user-input, wherein modification of the account comprises increasing a level of credit available for wireless telecommunications service.

A method of managing preauthorized telecommunications service, the method comprising:

• entering into a wireless communications device an alpha/numeric sequence corresponding to a preauthorized wireless telecommunications card containing an alpha/numeric value that represents a specific, predetermined level of credit;
• transmitting to a wireless telecommunications center the entered alpha/numeric sequence and information indicative of the wireless communications device;
• identifying a wireless service provider based on the information indicative of the wireless communications device;
• routing the entered alpha/numeric sequence and the information indicative of the wireless communications device to the identified wireless service provider;
• and
• increasing a level of credit available for wireless telecommunications service in an account associated with the wireless communications device based on the predetermined level of credit associated with the entered alpha/numeric sequence.

A method of increasing the level of credit of user accounts in a prepaid wireless telecommunications system, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a wireless service provider, information from the user of a wireless communications device, the information comprising user-input and an identifier of a user account, wherein the user-input comprises an alpha/numeric value supplied to the user in response to the user purchasing a specific, predetermined level of credit to be applied to the user account, the user-input representing the specific, predetermined level of credit;
• determining, at the wireless service provider, the level of credit associated with the user input;
• and
• increasing a level of credit available for wireless telecommunications service in the user account by the determined level of credit associated with the user-input.

An article of manufacture for use in a preauthorized wireless telecommunications system comprising:

• a card;
• and
• at least one surface of the card on which is displayed an alpha/numeric value;
• the alpha/numeric value representing a specific, predetermined level of credit to be applied to an account of a user of a wireless telecommunications device, wherein upon receipt of the alpha/numeric value and an identifier of the wireless telecommunication device by a wireless service provider, the level of credit in the account is increased by the predetermined level.