Method and system for paying prepaid communications credit
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorsJohn Ruckart, Rimas Rauba, Jerome Wendell Myers
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Abstract
A method and system for prepaying credits to a user account for communications services is provided. A system receives an origination number and a code. The code corresponds to a predefined payment amount for prepaid credit. The system credits an account associated with the origination number with the predefined payment amount for prepaid credit. Software for implementing the method and system may be implemented in a number of environments, including a computer system accessible remotely or a processor located on a user communication device.
Claims38
A method for purchasing prepaid communications credit, comprising:
- receiving an origination number;
- creating a plurality of user accounts associated with the origination number, wherein each of the plurality of user accounts is associated with a different access code;
- receiving a credit code, wherein the credit code corresponds to a predefined payment amount for prepaid credit;
- receiving an access code;
- and
- crediting the user account associated with the received access code with the predefined payment amount for prepaid credit.
A system for purchasing prepaid communications credit, comprising:
- a computer readable medium comprising:
- a first set of instructions for receiving an origination number;
- a second set of instructions for creating a plurality of user accounts associated with the origination number, wherein each of the plurality of user accounts is associated with a different access code;
- a third set of instructions for receiving a credit code, wherein the credit code corresponds to a predefined payment amount for prepaid credit;
- a fourth set of instructions for receiving an access code;
- and
- a fifth set of instructions for crediting the user account associated with the received access code with the predefined payment amount for prepaid credit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.