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US 7,406,305 B2Granted
System for managing prepaid wireless service
AssigneeTelemac Corporation
InventorsBernard T Laybourn, Theodore W Walter
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Abstract
A method facilitates provisioning of pre paid wireless services. Credit refresh operations involving a pre paid wireless communication device involve SMS messages transmitted to the device over the air. The device uses tariff tables to keep track of a call's impact on available credit. The tariff tables are updatable at the service provider's discretion using SMS messages.
Claims15
A system for managing a wireless service, comprising:
- a wireless device having both an internally stored credit amount and a preprogrammed number to communicate with an automated interactive response system operated by a wireless service provider;
- a wireless service provider server on which said automated interactive response system resides;
- wherein a user of said wireless device can use said internally stored preprogrammed number in a wireless device communication to request an increase in credit amount from said automated interactive response system;
- and,
- wherein said automated interactive response server can automatically send a data bearer communication service message to said wireless device which is used by said wireless device to increase said credit amount.
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A system for managing a wireless service, comprising:
- a wireless device having both an internally stored credit amount and a preprogrammed number to communicate with an automated interactive response system operated by a wireless service provider;
- a wireless service provider server on which said automated interactive response system resides;
- wherein a user of said wireless device can use said internally stored preprogrammed number in a wireless device communication to unbar said wireless device and request an increase to the internally stored credit amount from said automated interactive response system;
- and,
- wherein said automated interactive response system can automatically remove a bar to the wireless device's receipt of data bearer communication service messages and send a data bearer communication service message to said wireless device which is used by said wireless device to increase the internally stored credit amount.
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A system for managing a wireless service, comprising:
- a wireless device having both an internally stored credit amount and a preprogrammed number to communicate with an automated interactive response system operated by a wireless service provider;
- a wireless service provider server on which said automated interactive response system resides;
- wherein a user of said wireless device can use said internally stored preprogrammed number in a wireless device communication to unbar said wireless device and request an increase to the internally stored credit amount from said automated interactive response system;
- and,
- wherein said automated interactive response system can automatically remove a bar to the wireless device's receipt of data bearer communication service messages, obtain authorization for the requested credit amount increase and send a data bearer communication service message to said wireless device which is used by said wireless device to increase the internally stored credit amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.