Personal handyphone system component employment of prepay telephone service system component to allow user employment of wireless telephone service subsequent to purchase thereof

A method, comprising the steps of:

• allowing with a personal handyphone system service switch center of a personal handyphone system a purchase, by a user of a first wireless telephone, of one or more units of wireless telephone service for employment by the user of the first wireless telephone of one or more of the one or more units of wireless telephone service with the first wireless telephone subsequent to the purchase;
• authenticating the purchase through employment of a trusted third party component of the personally handyphone system service switch center, wherein the trusted third party component is configured to authenticate the user of the first wireless telephone through employment of an authentication technique that relies on a source outside the personal handyphone system;
• sending, by service switching point software of the personal handyphone system service switch center, an account management call to a prepay telephone service system component;
• adding the one or more units to an account balance of the user of the first wireless telephone;
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• deducting one or more of the one or more units from the account balance based on an amount of wireless telephone service employed by the user during one or more wireless telephone calls with the first wireless telephone;
• receiving a setup message for a call from a second wireless telephone;
• authenticating the call through employment of a one time password component;
• querying a home location register to determine if a user of the second wireless telephone subscribes to a prepay telephone service system;
• connecting the call to a public switched telephone network if the user of the second wireless telephone does not subscribe to the prepay telephone service system;
• holding the call if the user of the second wireless telephone does subscribe to the prepay telephone service system;
• sending a query message to the prepay telephone service system;
• receiving a reply message from the prepay telephone service system;
• connecting the call to the public switched telephone network upon validation of the call through employment of the reply message.

An article, comprising:

• a program embodied in one or more computer-readable signal-bearing media;
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• means in the one or more media for allowing with a personal handyphone system service switch center of a personal handyphone system a purchase, by a user of a first wireless telephone, of one or more units of wireless telephone service for employment by the user of the first wireless telephone of one or more of the one or more units of wireless telephone service with the first wireless telephone subsequent to the purchase;
• means in the one or more media for authenticating the purchase through employment of a trusted third party component of the personally handyphone system service switch center, wherein the trusted third party component is configured to authenticate the user of the first wireless telephone through employment of an authentication technique that relies on a source outside the personal handyphone system;
• means in the one or more media for sending, by service switching point software of the personal handyphone system service switch center, an account management call to a prepay telephone service system component;
• means in the one or more media for adding the one or more units to an account balance of the user of the first wireless telephone;
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• means in the one or more media for deducting one or more of the one or more units from the account balance based on an amount of wireless telephone service employed by the user during one or more wireless telephone calls with the first wireless telephone;
• means in the one or more media for receiving a setup message for a call from a second wireless telephone;
• means in the one or more media for authenticating the call through employment of a one time password component;
• means in the one or more media for querying a home location register to determine if a user of the second wireless telephone subscribes to a prepay telephone service system;
• means in the one or more media for connecting the call to a public switched telephone network if the user of the second wireless telephone does not subscribe to the prepay telephone service system;
• means in the one or more media for holding the call if the user of the second wireless telephone does subscribe to the prepay telephone service system;
• means in the one or more media for sending a query message to the prepay telephone service system;
• means in the one or more media for receiving a reply message from the prepay telephone service system;
• means in the one or more media for connecting the call to the public switched telephone network upon validation of the call through employment of the reply message.