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US 8,295,805 B2Granted
Real-time replenishment with electronic confirmation for sale of prepaid long distance
AssigneeKrush Communications, LLC
InventorRichard Estrada
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Abstract
A method and system of providing an electronic receipt, such as a SMS text message, to a consumer responsive to a purchase of long distance calling minutes, real-time replenishment of the customer's account, and seamless, pin-less use of the purchased long-distance from the user's chosen phone(s).
Claims6
A method of real-time replenishment with electronic confirmation in the sale of prepaid long distance, comprising:
- receiving a phone number to a computer-based server;
- receiving a monetary amount to the server;
- receiving to the server an indication of whether an increase or decrease to a balance amount is requested;
- comparing the phone number to a stored list of registered phone numbers, each registered phone number having a unique pin and a balance amount;
- wherein said pin is said phone number;
- creating a new pin, responsive to the comparison not resulting in a match and receiving the indication that an increase to the balance amount has been requested;
- increasing the balance amount by the monetary amount, responsive to receiving the indication that an increase to the balance amount has been requested;
- decreasing the balance amount by the monetary amount, responsive to receiving the indication that a decrease to the balance has been requested;
- indicating an error responsive to receiving the indication that a decrease to the balance has been requested and the comparison not resulting in a match and
- sending a request through the server, the request containing the phone number and a SMS message to be sent to the phone number;
- said SMS message containing an access phone number;
- wherein said access phone number is for use in the prepaid long distance.
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A system for real-time replenishment with electronic confirmation in the sale of prepaid long distance, comprising:
- a web portal operable to:
- receive a phone number;
- receive a monetary amount;
- receive an indication of whether an increase or decrease to a balance amount is requested;
- compare the phone number to a stored list of registered phone numbers, each registered phone number having a unique pin and a balance amount;
- wherein said pin is said phone number;
- create a new pin, responsive to the comparison not resulting in a match and receiving the indication that an increase to the balance amount has been requested;
- increase the balance amount by the monetary amount, responsive to receiving the indication that an increase to the balance amount has been requested;
- decrease the balance amount by the monetary amount, responsive to receiving the indication that a decrease to the balance amount has been requested;
- indicating an error responsive to receiving the indication that a decrease to the balance has been requested and the comparison not resulting in a match and
- send a request to a server containing the phone number and a SMS message to be sent to the phone number;
- said SMS message containing an access phone number;
- wherein said access phone number is for use in the prepaid long distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.