Handling insufficient account balance of subscribers
AssigneeWest Corporation
InventorsKuen-Yih Hwang, John Lawrence Snapp
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for handling insufficient account balance of subscribers in a mobile communications network is disclosed. A request for communication is received from a mobile station. A determination is made as to whether a subscriber of the mobile station has an insufficient account balance. If the subscriber has an insufficient account balance, the request is withheld and the mobile station is notified by a short message.
Claims20
A method for handling insufficient account balance of subscribers, comprising:
- receiving a request for communication from a mobile station;
- determining whether a subscriber of the mobile station has an insufficient account balance;
- and
- withholding the request for communication and notifying the subscriber when the subscriber has an insufficient account balance regardless of whether a voice call or a short messaging service via the mobile station is in progress, wherein
- the notification comprises instructions to the subscriber regarding how to recover the withheld communication.
A method for handling insufficient account balance of subscribers, comprising:
- receiving a voice call from a mobile station;
- determining whether a subscriber of the mobile station has an insufficient account balance;
- and
- withholding the voice call and notifying the subscriber when the subscriber has an insufficient account balance regardless of whether a voice call or a short messaging service via the mobile station is in progress, wherein
- the notification comprises instructions to the subscriber regarding how to recover the withheld voice call.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for:
- monitoring requests for voice calls between a mobile station and a prepaid server;
- determining whether a subscriber of the mobile station has an insufficient account balance responsive to receiving a request for a voice call or short messaging service from the mobile station regardless of whether a voice call or a short messaging service via the mobile station is in progress;
- and
- disconnecting the voice call or withholding the short messaging service and notifying the subscriber when the subscriber has an insufficient account balance, wherein
- the notification comprises instructions to the subscriber regarding how to recover the withheld voice call.
A system for handling insufficient account balance of subscribers, comprising:
- at least one mobile station;
- at least one mobile switching center communicably connected to the at least one mobile station and at least one short message service center;
- at least one short message service center communicably connected to at least one mobile switching center;
- and
- a prepaid server communicably connected to the at least one short message service center,
- wherein the at least one short message service center is configured to receive a request for communication from the at least one mobile station, determine whether a subscriber of the at least one mobile station has an insufficient account balance, and withhold the request and notify the subscriber when the subscriber has an insufficient account balance regardless of whether a voice call or a short messaging service via the mobile station is in progress, wherein
- the notification comprises instructions to the subscriber regarding how to recover the withheld communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.