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, comprising:
- receiving a request for communication from a mobile station;
- and
- withholding the request for communication and sending a notification to the mobile station that an insufficient account balance exists, regardless of whether a voice call or a short messaging service via the mobile station is in progress, wherein the notification comprises instructions regarding how to recover the withheld request for communication.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a voice call from a mobile station;
- and
- withholding the voice call and sending a notification to the mobile station that an insufficient account balance exists, regardless of whether a voice call or a short messaging service via the mobile station is in progress, wherein the notification comprises instructions 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 server;
- receiving a request for a voice call or short messaging service from the mobile station;
- disconnecting the voice call or withholding the short messaging service and sending a notification to the mobile station when an insufficient account balance regardless of whether the voice call or the short messaging service via the mobile station is in progress, wherein the notification comprises instructions regarding how to recover the withheld message.
A system, 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 server communicably connected to the at least one short message service center,
- wherein the at least one short message service center receives a request for communication from the at least one mobile station, and withholds the request and sends a notification to the mobile station when an insufficient account balance exists, regardless of whether a voice call or a short messaging service via the mobile station is in progress, wherein the notification comprises instructions regarding how to recover the withheld message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.