Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for providing overdraft protection for post-paid communication service plans
- Patent Title (中): 为后付费通信服务计划提供透支保护的方法
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Application No.: US13308077Application Date: 2011-11-30
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Publication No.: US08478235B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Coulter C. Henry, Jr. , Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr. , Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr. , Derek Ekow-Badu Johnson
- Applicant: Coulter C. Henry, Jr. , Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr. , Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr. , Derek Ekow-Badu Johnson
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Parks IP Law LLC
- Agent Mickki D. Murray Esq.
- Main IPC: H04M11/00
- IPC: H04M11/00
Abstract:
Methods for adding minutes to a calling plan having a calling plan period. The methods including determining whether a threshold number of minutes have been reached during the calling plan period; and incrementally adding minutes to the calling plan when the threshold number of minutes has been reached. The cost per minute of the added minutes is less than the high-cost per minute rate normally associated with exceeding the threshold number of minutes during the calling plan period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120069979A1 Methods for Providing Overdraft Protection for Post-Paid Communication Service Plans Public/Granted day:2012-03-22
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