Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device initiated replenishment procedures for wireless devices
- Patent Title (中): 设备启动无线设备的补充程序
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Application No.: US14253383Application Date: 2014-04-15
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Publication No.: US09113323B2Publication Date: 2015-08-18
- Inventor: Satish Ramprasad , Sergio Rivera
- Applicant: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Miami
- Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- Current Assignee: TracFone Wireless, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Miami
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/24
- IPC: H04W4/24 ; H04W4/00 ; H04M11/00 ; H04M15/28 ; H04M15/30 ; H04M17/00

Abstract:
A method, device and system are provided for wireless device-initiated automatic replenishment of internally-stored account parameters associated with an amount of authorization for usage of the wireless device (e.g., prepaid amount of airtime minutes, data usage, messages, etc.). Upon determining within the wireless device that the account parameter(s) should be replenished, the wireless device transmits a message to a control server indicating that the wireless device intends to perform the determined replenishment according to the replenishment parameters stored within the wireless device. The wireless device delays performance of the replenishment for a predetermined period of time to determine whether the control server provides a response containing updated replenishment parameters. Depending upon whether the wireless device receives a response from the control server during the time period, the wireless device then replenishes the internally-stored account parameter(s) using either the previously stored replenishment parameters or the updated replenishment parameters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140227993A1 Device Initiated Replenishment Procedures for Wireless Devices Public/Granted day:2014-08-14
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