Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for providing overdraft protection for post-paid communication service plans
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Application No.: US14530860Application Date: 2014-11-03
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Publication No.: US09451099B2Publication Date: 2016-09-20
- Inventor: Coulter C. Henry, Jr. , Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr. , Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr. , Derek Eko-Badu Johnson
- Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- 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: Hartman & Citrin LLC
- Main IPC: H04M11/00
- IPC: H04M11/00 ; H04M15/00 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q50/18 ; H04L12/14 ; H04M17/00 ; H04M17/02 ; H04W4/24
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
- US20150050912A1 Methods for Providing Overdraft Protection for Post-Paid Communication Service Plans Public/Granted day:2015-02-19
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