Patent ID: 9712664
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of maintaining telecommunications service comprising: sending, by an application stored in a non-transitory memory, based on a determination that payment is due on a user account, an initial payment notification to at least one device associated with the user account, wherein the at least one user device comprises a mobile phone and is associated with a telecommunications service provider, wherein the initial payment notification is displayed on a first portion of a graphic user interface of the mobile phone, and wherein the user account is associated with the mobile phone and a plurality of subscription services; based on a determination that a satisfactory payment has not been received within a predetermined period of time: sending, by the application, a final payment notification in response to a determination that a satisfactory payment has not been made within a predetermined time period of the at least one elevated payment notification; and disabling, by the application, in response to a determination that a satisfactory payment is not received within a predetermined time period after the final payment notification is sent, access to the mobile phone and the plurality of subscription services.