Patent ID: 9699325
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04M

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor of a network device, a request from a first user to initiate a data balance transfer to a second user, wherein the data balance transfer enables usage of an amount of data via a service network; determining that the first user is eligible to initiate the data balance transfer based on a determination that the first user has initiated fewer than a first threshold number of data balance transfers or transferred less than a first threshold quantity of data during a first time period; determining, by the processor, whether the second user is eligible to receive the data balance transfer, wherein determining whether the second user is eligible to receive the data balance transfer includes verifying that the second user is a subscriber of the service network; forwarding, by the processor, a notification to the second user based on determining that the second user is eligible to receive the data balance transfer, wherein the notification identifies an input to be submitted by the second user to accept and activate the data balance transfer; detecting, by the processor, when the second user submits the input; and modifying, by the processor responsive to the detecting, account data associated with the second user to activate the data balance transfer.