Patent ID: 7979350
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing wireless account information, comprising: presenting a list of a plurality of applications via a web interface on a computing device associated with a web account, said plurality of applications configured to run on a wireless handheld device; receiving, from said computing device, a selection of an application from said plurality of applications; presenting, via said web interface, an interactive preview of said application; presenting, via said web interface, a plurality of billing options for said application from said plurality of applications; receiving, via the web interface, a selected billing option from said plurality of billing options; setting an expiration date for said application from said plurality of applications based on said selected billing option; and updating, after presenting the interactive preview, a wireless carrier account via a link between said web account and said wireless carrier account according to said selection of said application such that said application is available when said wireless carrier account is accessed via said wireless handheld device, fees associated with said application from said plurality of applications configured to be automatically billed via said wireless carrier account based on said selected billing option, said web account being independent of said wireless carrier account.