Patent ID: 8229094
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for processing a communication, comprising: a processor executing code stored in memory that causes the processor to: receive the communication that originates from a sender's communications address and that is addressed to a recipient communications address, the communication also identifying a device identifier associated with a recipient device, the recipient communications address one of multiple recipient communications addresses associated with a single transceiver number identifying a transceiver in the recipient device; store a database of credit card account numbers comprising a table that associates multiple device identifiers to the multiple communications addresses and to different credit card account numbers; query the database of credit card account numbers for the device identifier; retrieve the multiple communications addresses and the different credit card account numbers from the table that are associated with the device identifier; sequentially send a message to each communications address of the multiple communications addresses that prompts for selection of a credit card account number from the different credit card account numbers; receive a response that identifies a selected credit card account number from the different credit card account numbers; sum a number of packets in the communication; retrieve a fee for each packet; calculate a cost for the communication based on the number of packets and the fee for each packet; and bill the selected credit card account number for the cost of the communication.