Patent ID: 8594626
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. One or more tangible computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of post-paid wireless service balance management, the method comprising: allotting an amount of post-paid usage resources to a post-paid wireless service account (“account”) for a billing period associated with the account; monitoring a current amount of usage for the billing period, wherein the monitoring includes upon determining that the threshold amount of post-paid usage has been met, provisioning an enforcement point that monitors requests for service associated with the account and providing an option to upgrade the account in the middle of a billing session to avoid charges associated with excess usage, wherein upon upgrading the account, the account is associated with an upgraded set of mobile-phone minutes or messages that are applied retroactively during the billing period; at the provisioned enforcement point, subsequent to determining that the threshold amount of post-paid usage has been met, upon receiving a request for service from a mobile device associated with the account, and prior to commencing a wireless session in response to the request, determining whether the request exceeds the allotted amount of post-paid resources; upon determining that the request exceeds the allotted amount of post-paid resources associated with the account: wherein the authority user elects to enable the post-paid wireless service balance management on behalf of the subservient user, providing a set of instructions regarding handling of requests received after the threshold has been met, and wherein the instructions include at least one of