Patent ID: 9210277
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system to purchase and reload airtime for a local and foreign prepaid mobile phone account, comprising: at least one computer server; at least one payment receiving system connected to the computer server through a wireless protocol cloud, the payment receiving system receiving payments from a user of the system to purchase and reload airtime for the prepaid mobile phone accounts designated by the user; an airtime purchase and reload request system connected to the payment receiving system, the airtime purchase and reload request system sending the airtime request to the computer server upon receiving payments of the users from the payment receiving system; a system operator to administer and manage the computer server; and one or more reloading entities linked to the computer server, wherein the system operator deposits a predetermined amount of funds to the reloading entities to pre-purchase a predetermined amount of airtime credit from the reloading entities, wherein the deposit occurs prior to a request by the user to purchase and reload airtime for the prepaid mobile phone account designated by the user; wherein when the user requests to purchase and reload airtime for the prepaid mobile phone account designated by the user, the airtime purchase request is sent to the reloading entities, the reloading entities then deduct a corresponding amount of airtime credit from the predetermined funds deposited by the system operator, and transfer the corresponding amount of airtime credit purchased by the user to the prepaid mobile phone account designated by the user.