Patent ID: 6830178
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method of using a combination bank/calling card, the method comprising:(a) connecting a cardholder to a central processing hub; (b) said processing hub requesting a cardholder account number; (c) transmitting said cardholder account number to said hub; (d) said processing hub requesting a personal identification number (PIN); (e) transmitting said PIN to said hub; (f) said processing hub requesting a telephone number; (g) transmitting said telephone number to said hub; (h) said processing hub contacting a phone company and determining a cost of a call made to said telephone number for a predetermined amount of time X; (i) said hub accessing a sponsor bank and determining if sufficient funds are present in a cardholder account designated by said cardholder number to cover the determined cost and transferring said funds into a temporary account; (j) said hub signaling said phone company to place the call; (k) after an allotted time period Y, prior to the termination of said time period X, said hub contacting said sponsor bank and determining if said cardholder bank account has sufficient funds to cover said determined cost and transferring said funds from said cardholder bank account to a temporary account; (l) repeating step (d) until said call is terminated or cardholder has insufficient funds to cover said determined cost; (m) said process hub contacting said phone company and receiving the total billing amount; and (n) said processing hub sending sufficient funds to cover said total billing amount from said temporary account to said phone company.