Patent ID: 9008611
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing a prepaid messaging service between a mobile device and a messaging server, the prepaid messaging service having a plurality of features, the method comprising: responsive to a request from the mobile device for the prepaid messaging service, determining, at a server system having memory and one or more processors, that a prepaid account associated with a user of the mobile device does not satisfy one or more pre-determined financial criteria, wherein there is a communication channel between the server system and the mobile device; and responsive to the determining: (i) sending an account recharge notification to the mobile device via the communication channel, wherein the account recharge notification includes a link configured to allow the prepaid account to be recharged such that the one or more pre-determined financial criteria are satisfied; and (ii) establishing a limited messaging service between the mobile device and the messaging server, wherein establishing the limited messaging service comprises allowing access by the mobile device to a reduced set of the plurality of features of the prepaid messaging service, the reduced set including at least one feature but fewer than all features of the plurality of features of the prepaid messaging service.