Patent ID: 8160544
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of pre-payment for communication services, comprising: receiving at least first and second user specified variable threshold amounts at least partially establishing a refresh trigger rule specifying when to refresh an amount of remaining usage for a first communication service as a function of location of communication service user in one of a respective first and second geographic locations; detecting a current geographic location of the communication service user; detecting that the refresh trigger rule is met, as a function of one of the first and second user specified variable threshold amounts and the current geographic location of a the communication service user in one of the first and second geographic locations respectively associated with the first and second user specified variable threshold amounts; and in response to detecting that the refresh trigger rule is met, refreshing the amount of remaining usage for the first communication service of the communication service user in accordance with a refresh completion rule that is associated with the first communication service of the communication service user and that specifies details about the amount being refreshed.