Patent ID: 8090345
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. A telecommunication service provider automatic refill system comprising: a customer account linked with a configuration record operable to identify whether only a triggered refill channel is activated on the customer account, whether only a scheduled refill channel is activated on the customer account, and whether both the triggered refill channel and scheduled refill channel are activated on the customer account; a billing system operable to receive a customer account identifier that identifies the customer account and operable to analyze the configuration record linked to the customer account identifier to determine whether a triggered refill condition is met for the customer account, that a regularly scheduled refill condition is met for the customer account, or that both the regularly scheduled refill condition and triggered refill condition are met for the customer account; a triggered refill channel in communication with the billing system, the triggered refill channel operable to execute a triggered refill funding procedure for the customer account when the triggered refill condition is met for the customer account; and a scheduled refill channel in communication with the billing system, the scheduled refill channel operable to execute a scheduled refill funding procedure for the customer account when the regularly scheduled refill condition is met for the customer account.