Patent ID: 8478232
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: retrieving enrollment information; confirming, based on the enrollment information, that a consumer is enrolled to receive a notification message and that a fee is to be associated for sending the notification message; sending the notification message to a notification device, the notification message associated with a portable consumer device issued by an issuer and associated with an account of the consumer operated by the issuer; associating the fee for sending the notification message; charging the fee to the account of the consumer, wherein the fee is to be obtained by the issuer or a payment brand organization associated with the portable consumer device, and wherein the issuer can change the fee associated with the notification message; and sending a report to the issuer, the report being different from the notification message, wherein the notification message is one of a plurality of notification messages sent to the notification device, and wherein the report includes an itemized list, the itemized list including an indicator of the plurality of notification messages, at least one message type associated with the plurality of notification messages, and fees for sending the plurality of notification messages.