Patent ID: 7346154

Claim:
A network element comprising: a processor configured to have access to at least two different prepaid profile definitions, each prepaid profile comprising at least one attribute for the prepaid service, the attribute defining how prepaid service information relating to the attribute is to be updated during a recharge, a first way defined in a first prepaid profile providing different updated information than a second way defined in a second prepaid profile with the same given values, and to have access to subscriber information on prepaid subscribers, a prepaid subscriber's subscriber information comprising prepaid service information and an indication of which one of the at least two different prepaid profiles is to be used with this subscriber, and to update, during a prepaid subscriber's account recharge, the prepaid service information in the prepaid subscriber's subscriber information as defined by the attribute in the prepaid profile indicated by the prepaid subscriber's subscriber information, the attribute not being selectable by means of recharge.