Patent ID: 7907711

Claim:
A method for notifying a user of a calling card balance, the method being implemented by a computer system including a call processing module, a balance calculation module, and a notification module, and the method comprising: the notification module obtaining notification preferences associated with a calling card including a desired notification communication channel and a destination country; the call processing module determining that a first telephone call using the calling card has ended; the balance calculation module, after the call processing module determines that the first telephone call has ended, recalculating a calling card balance, including generating a first, domestic balance and a second, international balance based on the destination country of the notification preferences; and the notification module notifying the user of the recalculated calling card balance, irrespective of the recalculated calling card balance, via a communication channel based on the notification preferences of the user, wherein the recalculated calling card balance has a format selected from a group of formats consisting of: the domestic balance; the international balance; and both the domestic balance and the international balance.