Patent ID: 7987122

Claim:
A telecommunications subscriber service package, comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to: store an allocation of unshared account units for use of a first subscriber service provider; store an allocation of shared account units for use of a second subscriber service provider and available for use of the first subscriber service provider; store instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine a number of unshared account units remaining; store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a type of account units to be utilized by the first subscriber service provider based on the number of unshared account units remaining, wherein the allocation of unshared account units is utilized by the first subscriber service provider prior to utilization of the allocation of the shared account units by the first subscriber service provider; store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to allocate the determined type of account units to the first subscriber service provider; and store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to initiate an exchange of an amount of money from the first subscriber service provider to the second subscriber service provider, wherein the amount of money is reconciled according to usage of the shared account units.