Patent ID: 8295458

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing pay-as-you-go internet services to a user comprising: assigning an account identifier for a pay-as-you-go internet service to a user for conducting one or more online transaction via a web server, wherein said one or more online transaction requires the user's account identifier; providing the user with an interface to log in using the account identifier; monitoring data associated with the account identifier, during each instance of use of the pay-as-you-go internet service; comparing the monitored data to a threshold of use for the account identifier previously set by the user; preventing the account identifier from exceeding the threshold of use; providing the user with a virtually simultaneously notification of total charges associated with the account identifier when each of the one or more online transaction ends; and presenting the user with an interactive system operable during each instance of use, to enable the user to make electronic payments for additional use of the pay-as-you-go internet service.