Patent ID: 8340632

Claim:
A no-charge transaction system for use with a prepaid cellular telephone, wherein said prepaid cellular telephone includes a conventional cellular telephone instrument with a voice communications means and a digital input means in the form of an array of alphanumeric keys for providing call data, said call data including transaction request data to identify a transaction, said no-charge transaction system comprising: a prepaid cellular telephone service provider for providing cellular telephone service to said prepaid cellular telephone, and a wireless network coupled to said prepaid cellular telephone service provider and for presenting voice and call data developed by said prepaid cellular telephone, said wireless network for receiving call data generated by said prepaid cellular telephone, identifying said prepaid cellular telephone service provider corresponding to said prepaid cellular telephone and transferring said call data to said prepaid cellular telephone service provider, wherein the call data corresponds to digits dialed with said prepaid cellular telephone for originating a call, said prepaid cellular telephone service provider including means for receiving said call data, means for identifying said transaction request data and means for validating said call data against a user account corresponding to said prepaid cellular telephone, said prepaid cellular telephone service provider generating message data upon validation of said call data and transmitting said message data to said prepaid cellular telephone to verify identification of said transaction request data and to verify validation of said call data.