Patent ID: 7657250

Claim:
In a wireless communication system, a method of notifying a user of usage of units of a service plan having a predetermined number of allocated units of use associated with a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving on a network device a request from the mobile device to establish a communication between the mobile device and a remote device; establishing the communication between the mobile device and the remote device; determining on the network device that a predetermined threshold of units of use associated with the mobile device has been exceeded, wherein the predetermined threshold is based, at least in part, on the predetermined number of allocated units of use; determining on the network device that the communication between the mobile device and the remote device is ongoing; receiving on the network device an indication that the communication between the mobile device and the remote device has been completed; and responsive to receiving the indication that the communication has been completed, sending a notification to the mobile device, the notification comprising an indication that the predetermined threshold has been exceeded and presenting options to respond to the notification using the mobile device, wherein one of the options automatically subscribes the user to a new communication service plan having an increased number of allocated units of use.