Patent ID: 8655759

Claim:
A method performed by a processor in accordance with instructions that said processor read from a memory, comprising: obtaining a liability limit indicative of an available funding; determining whether a first amount of liability contributed by a first subscriber during a provision of a service to said first subscriber exceeds a first balance indicative of a first portion of said available funding that may be consumed by said first subscriber; determining whether a second amount of liability contributed by a second subscriber during a provision of a service to said second subscriber exceeds a second balance indicative of a second portion of said available funding that may be consumed by said second subscriber; issuing a first communication to a device to affect said provision of a service to said first subscriber if said first amount of liability exceeds said first balance; issuing a second communication to said device to affect said provision of a service to said second subscriber if said second amount of liability exceeds said second balance; maintaining a running total that includes a sum of said first amount of liability and said second amount of liability; determining whether said running total exceeds said liability limit; and reducing said running total, wherein said reducing does not change said first amount of liability or said second amount of liability.