Mci, Inc.

Worldcom, Inc.

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

James Duke Bond

Karl Henderson

Kamran W Mir

Stacy Borocz

Anne Gillman

David Ford

Charles David Ford

System and a method for recording a personal greeting associated with a pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and a personal greeting. Also included and involved is a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system that is coupled to the data storage system and which is configured to receive a request to record the personal greeting during a setup call over a telephone network and to cause the personal greeting to be recorded for subsequent playback. The pre-paid telephone calling card processing system is also configured to receive a request to make an outbound telephone call in relation to the pre-paid telephone calling card during an access call over the telephone network and to cause the personal greeting to be played back automatically during the access call.

Calling card having an associated pre-recorded personal greeting

System and method for recording at least one message to be associated with a prepaid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing data corresponding to the prepaid telephone calling card and at least one message. Also included and involved is a prepaid telephone calling card processing system that is coupled to the data storage system and configured to receive a request to record the message(s) during a service setup call over a telephone network and to cause the message(s) to be recorded for subsequent playback. The prepaid telephone calling card processing system may also be configured to receive a request to play the message(s) stored in relation to the prepaid telephone calling card during an access call over the telephone network and to cause the message(s) to be played back automatically.

Prepaid telephone calling card with message recording capability

Pre-paid telephone calling card having an associated pre-recorded personal greeting

Systems and methods for facilitating the use of a pre-paid card linked to a stored value card account (e.g., a debit type card associated with an available, remaining money value, etc.). The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing data related to a pre-paid card and a stored value card account. The stored value card account is maintained and managed by a stored value card processing system. The stored value card processing system stores a money value applicable to purchases and telephone calls. The system and method also include and involve a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system that is coupled to the data storage system and is configured to receive a request to initiate a telephone call in relation to the prepaid telephone calling card and to instruct the stored value card processing system to adjust the money value in relation to the telephone call.

Pre-paid telephone calling card linked to a stored value account

System and a method for facilitating the use of a preferred, discount rate pre-paid telephone calling card. The system and method include and involved a data storage system for storing data corresponding to a pre-paid telephone calling card and at least one location identifier related to the pre-paid telephone calling card. The location identifier(s) corresponding to at least one telephone call service rate. The system and method also include and involve a pre-paid telephone calling card processing system that is coupled to the data storage system and which is configured to receive the location identifier(s) during a setup call over a telephone network and to cause the location identifier(s) to be stored in the data storage system during the setup call. During an access telephone call, such as one in which an outbound telephone call may be made in accordance with a pre-paid telephone calling card to a terminating telephone number based on at least one location identifier, a calling party may realize preferred, discounted telephone service rates. Such rates may be used to bill calls against available call usage units, etc. based on a selected location identifier.

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James Duke Bond