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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2012
Soumyajit Chakraborty, Harrison, NJ (US);
James Gordon Beattie, Jr., Bergenfield, NJ (US);
Stephen J. Griesmer, Westfield, NJ (US);
Shiv Kumar, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Soumyajit Chakraborty, Harrison, NJ (US);
James Gordon Beattie, Jr., Bergenfield, NJ (US);
Stephen J. Griesmer, Westfield, NJ (US);
Shiv Kumar, Marlboro, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sharing a service in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request for sharing a service from a first user endpoint device associated with a first customer, wherein the request is directed to a second user endpoint device associated with a second customer, performs an authentication of the first user endpoint device, determines whether the first user endpoint device has a subscription to a sharing service, determines whether the second user endpoint device has a subscription to the sharing service, attempts to obtain an authorization to enable the first user endpoint device to access the service that is associated with the second user endpoint device, wherein the service is related to a financial transaction privilege and provides a response granting the request for the sharing of the service, if the authorization is received.