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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2020
Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventor:

Arnold Cataniag, Issaquah, WA (US);

Assignee:

T-MOBILE USA, INC., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/04 (2012.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/28 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); H04M 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/735 (2013.01); G06Q 20/127 (2013.01); G06Q 20/28 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 40/04 (2013.01); H04M 17/35 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for transferring access to cellular services from a postpaid subscriber account to a prepaid subscriber account are disclosed. A central postpaid system receives a request to transfer cellular services from the postpaid subscriber account to the prepaid subscriber account. The cellular services are transferred to a central prepaid system for the prepaid subscriber account. The amount of the transferred cellular services is deducted from the postpaid subscriber account stored in the central postpaid system. A monetary amount from the prepaid subscriber account is credited to the postpaid subscriber account for the transferred amount of cellular services.


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