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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Karl Henderson, Highland Village, TX (US);
David Ford, Brentwood, TN (US);
James Duke Bond, Allen, TX (US);
Kamran Mir, Plano, TX (US);
WorldCom, Inc., Clinton, MS (US);
Abstract
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.