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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Timo E Sivula, Espoo, FI;
Inventor:
Timo E Sivula, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd., Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for prepayment of a service includes informing the user of the availability of a plurality of different services. An indication and request of a desired service is received from the user over a first communications link. The requested service is provided to the user over a second communications link. To indicate prepayment for the service requested an authentication key is received from the user. The validity of the authentication key received is verified and the service is provided if the authentication key is valid.