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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:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2001
Applicants:
Eric Harold Henrikson, Remond, WA (US);
Chinmei Chen Lee, Woodbridge, IL (US);
Inventors:
Eric Harold Henrikson, Remond, WA (US);
Chinmei Chen Lee, Woodbridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Prepaid accounts are replenished during multimedia sessions using the prepaid accounts without interruption of the multimedia sessions. A prepay server monitors and adjusts prepaid account balances based on usage of communications resources as reported by elements of the communications network (). If a processor determines that an account balance is low, then a user terminal () is notified and a new session is intiated to permit the user to increase the account balance without interrupting the ongoing communications session.