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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. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Tony Baldassini, Milan, IT;
Massimo Malcontenti, Milan, IT;
Inventors:
Tony Baldassini, Milan, IT;
Massimo Malcontenti, Milan, IT;
Assignee:
Tim Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for sending short messages using a debiting service with debiting to a recipient by the following steps: 1) receiving a short message from a sending number addressed to a recipient's number, with the addition of a prefix, the prefix being associated with the debiting service; ii) checking an authorization of the sending number to debit a cost of the short message to the recipient; iii) checking if a credit of the recipient is greater than the cost; and iv) if outcomes of both checks ii and iii are positive, sending the short message to the recipient.