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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2007
Hung T. Dinh, Austin, TX (US);
Teng HU, Austin, TX (US);
Dinh T. Le, San Antonio, TX (US);
Phong A. Pham, Austin, TX (US);
Hung T. Dinh, Austin, TX (US);
Teng Hu, Austin, TX (US);
Dinh T. Le, San Antonio, TX (US);
Phong A. Pham, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments may comprise hardware and/or code within a cellular phone to process data related to charges for a call to indicate the charges to the user. In some embodiments, the charges may be presented in the form of an icon. The icon may indicate whether or not charges apply to the call, a range of charges, and/or a rate of charge. Further embodiments may display characters describing conditional charges for a call. In still further embodiments, the charges for a call may be indicated by an audible alert such as a volume, frequency, pattern of frequencies, or a voice generated. Embodiments may also include hardware and/or code of a cellular phone server such as an MTSO to gather and transmit account information to a cellular phone (or apparatus with similar functionality such as a mobile broadband card).