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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Coulter C. Henry, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr., Decatur, GA (US);
Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Derek Ekow-badu Johnson, Marietta, GA (US);
Coulter C. Henry, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);
Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr., Decatur, GA (US);
Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Derek Ekow-Badu Johnson, Marietta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods for adding minutes to a calling plan having a calling plan period. The methods including determining whether a threshold number of minutes have been reached during the calling plan period; and incrementally adding minutes to the calling plan when the threshold number of minutes has been reached. The cost per minute of the added minutes is less than the high-cost per minute rate normally associated with exceeding the threshold number of minutes during the calling plan period.