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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Gregory L. Mumford, Marion, IA (US);
Jon E. Abel, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David A. Fitzgerald, Springville, IA (US);
Radhika Gunasekar, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Anna Marie Appleby, CedarRapids, IA (US);
John M. Leslein, Marion, IA (US);
Gregory L. Mumford, Marion, IA (US);
Jon E. Abel, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David A. Fitzgerald, Springville, IA (US);
Radhika Gunasekar, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Anna Marie Appleby, CedarRapids, IA (US);
John M. Leslein, Marion, IA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Prepaid services include associating a plurality of users with a prepaid services account. The account is configured to track a prepaid balance associated with the account as well as to allow at least a subset of the plurality of users associated with the account to draw down the prepaid balance at least generally at the same time. Drawing down the prepaid balance includes allocating a portion of the prepaid balance to each respective user, monitoring a provision of service, and repeating, selectively, the allocating and monitoring.