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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:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:
West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Inventors:
Kuen-Yih Hwang, Naperville, IL (US);
John Lawrence Snapp, Westminster, CO (US);
Assignee:
West Corporation, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 11/10 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/852 (2013.01); H04M 15/8351 (2013.01); H04M 15/844 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for handling insufficient account balance of subscribers in a mobile communications network is disclosed. A request for communication is received from a mobile station. A determination is made as to whether a subscriber of the mobile station has an insufficient account balance. If the subscriber has an insufficient account balance, the request is withheld and the mobile station is notified by a short message.