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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2006
Applicants:

Andrew Daymond, Tampere, FI;

Uwe Schwarz, Veikkola, FI;

Jens Benner, Copenhagen, DK;

Ossi Pöllänen, Espoo, FI;

Jan Chipchase, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Andrew Daymond, Tampere, FI;

Uwe Schwarz, Veikkola, FI;

Jens Benner, Copenhagen, DK;

Ossi Pöllänen, Espoo, FI;

Jan Chipchase, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/745 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2013.01); G07F 17/0042 (2013.01); H04M 15/00 (2013.01); H04M 15/81 (2013.01); H04M 15/88 (2013.01); H04M 15/886 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04M 2215/0108 (2013.01); H04M 2215/0112 (2013.01); H04M 2215/0116 (2013.01); H04M 2215/0136 (2013.01); H04M 2215/0168 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and corresponding equipment to enable a phone owner, who desires to lend a phone to a borrower, to define a temporary limit for the usage of the borrower, especially in a prepaid charging system. The charging system uses this temporary limit to restrict service usage such that when an amount corresponding to the temporary limit has been spent service is denied until such time as the limit has expired or been withdrawn, even if, for example, there is still a positive balance in the phone owner's own prepaid account.


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