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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.:

US 9451099 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2014

Methods for providing overdraft protection for post-paid communication service plans

Applicant:

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Coulter C. Henry, Jr., Atlanta, GA (US);

Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr., Decatur, GA (US);

Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);

Derek Eko-Badu Johnson, Marietta, GA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:

Hartman & Citrin LLC

Primary Examiner:

Khai M Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/18 (2012.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04M 17/00 (2006.01); H04M 17/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/882 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0239 (2013.01); G06Q 50/188 (2013.01); H04L 12/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/1457 (2013.01); H04L 12/1467 (2013.01); H04M 15/00 (2013.01); H04M 15/44 (2013.01); H04M 15/80 (2013.01); H04M 15/85 (2013.01); H04M 15/851 (2013.01); H04M 15/852 (2013.01); H04M 15/854 (2013.01); H04M 15/857 (2013.01); H04M 17/00 (2013.01); H04M 17/02 (2013.01); H04M 17/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04M 2215/0104 (2013.01); H04M 2215/0124 (2013.01); H04M 2215/0152 (2013.01); H04M 2215/146 (2013.01); H04M 2215/7806 (2013.01); H04M 2215/815 (2013.01); H04M 2215/8158 (2013.01); H04M 2215/8166 (2013.01); H04M 2215/8179 (2013.01);
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.

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