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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:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Nitin Khanna, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Aarne Laur, Tallinn, EE;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/08 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04M 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/127 (2013.01); H04L 12/1417 (2013.01); H04M 15/8228 (2013.01); H04M 15/84 (2013.01); H04M 15/852 (2013.01); H04M 15/88 (2013.01); H04M 15/882 (2013.01); H04M 17/20 (2013.01); H04M 17/202 (2013.01); H04M 17/204 (2013.01); H04L 12/1467 (2013.01); H04M 2215/28 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide a subscription management service, which can be in-band or out-of-band, which allows users to extend their subscription or temporarily side-step payment limits on a subscription without disrupting the user's experience. The various embodiments can be operable in all on-demand services including, but not limited to, video services, voice services, video/voice services, text services, Web services, and the like.