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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Archana N. Shukla, Milton, GA (US);
Mervin G. Johnson, Somerset, GA (US);
Alexandra Fradkin, Somerset, NJ (US);
Tarun Verma, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A third-party data balance transfer system enables a user of a wireless service network to transfer a data balance to another user of the wireless service network. For example, a third-party data balance transfer system may provide an interface to receive a request from a donor to transfer a data balance to a recipient. A third-party data balance transfer system may verify that the donor is eligible to transfer a data balance, and that the recipient is eligible to receive data. The third-party data balance transfer system may forward a message to the recipient when the eligibility of the donor and recipient are verified. The message may include instructions that direct the recipient to perform certain actions to activate the transfer a data balance. The third-party data balance transfer system may detect when the recipient performs the actions, and the third-party data balance transfer system may update account records for the wireless service network to enable the recipient to access the data balance transfer.