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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Ranney Harrold Fry, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Richardson, TX (US);
Ranney Harrold Fry, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Madhusudhan Reddy Alla, Richardson, TX (US);
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine a telecommunications account status. An example method includes initiating a credit transfer request via the device identifier, determining, via a processor, whether an account associated with the device identifier comprises a prepaid type in response to receiving an indication of credit transfer success, and determining whether the account associated with the device identifier comprises a non-prepaid account type in response to receiving an indication of credit transfer failure.