Inventors:
Gregory L. Mumford - Marion IA, US
Jon E. Abel - Cedar Rapids IA, US
David A. Fitzgerald - Springville IA, US
Radhika Gunasekar - Cedar Rapids IA, US
Anna Marie Appleby - Cedar Rapids IA, US
John M. Leslein - Marion IA, US
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ
International Classification:
H04M 11/00
US Classification:
455405, 455406, 455407, 455408, 4554141, 455418, 455419, 455420, 37911401, 37911403, 37911501, 379126, 37912705
Abstract:
Prepaid services include associating a plurality of users with a prepaid services account. The account is configured to track a prepaid balance associated with the account as well as to allow at least a subset of the plurality of users associated with the account to draw down the prepaid balance at least generally at the same time. Drawing down the prepaid balance includes allocating a portion of the prepaid balance to each respective user, monitoring a provision of service, and repeating, selectively, the allocating and monitoring.