Gabriel Matsliach

US Patent:

20120041853, Feb 16, 2012

Filed:

Apr 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/266107

Inventors:

Hemlata S. Kadia - Voorhees NJ, US
Lior Auslander - Voorhees NJ, US
Geoffrey Benger Coleman - Voorhees NJ, US
Christopher Allen Doehler - Lone Tree CO, US
Bruce Frankel - Marlton NJ, US
Gabriel Matsliach - Voorhees NJ, US
David M. Sell - Howell NJ, US
Pankaj Trivedi - Voorhees NJ, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 30

Abstract:

There is provided a method that includes (i) receiving a notification of an event concerning a network communication service, (ii) querying a database, in response to the notification, to obtain a payment mode for the service, in which the payment mode is selectable from a set that includes (a) pre-payment and (b) post-payment, (iii) determining, in accordance with the payment mode, whether a balance to fund the service satisfies a balance criterion, and (iv) issuing, in accordance with whether the balance to fund the service satisfies the balance criterion, a communication to a device to affect a provision of the service. There is also provided a system that employs the method, and a storage medium that contains instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method.

US Patent:

20120030102, Feb 2, 2012

Filed:

Apr 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

13/262967

Inventors:

Christopher Allen Doehler - Lone Tree CO, US
Lior Auslander - Voorhees NJ, US
Geoffrey Benger Coleman - Voorhees NJ, US
Bruce Frankel - Marlton NJ, US
Gabriel Matsliach - Voorhees NJ, US
David M. Sell - Howell NJ, US
Paresh C. Shah - Mt. Laurel NJ, US
Pankaj Trivedi - Voorhees NJ, US

International Classification:

G06Q 20/22
G06Q 20/14

US Classification:

705 40, 705 39

Abstract:

There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a notification of an event concerning a network communication service involving a subscriber, in which the subscriber is linked to a first account having first account terms, and a second account having second account terms, (b) making a decision of whether to handle the network communication service in accordance with the subscriber being linked to the first account or in accordance with the subscriber being linked to the second account, and (c) issuing a communication to a device to facilitate the network communication service, pursuant to the decision. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage medium that contains instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method.