Method, system and server for charging a prepaid account

Details Method, system and server for charging a prepaid account Method, system and server for charging a prepaid account

2008-11-17

2011-12-13

Felten, Daniel S (Department: 3693)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Accounting

C705S040000, C705S041000, C705S042000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08078510

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to prepaid services in the communication field. A method for charging a prepaid account includes: delivering the available traffic to the NAS based on the available balance of an account shared by the user and other users in response to a successful authentication of a user's access request; and delivering the available traffic to the NAS based on the available balance of the account shared by the user and other users in response to a receipt of an Accounting-Request-Interim message from the NAS. The solution provided by the invention may deliver the available traffic to a user every accounting period so that an account can be used by multiple users concurrently, whereas overdraft does not occur. The present invention also provides a system and an AAA server for charging a prepaid account.

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