Patents by Inventor Derek Ukow-Badu Johnson

Derek Ukow-Badu Johnson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods for Providing Overdraft Protection for Post-Paid Communication Service Plans
    Publication number: 20120069979
    Abstract: Methods for adding minutes to a calling plan having a calling plan period. The methods including determining whether a threshold number of minutes have been reached during the calling plan period; and incrementally adding minutes to the calling plan when the threshold number of minutes has been reached. The cost per minute of the added minutes is less than the high-cost per minute rate normally associated with exceeding the threshold number of minutes during the calling plan period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Coulter C. Henry, JR., Francis Richard Lazaro, JR., Andrew Lamont Hines, JR., Derek Ukow-Badu Johnson