Patent number: 9098958
Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing mobile commerce, electronic commerce, customer care and communication services via a plurality of networks, including receiving in a roaming network from a user device, an identification number and a request for a service, forwarding from the roaming network, to a home network, the identification number, the request for the service, and adding a service provider identification number that relates to a service provider and a cost or rate of the service, if the service is to be charged, verifying, by a convergent communication platform located on the home network, that the identification number relates to a valid user account, that the user device is authorized to receive the service and that the valid user account has sufficient value to pay for the service, providing an authorization to the service provider, if the identification number relates to the valid user account, the user device is authorized to receive the service and the valid user account has sufficient value, i
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 29, 2001
Date of Patent:
August 4, 2015
Assignee:
U-PAID SYSTEMS, LTD.
Inventors:
Simon James Joyce, Prafulla C. Gupta, Ashok Kumar Reddy Eanuga, Manohar Sitaram Vaidya, Kalyan Chakravarthy Kasturi, Richa Gupta, Suresh Kumar Munnangi, Varma Laxmi Jagannadha Siva Kumar Jampana, Prasad Naganjaneya Vara Undavalli, Kondal Rao Nallajerla, Krishna Mohan Sistla, Amba Prasad Gudipati, Bhanu Murthy Nallagonda, Surya Sekhar Lakshmi Velpuri, Veerabhadra Rao Kalluri, Radhakrishnan Subhashree, Sundaram Mohan Kumar, Muralidhar Goparaju, Raju Wadalkar, Fernando Manoel Alves Santos, Jr., Narendra Kumar Velagala, Anil Kumar Reddy Nakkala, Anjayya Chowdary Tummala, Krishna Mohan Venkata Kompella, Ravi Kiran Machiraju, Srinivas Seetamsetty, Gopal Vooradi, Sesh Kumar Venkata Hara Naga Burugula, Ranganatham Veluru
Patent number: 7308087
Abstract: A method of providing pre-authorized communication services and/or transactions via a plurality of networks, including accepting and processing a request from a user to provide at least one of a communication service, a transaction and user account information via a plurality of networks of different types, verifying that the user is authorized to receive the at least one of the communication service, the transaction, and the user account information, and that an account associated with the user has a sufficient amount currently available for payment of the at least one of the communication service and the transaction and charging, in real time, an authorized account associated with the user as the at least one of the communication service and the transaction is provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 15, 2003
Date of Patent:
December 11, 2007
Assignee:
Upaid Systems, Ltd
Inventors:
Simon James Joyce, Prafulla C. Gupta, Manohar S. Vaidya, Rajesh Alla, Ashok K. Reddy, Sree Ram Murthy Ayyala, Richa Gupta, Alok Kaushal, Varma Laxmi Jagannadha Siva Kumar Jampana, Prasad Undavalli, Kondal Rao Nallajerla, Sivaramayya Bonajiri, Krishna Mohan Sistla, Amba Prasad Gudipati, Biswajit Sundar Ray, Raghuram Govindacharyula, Janaki Rama Raju, K. Veerabhadra Rao, Ravi Devl Venkata Sathi, Ramkumar Kachapeswaran Mambakkam, Surya Sekhar Velpuri, Bhanumurthy Nallagonda
Publication number: 20020052754
Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing mobile commerce, electronic commerce, customer care and communication services via a plurality of networks, including receiving in a roaming network from a user device, an identification number and a request for a service, forwarding from the roaming network, to a home network, the identification number, the request for the service, and adding a service provider identification number that relates to a service provider and a cost or rate of the service, if the service is to be charged, verifying, by a convergent communication platform located on the home network, that the identification number relates to a valid user account, that the user device is authorized to receive the service and that the valid user account has sufficient value to pay for the service, providing an authorization to the service provider, if the identification number relates to the valid user account, the user device is authorized to receive the service and the valid user account has sufficient value, i
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 29, 2001
Publication date:
May 2, 2002
Inventors:
Simon James Joyce, Prafulla C. Gupta, Ashok Kumar Reddy Enuga, Manohar Sitaram Vaidya, Kalyan Chakravarthy Kasturi, Richa Gupta, Suresh Kumar Munnangi, Varma Laxmi Jagannadha Siva Kumar Jampana, Prasad Naganjaneya Vara Undavalli, Kondal Rao Nallajerla, Krishna Mohan Sistla, Amba Prasad Gudipati, Bhanu Murthy Nallagonda, Surya Sekhar Lakshmi Velpuri, Veerabhadra Rao Kalluri, Radhakrishnan Subhashree, Sundaram Mohan Kumar, Muralidhar Goparaju, Raju Waldakar, Fernando Manoel Alves Santos, Narendra Kumar Velagala, Anil Kumar Reddy Nakkala, Anjayya Chowdary Tummala, Krishna Mohan Venkata Kompella, Ravi Kiran Machiraju, Srinivas Seetamsetty, Gopal Vooradi, Sesh Kumar Venkata Hara Naga Burugula, Ranganatham Veluru
