Proximity-based mobile telephone billing intervention
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1. A method operative with respect to a telephone conversation having at least one party operating a mobile telephone, the method comprising:
- detecting whether the mobile telephone is present within a pre-defined area; and
responsive to detecting that the mobile telephone is present within the pre-defined area, writing data to a billing record to indicate that a second party has been billed for mobile telephone airtime charges of the at least one party operating a mobile telephone, wherein the second party is a party other than the at least one party operating a mobile telephone.
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Abstract
A method, computer program product, and data processing system for allowing a third party to assume a mobile telephone user'"'"'s airtime and other charges when the mobile telephone user enters a particular geographic area, such as the third party'"'"'s property is disclosed.
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36 Claims
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1. A method operative with respect to a telephone conversation having at least one party operating a mobile telephone, the method comprising:
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detecting whether the mobile telephone is present within a pre-defined area; and
responsive to detecting that the mobile telephone is present within the pre-defined area, writing data to a billing record to indicate that a second party has been billed for mobile telephone airtime charges of the at least one party operating a mobile telephone, wherein the second party is a party other than the at least one party operating a mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product in a computer readable medium, operative with respect to a telephone conversation having at least one party operating a mobile telephone, comprising instructions for:
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detecting whether the mobile telephone is present within a pre-defined area; and
responsive to detecting that the mobile telephone is present within the pre-defined area, writing data to a billing record to indicate that a second party has been billed for mobile telephone airtime charges of the at least one party operating a mobile telephone, wherein the second party is a party other than the at least one party operating a mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A data processing system operative with respect to a telephone conversation having at least one party operating a mobile telephone, comprising:
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a bus system;
a processing unit including at least one processor; and
a memory containing a set of instructions, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to perform the acts of;
detecting whether the mobile telephone is present within a pre-defined area; and
responsive to detecting that the mobile telephone is present within the pre-defined area, writing data to a billing record to indicate that a second party has been billed for mobile telephone airtime charges of the at least one party operating a mobile telephone, wherein the second party is a party other than the at least one party operating a mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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