SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OFFERS FOR PREPAID TELEPHONY ACCOUNTS
First Claim
1. A method for managing offers for prepaid telephony accounts of a plurality of users, the method comprising:
- obtaining information related to user profiles and usage patterns of a plurality of telecommunication services offered to the plurality of users through their respective prepaid telephony accounts;
customizing prepaid telephony offers for each of the plurality of users based upon the information related to the user profiles and the usage patterns; and
delivering the customized prepaid telephony offers to a mobile device of each of the plurality of users via unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) messages.
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Abstract
A method for managing offers for prepaid telephony accounts of a plurality of users is provided. The method includes obtaining information related to user profiles and usage patterns of a plurality of telecommunication services offered to the plurality of users through their respective prepaid telephony accounts. The method also includes customizing prepaid telephony offers for each of the plurality of users based upon the information related to the user profiles and the usage patterns and delivering the customized prepaid telephony offers to a mobile device of each of the plurality of users via unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) messages.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for managing offers for prepaid telephony accounts of a plurality of users, the method comprising:
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obtaining information related to user profiles and usage patterns of a plurality of telecommunication services offered to the plurality of users through their respective prepaid telephony accounts; customizing prepaid telephony offers for each of the plurality of users based upon the information related to the user profiles and the usage patterns; and delivering the customized prepaid telephony offers to a mobile device of each of the plurality of users via unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for managing offers for prepaid telephony accounts of a plurality of users, the system comprising:
a host system communicatively coupled to a global system for mobile communications (GSM) cellular network and to mobile devices of each of the plurality of users, wherein the host system is configured to receive information related to user profiles and usage patterns of the plurality of users and to deliver customized prepaid telephony offers in real time to respective mobile device of each of the plurality of users via unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) messages transmitted through the cellular network and wherein the customized offers are delivered to the mobile devices of the users via USSD messages having call charges and balance information sent from a prepaid service control point (SCP) of the cellular network after every successfully charged voice, data and messaging sessions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for managing offers for prepaid telephony accounts of a plurality of users, the system comprising:
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a global system for mobile communications (GSM) cellular network; a host system communicatively coupled to the cellular network and to mobile devices of the plurality of users via an unstructured supplementary services data (USSD) gateway/center, wherein the host system comprises; an input module configured to receive user profiles and usage patterns of the plurality of users; a database configured to store the user profiles and the usage patterns; a processor configured to analyze the user profiles and the usage patterns and to deliver customized USSD messages having prepaid telephony offers to respective mobile device of each of the plurality of users post each successfully answered call; and an activation module configured to activate one or more user-selected prepaid telephony offers for each of the plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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