System and Method for Independently Authorizing Auxiliary Communication Services
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- detecting when a particular user has placed a calling connection that results in an opportunity to use a message service;
determining, in response to the detection, eligibility options of the particular user to use one or more message options; and
communicating to the particular user the determined ones of the eligibility options.
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Abstract
Systems and methods which determines the likelihood that a calling (or in some cases the called) user will pay for a particular auxiliary service are described. A system of an embodiment considers the user'"'"'s credit risk and his/her propensity to pay, when deciding if the user is eligible for a particular auxiliary service. A methodology used for determining propensity to pay for an auxiliary service according to embodiments is independent from a determination of propensity to pay for a basic calling service. Thus, the criteria used, and the weight given to each criteria, for determining eligibility for auxiliary services can be different from the criteria and criteria weight used for basic communication connections.
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33 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting when a particular user has placed a calling connection that results in an opportunity to use a message service; determining, in response to the detection, eligibility options of the particular user to use one or more message options; and communicating to the particular user the determined ones of the eligibility options. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 23, 24)
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10. A transaction authorization system for optimizing transaction profitability, said transaction authorization system comprising:
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an authorization interface for receiving one or more transaction requests from a user, said requests pertaining to a BTN; a scoring module for assessing a profitability score associated with at least one of;
said BTN and said one or more transaction requests; anda transaction services system available for use by a user based upon a certain assessed profitability score associated with a transaction request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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25. A system, comprising:
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at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory configured to store instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the system to; determine that a resident of a controlled-environment facility has attempted to initiate a communication with a non-resident of the controlled-environment facility; and communicate one or more message services that are available to resident based, at least in part, upon one or more eligibility factors associated with the resident. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a computer system, cause the computer system to:
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determine that a non-resident of a controlled-environment facility has attempted to initiate a communication with a resident of the controlled-environment facility; and communicate one or more message services that are available to the non-resident based, at least in part, upon one or more eligibility factors associated with the non-resident. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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