Wireless telephone with credited airtime
First Claim
1. A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and responsive to making selected purchases of goods and services in purchase amounts placed through a purchase account and for enabling the purchase amounts made through the purchase account to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime, the telephone comprising:
- telephonic means integrated with the telephone for transmitting and receiving telephonic communications;
input means integrated with the telephone for entering into the telephone information pertaining to a purchase amount of a selected purchase;
confirming means integrated with the telephone for confirming placement of the purchase amount in the purchase account and releasing the information entered into the telephone, for conversion of the purchase amount within the telephone to an additional period of airtime pertaining to the purchase amount; and
converting means integrated with the telephone and responsive to the confirming means for converting within the telephone the information pertaining to the purchase amount released by the confirming means to the additional period of airtime, in proportion to the purchase amount of the selected purchase, during which additional period of airtime telephonic communication is enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime.
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Abstract
A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and for the purchase of selected goods and services in purchase amounts is responsive to the purchase amounts so as to enable the purchase amounts to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime. A method of using a wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and for the purchase of selected goods and services in purchase amounts enables the purchase amounts to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime. Preferably, the purchase amounts are placed through a purchase account and are converted to additional periods of airtime in proportion to the purchase amounts.
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8 Claims
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1. A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and responsive to making selected purchases of goods and services in purchase amounts placed through a purchase account and for enabling the purchase amounts made through the purchase account to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime, the telephone comprising:
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telephonic means integrated with the telephone for transmitting and receiving telephonic communications; input means integrated with the telephone for entering into the telephone information pertaining to a purchase amount of a selected purchase; confirming means integrated with the telephone for confirming placement of the purchase amount in the purchase account and releasing the information entered into the telephone, for conversion of the purchase amount within the telephone to an additional period of airtime pertaining to the purchase amount; and converting means integrated with the telephone and responsive to the confirming means for converting within the telephone the information pertaining to the purchase amount released by the confirming means to the additional period of airtime, in proportion to the purchase amount of the selected purchase, during which additional period of airtime telephonic communication is enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of using a wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and for making selected purchases of goods and services in purchase amounts placed through a purchase account, the method enabling the purchase amounts of the selected purchases to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime, in response to making the selected purchases, the method comprising:
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providing telephonic means integrated with the telephone for transmitting and receiving telephonic communications; utilizing the telephonic means to place a purchase amount in the purchase account; entering within the telephone information pertaining to a purchase amount of a selected purchase; confirming within the telephone placement of the information pertaining to the purchase amount in the purchase account; converting within the telephone the purchase amount, confirmed as having been placed in the purchase account, to an additional period of airtime, in proportion to the purchase amount; and enabling within the telephone the telephonic means for telephonic communications during the additional period of airtime, independent of the subscribed periods of airtime.
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5. A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and responsive to purchase amounts so as to enable the purchase amounts to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime, the telephone comprising:
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telephonic means integrated with the telephone for transmitting and receiving telephonic communications; purchase amount means integrated with the telephone for entering information pertaining to a purchase amount; and converting means integrated with the telephone and responsive to the purchase amount means for converting within the telephone the information pertaining to the purchase amount to an additional period of airtime during which additional period of airtime telephonic communication is enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of using a wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and responsive to purchase amounts so as to enable the purchase amounts to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime, the method comprising:
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providing telephonic means integrated with the telephone for transmitting and receiving telephonic communications; entering into the telephone information pertaining to a purchase amount; converting within the telephone the information pertaining to the purchase amount to an additional period of airtime; and enabling within the telephone the telephonic means for telephonic communications during the additional period of airtime, independent of the subscribed periods of airtime. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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