Systems and methods for employing “pay-as-you-go” telecommunication services
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1. A method for affecting payment of telecommunication services, comprising:
- monitoring a user'"'"'s use of the telecommunication services at regular time intervals;
communicating results of said monitoring to a telecommunication services provider, wherein said telecommunication services provider processes said results and communicates processed results to said user; and
receiving a payment from the user, the payment obtained from a payment transaction wherein;
a payment is received from the user at a point-of-sale together with an account identifier, data indicative of the payment transaction is received from the point-of-sale by the telecommunication services provider, and an amount of money equal to the amount of payment is received from a point-of-sale proprietor by the telecommunication services provider.
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Telecommunication services systems and methods are disclosed. The telecommunication services systems and methods preferably enable the user and/or the responsible party to make payments as the user uses the telecommunication services. The systems and methods may also be employed to provide the user and/or the responsible party with specialized pricing options and other customized services.
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1. A method for affecting payment of telecommunication services, comprising:
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monitoring a user'"'"'s use of the telecommunication services at regular time intervals; communicating results of said monitoring to a telecommunication services provider, wherein said telecommunication services provider processes said results and communicates processed results to said user; and receiving a payment from the user, the payment obtained from a payment transaction wherein;
a payment is received from the user at a point-of-sale together with an account identifier, data indicative of the payment transaction is received from the point-of-sale by the telecommunication services provider, and an amount of money equal to the amount of payment is received from a point-of-sale proprietor by the telecommunication services provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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