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System for schools managing SMS credits using mobile reverse charge technology

  • US 8,543,086 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/2010
  • Issued: 09/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of billing or charging a receiver for a mobile communication being a message, the method including the steps of:

  • a receiver electing to receive a message from a telecommunications carrier;

    an at least one first party collating information on a subject, wherein the subject is a student, and constructing a message based on the collated information, the first party having a credit pool, and wherein the receiver is related to the subject;

    determining a status of the credit pool of the first party;

    determining a status of the receiver according to pre-set schedule;

    adding or subtracting a credit to the credit pool in accordance to the status of the receiverthe first party forwarding the message to a premium Short Message Service (SMS) aggregator to aggregate messages;

    the premium SMS aggregator submitting aggregated messages to a telecommunications carrier;

    forwarding of the messages to the receiver by the telecommunications carriers network;

    the telecommunications carrier registering a charge against the receiver of the messages in relation to a pre-set scale;

    the receiver paying the charge direct to the telecommunications carrier;

    the telecommunications carrier aggregates a revenue share based on messages sent to receivers; and

    paying a percentage of the revenue share to the premium SMS aggregator.

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