Bruce H Frankel, Age 79Philadelphia, PA

2004007, Apr 22, 2004

Dec 22, 2003

10/467664

Dafna Ephraim - Hod Hasharon, IL
Michael Kertesz - Tel Aviv, IL
Bruce Frankel - Marlton NJ, US
Gadi Inon - Rosh Ha'ain, IL

H04K001/00
H04L009/00
G06F017/60
H04M011/00

455/405000, 455/406000, 705/064000

A system (FIG. ) and method for providing prepaid data transfer services to a subscriber () through a communication device, such as a wireless or wireline device. The communication device is connected to a data network for transferring data from a data source, such as the Internet (). A prepaid system monitors the data network in order to determine whether a particular requested data transfer should be authorized or continued, for example according to the prepaid amount available in the account of the system.

2006011, Jun 1, 2006

Nov 30, 2004

10/998564

Bruce Frankel - Marlton NJ, US
Paresh Shah - Moorestown NJ, US
Chris Giacoponello - Pottstown PA, US
Figen Ceceli - Marlton NJ, US
Wesley Porter - Medford NJ, US

COMVERSE, Inc. - Wakefield MA

H04Q 7/20

455406000

Multiple Identity empowers a subscriber to use several accounts to charge and control their subscribed services. The subscriber can segment their activities into different accounts to meet their different life roles. This specifying and directing of activities, both incoming and outgoing, may be automatically or manually segmented. Rules are defined for selecting the preferred identity automatically in real-time, based on any of date/time, location of the subscriber, and the service requested; including specific phone numbers (or other communication terminal identifiers) connected to a communication device, such as a cellular telephone. The subscriber is also provided with a mechanism for manually specifying the identity to be used for a particular communication session.

2012004, Feb 16, 2012

Apr 30, 2009

13/266107

Hemlata S. Kadia - Voorhees NJ, US
Lior Auslander - Voorhees NJ, US
Geoffrey Benger Coleman - Voorhees NJ, US
Christopher Allen Doehler - Lone Tree CO, US
Bruce Frankel - Marlton NJ, US
Gabriel Matsliach - Voorhees NJ, US
David M. Sell - Howell NJ, US
Pankaj Trivedi - Voorhees NJ, US

G06Q 30/00

705 30

There is provided a method that includes (i) receiving a notification of an event concerning a network communication service, (ii) querying a database, in response to the notification, to obtain a payment mode for the service, in which the payment mode is selectable from a set that includes (a) pre-payment and (b) post-payment, (iii) determining, in accordance with the payment mode, whether a balance to fund the service satisfies a balance criterion, and (iv) issuing, in accordance with whether the balance to fund the service satisfies the balance criterion, a communication to a device to affect a provision of the service. There is also provided a system that employs the method, and a storage medium that contains instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method.

2012004, Feb 23, 2012

Apr 30, 2009

13/266102

Bruce Frankel - Marlton NJ, US
Lior Auslander - Voorhees NJ, US
Pankaj Trivedi - Voorhees NJ, US
David Policar - Woburn MA, US

G06Q 20/08

705 35

A method includes obtaining a liability limit indicative of an available funding, determining whether a first amount of liability contributed by a first subscriber during a provision of a service to the first subscriber exceeds a first balance indicative of a first portion of the available funding that may be consumed by the first subscriber, determining whether a second amount of liability contributed by a second subscriber during a provision of a service to the second subscriber exceeds a second balance indicative of a second portion of the available funding that may be consumed by the second subscriber, issuing a first communication to a device to affect the provision of a service to the first subscriber if the first amount of liability exceeds the first balance, and issuing a second communication to the device to affect the provision of a service to the second subscriber if the second amount of liability exceeds the second balance.