Systems for Providing Wireless Account Feature Notifications to Mobile Communication Devices

摘要

Systems and methods for providing wireless account calling feature indications to a device are described. Feature indications are provided to inform a user of the device that an incoming call or outgoing call is eligible for an account calling feature based on whether the conditions for the calling feature to apply are currently met. The feature indications are provided to a display of the device and/or to a speaker of the device.

主权项

1. A wireless communications device, comprising:
a processor; a memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
determining whether a user account feature is applicable to a network service provided to the wireless communications device, wherein the network service comprises a data communication, and the user account feature comprises free use of airtime for data communications between communication devices associated with user accounts belonging to an affinity group, the determining including:
searching an address book for an entry corresponding to the data communication; andresponsive to finding the entry corresponding to the data communication, checking an affinity group flag of the entry to determine whether the data communication is between communication devices associated with user accounts belonging to the affinity group; andresponsive to determining that the data communication is between communication devices associated with user accounts belonging to the affinity group, communicating a feature indication, prior to the data communication being established, for notifying a user of the wireless communication device that the user account feature applies to the network service provided to the wireless communications device.