Exchange service for wireless communication pricing accessible by wallet applications

摘要

A system and method may provide an exchange service for providing the price of wireless minutes to wallet applications and other client applications. The system may obtain pricing information for the wireless minutes and provide the pricing information to a wallet application. The pricing information may be provided through a rate server that subscribed to receive the pricing information. The rate server typically also provides exchange rates for currencies for use at wallet applications that are communicably coupled to the rate server. By providing the pricing information to wallet applications, wireless service providers may variably price their wireless services. End users may be able to obtain real-time prices of the wireless services and purchase such services directly using payment accounts associated with a wallet application. For example, a Bitcoin wallet may be used to obtain real-time prices of the wireless services and purchase such services using Bitcoins.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method of providing price information for wireless communication units, the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, cause the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising:
obtaining, by the computer system, from a pricing provider, price information for a wireless communication unit that represents an increment of usage of a wireless service; identifying, by the computer system, a rate server that is subscribed to receive the price information; causing, by the computer system, the price information for the wireless communication unit to be transmitted to a wallet application of a client device via the rate server; causing, by the computer system, at least a portion of the price information to be displayed on the client device; receiving, by the computer system, a payment related to a purchase of one or more wireless communication units, the payment originating from the wallet application for facilitating payment through at least one payment processor; identifying, by the computer system, a subscriber account related to the payment; causing, by the computer system, the subscriber account to be updated based on the one or more wireless communication units; obtaining, by the computer system, second price information for a commodity other than wireless communication units; obtaining, by the computer system, third price information for a reward; identifying, by the computer system, a second rate server subscribed to receive at least some price information from the computer system; identifying, by the computer system, whether the second rate server is subscribed to receive the price information for the wireless communication units, the second price information for the commodity other than wireless communication units, or the third price information for the reward; and causing, by computer system, the price information for the wireless communication units, the second price information for the commodity other than wireless communication units, or the third price information for the reward to be transmitted to a second wallet application via the second rate server.