GIFTING PREPAID DATA PLANS

摘要

A method is provided for allowing a user to gift a portion of a prepaid plan. A server offers the gifted portion of the prepaid plan to another user. In an embodiment, the other user may be a charity, a user chosen by the purchaser of the prepaid plan, a user chosen by the entity running the server, for example.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server from a user device, a request to purchase a prepaid wireless plan on behalf of a user, the server including at least a processor system having one more or more processors and a memory system; in response, the processor system, adding the wireless service purchased to an account of the user and storing account information reflecting the purchase in the memory system of the server; sending, from a server to a user device, which when consumed by the user device causes a page to be displayed on the user device with an option for the user to give away an unused portion of a prepaid wireless plan purchased; receiving, at the server, a request to give away a portion of the prepaid plan purchased; and sending from the server, an offer to another user for prepaid wireless service, that includes at least a portion of the prepaid wireless service given away.