| US 7,593,713 B1 | ||
| Managing communication sessions in a communications management network | ||
| Michael Parks, Piedmont, Calif. (US); John Karsner, Benicia, Calif. (US); John Bednarz, Oakland, Calif. (US); John Bamforth, Pittsburg, Calif. (US); and James Gamm, Clayton, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Virgin Mobile USA, L.P., Warren, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 07, 2009, as Appl. No. 12/420,008. | ||
| Application 12/420008 is a division of application No. 11/062194, filed on Feb. 18, 2005, granted, now 7,532,875. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—405 [379/229; 379/221.08; 455/414; 455/433; 370/352; 370/522] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A method for managing a subscriber communication session, the method comprising:
registering a subscriber in a communications switching network with:
a first identifier that identifies a primary session management server for managing the subscriber's communication sessions,
and
a second identifier that identifies a secondary session management server for managing the subscriber's communication sessions;
receiving at one of the primary session management server and the secondary session management server, from the communications
switching network, notification of a communication session initiated by the subscriber;
identifying a level of prepaid communication services possessed by the subscriber; and
instructing the communications switching network whether to accept the communication session.
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