NON MAGNETICALLY ENCODED PRE PAID TELEPHONE

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
1 800 PRE-PAID	VESTA CORPORATION	5400 Meadows Road, 5th Floor Lake Oswego OR 97035	[ non-magnetically encoded pre-paid telephone calling cards ];telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission of voice, data;1 800 PRE PAID;
SEAWAY	DE LACROSE, GUY-PHILIPPE	1232 A Washington Street San Francisco CA 94108	non magnetically encoded pre-paid telephone calling cards;SEA WAY;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A system and method for electronic purchase of prepaid telephone services is provided. An initiating terminal receives input of a customer's request to purchase a specified amount of prepaid telephone services and receives input of the customer's designation of a financial account from which to electronically debit the price of such purchase. A central terminal receives these inputs from the initiating terminal, obtains authorization for the request, and transmits data to the initiating terminal for the initiating terminal to, in turn, print on a receipt and provide to the customer. This receipt is then used instead of a telephone card to obtain telephone services up to the specified amount. Such receipt may also detail instructions and an authorization number, such as a personal identification number or PIN, to initiate the pre-paid telephone service. The system and method of the present invention also preferably transfers the funds from the appropriate demand or credit account to pay for the purchased telephone services. An additional, separate Regulation E-type receipt is preferably also printed reflecting the financial transaction.