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A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and for the purchase of selected goods and services in purchase amounts is responsive to the purchase amounts so as to enable the purchase amounts to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which tel

A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and for the purchase of selected goods and services in purchase amounts is responsive to the purchase amounts so as to enable the purchase amounts to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime. A method of using a wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and for the purchase of selected goods and services in purchase amounts enables the purchase amounts to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime. Preferably the purchase amounts are placed through a purchase account and are converted to additional periods of airtime in proportion to the purchase amounts.

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[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and responsive to making selected purchases of goods and services in purchase amounts placed

[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and responsive to making selected purchases of goods and services in purchase amounts placed through a purchase account and for enabling the purchase amounts made through the purchase account to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime, the telephone comprising:telephonic means for transmitting and receiving telephonic communications;input means for entering information pertaining to a purchase amount of a selected purchase;confirming means for confirming placement of the purchase amount in the purchase account;converting means responsive to the confirming means for converting the purchase amount confirmed by the confirming means to an additional period of airtime, in proportion to the purchase amount of the selected purchase, during which additional period of airtime telephonic communication is enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime;enabling/disabling means for enabling the telephonic means for telephonic communications during a predetermined limited subscribed period and disabling the telephonic means upon expiration of the predetermined limited subscribed period; andselective operating means for operating the telephonic means for telephonic communications of selected durations, the enabling/disabling means being responsive to the selective operating means such that telephonic communication is disabled for telephonic communications when the sum of the selected durations reaches the predetermined limited period; andresetting means responsive to the converting means for adding the additional period of airtime to the predetermined limited period.