Method for creating self-built customer hierarchies

1. A method for creating telecommunication account/subscription hierarchies via a network, where a telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy is used by an entity owning/controlling the hierarchy to manage telecommunication accounts/subscriptions in the hierarchy, the method comprising:

sending an account/subscription level invitation to one or more entities to join a telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy, where the entitles have respective telecommunication accounts/subscriptions;

receiving, from the one or more of the entities, one or more respective requests to join the telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy based upon the account/subscription level invitation;

adding to the telecommunication accounts/subscription hierarchy one or more telecommunication accounts/subscriptions corresponding to the one or more requests to join the hierarchy; and

transferring value between two accounts/subscriptions in the telecommunications account/subscription hierarchy, where one is a pre-paid account/subscription and another is a post-paid account/subscription and where one of the two accounts/subscriptions was added to the telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy by said adding.

2. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , further comprising adding information to die hierarchy, wherein the information comprises a pre-paid account of a sender of the request.

3. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , further comprising adding information to the hierarchy, wherein the information comprise, a post-paid account of the sender of the request.

4. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , further comprising adding information to the hierarchy, wherein the information comprises a pre-paid subscription of the sender of the request.

5. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , further comprising adding information to the hierarchy, wherein the information comprises a post-paid subscription of the sender of the request.

6. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , wherein the invitation is a pre-paid account level invitation.

7. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , wherein the invitation is a post-paid account level invitation.

8. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , wherein the invitation is a pre-paid subscription level invitation.

9. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , wherein die invitation is a post-paid subscription level invitation.

10. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , wherein the entities are users and/or owners of pre-paid or post-paid mobile phones corresponding to accounts/subscriptions.

11. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more accounts are associated with different types of subscriptions.

12. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 1 , further comprising:

reloading one or more accounts with value from other accounts.

13. A system for creating telecommunication accounts/subscription hierarchies via a network, where a telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy is used by an entity owning/controlling the hierarchy to manage telecommunication accounts/subscriptions in the hierarchy, the method comprising:

means for sending an account/subscription level invitation to one or more entities to join a telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy, where the entities have respective telecommunication account/subscriptions;

means for receiving, from the one or more of the entities, one or more respective requests to join the hierarchy based upon the account/subscription level invitation:

an adding unit adding to the telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy one or more telecommunication accounts/subscriptions corresponding to the one or more requests to join the hierarchy; and

a transfer unit transferring value between two or more accounts/subscriptions, where one is a pre-paid account/subscription and another is a post-paid account/subscription, and where one of the two accounts/subscriptions was added to the telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy by said adding unit.

14. A method for creating telecommunication account/subscription hierarchies via a network, where a telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy is used by an entity owning/controlling the hierarchy to manage telecommunication accounts/subscriptions in the hierarchy, comprising:

sending an account level and/or subscription level invitation to one or more mobile phones to join a telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy, where the entities have respective telecommunication accounts/subscriptions;

receiving, from the one or more mobile phones, one or more respective requests to join the telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy based upon the invitation;

adding one or more accounts and/or subscriptions to the telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy, the one or more added accounts and/or subscriptions corresponding to the one or more requests to join the hierarchy;

transferring value between two or more accounts and/or subscriptions added to the telecommunication account/subscription hierarchy and associated with the one or more mobile phones, where one is a pre-paid subscription and another is a post-paid subscription; and

reloading one or more subscriptions and/or accounts in the hierarchy with value transferred from other subscriptions and/or accounts in the hierarchy.

15. The method for creating hierarchies via a network according to claim 14 , wherein the one or more subscription are subscriptions of different types.