If anything, their confidence was bolstered once they had a chance to examine the drawing outside the dusty old frame, and found a small signature hidden under a mount.
Cingular and other mobile providers got slapped with a patent lawsuit over "prepaid" accounts, which aren't anything more complex than purchasing a certain amount of cellphone minutes in advance and drawing from them over time, as opposed to going in for a regular per-month subscription allotment it's not too prevalent here in the States but is much bigger overseas.