Method and apparatus for subscribers to use a proprietary wireless e-mail and personal information service within a public mobile network not otherwise configured to enable that use

• US 20060281492A1
• Filed: 03/21/2006
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mobileum, Incorporated fka Roamware
• Original Assignee: Mobileum, Incorporated fka Roamware
• Inventors: Jiang, John Yue Jun
• Application Number:
  US11/384,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20060281492A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0025 Provisions for signalling

Abstract

Methods and systems are described herein enabling a local public mobile network that is not configured to offer a certain type proprietary wireless e-mail and personal information service (such as a Blackberry service) to one of its subscribers that otherwise subscribes to such a proprietary service via non-local public network.

Claims

1. A method for availing a subscriber to a local mobile public network of a proprietary e-mail service provided to that subscriber by a non-local public mobile network, the method comprising:

defining a specified set of IMSIs;

providing the subscriber with an identity module for their wireless communications device corresponding to one of said set of IMSIs;

the local public mobile network registering to the non-local public network according to the subscriber'"'"'s registration information for the proprietary e-mail service;

the non-local public network receiving e-mail from that proprietary e-mail service and communicating that information to the local mobile public network; and

the local public network communicating that e-mail to the subscriber.