ROAMING SELECTION SERVICES
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Abstract
Management of native subscriber registrations on a foreign network is accomplished via an approach that advantageously offers dynamic roaming, that is, the capability to send data over-the-air to populate a customer subscriber identity module (SIM) card with specific networks, in a specific order of preference, according to the characteristics and capabilities of the subscriber mobile station, the subscriber'"'"'s home network, the foreign territory roamed, and the like. The approach also provides an SS7 service-based solution including the capability of the home network to control the roaming mobile station from registering on a non-preferred visited network, based on configurable rules. The approach provides the ability to segment subscribers, increased/assured quality of service, no limits on designation of carrier preferences, the ability to apportion roaming traffic across numerous operators in a given foreign territory, capability for real-time changes of preferred network, and preservation of manual network selection capabilities.
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66 Claims
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42. A method for managing access to wireless services, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a routing component, a service request associated with registration of a mobile terminal to a foreign network, the registration based upon access information stored in the mobile terminal; retrieving, by a service component, the access information; the service component modifying the access information according to at least one goal of a home carrier of the mobile terminal; and the service component sending the modified access information to the mobile terminal to remotely manage registration of the mobile terminal to the foreign network or to a different foreign network based upon the modified access information. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the following:
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receiving a service request associated with registration of a mobile terminal to a foreign network, the registration based upon access information stored in the mobile terminal; retrieving the access information; modifying the access information according to at least one goal of a home carrier of the mobile terminal; and sending the modified access information to the mobile terminal to remotely manage registration of the mobile terminal to the foreign network or to a different foreign network based upon the modified access information. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a routing component of a home network configured for intercepting a registration message from one of a plurality of foreign networks, the registration message associated with a mobile terminal roaming on the one of the plurality of foreign networks; a service component of the home network configured for; retrieving access information associated with the mobile terminal; modifying the access information according to at least one goal of a home carrier of the mobile terminal; and sending the modified access information to the mobile terminal to remotely manage registration of the mobile terminal to the plurality of foreign networks based upon the modified access information. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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Specification