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Preferred network selection

  • US 7,139,570 B2
  • Filed: 03/23/2004
  • Issued: 11/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote preference unit for influencing visited network selection by roaming mobile units making roaming registration attemps, the preference unit comprising:

  • a detection unit for detection of roaming activity by mobile unitsa database indicative of preferred networks for selection by roaming units, andan output unit, associated with said detection unit and said database to output indications to influence network selection by said detected roaming mobile units,wherein said output indications are rejection signals to roaming registration attempts to respective non-preferred roaming networks, and said roaming registration rejection signals are sent to location infrastructure of respective non-preferred roaming networks, thereby to cause a roaming registration attempt to fail at said non-preferred network and force said mobile units to re-attempt roaming registration, thereby at said reattempting to select a preferred roaming network.

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