Home and roaming provisioning method for mobile terminals
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1. A telecommunication terminal for accessing a data network via an access network using a set of provisioning data, the terminal comprising:
- means for storing a current set of primary provisioning data that is updated automatically without intervention of the terminal user;
means for storing at least one set of protected primary provisioning data that cannot be updated without the intervention of the terminal user; and
means for selecting a set of provisioning data from a group of the current set of primary provisioning data and the set of protected primary provisioning data,wherein a connection to the data network is set up using the selected set of provisioning data, andwherein the protected primary provisioning data is information establishing a connection to the data network in a home access network.
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Abstract
A telecommunication terminal for accessing a data network via an access network using a set of provisioning data stores a current set of provisioning data and at least one set of protected provisioning data. The protected provisioning data cannot be updated without the intervention of the terminal user. This enables a mobile terminal to change access network without losing the provisioning data of the home access network. It avoids the need for further provisioning on returning to the home access network.
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30 Claims
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1. A telecommunication terminal for accessing a data network via an access network using a set of provisioning data, the terminal comprising:
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means for storing a current set of primary provisioning data that is updated automatically without intervention of the terminal user; means for storing at least one set of protected primary provisioning data that cannot be updated without the intervention of the terminal user; and means for selecting a set of provisioning data from a group of the current set of primary provisioning data and the set of protected primary provisioning data, wherein a connection to the data network is set up using the selected set of provisioning data, and wherein the protected primary provisioning data is information establishing a connection to the data network in a home access network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 26)
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10. A telecommunication terminal for accessing a data network via an access network using a set of provisioning data, the terminal comprising:
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means for storing a current set of provisioning data that is updated automatically without intervention of a user; means for storing at least one set of protected provisioning data that cannot be updated without the intervention of an access network operator, and means for selecting a set of provisioning data from a group of the current set of primary provisioning data and the set of protected primary provisioning data, wherein a connection to the data network is established using the selected set of provisioning data, and wherein the protected primary provisioning data is information establishing a connection to the data network in a home access network and the current set of provisioning data comprises roaming information establishing a connection to the data network in a visiting access network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A telecommunication terminal for accessing a data network via an access network using a set of provisioning data, the terminal comprising:
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means for storing a current set of provisioning data to access the data network that is updated automatically without intervention of a user; means for storing at least one set of protected provisioning data that cannot be updated without the intervention of an access provider; and means for selecting a set of provisioning data from a group of the current set of primary provisioning data and the set of protected primary provisioning data, wherein a connection to the data network is established using the selected set of provisioning data, and wherein the protected primary provisioning data is information establishing a connection to the data network in a home access network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of accessing a data network by a telecommunications terminal, the method comprising:
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identifying a user and a network using the terminal; when the user and the network are identified, checking a storage of the terminal for a protected provisioning data that cannot be modified without user intervention; when said protected provisioning data is detected, using said provisioning data to connect the terminal to the data network; and when said protected provisioning data is not detected, requesting current provisioning data; wherein said storage is in one of; the terminal; a medium dedicated to an access provider; and a medium dedicated to an access network, wherein before storing in said storage said protected provisioning data, the user is queried whether said protected provisioning data is to be stored. - View Dependent Claims (25, 27, 28)
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29. A telecommunication terminal for accessing a data network via an access network using a set of provisioning data, the terminal comprising:
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means for storing a current set of primary provisioning data that is updated automatically without intervention of a user; means for storing at least one set of protected primary provisioning data that cannot be updated without intervention from a terminal user; and means for copying one of said at least one set of protected primary provisioning data from the protected storing means into the current storing means, wherein the protected primary provisioning data is information establishing a connection to the data network in a home access network. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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