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System and method for virtual wireless roaming

  • US 7,890,111 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2006
  • Issued: 02/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for call routing from a wired telephone switch, said method comprising:

  • receiving, at a switch of a wireless service provider, a request to register a wireless device for call routing to a standard telephone of a wired network of a wired network provider;

    determining, by the switch, whether the wireless service provider has an agreement with the wired network provider for enabling virtual roaming on the wired network;

    responsive to a determination that the wireless service provider has the agreement with the wired network provider for enabling virtual roaming on the wired network, registering the wireless device with a database of the wired telephone switch and routing incoming wireless calls destined for the wireless device to the standard telephone;

    unregistering the wireless device to disable the call routing to the standard telephone; and

    responsive to a determination that the wireless service provider does not have the agreement with the wired network provider for enabling virtual roaming on the wired network, transmitting, by the switch, a message to the wireless device to notify a user of the wireless device that the wireless device is not enabled for virtual roaming.

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