Method and apparatus for determining the country where a mobile device has acquired service
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for identifying a serving country using at least one system specific parameter comprising:
- extracting a first system specific parameter and a second system specific parameter from a forward link signal;
determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country;
determining, in response to determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country, that the second system specific parameter in combination with the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country;
upon detecting a failure in mapping to a unique country, identifying and presenting one or more candidate countries;
receiving a selection of one of the one or more candidate countries; and
identifying the serving country for a call based on the selection.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An apparatus and method for identifying a serving country using at least one system specific parameter comprising extracting the at least one system specific parameter from a forward link signal; determining whether the at least one system specific parameter maps to a unique country; and identifying the serving country for a call.
16 Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A method for identifying a serving country using at least one system specific parameter comprising:
-
extracting a first system specific parameter and a second system specific parameter from a forward link signal; determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country; determining, in response to determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country, that the second system specific parameter in combination with the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country; upon detecting a failure in mapping to a unique country, identifying and presenting one or more candidate countries; receiving a selection of one of the one or more candidate countries; and identifying the serving country for a call based on the selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A user equipment for identifying a serving country using at least one system specific parameter comprising a processor and circuitry for performing the steps of:
-
extracting a first system specific parameter and a second system specific parameter from a forward link signal; determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country; determining, in response to determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country, that the second system specific parameter in combination with the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country; upon detecting a failure in mapping to a unique country, identifying and presenting one or more candidate countries; receiving a selection of one of the one or more candidate countries; and identifying the serving country for a call based on the selection. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A wireless device for identifying a serving country using at least one system specific parameter comprising:
-
means for a first system specific parameter and a second system specific parameter from a forward link signal; means for determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country; means for determining, in response to determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country, that the second system specific parameter in combination with the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country; upon detecting a failure in mapping to a unique country, means for identifying and presenting one or more candidate countries; means for receiving a selection of one of the one or more candidate countries; and means for identifying the serving country for a call based on the selection. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
25. A program recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a computer, comprising:
-
program code for extracting a first system specific parameter and a second system specific parameter from a forward link signal; program code for determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country; program code for determining, in response to determining that the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country, that the second system specific parameter in combination with the first system specific parameter does not map to a unique country; upon detecting a failure in mapping to a unique country, program code for identifying and presenting one or more candidate countries; program code for receiving a selection of one of the one or more candidate countries; and program code for identifying the serving country for a call comprising selecting one of the one or more candidate countries as the serving country based on the selection.
-
Specification