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Providing service to a portable electronic device using allowed network codes

  • US 9,060,276 B1
  • Filed: 04/27/2013
  • Issued: 06/16/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of a portable electronic device receiving telecommunications services from a telecommunications service provider comprising:

  • identifying, by a roaming application on a portable electronic device, a set of blocked network codes, wherein the set of blocked network codes comprises at least one of numeric or alphanumeric codes;

    selecting, by the roaming application, at least one network code of a plurality of network codes, wherein the selected network code is associated with a roaming telecommunications service provider;

    comparing, by the roaming application, the selected network code to the set of blocked network codes, wherein the plurality of blocked network codes are determined by a primary telecommunications service provider and comprise network codes that are not authorized by the primary telecommunications service provider to connect the portable electronic device to at least one of voice services or data services of roaming telecommunications service providers; and

    connecting, by the roaming application, the portable electronic device to a roaming telecommunications service provider network of the roaming telecommunications service provider associated with the selected network code to establish the at least one of voice services and data services while the portable electronic device is roaming internationally in response to a determination that the selected network code is not on the list of blocked network codes.

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