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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129519 | DYNAMIC ACCESS TO RADIO NETWORKS A method, system, and computer usable program product for dynamic access to radio networks are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Historical information about a user's movements in a geographical area is analyzed, the analysis identifying a pattern in the user's ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108235 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING NETWORK 3G DATA CAPABILITY INFORMATION IN A CDMA NETWORK A method and system of providing a mobile data device in a wireless system with information about preferred networks to connect to, the mobile device having a preferred roaming list with a list of networks, the method comprising the steps of: adding to the preferred roa... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108214 | MOBILE SOFTWARE SERVICES FOR TELECOM OPERATORS A system for performing a telecommunication service, including a cellular network, a processor connected to a memory, a Service Delivery Platform (SDP), and the telecommunication service executed by the processor and configured to execute instructions for the SDP on the... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108234 | FEMTO-BTS RF ACCESS MECHANISM Femto cells that extend mobile network coverage into customer premises operate in a frequency band typically assigned to a macro network. To facilitate system discovery and registrations of mobile stations with femto cells, a carrier designates one the channels within t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108206 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESS CONTROL CLIENT ASSISTED ROAMING Methods and apparatus that allow a device to migrate wireless service across multiple wireless networks. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention enables storing and switching between multiple Electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIM), where each eSIM is s... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120052861 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Initiating a Second Mobile Communication to Avoid and Reduce Costs In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120040666 | NETWORK SELECTION SCHEME USING A ROAMING BROKER (RB) A network selection method and wireless user equipment device operable in a network environment having one or more radio access networks (RANs), one or more core networks (CNs), and one or more service networks (SNs). Upon obtaining identity information of a particular ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034916 | POLICY ENABLED ROAMING GATEWAY IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Systems, methods, and apparatus for centrally managing service related information within a roaming environment are presented herein. A decision component can be configured to decide, based on information associated with a service level agreement, whether to accept, rej... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033658 | MOBILE TELEPHONE VOIP/CELLULAR SEAMLESS ROAMING SWITCHING CONTROLLER A nomadic server and a related system provides seamless roaming for a mobile communication device between different types of wireless networks, such as WiFi and cellular networks for voice, data and video communication. Use of the nomadic server enables a combination of... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120020347 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM A method of managing subscriber mobility within a telecommunications system having at least first and second access domains supporting respective different access technologies. Each of the access domains comprises one or more mobility management gateways responsible for... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020345 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING LIMITED POLICY AND CHARGING CONTROL AND SYSTEM THEREOF The present invention provides a method and system for implementing limited policy and charging control. The method comprises a PCRF determining whether a visited network where a UE roams supports PCC, and sending a message containing an identifier indicating the limite... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120009921 | INTELLIGENT ROAMING SYSTEM WITH OVER THE AIR PROGRAMMING A communications network administers intelligent roaming capabilities and features in a mobile station. The network includes a central database to store intelligent roaming information corresponding to respective service providers; and a service database to store and fo... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110319074 | Method and apparatus for low cost cellular roaming A wireless device (WD) is associated with a preprogrammed user roaming setting and an automated adjustment algorithm stored in operative communication with the device. The algorithm is initiated and run when the device enters a roaming area, thereby automatically activa... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110286443 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROAMING IN DECT-VOIP NETWORK A system, an apparatus and related method for roaming in DECT-VoIP network are provided. The system for roaming in DECT-VoIP network includes at least a DECT-VoIP handset, and at least a DECT-VoIP apparatus. The system can be connected to the Internet through connecting... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110281582 | TRAFFIC REDIRECTION ON DATA ROAMING TRAFFIC The present invention is directed towards a method for directing roaming traffic associated with a subscriber of an HPMN. The method includes detecting a location update message from the subscriber at a non-preferred VPMN. The subscriber has an established data context ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELLULAR ROAMING CHARGE BYPASS CALL COMPLETION Systems and methods for avoiding roaming or communications charges when a mobile communications device such as a cellular telephone receives an incoming telephone call use a non-native communications provider, such as a VOIP service provider to redirect the call. A subs... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275368 | DATA-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SCANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF A DUAL MODE MOBILE DEVICE A data-communication system scanning method and apparatus of a dual mode mobile device. The method includes acquiring a mobile communication system and storing a local time used by the acquired mobile communication system. The method also includes identifying a local ti... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110269422 | System and Method for Routing a Message to a Mobile Device Associated with Multiple Communication Profiles A communication management system receives, from a first cellular network operator, a request for routing information for a message that is addressed to a mobile device using a first communication profile. When the communication management system determines that the mob... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110263247 | Method for providing a service for monitoring the movement of subscribers amongst the coverage areas of the mobile cellular communication networks and a system for carrying out said method The invention relates to methods and system for providing additional services to the subscribers of a mobile cellular communication network, in particular to methods and systems providing travelling subscribers with a service of monitoring, according to their wish, thei... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110263248 | METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICES, AND STORAGE DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION A method, a communication device, and a storage device for controlling communication are provided. The communication controlling method comprises the following steps. A telephone number of a receiver is provided, wherein the telephone number is corresponding to a first ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261794 | DATA TRANSMISSION UTILIZING ALTERNATE MEDIA A data transmission method for transmitting data from a first communication device to a second communication device, a data transmission system and a communication device can be provided. An identification message associated with the data is sent from the first communic... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110244856 | WIRELESS NETWORK ROAMING TIMER METHOD AND APPARATUS A mobile station in a wireless network includes a roaming timer. The roaming timer is set based on various criteria, and when the roaming timer expires, an attempt to roam is performed.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110237249 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING COMMUNICATION LINKS TO A MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOCAL RADIO AREA OF A NETWORK A mobile terminal device (ME) determines whether it is located in the local radio area (HFB) of the network (MN) or in another radio area (FB2) and the determined radio area (HFB, FB2) is indicated to an application (APPL) of the network (MN). The applicat... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110230186 | PREVENTION OF OVERREACH CONDITION IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION A method of wireless communication between a base station and a mobile station may entail scanning a first entry of a preferred roaming list for a first base station channel, transmitting a downlink signal from the base station to the mobile station; determining that th... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110223909 | Roaming gateway enabling location based services (LBS) roaming for user plane in CDMA networks without requiring use of a mobile positioning center (MPC) LBS support to CDMA mobiles while roaming on another network. IS-801 session data is routed by a routing gateway to a correct visited network PDE that contains correct BSA data, which is used to return assistance data to an interrogating mobile device. A standalone exem... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110217977 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREMENTAL UPDATE OF A PREFERRED ROAMING LIST A system and method of incrementally updating a preferred roaming list (PRL) are disclosed. The systems and methods include modifying a removable user identity module (RUIM) card on the mobile device to accept data structures that include incremental update information ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110207454 | AUTHENTICATING AND REGISTERING ROAMING MOBILE USERS In an embodiment, a mobile device that is configured to receive calls on a first telephone network via a first telephone number is configured to receive calls on a second telephone network via a second telephone number. A subscriber interface module (SIM) is installed i... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110201330 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ACQUISITION METHOD FOR MOBILE LOCATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A maintenance and administration device of a wireless communication system having for an object to enable the acquisition of accurate location information, even with respect to mobile handsets in the Idle state, sets a mobile handset subscriber identifier and a paging f... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110201329 | COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT A communications manager is disclosed that is provided on a telecommunications network and a terminal registered with that network. The communications manager comprises in the network and on the terminal a service manager; a data manager and a connection manager. The se... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110194534 | ESTABLISHING COLOCATED SECOND CELL USING A SECOND SCRAMBLING CODE BY A FEMTO BASE STATION In a cellular communications network, it may be desirable for a large number of basestations to share one or a small number of scrambling codes. When a basestation identifies a desired scrambling code, which is also being used by another nearby basestation, steps are ta... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110189991 | METHOD OF UPDATING A ROAMING LIST IN A MOBILE DEVICE A method of updating a roaming list in a mobile device is disclosed herein. The method involves detecting an occurrence of an event via a processor at a back-end system, generating a trigger in response to the detecting of the occurrence of the event, and recognizing, b... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110183666 | MANAGING SESSION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM In an embodiment, a network communication entity (NCE) determines that an access terminal has re-entered a serving area of an access network, and also determines whether a given period of time, associated with a previous session of the access terminal in the serving are... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110183668 | METHOD OF ROAMING IN BROADCAST SERVICE AND SYSTEM AND TERMINAL THEREOF A method, system, and terminal for handling or processing roaming errors between networks that can support broadcast services. When a roaming service between networks is requested, if a user authentication request is unsuccessful due to non-matching identification infor... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110177810 | PLMN SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL A Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) selection method in a roaming portable terminal and an apparatus thereof are provided. The PLMN selection method includes, determining whether a registered PLMN being a finally registered PLMN is valid when a PLMN selection event occu... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170538 | Method and System for Communications Roaming A method and system for communications roaming discloses that end subscribers apply for numbers provided by roaming networks, connect their numbers in local networks to roaming network ones and then store them in the database in Global Roaming Interface Agent (GRIA). Wh... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110171954 | PROVIDING AND CHARGING FOR DATA SERVICES IN ROAMING NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS A method provides detecting a roaming operator by a mobile communications device, where the mobile communications device is associated with a home operator; receiving a data service, by the mobile communications device, provided by the roaming operator independent of th... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110165872 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, IC CARD, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION CHARGE NOTIFICATION METHOD The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal, an IC card, a mobile communication system, a program, and a communication charge notification method capable of easily indicating roaming communication charges and preventing a user from being unexpectedly ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110143724 | Alternate Voicemail Deposit Notification for Roaming Mobile Devices Systems and methods allow a roaming mobile device to communicate with a visual voicemail (VVM) system to inform the VVM system of its roaming status. The VVM system then suspends VVM service for the voicemail account associated with the roaming mobile device and instruc... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143753 | DETERMINING MOBILE STATION OPERATING COUNTRY TO ENABLE SYSTEM SELECTION OR OTHER LOCATION BASED DEVICE FEATURES WITHOUT NETWORK ASSISTANCE A mobile station automatically determines a country in which mobile station is or will operate from readily available information, without direct assistance from the local wireless communication network. A multimode mobile station, for example, capable of both 3GPP and ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143754 | PREDICTIVE INTELLIGENCE BASED AUTOMATED CAMEL TESTING The present invention is directed towards a method for facilitating roaming tests for a club network. The method includes simulating a roamer's profile by a signaling gateway and associating with either a club network or a roaming partner network of the club network. Th... | 06/16/2011 |
