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US 11,128,757 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for providing roaming service
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHo-Yeon Lee
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Abstract
A method of a roaming user equipment (UE) according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes obtaining billing information of the roaming UE from a message received from a communication carrier server, sending a billing information authentication request message including the obtained billing information to an authentication server, and receiving an authentication result regarding whether the billing information is valid.
Claims16
A method of a roaming user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving a text message from a server;
- obtaining first billing information including a charge per unit from the text message;
- executing an application of the roaming UE;
- analyzing a usage pattern of the roaming UE, the usage pattern indicating whether the roaming UE uses more data service or more voice service in a roaming area;
- selecting, from among a plurality of roaming operators having different billing systems, a roaming operator optimized for at least one communication service provided by the application of the roaming UE, based on the usage pattern;
- accessing the selected roaming operator for the at least one communication service provided by the application;
- calculating, based on the first billing information, second billing information corresponding to a usage charge of the at least one communication service provided by the application while the at least one communication service is provided by the application through the accessed roaming operator;
- and
- displaying the first billing information and the second billing information on an execution screen of the application while the at least one communication service is provided by the application,
- wherein the at least one communication service includes at least one of data communication or voice communication, and
- wherein the plurality of roaming operators comprises a first roaming operator and a second roaming operator, the first roaming operator configured to charge more for a data service, but less for a voice service than the second roaming operator.
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A roaming user equipment (UE), the roaming UE comprising:
- a display;
- a transceiver;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the transceiver to receive a text message from a server,
- obtain first billing information including a charge per unit time from the text message,
- execute an application of the roaming UE,
- analyze a usage pattern of the roaming UE, the usage pattern indicating whether the roaming UE uses more data service or more voice service in a roaming area,
- select, from among a plurality of roaming operators having different billing systems, a roaming operator optimized for at least one communication service provided by the application of the roaming UE, based on the usage pattern,
- access the selected roaming operator for the at least one communication service provided by the application,
- calculate, based on the first billing information, second billing information corresponding to a usage charge of the at least one communication service provided by the application while the at least one communication service is provided by the application through the accessed roaming operator, and
- control the display to display the first billing information and the second billing information on an execution screen of the application while the at least one communication service is provided by the application,
- wherein the at least one communication service includes at least one of data communication or voice communication, and
- wherein the plurality of roaming operators comprises a first roaming operator and a second roaming operator, the first roaming operator configured to charge more for a data service, but less for a voice service than the second roaming operator.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.