Method to automatically reprovision a vehicle's roaming policy when tracking a stolen vehicle

A system, the system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions executed on the data processing hardware that cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• transmitting a first wireless communication from a user device via a first cellular network, the first wireless communication including a current geographic location of the user device, the first cellular network comprising an authorized cellular network that the user device is authorized to use for wireless communications, and the user device maintaining a forbidden list identifying one or more cellular networks that the user device is not authorized to use for wireless communications;
• determining, based on the current geographic location of the user device, that the user device is approaching a geofence, the geofence comprising a geographic boundary between a first network coverage area of the first cellular network and a second network coverage area of a second cellular network, the second cellular network identified on the forbidden list;
• based on determination that the user device is approaching the geofence, removing the second cellular network from the forbidden list;
• and
• with the second cellular network removed from the forbidden list and based on the user device entering the second network coverage area, transmitting a second wireless communication from the user device via the second cellular network, the second wireless communication including an updated geographic location of the user device.

A vehicle, the vehicle comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions executed on the data processing hardware that cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• transmitting a first wireless communication from the vehicle via a first cellular network, the first wireless communication including a current geographic location of the vehicle, the first cellular network comprising an authorized cellular network that the vehicle is authorized to use for wireless communications, and the vehicle maintaining a forbidden list identifying one or more cellular networks that the vehicle is not authorized to use for wireless communications;
• determining, based on the current geographic location of the vehicle, that the vehicle is approaching a geofence, the geofence comprising a geographic boundary between a first network coverage area of the first cellular network and a second network coverage area of a second cellular network, the second cellular network identified on the forbidden list;
• based on determination that the vehicle is approaching the geofence, removing the second cellular network from the forbidden list;
• and
• with the second cellular network removed from the forbidden list and based on the vehicle entering the second network coverage area, transmitting a second wireless communication from the vehicle via the second cellular network, the second wireless communication including an updated geographic location of the vehicle.