Home Network Name Displaying Methods And Apparatus For Multiple Home Networks

A mobile wireless terminal, comprising:

• a wireless transceiver;
• a controller coupled to the wireless transceiver;
• a visual display coupled to the controller;
• the controller being adapted to:
• maintain access to a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) list and a Preferred PLMN (PPLMN) list, the HPLMN list identifying a plurality of home networks of the mobile wireless terminal and the PPLMN list identifying a plurality of non-home roaming networks;
• maintain access to a home network display name associated with the HPLMN list;
• compare a MCC and MNC pair of a selected wireless communication network with a plurality of home network MCC and MNC pairs corresponding to the plurality of home networks of the HPLMN list;
• in response to identifying a match between the MCC and MNC pair of the selected available wireless communication network and any one of the home network MCC and MNC pairs:
• cause the home network display name to be visually displayed in the visual display;
• and
• if there is no match between the MCC and MNC pair of the selected available wireless communication network and the home network MCC and MNC pairs:
• cause an alternate display name corresponding to the non-home roaming network to be visually displayed in the visual display.

A communication system, comprising:

• one or more mobile wireless terminals;
• a plurality of home networks associated with the one or more mobile wireless terminals;
• each mobile wireless terminal being adapted to:
• maintain access to a Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) list and a Preferred PLMN (PPLMN) list, the HPLMN list identifying the plurality of home networks and the PPLMN list identifying a plurality of non-home roaming networks;
• maintain access to a home network display name associated with the HPLMN list;
• compare a MCC and MNC pair of a selected wireless communication network with a plurality of home network MCC and MNC pairs corresponding to the plurality of home networks of the HPLMN list;
• in response to identifying a match between the MCC and MNC pair of the selected available wireless communication network and any one of the home network MCC and MNC pairs:
• cause the home network display name corresponding to the home network to be visually displayed;
• and
• if there is no match between the MCC and MNC pair of the selected available wireless communication network and the home network MCC and MNC pairs:
• cause an alternate display name corresponding to the non-home roaming network to be visually displayed.