Mobile Device Roaming
AssigneeEvolved Intelligence Limited
InventorsKevin Davies, Mark Greening, Nick Jones
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Abstract
There is provided a method of initiating a search for a home network in a mobile device that is attached to a network other than a home network of the mobile device, the method in an apparatus comprising determining whether the mobile device is in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network; and if the mobile device is determined to be in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network, sending a message to said other network in order to change one or more of a voice, messaging and/or data service available to the mobile device, such that the mobile device can enter an idle state and perform a search for the home network.
Claims36
A method of initiating a search for a home network in a mobile device that is attached to a network other than a home network of the mobile device, the method in an apparatus comprising:
- determining whether the mobile device is in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network;
- and
- if the mobile device is determined to be in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network, sending a message to said other network in order to change one or more of a voice, messaging and/or data service available to the mobile device, such that the mobile device can enter an idle state and perform a search for the home network.
The computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable code embodied therein, the computer readable code being configured such that, on execution by a suitable computer or processor, the computer or processor is caused to perform a method of initiating a search for a home network in a mobile device that is attached to a network other than a home network of the mobile device that comprises the steps of:
- determining whether the mobile device is in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network;
- and
- if the mobile device is determined to be in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network, sending a message to said other network in order to change one or more of a voice, messaging and/or data service available to the mobile device, such that the mobile device can enter an idle state and perform a search for the home network.
An apparatus for use in initiating a search for a home network in a mobile device that is attached to a network other than a home network of the mobile device, the apparatus being configured to:
- determine whether the mobile device is in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network;
- and
- send a message to said other network in order to change one or more of a voice, messaging and/or data service available to the mobile device, such that the mobile device can enter an idle state and perform a search for the home network if the mobile device is determined to be in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network.
A method, comprising:
- in an apparatus, initiating a search for a home network in a mobile device that is attached to a network other than a home network of the mobile device by:
- determining whether the mobile device is in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network;
- and
- if the mobile device is determined to be in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network, sending a message to said other network in order to change one or more of a voice, messaging and/or data service available to the mobile device, such that the mobile device can enter an idle state and perform a search for the home network;
- and
- in said network other than the home network of the mobile device, receiving the message from the apparatus;
- and changing the one or more of a voice, messaging and/or data service available to the mobile device.
A system, comprising:
- an apparatus for use in initiating a search for a home network in a mobile device that is attached to a network other than a home network of the mobile device, the apparatus being configured to:
- determine whether the mobile device is in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network;
- and
- send a message to said other network in order to change one or more of a voice, messaging and/or data service available to the mobile device, such that the mobile device can enter an idle state and perform a search for the home network if the mobile device is determined to be in a part of said other network where there may be coverage from the home network;
- and
- a node in said network other than the home network of the mobile device, said node being configured to receive the message from the apparatus;
- and change the one or more of a voice, messaging and/or data service available to the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.