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US 8,712,410 B2Granted
Systems and methods for dynamically modifying subcriber service profile stored in home location register while roaming in wireless telecommunication networks
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsJohn T. Hursey, Alan Johns
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Abstract
In a wireless telecommunication system, Home Location Register logic generates a subscriber roaming profile for use by a Visitor Location Register by retrieving a subscriber's provisioned profile, retrieving a rule set associated with the subscriber, and applying the rule set to the set of provisioned service features indicated in the provisioned profile to generate a modified profile. The rules can be responsive to one or more of: the identity of the visited network, subscriber preferences, and provisioned features. The rules can be in the form of tables stored in the Home Location Register.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting a subscriber is roaming on a visited network;
- retrieving, by a processor, a provisioned profile associated with the subscriber, the provisioned profile indicating a set of provisioned service features to which the subscriber subscribes;
- determining that the subscriber has preferred profiles stored at a database of a home network, each of the preferred profiles including roaming rules for a visited network and configured to modify the subscriber's provisioned profile based on an identity of the visited network;
- and
- in response to determining that the subscriber has preferred profiles stored at a database of a home network:
- identifying a visiting location registry or the visited network and determining a preferred profile suited for the visited network from among the preferred profiles;
- applying the preferred profile to the provisioned profile by modifying the set of provisioned service features using the roaming rules of the preferred profile;
- generating a modified profile of the subscriber, the modified profile including the set of provisioned service features modified using the roaming rules of the preferred profile;
- and
- at the visiting location registry, receiving and applying the modified profile while the subscriber is roaming on the visited network.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a data storage in communication with the processor, the data storage including a logic that is executed by the processor to perform operations comprising:
- retrieving a provisioned profile associated with a subscriber in response to detecting the subscriber roaming on a visited network, the provisioned profile indicating a set of provisioned service features to which the subscriber subscribes;
- determining that the subscriber has preferred profiles stored at a database of a home network, each of the preferred profiles including roaming rules for a visited network and configured to modify the subscriber's provisioned profile based on an identity of the visited network;
- and
- in response to determining that the subscriber has preferred profiles stored at a database of a home network:
- identifying a visiting location registry of the visited network, and determining a preferred profile suited for the visited network;
- applying the preferred profile to the provisioned profile by modifying the set of provisioned service features using the roaming rules of the preferred profile;
- generating a modified profile of the subscriber, the modified profile including the set of service features modified using the roaming rules of the preferred profile;
- and
- at the visiting location registry, receiving and applying the modified profile while the subscriber is roaming on the visited network.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program product stored thereon, the computer program product comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
- detecting a subscriber is roaming on a visited network;
- retrieving a provisioned profile associated with the subscriber, the provisioned profile indicating a set of provisioned service features to which the subscriber subscribes;
- determining that the subscriber has preferred profiles stored at a database of a home network, each of the preferred profiles including roaming rules for a visited network and configured to modify the subscriber's provisioned profile based on an identity of the visited network;
- and
- in response to determining that the subscriber has preferred profiles stored at a database of a home network:
- identifying a visiting location registry or the visited network and determining a preferred profile suited for the visited network from among the preferred profiles;
- applying the preferred profile to the provisioned profile by modifying the set of provisioned service features using the roaming rules of the preferred profile;
- and
- generating a modified profile of the subscriber, the modified profile including the set of provisioned service features modified using the roaming rules of the preferred profile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.