Mobile network operator selection
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsWarren Hojilla Uy, Manuel Enrique Caceres, Ruben Cuadrat
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Abstract
A mobile communication device may include a universal integrated circuit card to store a plurality of mobile network operator (MNO) profiles. The mobile communication device may further include logic configured to retrieve the stored plurality of MNO profiles from the UICC; obtain a list of available MNOs by communicating with base stations located within a transmission range of the mobile communication device; obtain a list of partner MNOs from a subscription system; filter the obtained list of available MNOs based on the obtained list of partner MNOs; and display selectable MNOs based on the retrieved MNO profiles and based on the filtered list of available MNOs.
Claims20
A method performed by a mobile communication device, the method comprising:
- retrieving, by the mobile communication device, stored mobile network operator (MNO) profiles from a universal integrated circuit card (UICC);
- obtaining, by the mobile communication device, a list of available MNOs by communicating with base stations located within a transmission range of the mobile communication device;
- obtaining, by the mobile communication device, a list of partner MNOs from a subscription system;
- filtering, by the mobile communication device, the obtained list of available MNOs based on the obtained list of partner MNOs;
- and
- displaying, by the mobile communication device, selectable MNOs based on the retrieved MNO profiles and based on the filtered list of available MNOs.
A mobile communication device comprising:
- a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) to store a plurality of mobile network operator (MNO) profiles;
- and
- logic configured to:
- retrieve the stored plurality of MNO profiles from the UICC;
- obtain a list of available MNOs by communicating with base stations located within a transmission range of the mobile communication device;
- obtain a list of partner MNOs from a subscription system;
- filter the obtained list of available MNOs based on the obtained list of partner MNOs;
- and
- display selectable MNOs based on the retrieved MNO profiles and based on the filtered list of available MNOs.
A non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory computer-readable memory device comprising:
- one or more instructions to retrieve stored mobile network operator (MNO) profiles from a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) coupled to a wireless communication device;
- one or more instructions to obtain a list of available MNOs by communicating with base stations located within a transmission range of the wireless communication device;
- one or more instructions to obtain a list of partner MNOs from a subscription system;
- one or more instructions to filter the obtained list of available MNOs based on the obtained list of partner MNOs;
- and
- one or more instructions to display selectable MNOs based on the retrieved MNO profiles and based on the filtered list of available MNOs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.