Patent ID: 9325720
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, to a visited network by a user equipment, a first message, where the first message comprises an identification of the user equipment and a request for an application level of service to be provided to the subscriber from the visited network which is one of a plurality of networks connected to a home network, the request being received by the home network from the visited network, wherein at the home network a predetermined subscriber profile is stored including the identification of the user equipment and an application level of access to be provided to the user equipment in any of the plurality of networks or the home network, wherein at least the location of the home network is determined by the visited network based on analysis of data transmitted to the visited network from the user equipment using packet data protocol; and in response to transmitting the first message, receiving, at the user equipment, access of the user equipment to the visited network dependent upon a comparison of the request for an application level of service to be provided to the user equipment in the plurality of networks or the home network and the stored predetermined subscriber profile, wherein the predetermined subscriber profile is selected from of a plurality of subscriber profiles for a subscriber based at least in part on a location of the user equipment, each subscriber profile of the plurality of subscriber profiles including a different level of access defining at least one of a bandwidth degree, a security degree or supported supplementary services, and wherein the access provided to the subscriber is application level access used to provide connectivity of the subscriber in the visited network defined by the selected subscriber profile.