Patent ID: 9271208
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations comprising: detecting, by the processing system, a condition associated with a switch from a current wireless carrier to a specified wireless carrier; identifying, by the processing system, a user device to which the condition applies; and responsive to identifying the user device to which the condition applies, performing the following comprising: receiving a response of the user device to the message, the response indicating that the switch to the specified wireless carrier is undesirable; determining whether any rule provides an alternative wireless carrier for switching; when any rule provides the alternative wireless carrier for switching, sending a second message to the user device, the second message indicating a switch to the alternative wireless carrier; and when no rules provide the alternative wireless carrier for switching, sending a third message to the user device, the third message insisting that the switch to the specified wireless carrier be performed.