Patent ID: 9749330
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for data session establishment from a mobile device comprising: checking whether an identifier for a first network is on a blacklist on the mobile device; if the first network identifier is not on the blacklist, attempting to establish a data connection with the first network, said attempting comprising performing authentication with an authentication entity of the first network; if the attempt to establish the data connection is unsuccessful, determining network identifiers of networks associated to the first network, adding the first network identifier and the network identifiers of associated networks to the blacklist, the associated networks having a common authentication entity with the first network; and if the first network identifier is on the blacklist, establishing a data connection with a second network having a different authentication entity, wherein the first network and associated networks are associated based on information stored on the mobile device.