Patent ID: 9712957
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a mobile handset, from a base transceiver station of a mobile communication network via a cell broadcast, data comprising a service provided via the mobile communication network and an area within which the service is unauthorized, wherein the base transceiver station transmits the data to a plurality of mobile handsets via the cell broadcast, and wherein the mobile handset is one of the plurality of mobile handsets; receiving, by the mobile handset, from a user of the mobile handset, a request for the service; determining, by the mobile handset, a location of the mobile handset; determining, by the mobile handset, based on the data received via the cell broadcast, whether the service is unauthorized at the location of the mobile handset; and in response to the request for the service and to determining that the service is unauthorized at the location of the mobile handset, blocking, by the mobile handset, the service.