Patent ID: 8656460
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: identifying, by an authentication system comprising a processor, intermediary operator devices that participated in successful authentications of mobile devices associated with a home network via respective intermediary networks communicatively coupled between an access network associated with the authentication system and the home network, wherein the intermediary operator devices are configured to facilitate roaming with an access operator device of the access network; in response to the identifying of the intermediary operator devices, updating, by the authentication system, a data store with information associating the successful authentications with the intermediary operator devices; selecting, by the authentication system based on the information, a set of intermediary operator devices including at least one of the intermediary operator devices; prioritizing, by the authentication system, the set of intermediary operator devices, wherein the prioritizing comprises ranking the intermediary operator devices based on estimated amounts of revenue directed to the access network associated with an estimated use of the intermediary operator devices; and sending, by the authentication system via an access point device of the access network, a message identifying a subset of intermediary operator devices from the prioritized set of intermediary operator devices to a remote device that is different from the mobile devices and that is associated with the home network.