Patent ID: 8639231
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a mobile network code which identifies a network operations center to a mobile terminal, the method comprising: reading a first mobile network code from a removable data device inserted in the mobile terminal; determining whether a fixed memory of the mobile terminal contains a second mobile network code; and responsive to determining that the fixed memory of the mobile terminal does not contain the second mobile network code, writing the first mobile network code into the fixed memory of the mobile terminal as the second mobile network code, wherein if the fixed memory does contain the second mobile network code and the first mobile network code does not match the second mobile network code, at least one non-emergency function of the mobile terminal, selected from a list comprising: transmission of a data message, reception of a data message, operation of a video function, operation of an audio function, and operation of a navigation function, is disabled, and wherein the first mobile network code and the second mobile network code are Access Point Name (APN) of a Network Operations Center (NOC) or some other endpoint identifier of the NOC.