Patent ID: 8423018
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system operable to manage roaming of a mobile equipment of a subscriber, when said mobile equipment is roaming between a home 5 network and a foreign network ( 16 ), said system comprising a Home Location Register connected to said home network, characterized in that said system also comprises a first means for storing a first list customized for each subscriber, said first list comprises information regarding the countries visited by said mobile equipment, number of times a certain country have been visited by said mobile equipment, and for how long time said certain country have been visited by said mobile equipment, a second means for storing a second list customized for each subscriber, said second list comprises information about preferred operators for a part of said countries on said first list, and a control means connected to said home network, said foreign network said Home Location Register, said first means, and said second means, and operable to receive a roaming signal from said Home Location Register when said mobile equipment is roaming into another network or monitor a roaming signal intended for said Home Location Register, and in said roaming signal to update said first list, wherein said control means also is operable to periodically examine said first list, and if said first list has changed above a predetermined threshold value to update said second list, and thereafter to send said updated second list to said mobile equipment, wherein said control means is in the form of a statistics node connected to said first means and said Home Location Register, and in the form of a roaming subscriber node connected to said second means and said statistics node, wherein said system also comprises a data node connected to said statistics node and a third means for storing of Call Data Records, and connected to said data node, wherein said data node is operable to use said Call Data Records to create an initial second list as a default list for said second means.