Patent ID: 9173154
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling a wireless handheld cellular phone device, located in a region, to initiate a network connection without using a network operator's home location register that covers that region, comprising the steps of: (a) the wireless handheld cellular phone device using a module that is responsible for contacting a server to communicate with the server over a wireless link, wherein the wireless handheld cellular phone device includes the module that is implemented as software and that is downloadable to the wireless handheld cellular phone device; (b) the wireless handheld cellular phone device using the module to send, over the wireless link, data to the server that defines a call request; (c) in response to the call request, a software application running on the server deciding on the appropriate routing to a 3rd party end-user for that call request without using the network operator's home or visitor location register.