Patent ID: 6470179
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
In a first network providing a mobile wireless subscriber loop service, wherein an amount billed for use of a mobile station does not depend on an amount of airtime used within a subscribed zone of the mobile wireless subscriber loop service, a method of providing automatic service selection comprising the steps of:registering a wireless mobile station with the mobile wireless subscriber loop service of the first network; determining whether the mobile station should instead register with a service different from the mobile wireless subscriber loop service according to a predetermined service profile associated with the mobile station, wherein the predetermined service profile includes at least one of a subscriber's profile, a service description, a service preference, and a service priority; and automatically directing the mobile station to switch to registering with a second service different from the mobile wireless subscriber loop service if said step of determining results in a determination that the mobile station should register with a service different from the mobile wireless subscriber loop service according to the predetermined service profile associated with the mobile station.