Patent ID: 9113308
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing the automatic connection of a subscribed communication device to a network while roaming, the method comprising: determining a current location for the subscribed communication device; retrieving a master list of networks for that current location, wherein the master list of networks relates to networks accessible to a plurality of subscriber network identifiers available to the subscribed communication device; selecting a preferred network from the master list of networks and a suitable subscriber network identifier for the preferred network; and outputting an instruction for the subscribed mobile device to connect to the preferred network using the suitable subscriber network identifier; wherein the selecting step for the suitable subscriber network identifier comprises, at a central server receiving notification relating to a change in a current location for the subscribed communication device, determining from the notification whether a new subscriber network identifier is to be provisioned from the central server, and if so selecting a subscriber network identifier on the basis of the preferred network and the current location and outputting the selected subscriber network identifier to the subscribed communication device.