Patent ID: 7945261
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for provisioning wireless network subscriber data, the method comprising the acts of: provisioning the subscriber data in a first home location register in a first network; provisioning the subscriber data in a second home location register in a second network; designating one of the first and second home location registers as an owning home location register; marking the subscriber data in the owning home location register with an identification of another home location register that includes the subscriber data, wherein the owning home location register is a home location register that receives updates for the subscriber data from a wireless network service provider and forwards the updated data to other home location registers; synchronizing the subscriber data in the first and second home location registers; receiving, by a mobile switching center in the first network, a call setup request from a mobile station associated with the subscriber data; accessing, by the mobile switching center in the first network, the subscriber data from the first home location register; receiving, by a mobile switching center in the second network, a call handoff request associated with the mobile station; and accessing, by the mobile switching center in the second network, the subscriber data from the second home location register, wherein the first network is a wireless macro network and the second network is a private wireless network.