Patent ID: 8942700
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system configured to provide for a shortest connection route for a mobile device of a subscriber, the system comprising: a home network; a foreign network, the mobile device roaming between the home network and the foreign network, the foreign network associated with a voucher registry device, wherein the foreign network includes a serving device configured to communicate with the voucher registry device, and a gateway device configured to connect to the Internet, the serving device configured to receive information regarding a voucher, representing an amount of money, regarding the foreign network, from the voucher registry device, and if the received voucher, representing a sufficient amount of money, is registered in the voucher registry device, the serving device is configured to route a packet from the serving device to the gateway device, the gateway device is configured to allocate an IP address for the mobile device and is configured to operate as an access point to the Internet for the mobile device, and the home network is not associated with the voucher registry device.